I mentioned before that Ian and I actually met on ALT.com. In hindsight, this was a total fluke, as neither one of us thought we were looking for any kind of long-term relationship, and low-and-behold, we’re now engaged!
We’ve dipped our toes into swinging with our two visits to Trapeze and are excited for our next chance to get back there. In the meantime, we decided it was time to get online and start checking out some different online swinging communities. Ideally, we’d like to focus on one, or maybe two sites that work the best for us, but in the name of “research” we’re currently signed up for six different sites. I know. Ridiculous. We’re only paying for one, the other five are the type that either have a free option or give you a free trial period. We’ll give it a month or so and see which sites work the best for us.
The first site we joined, the only one we have a paid membership on, has already made us some friends. A really nice-seeming couple contacted us a few weeks back and we’ve been emailing with them, Ian emailing the man and me emailing the woman. We all seem to have a number of things in common and now it’s just a matter of finding a time to get together.
This first connection seems really promising, but since then, we haven’t gotten much of a response from any one else. Of course, there have been a good number of single men contacting us, but we’re not really looking for that right now. A surprising number of couples from other states, some pretty far away have contacted us, but neither Ian or I travel much, so we’re kind of looking for locals only.
If anyone has any suggestions as far as which sites are worth our time and which ones are not, we’d really appreciate it. Is the online dating/swinging site the best way you all have found to meet other couples? Show us some love and give us some advice!
Ian and Holly Swing 