Thinking back to when you first considered swinging, is where you are at now in the Lifestyle where you expected you would be after this amount of time back then? In other words, have y'all met your expectations from back then, exceeded the expectations from back then, or ?
That's a hard question. I'd have to say exceeded our expectations in that we enjoy the parties and friendships we've made very much. We didn't plan to live the lifestyle; just something we did a couple times a year. We thought maybe we'd go to a couple of parties, and that would be it. Now, we can go to the parties or the resort and have fun (even without swapping), and the flirting and touching is very sexy.
What would you attribute that to? The friendly, open-minded people for the most part. It's okay to be sexy in a public place without being looked down upon. It's given us the freedom to be who we are without barriers. We can kiss and hug without someone saying, "Get a room!" Now, we can say, "Would you like to share it with us?"
When Mrs. D was in the hospital for 14 days, our LS friends called, emailed and visited daily; one vanilla friend visited once (out of a "close" group of over 30 friends that we used to party with every weekend). Just goes to show who will be there if we need them.
Are you home nudists? Yes, except when the kids are around we're covered (robes). They're on the go so much (college, work and friends) that the house is usually empty. They've gotten used to calling when they're on the way home. If they're having friends over, we're conservatively dressed so as not to embarrass them.