We Gotta Thing - A Swinger Podcast Episode 106: Navigating Cliques in the Lifestyle
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Mar 28, 2023 AI Snips
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Middle School Mindset Drives Clique Perception
- Perceived cliques often come from our middle school conditioning that primes us to feel excluded in social groups.
- That adolescent trigger makes newbies assume circles are intentionally closed when they actually may just be friends catching up.
Why Lifestyle Events Heighten Social Anxiety
- The lifestyle is a time-limited, goal-oriented, sexually charged social environment, which raises anxiety for newcomers.
- Limited opportunity plus unfamiliar norms makes people over-interpret others' behavior as exclusionary.
Our First Meet And Greet Corner Failure
- Mr. and Mrs. Jones recount their first huge meet and greet where they stood in the corner, failed to approach anyone, and argued on the drive home.
- They expected instant attention but left feeling ignored and nearly quit the lifestyle after that single bad night.