The First Swinging Party

Another couple – Aidan and Jacinthe - was driving us to the social and as my nerves mounted, Jacinthe gave me her top tip. “Keep your lipstick handy. And use it as an excuse if you can’t say no – just wave it in the air and head off to the bathroom.” “You mean ‘Excuse me, I need to go to the ladies room’ like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.” Comparisons to hookers seemed particularly apt. Aidan looked at me in the rear-view mirror and said “Don’t worry. No one will force you to do what you don’t want to. Besides, this is a social. Probably nothing will happen anyway.”