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How should we screen single guys? UPDATED!!

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We're a couple where she shags other guys while he watches / joins in. All god fun. But we have a problem whcih, I suspect, is an age old one.
We place an advert for men to augment our fruity goings on and get a great wodge of replies. We instantly delete all of the one-liners, 'I'm a great shag get back to me', and guys that can't be bothered to attach a piccie, so that's about 2/3 gone ( :small-print: guys, a tip: read the advert properly).
Then, we like to meet the remainder to see if we like them in the flesh but we won't play on that night. We have kids, so to meet blokes means we have to get a babysitter in. So, we'd like to make best use of the time and meet as many of the 'potentials' as possible on the same night.
THe solution we've come up with this time is to arrange to meet them at half-hourly intervals at different pubs so that they don't bump into each other. One problem with this is that we could end up completely smashed by bloke number 6 OR we could be stood up 5 times in a row (which has happened to us before mad )
confused: So, my question is - does anyone know of a better way to meet and screen the men ahead of the fun starting? We'd love to learn from someone else's experiences.
:?: Also, does anyone know of any clubs in North or Central London where we could meet guys and have fun on the premises (bearing in mind that some of that fun would be male bi-oral)?
G&T
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Dead easy - get yourself to one of the munches or large socials and you'll meet all the guys you can cope with, in a non-threatening atmosphere, where you won't be stood up!
Job's a gud 'un!! lol
Mal
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Sounds like a great idea. biggrin Next question: where do we get details of London Muches?
here: http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewforum/2.html
Hi,
I read your post carefully and you mention screening guys, but you dont mention what your screening guys for, not unless im missing something. Not being one to open a can of worms, but if couples were more up front with what they are looking for or even what they expect from another person then they may be able to narrow the field even more and in doing so, find exactly more of what they want. Im sure your not doing anything terribly wrong, but by just being a little more open it can go a long way. I do realise that there are alot of guys out there whos lives revolve around what they would like to be rather than what really is. Im now awaiting the backlash for my comments.
Its a lot less bover than a hover.
Best wishes.
At a guess they are screening out timewasters, and people who's pics date back to the years before their hair fell out and the beer belly obscured their feet. Any website has it's fair share of timewasters, wierdos*, chancers and people with body odour problems, none of which you can easily filter out without a meeting.
Oh, and if anybody finds a good place in north london for bi guys to meet couples, be sure to invite me wink
* like me redface
I'm probably about to get lynched too, but can I add a single guys perspective here too ?
If a couple have a fairly good idea what they want, and they have communicated this in simple terms in the advert (keep it simple - us blokes are all stupid - LOL), then the next best thing is to state what you are looking for from the person - looks, likes, sexual pref.s and so on. Requesting a picture and talking to them on the phone will pretty much remove all of the idiots, and you will have a fairly good idea what sort of a person they are from the way they 'come across' (no pun intended).
Anyone who won't talk on the phone, won't supply a photo, or other details, probably doesn't intend to meet anyway.
And ........ from a single guys point of view, I have to echo the above - please say what it is you are looking for, and don't be afraid of being specific, after all you must have an idea of what would be good and what would be bad - tell it like it is !
I have stopped replying to ad's that say "Couple looking for another guy for fun" or anything similar - they rarely come to anything.
OK, you can get the sharp knives out now .......
<ducks>
T.
Well the original post in this thread didn't say what we're looking for 'cos that's (supposed to be) on our advert (please do PM us if it's unclear and I'll change it). The point of this thread was to find ways of 'screening' people. Mister_Discreet puts it very well but heres our version:
timewasters (there are plenty of guys who will talk to you on the phone and then not bother to turn up on the night. That's happened to us on more than one occasion and it's very frustrating)
People who misrepresent themselves on pictures (we've even had our own picture sent to us, which was quite something!
People who look nice and sane on the pics but clearly have a screw loose when you meet them, and
People who, for whatever reason, you just don't feel attracted to even though they looked quite nice in their pics. Funny how life works in that way really.

