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Hello
First off - just like to say that I am regretting the nick already. Feel very comfie in here and am looking forward to getting to know you all a bit better.
Still got loads of questions though!! I am doing a search before asking them but I may miss one that has been discssed previously - and I won't be offended if you just guide me over to the previous one smile.
So here'e my question:-
I'm new to "the scene". I'm a single woman. An out lesbian. Closet Bi (not I don't believe in doing things the conventional way!). And professional woman who deals with a lot of customers.
So I enjoy chatting on here and I'll get to know some of you - and maybe one day I'll go on a meet - or maybe a munch. So what happens if i walk into a room - and I find I've been chatting to someone I work with - or is a customer. Or vice versa - I walk into a meeting room one day to see one of you guys there? (Or worse - what if I find out one of you is that annoying account manager that I ignore everytime his name shows on my ringing phone surprised )
I think I could handle that if it turned out to be someone I had gotten to know very well on here - but you're not going to get to know everyone really well are you?
I think this is one of the things that holds me back at the moment.
Am I over worrying?
What do you guys think?
How would you react if I changed my Atavar to one with my face and you realised you knew me. What would you do?
Would appreciate your thoughts on this.
well shynewbie.
personally i have no worries about my face being on my ad, but i just choose not to post it as an avatar. but i'm a bloke and allegedly a huge slut, so i have no worries who finds me on here. so long as it ain't me mum i'm happy! :lol2:
as for meeting someone i knew at a munch? well they're hardly in a position to think anything of you are they? even if they're only browsing the site and come across you, well what are they doing here too? personally i'd find it funny, and possibly a bit interesting! ;)
it's not a problem for me, but i well understand how it is for many. it's just a personal thing, and whatever you're comfy with is fine, so long as you are comfy.
neil x x x ;)
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Hello
First off - just like to say that I am regretting the nick already. You have a PM. Feel very comfie in here and am looking forward to getting to know you all a bit better.
Still got loads of questions though!! I am doing a search before asking them but I may miss one that has been discssed previously - and I won't be offended if you just guide me over to the previous one smile.
So here'e my question:-
I'm new to "the scene". I'm a single woman. An out lesbian. Closet Bi (not I don't believe in doing things the conventional way!). And professional woman who deals with a lot of customers.
So I enjoy chatting on here and I'll get to know some of you - and maybe one day I'll go on a meet - or maybe a munch. So what happens if i walk into a room - and I find I've been chatting to someone I work with - or is a customer. Or vice versa - I walk into a meeting room one day to see one of you guys there? Have a nice warm smile and maybe i lttle giggle? (Or worse - what if I find out one of you is that annoying account manager that I ignore everytime his name shows on my ringing phone surprised ) Perhaps you may find him a little less 'annoying'
I think I could handle that if it turned out to be someone I had gotten to know very well on here - but you're not going to get to know everyone really well are you?
I think this is one of the things that holds me back at the moment.
Am I over worrying? Possibly, but understandably. Try to remember, they were here/there pretty much for the same reasons and pleasures you were.
What do you guys think?
How would you react if I changed my Atavar to one with my face and you realised you knew me. What would you do? Applaud??
Would appreciate your thoughts on this.

