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We prefer to go bareback simply because it feels better. As age squeezes us tighter and tighter in its obnoxious grip, the degree of stimulation becomes more and more important if the male half of us wants to be fully functional.

Pregnancy is not a concern as we're both surgically fixed. In fact, if ever we conceive a child between us, we figure that we could start a new religion.

I agree with the previous poster who said that bareback couples are the lifestyle's silent majority. We've partied with a fair number of couples during our swinging years and have found that, if we don't bring up the subject of condoms (which we don't), very few others will. Of course, whenever we're asked to use them we comply with the other couple's wishes, but it's rare that we've established an ongoing relationship with such a couple. And that's certainly not because we resent being asked--quite to the contrary, we entirely respect and understand the preferences/concerns of those for whom condoms are essential--but rather because of the issue raised in Paragraph 1 above: sex is simply not much fun for us when condoms are involved. That's really too bad, as there's been at least one very nice couple whom we wish we could have continued to see, but, until Ponce de Leon reports back to us, that's just the way it is.