Not a bad way to wake up A lot of people tend to group polyamory and swinging as being one and the same, even though the reality is much different. I mean, sure, both practices involve consensual non-monogamy, but aside from that, they really diverge. In swinging, you have one or both partners sleeping with other people with their significant other's full knowledge. Or at least approval, in the case of swingers where one of the partners doesn't want to know (or doesn't get know) what the other is doing. But the sex is recreational and without commitment. It's for the couples who crave a certain variety in their sex lives, or who enjoy watching, being watched, threesomes, foursomes, bigger groups, etc. There may also be some low-level amount of dating, but sex involving others is at least the main event in swinging, if not the only event. By contrast, polyamory also typically involves sex with others, but the focus is on having additional relationships with other people...
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