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Still More Swinger Meet and Greet Games
The more the merrier! Here is yet another set of games to get your group mingling and flirting. These are games we've used for our meet and greet. We meet once a month in a public club where there are...
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Cultivate Compersion
Compersion. As I write this article, spell check protests every time I use the word. In fact, an attempt to look up the definition demonstrates that Merriam-Webster doesn't even know what I am talking...
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Cooper’s Safer Sex Kit – Condoms & Dental Dams & Gloves & Alcohol Swabs
I've mentioned my safer sex kit extensively over the years, and the kit itself has ballooned in that time. I'll be the first to admit that my definition of safer sex (earlier “safe sex”) has changed...
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“They’re Not Looking at Your Eyebrows, Honey”– The Mystery of Attraction and...
One Saturday night as I put on and took off the fourth outfit, I peered closely at the mirror and lamented, “I can’t believe I forgot to get my eyebrows waxed before this party!” Prof’s response?...
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun! – Hosting Girls’ Nights
Girls' Nights Out are a relaxed, low-key way for women in the swing lifestyle to get to know each other and have fun. I've been organizing girls' nights for my meet and greet group for nearly 2 years....
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Secrets, Scandal and Swinging! Hosting a Murder Mystery Party – Part 1
It's the season for costumes and creepiness. But for us, anytime is the season for swinging and parties. We decided to get a head start on Halloween by hosting a swinger murder mystery party. This was...
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Secrets, Scandal and Swinging! Hosting a Murder Mystery Party – Part 2
It's the season for costumes and creepiness! This article is part two of my experience hosting a Swinger Murder Mystery Party. You can read part one here. The Set-Up: This is a party that requires...
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Packing for Desire 1.5
The Life on the Swingset trip to Desire Riveria Maya is still six months away, but we are packing our suitcase for a sexy adventure in desire right here in the US! It all started last spring when I...
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Hot Tub Against Humanity – A Swingset Craft Corner Project
If you like games, have access to a large hot tub, and if sexy naked folk, snorts of laughter and groans of disgust, innuendo and double entendre, and stolen kisses all sound like an awesome time to...
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Greetings From Orbit
First, I promise that Life on the Swingset won't be the All My Life on the Swingset Channel after this week. I did very much so hijack my website for the launch of My Life on the Swingset: Adventures...
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Say It Out Loud: Face Value Communication
Here's a newsflash: Your partners cannot read your mind. I repeat: Your partners cannot read your mind. A fundamental tenet of any satisfactory relationship is communication. The tricky part is even...
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Cooper Answers a Savage Love Question With Dan Savage
Hey all! Cooper here. I was lucky enough to be asked to be a guest expert on Dan Savage's Savage Love column. This post originally appeared here on January 21, 2015 I live in a small city in a...
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Five Years On The Swingset – A Semifesto
Quite a bit of time has passed since I last put forth a manifesto, a why I do what I do statement. I thought, on the occasion of Swingset’s fifth birthday and 200th episode, it’d be worth some...
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The Cold War Between Sex, Stress, and Depression
Over nearly my entire life, at least since going through puberty at an early age, there’s been a cold war brewing in my mind and body between sex, stress and depression. There is a seemingly...
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Lift Up Your Hands – A Review of Hedwig and The Angry Inch on Broadway
Nearly a month has passed, and the show has not left my mind. Not even close. Thanks to my incredible constant, my generous wife Ophilia, I was able to see John Cameron Mitchell perform the titular...
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Sperm Wars: Cuckolds, Threesomes and Evolutionary Biology
Originally posted on Doctor Susan Block's Journal Most men are excited by the idea of their women being with other men. Yes, most. They may or may not actually like it. But many an otherwise sensible...
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#SexTalkTuesday with Life on the Swingset!
We took over #SexTalkTuesday to discuss sexual fuckit lists, answer questions about Risk-Aware Sex, explore the discussion about Bisexual Men in the lifestyle, how we define Orgies, and labels! You can...
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The Problems with Peeple
Hurray! By now you’ve probably heard that the app you’ve never wanted, the one that allows every rando you’ve ever had an interaction with to publicly pass judgment on you, is finally becoming a...
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First Time Advice for Nervous Newbies
The swinging lifestyle is intriguing, exciting and a little intimidating. While swingers are, by their nature, a friendly and welcoming bunch, the experience can still be a little nerve-wracking for...
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The Best Sex Toys In Cooper’s Toybox – Sex Toy Recommendations
Well, the holiday season is here. Whatever holiday you're celebrating, even if it's just the celebration that this year is almost fucking done, it's not a bad time to buy someone you love, or like, or...
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