Adult Match Maker has 2.5 million registered members with 25 thousand people logging in each day, making it a great prospect for meeting like-minded people. They also have one of the largest groups of couples on any adult dating website in Australia. There are a wide range of members with tastes, outside of the typical dating website fit. From the looks of things – according to Adult Match Maker’s advanced search tool – you would be hard pressed to find a town across Australia and New Zealand without a wide range of members to choose from.
Adult Match Maker is free to join but there are also plenty of options available within their paid membership to really make the most of the adult dating community they have created. There are 3 tiered membership levels – Silver, Gold & Platinum. Each level opens up a range of features that allow a member to communicate with others on the website – through messages, winks, access to member galleries and chat rooms. We love the fact that they have a free webcam chat room every evening – definitely a good way to actually see who you are chatting to as well as get a feel for their personality before you hook up.
For the sugar daddies, mummies & couples – or people who are happy to pay for other members to contact them – a Postage Paid account allows other members, regardless of their type of membership, to send messages to them for free. We imagine this type of account really opens up opportunities for members seeking casual encounters.
Other features that we really like are their profile verification and membership validation features. From early on, Adult Match Maker listened to member feedback and a key concern among responses was authenticity of member profiles. Their commitment to genuine profiles means that there are numerous features that ensure their membership base is authentic and accessible. To verify a profile, it’s really as simple as taking a picture of yourself with a the verification code and sending it through to their support staff to confirm the profile. We imagine that there are many members who would prefer only to reach out to members who have verified profiles, so this makes great sense!
The member validation feature is particularly useful for those in the swinging scene as it allows members who have met each other to confirm that they actually exist – sweet! They can add a brief message about an interaction they have had with a couple and voilà, one of the best personal testimonial features we’ve seen and a great way of knowing what to expect from a rendezvous.
Adult Match Maker also has Australia’s largest events listings across the swingers and adult dating spectrum. Informative articles from their range of sexologists give you the latest goss about each of the scenes as well as how to make the most of your time on the website. They even have a travel section that features the go-to holiday destinations that are popular in the scene.
So what are you waiting for? If you are new to the swinging scene, an account with Adult Match Maker is going to make the whole process a lot easier to navigate. It’s free to sign up, and with 35,000 members logging in each day, you’ll be swinging in no time. 
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The Club’s motto – Swing in Style – is a motto that hits the mark! Subtle lighting, cosy corners and luxurious fabrics and fittings set the scene for a truly extravagant experience which invigorates the body and mind. Set over multiple levels with a myriad of themes, each one is tailored for the discerning tastes of the diverse clientèle that visits The Couples Club.
Second Friday of each month
The venue’s owner, John, understands the needs and desires of his guests, and he has honed his vision over many years. John understands that not everyone visits the venue to swing. Guests may come to enjoy the voyeuristic delights, some like to touch and some like to exhibit.
John’s vision for the club is an environment where guests can embrace their sexuality in a playful and friendly setting where personal limitations are respected. It’s a place where fantasies can become reality and often, anything goes.
Swingers in the know have made The Couples Club their no.1 destination for a sexy night out for well over 20 years. For many guests, a visit to The Couples Club is something they look forward to, where new friendships are formed and consummated. The venue’s sole purpose is a club for genuine swinging couples – the club only opens on club nights, offering guests the opportunity to meet other sexy, like-minded couples. There are no compromises in this direction and no doubt one of the main reasons why The Couples Club retains its preference among the swinger’s community as the destination of choice.
The Club plays host to some of Sydney’s stand-out swinger’s nights:
ANGELS & DEMONS
An institution in the swinging scene – Angels & Demons is our favourite night and a must do! Held on the second Friday of each month. Dress in your sexiest attire or release your favourite fetish. Socialise in the velvet lounge and establish the night, before heading to the dance floor to release your inhibitions. Take the next step and indulge in your fantasy – the options are truly only limited by your imagination.
FIRST TIMERS FRIDAY
For those who are new to the scene and looking to take things slowly, this is the night for you. There is no pressure to play, and remember, everyone who visits The Couples Club has had a “first time” swinging experience, so everyone appreciates how important it is for you to feel comfortable.
PURE DECADENCE
Our dress down parties go off! Sydney couples tell us they like to dress up and it seems they like dressing down even more. Just BYO alcohol and BYO partner and we provide a sexy provocative environment to party and play in. Join us for a decadent night of swinging fun on the third Friday of every month.
CASANOVA PARTY
Cultivate pleasure and make it the chief business of your life by making the Casanova party a fixture on your calendar. The Couples Club brings you a unique event for couples and single ladies. Sexy bar and wait staff and a hot male stripper on hand to ensure the atmosphere is conducive to cultivating pleasure.
COUPLES CLUB CONDITIONS
Each event is subject to certain conditions for guests wishing to attend. Most guests agree that adhering to these conditions has made The Couples Club the venue that it is today. The club does not compromise on these and asks all the uphold them.
