I Visited A Swinger's Club For The First Time.

Walking up to the unmarked door of a building in a dark, industrial area not far from the Brisbane CBD, I was nervous as hell. My partner assured me that it wasn't going to be anything like I expected - I hoped that meant that I wouldn't be mauled by a group of elderly hairy fat men on arrival. I'll be honest...this wasn't too far exaggerated from what I was picturing in my mind. But he'd been once before with an ex and said that it was worth checking out, so here we were. I was definitely curious.

Just to back track and give some context to the situation, we'd had one drunken threesome that didn't get very far past a little bit of foreplay and I was bi-curious but had no experience with women beyond some drunken pashes and the aforementioned failed attempt at a menage a trois. So we were hoping to meet some couples or single women around our age - I was 21 at the time, my partner 25.

Anyway, we knocked on the door and a woman in her 30s opened it with a tight smile and even tighter corset. We were ushered into the small reception area and could hear music through another closed door to our right. We paid our admission fee and were asked if we were new and needed a tour: "yes, please." The woman lead us through the open door after drawing our attention to a moderately long list of rules on a pinboard behind us. I felt like I was walking into a lion's den and it was feeding time.

But then as my eyes adjusted to the darkness and I looked around, I saw no ravenous, drooling predators waiting to pounce. In fact, I saw not many people at all. There was a group of 6 (presumably 3 couples) sitting at a table against one wall, then the rest of the area as empty, save for a very bored-looking bartender.

The main area looked like a small nightclub - a small 2m long bar, a few tables and long benches around the edges of the room, a pool table, two couches near a dancefloor, and a raised stage complete with 3 stripper poles. Just to the left of where we entered was a dark room with a big screen TV and two couches side by side, streaming porn.

We were taken to one of the upstairs areas - a massage table with a small bench seat next to it then a short hallway with three bedrooms down it. Two of the rooms were very small fitting a queen-sized bed with a little room to maneuver around the sides and had a chain that could be placed across the entrance if you wanted an audience. You left the chain off if you were okay with them entering the room or you closed the door if you wanted total privacy, and a closed door wasn't allowed to be opened. The third room was larger, with a queen-sized bed but also a padded high bench that looked like a gymnastics horse at the foot of the bed.

We were lead back downstairs then across the other side of the building. Behind the bar were four toilets (two male, two female) and a large open shower area. There was an outdoor smokers area at the back, then to the right a set of stairs leading to the open play area. The play area looked out over the downstairs level and had two beds to one side, a sex swing in the centre, another bed to the other side and a large human shaped/sized cage. There was also a separate room that had a bed in it and a computer set up with a webcam pointing at it - the club continuously live-streamed to a swinger's site in just that room. Neat.

Anyway, after the tour wrapped up we went downstairs to the BYO bar and dropped off our drinks, grabbed one each then settled on one of the couches near the dancefloor. The only other people in the club were still seated where they had barely given us a second glance as we entered. They seemed to know each other pretty well and did not seem interested in making new friends. After a while of sitting there, another couple walked in. They made their way to the bar, grabbed some drinks then asked if they could join us on the other couch. We had a pleasant conversation consisting of mostly small talk then we played a game of pool. ....and that was the highlight of the night. Seriously. It was an remarkably ordinary night. The other couples sitting in the corner when we arrived made no effort to chat to us (and to be fair, we didn't either) and it was very very quiet, which - we were told - is ordinary for a non-theme night. So next time we decided to check out a theme night. More on that in a post to come...

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