For the last two weeks both PB and I have been off work, and instead of planning some epic road trip, we decided to just amuse ourselves as best we could. Not sure why I'm going to tell you the whole tale except I think that it has something to say about why the Lifestyle has worked out so well for us.

We started out going to a club, which for us is a hit-or-miss thing, since neither of us are particularly good at the whole mingling thing. So we ended up in the back room just us, which doesn't really do much for me. We were just about to head for home when we ran into a woman PB had met at a hotel take-over earlier in the year, and has been lusting after ever since. She asked us to play, and that was our first FMF ever- my oh my!

Next day we went to a nude beach with a vanilla female friend. It was a very isolated one, with few people, and even when a guy came along and parked himself close to us, we were basically left to ourselves, which was great, and she and I had a great time lying there naked and yakking while PB wandered and soaked up some rays. For the record, this friend knows about us, but isn't interested, which is fine by us, but I did point out to PB that this other fellow probably thought that PB was the king, there with two women. (and I'm PRETTY sure the other guy was a swinger).

Monday we went to a lifestyle friend's coffee shop to say hi, and ended up going out to dinner with them. We hadn't had a chance to just sit down and talk to them in awhile, let alone play, so that was great fun.

Tuesday we went to our regular nude beach with our BLFs (Best Lifestyle Friends). We hung out together, chatted with another guy who had contacted me online wanting swingers to hang out with at the beach, fooled around a bit very discreetly in the water, and basically had a fun day.

We watched our boy play baseball the next day, which, let's face it, is hard to beat for a hot summer evening activity.

The Thursday night we decided to be silly and drive too far to a club which on Thursdays lets couples in for free and charges single men $60. Figured we had nothing to lose. The poor men. I don't think that a single one got lucky. One fellow sure tried hard- had never been to a swingers club before, dressed in jeans, sneakers, T-shirt and ball cap. He hit on every couple in the place, and struck out every time. We stayed maybe an hour and a half, had a late night unhealthy Denny's meal on our way home, and managed to enjoy ourselves. We didn't even have sex with each other that night, either at the club or when we got home. Just laughed a lot.

Friday night we had drinks and dinner with a new couple, went to a park and talked for a couple of hours, then said goodnight. We'll be seeing them again.

Saturday night we watched our boy play baseball again, once again enjoyed that thoroughly.

Sunday we crashed. It was too darn hot to even THINK of going to the beach.

Monday we went to visit friends who have a trailer at a nudist resort. We talked, had dinner, talked, went over to the hot tub and pool, went back and played, watched Rocky Horror, went to bed, went out for breakfast the next morning, and came home, having finalized plans for a late-August canoe trip.

Wednesday we had drinks with another new couple, had a nice time, have encouraged them to join us on our next group expedition to our favourite club so that we can get to know them better.

Thursday we went to visit our BLF's, two hours away. We talked, played, had dinner, hot tubbed, played, talked, went to bed, had breakfast, talked, talked, came home.

Saturday I lost my strip club virginity. We went with friends, stayed for 3 hours drinking beer and trying to figure out the age of the strippers, and watching the girls work the room- this is a pretty sleazy club, where almost anything goes in back, apparently. Then we went back to our friends' place, talked for another 2 hours, THEN started playing, and drove home as the sun was rising.

Vacation is over for PB now, and I think it worked out pretty well. I had been fairly aggressive about scheduling time with "friends", and while we didn't always play, we had a great time hanging out with our friends. We have been swinging for about 2 and a half years now, and we have really made strong, lasting friendships that are not just based on the fact that we like to fuck each other. And while yes, we DO enjoy the fucking too, (oh my yes) that social aspect of the Lifestyle that is very satisfying and very important to us. We do still have vanilla friends, but we don't tend to go out for a night on the town with them, and certainly don't keep in touch with them the same way we do with our favourite lifestyle people.

All in all, despite two major meltdowns when PB (thought) he lost his wallet, and a few days later (thought) he lost his phone, this has to rate as Best. Holiday. Ever.