[intuition897]

Just to add my two cents here, I don't feel that marital status (single or married) has anything to do with being a swinger. I feel that it's a matter of attitude and beliefs that defines one as a swinger. For example, my husband and I haven't actually got it on with another couple for the better part of 3 years, yet I don't consider us to be "vanilla" (or reverted swingers). We still completely adhere to the principles and values that are common among the swing-set. We just aren't currently practicing the lifestyle. If someone else wants to think that our non-active status means that we're NOT truly swingers, but merely wannabes (which, I'll admit, we are...because we wish we could get back into it the way we were before), then that's fine with me. Frankly I couldn't care what others thought about it.

So that said, yes, singles can be swingers too because their conduct, principles, morals, ethics, etc. identify them as such to me. They just happen to not have a partner at this time. I agree that singles definitely have their place in the lifestyle, but it's true that the vast majority that we've encountered so far have absolutely the wrong idea about what swinging is. The good ones, the ones who understand the concept of swinging in its entirety, are rare gems.

And as to the OP, all I can say is BRAVO! I thoroughly enjoyed that post, and I couldn't agree more!