Just my thoughts.
If someone recognises you, they're in the same place, they're a swinger too! When I first started clubbing a few years back I worried about my boss walking in ( :shock: ), but soon got over it, thinking I might be in for a decent pay rise if he did :haha:
Really, it isn't a big deal, well not as big a one as you think when you're new. I suppose if you're married/in a relationship and cheating, it IS a BIG deal if someone who knows your partner recognises you, or maybe if you're a celeb rolleyes ... but if you're just a normal person with a regular life, people don't really give a shit!
Lots of people don't put faces on their ads cos it may be that someone will chance upon it who shouldn't be there and that is more of a worry. I don't have clear faces on my pics usually, for that reason. I only give face pics out to people I trust.....
It is a matter of common sense most of the time, do what is confortable for you.
Thanks for your reply Neil.
I see your point and I wonder if that is a more male orientated feeling? Or am I being sexist here?
I don't knwo what you do for a iving - but I'd be interested to know how you would react to me if you had a meeting tomorrow with a large supplier and I walked through your door as part of the supplier project team? Or how about - if you found out that I lived just down the street from you.
Would that change how you would interract with me if I wasn't a member of this forum?
Hi Shynewbie
Im in a similar situation as you except i am self employed, therefor not only do my actions reflect on my job but also the business as a whole!!
Ive pondered exactly the sme questions as you are doing and came to the conclussion that the risks are too great. Its taken me ten years to build the business so Im not going to lrisk it for one night or one meeting.
I guess its different for males but whatever is said on here, socienty still dosnt aprove of women swingers in their own right.
Ive never been to a munch and i guess i wont get to as i know there are people from my home town that may recognise me that go regularly. Whilst I hope that they would never intentionally give me away, who knows what they may say to their friends unintentionally?
When i meet anyone off here I always insist on seeing their face first so i can make sure i do not know them in real life, also i never meet anyone from my home town, even though there is one guy i would dearlylike to meet, again the risks are too high.
Sorry to ramble on and sorry im not more opptomistic, be careful.
Cheers Blue! Yeah - the boss thing freaks me out big time. Tut redface
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Thanks for your reply Neil.
I see your point and I wonder if that is a more male orientated feeling? Or am I being sexist here?
I don't knwo what you do for a iving - but I'd be interested to know how you would react to me if you had a meeting tomorrow with a large supplier and I walked through your door as part of the supplier project team? Or how about - if you found out that I lived just down the street from you.
Would that change how you would interract with me if I wasn't a member of this forum?

If that happened with me, would I get a good discount lol :lol:
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Thanks for your reply Neil.
I see your point and I wonder if that is a more male orientated feeling? Or am I being sexist here?
I don't knwo what you do for a iving - but I'd be interested to know how you would react to me if you had a meeting tomorrow with a large supplier and I walked through your door as part of the supplier project team? Or how about - if you found out that I lived just down the street from you.
Would that change how you would interract with me if I wasn't a member of this forum?

Actually this might improve business relations! Swinging is another form of networking IMHO! Perhaps we could get together for a 'nooner' to relieve some executive stress! :grin:
LC wink
Try not to worry,remember if you do bump into someone you know there in the same boat as you!
I was on a nudie Meditterrannean beach several years back and two guys (clothed) walked up to a guy about 20yds away who was sunbathing (nude).
It turned out one of them was his boss!! It was killing watching him standing there talking to them with his newspaper strategically held to cover his modesty
The thought occured though as to what they were doing on a nudist beach in the first place, and FULLY CLOTHED?
I think your reservations are very understandable but can't really help. It wouldn't worry me unless it was a work colleague, but then I'm just a slapper!! :twisted:
(Oi! Who said that?)
lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thanks for your reply Neil.
I see your point and I wonder if that is a more male orientated feeling? Or am I being sexist here?
I don't knwo what you do for a iving - but I'd be interested to know how you would react to me if you had a meeting tomorrow with a large supplier and I walked through your door as part of the supplier project team? Or how about - if you found out that I lived just down the street from you.
Would that change how you would interract with me if I wasn't a member of this forum?

yeah, i think it probably would change how i interacted with you to some extent, cos we would have something else in common other than having to work together. it would not be in a negative or indiscrete way, but that's just me. i can't speak for anyone else, so yeah if that would be an issue for you, err on the side of caution.
neil x x x ;)
I think only 2 people in our village do not know our fave hobby - and they're my children. (Who am I kidding, I bet they do know) Everyone I work with knows, too.
I work as a cashier in a bank, so I am in face to face public situation, and my face is there for all to see (and other bits of me too) here and in various other places on the web. (And printed media, etc)
As has been said already, if you are recognised, then the person who recognises you must at least have been looking if not participating in the same stuff as you.
It's only sex.
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We agree with Vix yet our pre occupation with maintaining our anonimity definitely curbs our enjoyment of the whole thing. So many threads we are unable to respond to for fear of being unmistakebly US in terms of humour, view point or interests/tastes. (how many people listen to Strauss and Nirvana in one sitting,lol, we could never mention that on here for fear of being recognised!)
Weve never gone with the "what are they doing here/there in the first place" arguement as many people we know are out and out gossips. Most people would know about our PRIVATE life without ever having visited a venue or website sad
We really do envy those who are able to be open on here, though having said that, if you KNOW life will become more complicated by "coming out" then dont...surely.
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HOr vice versa - I walk into a meeting room one day to see one of you guys there?

