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Certainly changes your perspective, doesn't it?
I wouldn't "fear" so much as recognize that getting into swinging is like regular dating. When you go out on a first date, there's always concerns one should have about how safe the person is, whether they'll be rational, or maybe they've got issues of some kind. Ok it's uncommon for that to be the case, but we worry all the same. It's no different with swinging in that regard, except that you have a wingman to keep you safe. As for expectations; I've only once encountered a swinging situation where I felt put upon to do something I wasn't comfortable with. That was an MFM situation where the guy in question wanted to go bareback with my wife. We said no, things continued ahead with a condom. My wife went bareback with her two boyfriends after playing with them several times, but that was our choice to ask, and they didn't do the asking. I think you'll find the same; nobody's going to layer expectations on you to do anything you're not ready for. If they do, it's perhaps time to exit the scenario.
My wife and I had a number of rules when we got into swinging; no this, no that, yes this but only if that, etc. etc. etc. All of it has melted away with the exception of two rules; condoms always with non-regular partners, and the rule we call the "golden parachute". If for any reason either of us thinks it's time to leave, we voice it to the other, get dressed, and leave without discussion or debate. We'll discuss it after we leave. It's an empowerment rule; both of us are in control of us...the team...at all times. We're in this to have fun together, and if one of us isn't for some reason, then we leave. We've never had to invoke the parachute, but it's a comfort knowing it's there all the same.
I think most swingers understand that being pushy or trying to make things happen is not the way to do things. That's not to say swingers are all great people. There are some who are not so good, just as with regular dating. But, I think most understand and respect borders.