Some of you know that I've been to a conference for the last couple of days. I never cease to be amazed by the types of things people choose to talk about at these events :P .... Anyways, at this one someone presented a talk about polyamorous relationships. It was interesting and I could see some parallels with some swinging relationships but the speaker introduced two terms that are apparently used very frequently on polyamory websites that I have never seen or heard about in relation to swinging. These terms refer to emotions that partners in poly relationships might experience, that could easily apply to swingers too, so I am wondering why these terms have never made it into the swinging community..... well maybe they have and I've missed them :shock: ... So, has anyone ever heard of or used these terms???:
Wibbly:
This is a term to describe feeling a bit jealous or insecure about a relationship that your partner might be having. You don't want to stop your partner seeing the other person, yet you still feel a bit insecure about it.... thus you are feeling "wibbly".
Frubbly:
This is kind of the opposite of wibbly, where you feel joy or happy emotions about seeing or watching your partner (not necessarily sexually) with another of their partners.
The speaker did go into why these terms sound rather silly and how they came about, but I won't bore you with the details....
So.... are these useful terms for swingers and have you heard of them?