Re: [UUPoly-L] Google Knol Article for Polyamory



alan7388 wrote: (On 10:23 AM 8/4/2008)
Real-world example. Here in the Boston area, people in Family Tree (a
poly group) still talk about the time a new guy from the swing
community showed up for a monthly meeting. He seemed not very
intellectual, unlike most of the crowd, and he proceeded to work his
way through the group dangling the keys to a motel room that he'd just
rented in front of each female, one by one, starting with the youngest
and working up. This was obviously a well-practiced behavior that he
expected to be considered normal at this kind of gathering, and that
he expected to work (since he'd already paid for the motel room!).


My experience is a guy like this would be considered a clueless bore at a swingers event, and in fact would most likely never get in the door of one. He violated the swing culture by his actions, by arriving without a partner, and by not seeking any sort of orientation from the hosts.

Alan, how sure are you that he came from "the swing community"? How do you know he had ever done anything like that before? How do you know he wasn't thrown so far out of the local swing community that he bounced until he it Family Tree, hoping it would be easier pickings? How much first hand experience do you have of any local swingers' events or clubs? Assuming that guy represented the swing community is like assuming Al Qaeda represents the Muslim community.

John








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