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Blogs > 3FreqsOnnaLeash > So you wanna peek inside?

Swinging vs "poly"  

3FreqsOnnaLeash 54G  
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8/21/2017 2:38 pm

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Swinging vs "poly"

I heard an argument that all thumbs are fingers, but all fingers are not thumbs when applied to a conversation about whether poly is swinging and vice versa. Common thought was that one was not the other in any way.

Technically anything other than a monogamous relationship falls under polyamory by definition. But in the "Lifestyle", there seems to be as many opinions as there are people when it comes to classifying what is swinging and what is poly, and even whether "Lifestyle" is strictly swinging, and "Poly" is everything else.

Personally I stick to definitions to avoid confusion, so to me poly and swinging fall under polyamory. But there are people in the swing community that will argue vehemently that they are not poly, and same with poly people that argue the opposite (and often look down on the "swingers").

Having been cast out by both groups (with notable exceptions of course, we did meet great people that don't like perceptions creating policy any more than we do) because Deni and I did not full swap, but still had numerous random women partners. So we didn't swing by popular definition, but weren't poly by theirs either.

So, thoughts?

Discuss.

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