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By *onyDunn OP Man
over a year ago
Sevenoaks |
OK so I know there is a little dogging going on either as social distanced shows or covid denying couples but
The vac is going well. There has to be a repeat for the second jabs for the over 75s which will slow things but the daily rate has gone up and supply is good (outside the EU LOL). So either lock-down will end in March/April 21 when the hospital admission/deaths are really down or a month or two later with a fall in cases.
So assuming in May lock-down has ended, schools open, shops are open, pubs/hotels are re-opening. By July masks are not needed and life is normal.
For the existing dogging couples there may be a surge. There could be a sweet spot when existing swingers will play but clubs are still shut. I am going to assume Swinging clubs resume in September or October. So existing couples may go dogging for a few months then in autumn retire to clubs. Or will they refrain from clubs due to social distancing? So a couple may feel safe swapping and playing in a group of 3 to 6 but will not necessarily want to be in a crowded bar of 100+.
New couples? I cannot see new couples thinking "you know dogging, the mixing with strangers. We have never tried it and until now we could have caught Covid. So now it is safe and we have had the vac, lets see if the misses wants a shag from a complete stranger who may have not had the vaccine, in a car park late at night risking a mild Covid". I just don't see it. I think it with be a number of years before dogging virgins forget Covid enough to venture out at night to see what dogging (or any form of Swinging) is all about.
It will be the same for the clubs. Existing clients will split into 3 groups. One group will get back into it as quickly as they can and probably be as keen as mustard to catch up with lost time. Another group will retire and use Covid to change there lifestyle. The third group will semi-retire and probably wait a year or so before returning. New couples going to clubs? Not for a while would be my guess. So will clubs survive with reduced attendees?
So my prediction is that after lock down, couples behaviour will vary depending upon confidence in future infection risks. That is going to impact on football crowds, gigs, crowded shopping mails. The same will apply to swinging clubs and dogging. Some will resume but many ( and ladies are naturally risk adverse) will not.
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I, sadly, think it could be a year's time before clubs reestablish themselves, which would distance them from the yo-yo lockdown etc cycles we've had the past year. They could reopen earlier via reduced facilities for socials.
Unrestricted behaviour, outside of council controlled licensing etc, is another thing. Sometimes less is more. If dogging develops with fewer people, it may be better, as others could get to know each other better with a gradual return to a normality that reflects wider society and excludes less desirable problem makers. Next winter? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Agree with the above, I’ll be late in the year at least for swingers clubs to properly open, they may just do socials that a few I know have done but cannot see them opening up fully until the vaccine is more prominent, you are looking at 60% vaccinated for all this to start going away.
That said dogging, woodlands etc are more open, seen quite a few already even though we are in full lockdown, also see quite a few meets at houses, but they are very private, personal connections and trust are the key to play in this year, everyone I have played with this year have been people that I know and met before, no dogging though which is disappointing. |
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