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ABC News - These Couples Say Swinging Makes Their Marriage Stronger

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Watched this and thought the coverage was pretty good in spite of the reporter's obvious disdain. The comments are always a riot. They were old comments, but I replied to some of them. Can't seem to help myself.

 

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On the whole, this report managed to get across to the viewer some of the things that need saying about the lifestyle, despite the reporter's bias. Not bad, I say! Certainly it painted a better picture than some of the drivel we've seen, like that mercifully short-lived so-called reality show, "Neighbors with Benefits".

 

I think the report spent a little too much time on the BDSM angle, the result being that it kind of conflated that with swinging. Not that there was anything wrong with the BDSM material they showed, it's just that it is a different thing from swinging. Obviously there is plenty of overlap between these two sex-positive communities, but monogamous couples cuff each other to St. Andrews Crosses, too! Conversely, plenty of swingers happen not to be into that.

 

I have no particular problem with Michael and Holly appearing in the report, as long as they accurately portray the lifestyle to the public- which they did successfully, in my judgement.

 

I was dismayed at some of the comments, though I applaud intuition897's attempts to set people right. There's a lot of closed-minded bible-thumpers out there!

 

P.S. I confess that I was looking to see if I recognized anybody in the footage. No joy there...

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I feel like we need our own Michael and Holly from the Swingersboard!!!

 

Those guys are super plastic and kinda irk me.

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I feel like we need our own Michael and Holly from the Swingersboard!!!

 

Those guys are super plastic and kinda irk me.

 

Are you and kiko volunteering? :)

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