If either became uncomfortable with swinging, the Greenes said, they would just stop. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.
“I’d say it brought us closer, so far,” Jake Greene added. Gay Mardi Gras (February) One of the most fabulous and glitterrific LGBT gatherings in New Orleans, second only to the annual Southern Decadence Weekend Celebration. “We feel that because we’re young it’s the perfect time to start exploring what we’re into and then we can just, as we go on through life, figure out our likes and dislikes,” Lisa Greene said. "The fact that I've had been in a situation, not only with someone who loved me but then someone else, and how powerful I felt, yet loved, and I felt respected and cherished - it had me hooked from that."Įven young couples like Lisa and Jake Green from New York, both in their mid-20s, said swinging helps keep their new marriage interesting. "I didn’t realize that it was possible to have a relationship like this," she said. She said she found the swinger lifestyle "empowering." “I don’t have to stop loving him in order to have to start having feelings for someone else, and that’s pretty spectacular. A lot of monogamous marriages, a high percentage of them, end in divorce and that’s really sad,” Jackie Melfi said. “I think marriage is sometimes a threat to marriage. They own swingers clubs together in Dallas and New Orleans and have a strict rule not to play in their own clubs. They, like other swingers, have some guidelines about their lifestyle. “Our hope is that our children learn from us open, honest communication, true love and that we emotionally, again, are committed to each other.”Ĭonvention attendees John and Jackie Melfi, both 50, from Dallas are also married, and have eight children and six grandchildren. “A non-swinging couple has sex with each other and there’s no reason they should be discussing their sex life with their children. They don’t believe what they do in their private moments impacts their family any differently than what other couples do. “If she was with another man, I’m OK with that as long as it’s a decision that Holli made personally.” We live by it’s got to be what we want and how we want it,” he said. “The perception is to have to have sex with everybody, and we don’t live by that. Michael Bell, 38, said they are “100 percent emotionally monogamous” and that swinging is a community where “you can come and be.” Holli and Michael Bell from Los Angeles have been married two years. Many married couples at the convention said the swinger lifestyle has helped keep their relationship alive. But how many monogamous people are breaking up every day, as well?” We know people that tried it and end up breaking up. We know people that try it and regret it. “Does it work for everyone? No, it doesn’t. Hannaford knows swinging isn’t for everyone, but while critics of the swinger lifestyle say it’s just an excuse to cheat on your partner, he believes it can actually help make a marriage stronger. Most people don’t want to tell people about it, but I’m here to tell the world, 'I’m a kinky guy, you gotta accept me.'" What we do in private is our own business and there’s a lot of people who do kinky things in private. "We just want to live our lives, make our own choices.
"I just want to live in a world where people accept us," Hannaford said. The convention is not just about bringing the swinging community together, Hannafold said, but it makes a statement about their lifestyle choice. Gay Porno Gay Clips Gay Porn Gay XXX GAY XXX Gay XXX gayfuck.xxx Give.XXX XXX PICS NSFW SEX gayxxx.xxx RedTube Gay Gay Clips gayxxx.porn GaySex GAY XXX Tube8.In true New Orleans fashion, the convention was kicked off with a first-ever Swingers Pride parade down Bourbon Street.