Now I have to say that I find some posts in
various threads that have touched on this topic to be discouraging.
There seems to be an attitude that soft swingers are not worth the time of becoming friends with.

Maybe it's different where we live, but we've always had lots of friends who are great to be around and they love us for who we are - not for what we can do for them.
Are there so many people who feel they are "wasting their time" getting to know a couple who won't go all the way with them?