I’ll admit it, I’m an Internet research junkie. I don’t spend my time on social networking sites but I do spend my time teaching myself new things. One of my favorite subjects in the last couple of years has been anything lifestyle related. The topic of swingers not having a symbol or emblem or sign to represent themselves keeps coming up at regular intervals. It seems that a few swingers get together, someone has the bright idea that there is no sign in existence and they decide to create one. The results are often mixed with the ideas working for one part of the community but not for the other. Where some folks go wrong is to actually take their design and trade-mark it so none came make a buck from it except them. Well, as you can imagine this is plain greedy and has no chance of actually becoming known since it cannot be freely distributed and copied…therefore no chance of growing virally.

In fact, the swinging lifestyle already has all sorts of different symbols. One swingers meeting site has its own charm and symbol. Double gold circles representing the unique circle of friends/lifestyle, and the X in the middle (white gold) representing how the lifestyle can come together. There is also the (more…)