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By *arry and Megs OP   Couple
9 weeks ago

letterkenny

Other than pineapples and pampas grass what are they

I saw a badge claiming to be the official symbol of a red background with a black "swing"

Would anyone know what this is if they saw someone wearing it ?

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By *oxy jWoman
9 weeks ago

somerset

pineapples and pampas grass are not signs of swingers and nothing is nobody wants to be advertising your a a swinger 24/7 ... just think of all those unattractive men pestering you

its men who try to invent these signs but they never work for a reason and that is women and couples are just not interested

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By (user no longer on site)
9 weeks ago

Does it matter? I find it a bit creepy when people I meet in vanilla settings tell me about their "lifestyle"... Surely there is either a mutual desire to fuck (or gossip about fucking I guess) or not?

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By *arry and Megs OP   Couple
9 weeks ago

letterkenny


"pineapples and pampas grass are not signs of swingers and nothing is nobody wants to be advertising your a a swinger 24/7 ... just think of all those unattractive men pestering you

its men who try to invent these signs but they never work for a reason and that is women and couples are just not interested"

Well we're interested, and upside down pineapples is definitely a thing, maybe a bit of a joke thing but very much a thing I'm gran Canaria.

Each to their own and your not into what we are

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By *1newfunWoman
9 weeks ago

Eastleigh

Any fab lolly merchandise.

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By *neeyedwillieMan
9 weeks ago

Darlington

Heard it all.

Pineapples, pampas grass, anklet

bracelets, black ring on right hand, plastic flamingos on the lawn etc etc etc.

Its all fantasy and hear say.

If you want everyone to know you are a swinger, you'll let them know. If you don't and want to keep.it private as many really do, you will.

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By *ilva69Man
9 weeks ago

stockport

It would be great if fab sold T shirts with their logo on

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By *1newfunWoman
9 weeks ago

Eastleigh


"It would be great if fab sold T shirts with their logo on "

EBay is your friend!

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By *andAukCouple
9 weeks ago

leeds

Just got a pineapple necklace for the wife.

Not upside down though, so waiting to see if she gets any attention wearing it at work.

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By *bxanfCouple
9 weeks ago

Shadow Moses, Stourbridge

We have an upaide down pineapple sticker on the car. A few of the people we know at clubs have them too or a pineapple in the window.

Flamingoes are a symbol too we have been told.

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By *oan of DArcCouple
9 weeks ago

Glasgow


"Just got a pineapple necklace for the wife.

Not upside down though, so waiting to see if she gets any attention wearing it at work. "

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Isn't it just inviting attention from people you don't want attention from?

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By *arry and Megs OP   Couple
9 weeks ago

letterkenny


"Just got a pineapple necklace for the wife.

Not upside down though, so waiting to see if she gets any attention wearing it at work.

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Isn't it just inviting attention from people you don't want attention from?"

Obviously they do want attention

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
9 weeks ago

O o O oo


"pineapples and pampas grass are not signs of swingers and nothing is nobody wants to be advertising your a a swinger 24/7 ... just think of all those unattractive men pestering you

its men who try to invent these signs but they never work for a reason and that is women and couples are just not interested"

Poor men get the blame for everything

To the OP I have only heard of the pampas grass and upside down pineapple. Does anyone know why it is upside down?

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By *atEvolutionCouple
9 weeks ago

atlantisEVOLUTION Swingers Club. Stoke


"Other than pineapples and pampas grass what are they

I saw a badge claiming to be the official symbol of a red background with a black "swing"

Would anyone know what this is if they saw someone wearing it ?"

We have been wearing these for about 3 years - the background colour is irrelevant - I have a cut one and my husband has a silver on black background.

I wearing mine in a few photos in my profile.

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By *atEvolutionCouple
9 weeks ago

atlantisEVOLUTION Swingers Club. Stoke


"pineapples and pampas grass are not signs of swingers and nothing is nobody wants to be advertising your a a swinger 24/7 ... just think of all those unattractive men pestering you

its men who try to invent these signs but they never work for a reason and that is women and couples are just not interested

Poor men get the blame for everything

To the OP I have only heard of the pampas grass and upside down pineapple. Does anyone know why it is upside down?"

According to one source it started on cruise ships - levels where marked by fruits Apples. Oranges Lemons Pineapples etc and then your room number. Kind of an easy way to remember your way around the ship.

Apparently a few people who where 'swingers' before they knew it was swinging turned the pinapple sign upside down on their cabin to let the other people they had spoken too, help find them.

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By *atEvolutionCouple
9 weeks ago

atlantisEVOLUTION Swingers Club. Stoke


"Heard it all.

