Member of the week - DecaturAreaCpl

[gatorvol64]

This week's Member of the Week is DecaturAreaCpl. We are glad to have them in the spotlight this week.

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Gender (if not a couple):
If a couple, which one primarily posts:
Age(s):
Birthday(s):
Location:
Relationship status:
Swinging for how long?:
Prefer to swing with:
Biggest Pet Peeve:
Brief Intro:
Picture (if you feel comfortable sharing one):
Website (your own or one of your favorites):

[DecaturAreaCpl]

Gender (if not a couple)
We're a couple.

If a couple, which one primarily posts:
Michael does most of the posting.

Age(s):
Michael is 53, Dorothy is 47

Birthday(s):[B]
September and December

Location:
Georgia, east of Atlanta (but not much east)

Relationship status:
Happily married for 28 years.

Swinging for how long?:
Good question. We were swingers early in our marriage for several years, then took a break while raising our youngest son. We have fairly recently rediscovered each other, along with a whole new set of interests.

Prefer to swing with:
People who don't take themselves or swinging too seriously. We do not enjoy people in shaky relationships, or who are looking for something other than occasional fun and friendship.

Biggest Pet Peeve:
Overbearing types who insist on control. We are not crazy about intolerant people who manage to find something wrong with anyone not a clone of themselves. Insincere people trying to be something they are not. We like who we are and look for the same in others.

Brief Intro:
We are a middle class professional couple, enjoying our professions during the day and our playful side at night. We're soon to be empty-nesters two times over. Our youngest is about to head for college and our oldest is about to be married. We like concerts (most music in any form, really), travel (especially outside the US), pro football, baseball, cycling, and golf. We have been known to head for one of the nearby nudist resorts on a hot Georgia weekend, and are all about having fun in a relaxed atmosphere.

Picture (if you feel comfortable sharing one):
Check our profile here for a sample, and Swing Lifestyle (same screen name) for more.

Website (your own or one of your favorites):
No website of our own. We enjoy coming here to the board and to the Swing Lifestyle site. Sometimes when we are feeling especially wicked, we might check out yuvutu.com, or xnxx.com.

[JustAskJulie]

What is your favorite place to travel to?

[DecaturAreaCpl]

For Dorothy it is anywhere in the Caribbean. Michael likes Belize and Saint Martin.

[LFM2]

How did you two meet?

[BiloxiCouple]

How do we get you naked?

[sweet_tna]

How do you prefer to meet potential playmates?

=)

[JustAskJulie]

Who brought swinging up the first time? How much of a break did you end up taking and was there a lot of longing to return? Or was it like starting all over again from scratch?

[DecaturAreaCpl]

Originally Posted by LFM2

How did you two meet?

We met at a party.

[DecaturAreaCpl]

Originally Posted by BiloxiCouple

How do we get you naked?

The better question is "How do you catch us with our clothes on?"

[DecaturAreaCpl]

Originally Posted by sweet_tna

How do you prefer to meet potential playmates?

=)

The Swing Lifestyle site is not a bad option, but you really never know who is behind the clever profiles. At the clubs you can meet face to face and avoid being stood up when you arrange to meet. The other advantage of meeting at a club is that when your time is limited and you only go out a few times a year, you don't waste your time finding out you have been talking back and forth with someone you end up not liking.

[DecaturAreaCpl]

Originally Posted by JustAskJulie

Who brought swinging up the first time? How much of a break did you end up taking and was there a lot of longing to return? Or was it like starting all over again from scratch?

You couldn't say that either of us brought it up first. At the time it was more of an extension of a very active sex life. From the beginning we knew we had a sexual attraction to other people, and eventually it evolved into swinging. After that we were swinging at least a couple of times a month. When our youngest came along. we took a break for about 15 years or so. We didn't talk much (or even at all) about swinging during that time, then one day it came up as though we had never done it before. When we first started swinging we went to "socials" sponsored by a local swing club. you went to the social at a bar, hoping to meet another couple that you could go home with, or bring to your home. You had to get used to going home "empty-handed". Other then that, you put an ad in the personals section of an alternative newspaper, and had responses sent to a blind post office box. We were shocked when we discovered the extent to which the internet has influenced swinging, and even more shocked at finding on-premise clubs in Atlanta. Fifteen years ago it was unthinkable, and now you have a choice among several. So we would have to say that after that amount of time, it was definitely starting from scratch.

[cplnuswing]

Originally Posted by DecaturAreaCpl

and even more shocked at finding on-premise clubs in Atlanta. Fifteen years ago it was unthinkable, and now you have a choice among several.

Which Atlanta club do you prefer and why?

[DecaturAreaCpl]

Originally Posted by cplnuswing

Which Atlanta club do you prefer and why?

We are partial the parties at 1763, for a couple of reasons. For one things, it is within a couple of miles of where we live. In Atlanta that is a big deal. But the main reason we like it is that the parties there attract a more diverse crowd, with a little something for everyone. (For the people who are not familiar with Atlanta--1763 is a club that in its normal incarnation is a BDSM club. At certain times the club is used by other groups such as Swinging Atlanta for parties.) You can find everything from orgies to private encounters to dungeon play all going on at the same time. Pretty much whatever is your pleasure is available to you. We find the people at 1763 parties tend more open to alternative types, and are generally more tolerant of a broader range of interests and orientations than are a lot of the people who go to the other (slicker) clubs. It's not that you can't have a great time at Trapeze, Little Wings, Venus. The events are great, as are the people that attend them.We have never failed to have a good time at any of them. A lot of the same people go to the parties at 1763. But at 1763 you can be whatever you want to be, from relatively straight to outrageously kinky in a relaxed, "live and let live" environment. What's not to like about that!

[rpu3]

I see you enjoy international travel. Where have you been? Where would you like to go next? Favorite city/country so far?