The fact that this popular Google swinger search phrase begins with “what” instead of “who” tells us how much work there is to be done to educate the general population when it comes to understanding the swinging lifestyle. Most people get can’t get beyond the “what” we (sometimes) do to […]
Read More Swinging is a Team Sport It’s not unusual for one partner (usually the guy) to become curious about the swinging lifestyle first without the other’s knowledge. When that person begins to research and wonder about what it might be like to try the lifestyle they may feel uneasy about broaching […]
Read More So, I’ve been listening to a few lifestyle podcasts lately – shocker! But what’s notable here is that I have stumbled on a couple of episodes where the topic of discussion is separate play. My initial reaction was to think that these people are crazy. That’s a slippery slope you’re […]
Read More Dear Mr & Mrs Jones, Are there any nice lifestyle clubs in our area? What is the best lifestyle website to use to meet people like us? How can we develop a network of lifestyle friends? How do couples with young children find time to swing? What lifestyle resources do […]
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And just like that it was over. I spent days, weeks, months (maybe years?) fantasizing, researching, thinking, talking, planning and preparing for this much anticipated moment and then….poof. Gone. Done. Over. What just happened? Though the memory is just a blur now, in the moment it sure was fun (I […]
Read More Ugh. In some respects getting old sucks. Things start to hurt when I bend a certain way. There are permanent laugh lines on my face (aka wrinkles). And every once in a while, a gray hair has the nerve to stick straight up out of the part on the top […]
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by Mr Jones We hear a lot about mistakes couples (including us) make AFTER getting into the lifestyle, but we don’t talk much about how a lack of knowledge and experience BEFORE entering the lifestyle contributes to those mis-steps. Part of our mission at We Gotta Thing as swinging lifestyle […]
Read More For the first 18 months of our lifestyle journey, Mr Jones and I were a soft swap couple. We didn’t feel the need to “progress” to full swap just so that we could check it off of some mystical lifestyle list. Playing with other couples without the added complications that […]
Read More We see this popular phrase over and over again in online profiles on lifestyle dating websites. It’s meant to send a reassuring message to prospective couples that “we aren’t perfect and you don’t need to be either.” It’s a nice thing to hear since many of us perceive our own […]
Read More We all are expected to play many roles in life: spouse, parent, child, colleague, employee, parishioner, student, teacher, friend, lover and, well you get it. If you stop and think about it (and I’m cursed with this affliction) we are programmed by others about how to “act” or “behave” in […]
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