• Twongo [she/her]@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    back then we called it “swinging” and it wasn’t rare.

    now it’s an open relationship or “relationship anarchy”

    i’m not a swinger. tried it. never will be. glad people can enjoy it.

    there’s no “right way” to have a relationship.

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Swingers are a specific kind of polyamory. They tend to be short hookups, though sometimes with people you’ve met and hooked up with before.

      Nothing wrong with it as long as it’s all consensual, but I have found swingers to not always be on board with what’s going on with the rest of polyamory. In my area, they tend to be surprisingly conservative. There will be tons of cars in the parking lot for the hotel takeover with NRA and MAGA stickers. They accept bisexual women, but often are weird about any other form of LGBTQ+ expression. That may or may not be the case in your area.