Pineapples, pampas grass, anklet

bracelets, black ring on right hand, plastic flamingos on the lawn etc etc etc.

Its all fantasy and hear say.

If you want everyone to know you are a swinger, you'll let them know. If you don't and want to keep.it private as many really do, you will.

"

Not so. Mine has attracted the beginning of a swingers chat quite a few times. In Spain. France and the UK.

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By *rpeggioCouple
9 weeks ago

Baughurst

There's no official sign because there's no official United Nations High Office for Swinging Affairs. No agreed convention on signs, silently after so many threads about this

Most swingers see no value in advertising it publicly to vanillas and swingers, just to grab the attention of a minority of swingers. If we saw swingers advertising it publicly, we would stay way clear of them, since obviously they would not be strong on discretion.

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By *oan of DArcCouple
9 weeks ago

Glasgow


"Just got a pineapple necklace for the wife.

Not upside down though, so waiting to see if she gets any attention wearing it at work.

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Isn't it just inviting attention from people you don't want attention from?

Obviously they do want attention "

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Attention from every man & his dog?

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By *atEvolutionCouple
9 weeks ago

atlantisEVOLUTION Swingers Club. Stoke


"

Isn't it just inviting attention from people you don't want attention from?"

You mean like wearing an overly short skirt, or racy clothing, or wild hair colours, being too loud on a night out, or from people looking over your shoulder when you are on Fab swingers on your phone in a public place? People will pay you attention for a million reasons, adding a necklace to your neck-line/wrist won't add much that they don't already look at you for.

But as most vanilla people wouldn't know what the sign meant, they really wouldn't be asking about it. And if you told them, then that is really up to the judgement of the individual to share it's meaning or not.

I have shared it's meaning on a number of occasions and had an excellent response from couples and singles.

Surely, we are all in the business of promoting swinging as a lifestyle, not an exclusive club of us and them. Before thinking about how to tear thing s down, perhaps think about how we can build them up.

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By *izandpaulCouple
9 weeks ago

merseyside

I have a small tattoo on my ankle.

I send a photo of it to people who take an interest in meeting when we are on holiday, at the beach, at a party etc.

Other times, don't advertise our pastime.

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

Looks at growing pampas grass in front garden

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

2017 pampas grass sales where down, supposedly due to the association with swinging

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/pampas-grass-sales-swinging-sex-connotations-seventies-houses-front-garden-a7764796.html#:~:text=Once%20a%20common%20plant%20outside,that%20the%20residents%20were%20swingers.

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By *riskynriskyCouple
8 weeks ago

Essex.


"We have an upaide down pineapple sticker on the car. A few of the people we know at clubs have them too or a pineapple in the window.

Flamingoes are a symbol too we have been told."

Interesting, the keeper's house at London zoo has 2 plastic flamingoes outside...

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

Anyone else got a sudden desire to perform a pampas grass version of a fan dance?!?

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By *uff the Boner!Man
8 weeks ago

SWANSEA

How about " Pearl Necklaces" lol

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

*Pampas fan dance *in* a pearl necklace

I saw a pearl tie the other day. I should have bought that...

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
8 weeks ago

O o O oo


"pineapples and pampas grass are not signs of swingers and nothing is nobody wants to be advertising your a a swinger 24/7 ... just think of all those unattractive men pestering you

its men who try to invent these signs but they never work for a reason and that is women and couples are just not interested

Poor men get the blame for everything

To the OP I have only heard of the pampas grass and upside down pineapple. Does anyone know why it is upside down?

According to one source it started on cruise ships - levels where marked by fruits Apples. Oranges Lemons Pineapples etc and then your room number. Kind of an easy way to remember your way around the ship.

Apparently a few people who where 'swingers' before they knew it was swinging turned the pinapple sign upside down on their cabin to let the other people they had spoken too, help find them.

"

Sounds like a good idea

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By *eterandJaneadventuresCouple
8 weeks ago

Sutton

We have purchased a pineapple shaped towel, will be placing it upside down on a sun lounger , just to either give a hint or for fun. Lol

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By *JandCMCouple
8 weeks ago

cardiff

The wife has a t shirt with a picture of a Fab ice cream on it she wears every now n then.

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By *izandpaulCouple
8 weeks ago

merseyside

Just walked past the entrance to a caravan site at Black Rock Sands in Wales and the verge is rammed full of pampas grass.

What do you reckon 🤣🤣🤣

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By *lirtyAndFunCouple
8 weeks ago

Rushden

Whether people want to "advertise" their lifestyle or not is up to each person but why do so many forum members only want to argue or look down on others queries?

Saying there is or isn't any official symbols is pointless. If you want it to mean something & others are aware then great.

No-one owns swinging so why try so hard to gatekeep?

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