How common do you think swinging is?

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[Post New]09/30/2025 16:02
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Anonymous
I probably know somebody who does but they haven't told me.
[Post New]09/30/2025 16:03
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Anonymous
This again?
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/90/1067422.page#29860196
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1201882.page
[Post New]09/30/2025 16:16
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Anonymous
Not very common. Most people don't have the energy to do that after work and childcare and homecare.
[Post New]09/30/2025 16:51
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DH and I used to have threesome/foursomes in our younger years and knew quite a few people who did too. Then kids come into the picture and it becomes less common. It's been probably about 2 years for us. Our thing is that DH loves to see me with others


How old are you?


Late 30s.
[Post New]09/30/2025 16:58
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Swinging is more common than you think, but it's going out of fashion because younger generations are more likely to have semi-fluid boundaries in their relationships anyway. They don't need to swing.


25% of adults in the USA have tried it at some point during their lifetimes, according to studies.

Open marriages and swinging are not widespread, with current estimates suggesting around 4-5% of U.S. adults are currently involved in a regular basis in consensual non-monogamy (CNM), which includes open relationships and swinging, though many more have explored it at some point during their lifetimes. While these are minority lifestyles, they are more common than often thought, with roughly one in 25 couples currently participating in CNM.
[Post New]09/30/2025 16:59
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Anonymous
I know of just one couple that swings. Christian conservatives by day, freaks by night.
[Post New]09/30/2025 17:01
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I know of just one couple that swings. Christian conservatives by day, freaks by night.


How do you know?
[Post New]09/30/2025 17:01
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Anonymous
I have no idea in this area. Early in our marriage we did it once on vacation and neither of us enjoyed seeing the other having sex. Never again. We lived in California for a few years and I definitely felt there were couples into it.
[Post New]09/30/2025 21:22
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Anonymous
Probably more so on west coast but not that uncommon. When we were swingers we ran into quite a few people we knew from our vanilla world at swingers events. But with young people now they are probably all swingers everyone is so fluid with relationships and genders
[Post New]09/30/2025 21:54
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Anonymous
It’s not uncommon. I move in those circles so know lots of people who swing or are poly/enm/open, but most of them give no outward sign of it outside of lifestyle events.
[Post New]09/30/2025 22:13
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Do you know anyone that does?


Everyone has likely tried it once at least.
For it to be a regular thing, it's quite rare. Estimates around 2-5% of couples at most.
[Post New]09/30/2025 22:15
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Anonymous
More people probably dabble or try it than actually make it lifestyle.
[Post New]10/01/2025 05:13
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Anonymous
It's exactly as common as you think it is because people in "The Lifestyle" never stfu about it.

p.s. they're always ugly
[Post New]10/01/2025 06:10
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Anonymous
Well, I was never asked...does this mean..."I'm ugly"? : )
[Post New]10/01/2025 08:02
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's exactly as common as you think it is because people in "The Lifestyle" never stfu about it.

p.s.


Most never talk about it.
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