Magemouse...
I've been doing this swinging thing off and on for 22 years. The one thing I've learned is that on any given night I have a better chance getting laid by someone I met in the grocery store than by someone I met on a swing site or the rare swing club I decide to visit. Why? I'm more myself at the grocery store than in a swing environment. Think about it.
In one situation you are doing what comes naturally, and women respond to that. In the other situation, you are trying to do everything right, and women respond to that, also. Negatively. Nobody likes to be around someone who tries too hard. It convey's insecurity and insincerity. Don't try so hard.
Also, it has been my experience that when single men (myself included) think about swinging, they either fixate on the sex part, or they try to put the sex part on the back burner and get to know the people they are meeting. Look, eveyone who swings is doing it for the sex. Not the friendship, the chance for a long term relationship, or feeling of belonging to something bigger than themselves. Its about sex. Admit to it, and move on. Don't dwell on it, and don't try to ignore it. Thats being insincere.
If you learn how to be yourself, you will swing. Yes, being yourself doesn't work in dating (lol), but this isn't dating. You are not trying to meet a potential lifetime partner, so you don't have to make her want you over other men. You just have to make the couple or single woman trust you enough to let you have sex with them. Thats where most single men fail. They approach it like dating.
Even with single women who swing, the first thing you have to do is put them at ease and make them see you as someone they can trust. By that time, most objections they have towards you will be about things you can't control, like you looks or age.
Lastly, don't take this so seriously. I've read so many post by newbies who get frustrated because the porn sites didn't deliver on their promises. I turned down sex with three single women this week. That is two more than the number of couples I wrote to on SLS in the last year. Its all in the attitude. With the right attitude, you don't have to look for sex, you just have to make your self available for it.
(ugh...I thought the new name would eliminate the novella posts LOL)