Untangling Types of Couple-Focused Consensual Nonmonogamies
“The best-known and perhaps most widely practiced form of CNM in the United States is swinging, which tends to be focused on an established woman–man couple who includes others in their sex life. The line between swinging and polyamory is quite murky, with some swingers establishing deep and lasting emotional connections with other couples and spending lots of time together doing things besides having sex. The overlap between swinging and polyamory is so common that the term “swolly” has evolved to describe the emotionally intimate type of swinging or the sexuality-focused type of polyamory. In either case, swingers are generally clear that the couple is the priority and other relationships exist at the behest of the couple, not as equal to it.” https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202304/untangling-types-of-couple-focused-consensual-nonmonogamies