Just smile and say hi. Don't worry; he's not going to jump out of his chair and nail you to the wall right there in front of everyone. ;)
(Sorry, I've been looking for an excuse to work "nail you to the wall" into a post all day, and this is probably the best chance I'll get....)
We feel the same, especially with me working at a school wouldnt want people to find out. We do have pics on our add and am considering changing our avatar though not showing our faces still.
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Changed it now!
The only reason I decided to become a S.H. member was because I can be anonymous, I would be very embarrassed if I met someone who knows my family and I, although it is nothing to be ashamed of, I would rather not be recognised.
To be able to mix with likeminded people who are strangers is no problem at all and this site provides an excellent oportunity, these days, one can indulge in their own private fantasies and contact others with the same and meet via P. Ms. and keep everything private which suits me fine.
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Thanks for your reply Neil.
I see your point and I wonder if that is a more male orientated feeling? Or am I being sexist here?
I don't knwo what you do for a iving - but I'd be interested to know how you would react to me if you had a meeting tomorrow with a large supplier and I walked through your door as part of the supplier project team? Or how about - if you found out that I lived just down the street from you.
Would that change how you would interract with me if I wasn't a member of this forum?

i can understand where you are comming from im a manger of a uk wide company and often attend meetings across the country and that is the main reason i choose not to show my face on here (apart from the fact it might scare some peeps ) but i am quite willing to show my face to people i have conversations with.
i find that the best way around things
I met a very nice guy from on here and had some great fun with him, 3 days later i'm at work ordering some guys to do some maintance work in the Cemetery when I look up who should be one of the guys? yep thats right! we smiled at each other and got on with our jobs, no problems. xxxx
Hey - thanks to all for your input. It is good to know that I'm not the only one who has these sorts of thoughts. And it's good to have a forum in which to view them. As a person still exploring the possibilities of entering this world - it is important for me to probe and question. And so far I have been interested to note the different exeriences, thoughts and "beliefs" you all have. Bit like the "real" world then lol
Hi there,
Interesting thread - I have say that I would be a bit upset if a work colleague discovered what I get up to in my spare time, but no-one's doing anything wrong, so what the heck. In fact it might prove quite amusing as they all seem to think I'm a nice shy innocent girl :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
But I would be mortified if my family found out! :shock:
T x
I am the only woman in my team - and they all go red (okay - all except one who is gay) if I even mention having a GF - but I know at least one who would immediately expect me to be into him if he found out. rolleyes
Know the feeling honey, being the only girl in the office too. Gets a little tedious being treated like a bloke ALL the time!! Especially as they seem to think I know nothing about sex ............. if only they knew!!! lol :lol: :lol:
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Hi there,
Interesting thread - I have say that I would be a bit upset if a work colleague discovered what I get up to in my spare time, but no-one's doing anything wrong, so what the heck. In fact it might prove quite amusing as they all seem to think I'm a nice shy innocent girl :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
But I would be mortified if my family found out! :shock:
T x

Now why would they think that T?
Shy and innocent? (chokes on his beer) lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Watch it Eager ........... I know where your couch is :evil2: :evil2:
But surely the majority of peeps on here live a kind of double life at least to some extent??? I can't believe many of us go round letting on about our extra-curricular activities, mainly because others who don't share our particular tastes simply don't get it and will always find it unacceptable. Or am I just being paranoid? confused
Nope I think your right my family (brothers and sisters) hubby and his brothers and sisters and 1 of my closest friends know I’m bisexual oh and you lot on here! But I don't feel the need to tell anyone else so yes I do live a double life as such. I think most people on here do to a curtain extent
So I'm not on my own then??!! biggrin
But also find it's not so much a question of your orientation, it's more that it seems totally frowned upon to actually ENJOY sex just for the fun of it. Especially if you are a girl??!! redface surprisedops:
I agree with every thing Judy just said. A few years ago before children and new jobs my husband and I were in the habit of having sex at least 3 times a day more if we could. It became a standing in joke with my friends because they samed to have the knack of phoning in the middle of it.
The guys thought I was damm lucky the girls thought I was abnormal and asked why? when I said because we enjoyed it they said it was impossible to enjoy it if you where doing it so offten it must get boring!
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