It's also nice for Gloria as it makes her feel nice and warm and fluffy biggrin and that has to be a good thing, does it not.
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Hi,
I read your post carefully and you mention screening guys, but you dont mention what your screening guys for, not unless im missing something. Not being one to open a can of worms, but if couples were more up front with what they are looking for or even what they expect from another person then they may be able to narrow the field even more and in doing so, find exactly more of what they want. Im sure your not doing anything terribly wrong, but by just being a little more open it can go a long way. I do realise that there are alot of guys out there whos lives revolve around what they would like to be rather than what really is. Im now awaiting the backlash for my comments.
Its a lot less bover than a hover.
Best wishes.
how many times a day do you shave jude?
Must try and work out this list thingummy one of these days! Oops. redface
You could pit them in a battle royale to fight to the death for your time, intersperse that with some light snacks and the chance to bet on the winner and you've got yourself a goldmine there wink
Well I guess its not surprising but what pees me off is when you do everything the couple asks for - pics, number, detailed letter, etc etc and you still don't hear a word back. By my reckoning it takes about 10 seconds to type thanks but no thanks - there I've just done it - but that rarely happens. Allowing for the fact that a significant proportion of the ads are probably fakes it still means there are an awful lot of rude people out there....Of course since they've privatised this site it may be that people can't reply.....anyone know?
But hey ho I keep on trying so how stoopid am I????!!! Doh...
Peter not really
battle royale=damn fine film
Well - we always reply if someone actually tells us a bit about themselves, includes a piccie, etc. We will delete the ones that simply say something like "I like your profie. Get back to me" because there are a very large number of those and if they can't be bothered to write a few lines about their hopes and expectations then why would we spend time on them? Everyone else gets either a "we'd liek to meet for a drink" OR "thanks but no thanks" reply.
Oh, and the system seems to be working just fine at the moment.
Hi,
Thanks for explaing what it is that you wished to get accross to us. Im sure we are all smart enough to understand.
Best wishes.
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I'm probably about to get lynched too, but can I add a single guys perspective here too ?
T.

Not really, you're married.
lol well sotted freckledbird........that was so obvious i missed it.
I am still working out how to screen couples - single guys are easy to work out - couples are a bloody nightmare!
No matter how much detail you give them, no matter how much you explain, there seems to be a temp' deafness that effects couples when they are arranging to meet single fems.
rolleyes
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I'm probably about to get lynched too, but can I add a single guys perspective here too ?
T.

Not really, you're married.
Doh !
(You knew what I meant though wink )
is that because a lot of the times the wives dont know about the arrangements and its all a wishful hubbies little gameplan, pololady? lol
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I'm probably about to get lynched too, but can I add a single guys perspective here too ?
T.

Not really, you're married.
Doh !
(You knew what I meant though wink )
I do, but you still can't offer that perspective because you're married.
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is that because a lot of the times the wives dont know about the arrangements and its all a wishful hubbies little gameplan, pololady? lol

Goodness me, do people do that?
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Well I guess its not surprising but what pees me off is when you do everything the couple asks for - pics, number, detailed letter, etc etc and you still don't hear a word back. By my reckoning it takes about 10 seconds to type thanks but no thanks - there I've just done it - but that rarely happens. Allowing for the fact that a significant proportion of the ads are probably fakes it still means there are an awful lot of rude people out there....Of course since they've privatised this site it may be that people can't reply.....anyone know?
But hey ho I keep on trying so how stoopid am I????!!! Doh...
Peter not really

okay... let's put some more propective into in... i know a person who put up an ad in women seeking men...... she ended up getting about 700 replies!!!!
700 x 10seconds equals 7000 seconds..... bearing in mind there are 3600 seconds in an hour!!!! so you want her to reply to everyone for the best part of 2 hrs saying "thanks but no thanks".....................
time to jump on the train marked "real life" methinks........
maybe im just paranoid but on the net a lot of people are not what they seem.
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maybe im just paranoid but on the net a lot of people are not what they seem.

Hey, that's worrying - there might be people using the site that don't really say who or what they are ?
Too true - I seem to have responded to most of their adverts too !
it must be hard being so
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is that because a lot of the times the wives dont know about the arrangements and its all a wishful hubbies little gameplan, pololady? lol

50/50 :lol:
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maybe im just paranoid but on the net a lot of people are not what they seem.

never rolleyes
lol :lol: :lol: wink