Giving Couples Swinging As Gifts
Photo by Artem Beliaikin on UnsplashMy husband and I met in the flip-phone era. Well+Good decodes and demystifies what it means to live a well life, inside and out. There's also an argument to be had for ethical non-monogamy. And here's what to do when you're dating and—yikes—find yourself in the middle of someone's open relationship.
We spoke to a dozen marriage counselors about the lifestyle, and not one of them said don't do it. Most said consenting adults will do what consenting adults do. Gould then spent three years researching the lifestyle and the people who swing.
The Upside to Couples Swinging
It can be hard to understand how “swinging” — when you swap partners with another couple and sleep with someone new — can actually lead to stronger relationship bonds. But believe it or not, it can, and there are more couples interested in doing it than you may realize. Michael, as usual, was supportive and caring, calming me down from across the world with reminders that this was what we had set out to experience. I was scared that he would change his mind about being with me after I followed through with it, a feeling that took years to subside.
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Numerous studies and polls give widely varying results on how many swingers there really are. If you think this doesn’t
