When I read about yours and other couples modern day shenanigan's I tend to get envious. Back in the day, Jess and I didn't realise that so many couples were involved with other couples so we tried to keep our lifestyle as secretive as possible. The modern style would have suited us perfectly because Jess got just as much enjoyment from me fucking other women as I did from her exploits with other men. Unfortunately for me she was far more successful than I was at pulling.
In our day we didn't have the internet which is by far the best advertising media so there was no way to contact other couples that wanted to play. Sometimes I wish we could have our time over so we could benefit from internet forums, but, nevertheless we have our exciting times to look back on. I had several affairs whereas Jess was very rarely without a fuck buddy, or boyfriend as she preferred to call them.
Good points - easy to agree. My ex and I started seeking partners via print swinging publications, and we used a PO box for those contacts. We actually sent out nude photos of us - Polaroids. There was no Internet then, so not too much risk of the photos being republished. What I was surprised about was how readily my wife agreed to the nude photos. She was all in and it was only then that I realized how much she wanted to "swing" with another couple. Waiting for mail was agony, and we wasted a lot of time screening out guys who sent dick pics without any other commentary. That archaic system worked though! Our first fuck from the magazine was a guy! We had advertised for males and couples and a 40 year old married male sent us a nice response - he was a salesman who was in our area once a month - he lived several states away. It was 'kinda nice for all of us - he had a hotel room, but could spend the night with us. His choice. For our first meeting we invited him to our home and for the first time, I waited outside the bedroom as he and my wife had sex twice. After they finished the second time I rejoined my wife in our bed and went crazy with lust. She had sex with him a month later when he was staying in our area and it was even better for her. Then he disappeared. That's the way it goes with these relationships.
The "Swingers" ad yielded several good people/couples, though, the main drawback being the length of time required to establish contact, trade phone numbers, then meet to check out, etc. etc. And just like Internet contacts, guys would flake, or not be what they said they would be. The best situation the swingers ad led us into was a local couple I mentioned in this thread or somewhere in here. We hit it off right away and we got together monthly or more in every permutation of the action one could think of: mfm, fmf, mf and mf (swapping as we used to call it). Lots of overnights with the other spouse, in our homes.
Still, we quickly learned: coworkers worked well for us. My wife had the opportunity to observe and get to know the guys she worked with and traveled with so some of the elements of risk that we'd normally think about were eliminated. She knew who was married and who wasn't, and she saw them in a wide variety of situations at work and thus knew their temperment and personality well.
Finally, if we wanted a new man for her quickly, we used the bars in major business hotels during the week. Hyatt's, Marriotts, Hiltons, etc. In a big city, those hotels are filled with businessmen during the week. All of them are horny and most of them can be found in the hotel bar in the evening. In most cases, that eliminates the opportunity for her to dance with them and size them up that way, but on the other hand, there's already a hotel room paid for and ready to go. I could join them, go home and wait, or wait in the bar. This tactic worked well in a pinch.