- Pressuring: Guests must ask before touching – No means No
- No Men Alone: Men must be with Partners at all time downstairs
- Recruiting for parties and collecting phone numbers is not on
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OPENING HOURS
- THURSDAYS: 8:00PM-12:00AM / Selected Single men welcome after 9:30pm
- FRIDAYS: 9:00PM-3:00AM / Welcomes Couples and Single Ladies Only
- SATURDAYS: 9:00PM-3:00AM / Welcomes Couples and Single Ladies Only
- SUNDAYS: 8:00PM-12:00AM / Selected Single men welcome after 9:30pm
LOCATION
226 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales, 2010
CONTACT
- The Couples Club is a non-licensed venue – BYO only.
Article originally featured in Intertext – A publication by Syracuse University, NY, United States.
Swingers are mothers, teachers, brownie leaders, and car salesmen. The thing that makes swingers unique is the very fact that they are ordinary people. They reside within a realm of a normal lifestyle. Sex, orgies, and bisexual encounters don’t define the couples in this subculture, marriage and parenthood do. Understandably, this claim is provocative, and it may be hard for non-swingers to comprehend, but swingers do have strong marriages; they just have an interesting choice of hobbies. These couples chose to take an unconventional path to lead them to a strong, dedicated, and ordinary marriage.
Swingers are a close knit group with their own definition of monogamy and family life as well as their own vocabulary. For example, many of the swingers I had contact with referred to themselves as part of the ‘lifestyle’ and their sexual escapades to be ‘play-time.’ Scholar Terry Gould also noticed the recurring use of these terms, and historicizes them to have been created in the 1980s by swingers who wanted to give validity and justice to the subculture of which they were a part (1). The negative connotations associated with “swinger” are derived from the belief that swingers participate in orgy-fests, are insecure, and that women are coerced in to this lifestyle. Swingers, in fact, are typically highly educated and have strong marriages (Gould 1).
Swingers have a complex relationship with mainstream culture. The sexual and emotional desires that they fulfil through swinging (though viewed as deviant by society) take place within the norms of middle class life, but the swinging subculture is still viewed as a threat because it challenges accepted views of matrimony and sexuality.
There is a popular saying in the lifestyle: “Swinging never made a bad marriage good” (Gould 7). As I began my research, I questioned why the majority of the couples were older (about forty years old). Swinging involves potential risks to marital stability, which is why it’s not for insecure or new couples; it requires trust. Young couples never fair well in the swinging world, because they are not secure enough in their relationships or with themselves to participate. I was able to conduct an email interview with Matt*, a swinger from the west coast who provided insight regarding young couples in the lifestyle, often referred to as “the beautiful people” since they are so young and there are so few of them. He has found that new couples are concerned with cheating and their relationship is just not stable enough. Frequently, play with these younger couples ends up being more troublesome for him and his wife to achieve: “also, new couples with whom you connect often crash and burn because of jealousy before you even get down to the play. It’s often better to avoid them and go for the experienced.” On a popular online swingers’ message board, swingers are able to communicate with each other. The board is often a place where swingers dismiss misconceptions about swinging that many nonswingers have. On one message board thread, a woman shared a story of a swinging date gone bad. Other swingers gave her advice. Again, they strongly emphasized the importance of communication: “although you both had fantasized about it many times, it doesn’t sound like you ever really talked about the what-if it happened, and what you would want to happen, and about what you’re comfortable with, therefore laying down some ground rules on what is okay and what isn’t” (Message Board Post).
- Name changed for individual’s anonymity.
The Secret Lives of Women – Swingers
A fascinating American documentary about swingers parties, uncovering real couples that host and participate in swingers parties. The couples claim that active, open relationships actually help eliminate jealousy and strengthen marriages, despite flying in the face of traditional conventions.
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Welcome to Swingtown.
The 1970’s are over, but some things are making a comeback: lava lamps, wallpaper, Donna Summer’s concert tour and… swingers.
“The lifestyle” (as swingers fondly call it) is seeping into suburban, upper-middle class social scenes, and people are taking notice. Over drinks and dessert, discussions, once focused on home renovations and restaurant openings, are now giving way to talk about wife-swapping and tales of key parties down the block.
Last month, I attended an end-of-the-elementary-school-year family barbecue in my woodsy suburban neighborhood outside of Washington, D.C.
Sitting with four other couples as the kids played Wii downstairs, the parents’ conversations turned from second grade teacher reputations and fourth quarter grades to the rumored “swingers” parties one community over. Those of us who had heard it before had a twinkle in their eyes.
It shocked those who hadn’t — then sparked their curiosity.
Is this curiosity a throwback to the free-feeling ’70s or are 30-and-40-something married couples getting restless?
Determined to unravel the mystery, I scored myself an invitation to a swingers club.
For one night, I gained access to the entire club and got introduced to women who could answer my overriding questions of “why do you do it?” and “how can you do it?”
Tucked behind a nondescript building and a 7-11 is The Tabu Social Club in Catonsville, Maryland. Once you see the blue awning with a fancy “T” you know you’re in the right place. I remember marveling at how their elaborate black iron gate gave the entryway an almost regal quality.
A bit shaky as I climbed the steps of the building, I braced myself for what I might find.
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