The Swing Nation 2025 Recap: Highs, Lows & Everything In Between

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Speaker1: This podcast is intended for adult audiences. Over the age of 18, it contains adult language and situations. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to us, and not of any employer, organization, committee, or other group or individuals. This podcast is not intended to be taken as professional advice. Welcome to the Swing Nation podcast. A podcast by swingers for swingers. Where we look to educate others and push back on the negative stigmas and misconceptions associated with our lifestyle. Come with us and share our pineapple journey as we travel the globe. Interview the experts. Learn and grow together. Join the nation. So Lacey, people are asking, how do they get to go to a party or an event with us? They check out swingersociety.net, you create a profile, you sign up for an event, and you come hang out with us. Super easy. That's right. If you want to party with us and the other faces and names that you know from social media and TikTok, head on over to swingersociety.net. Can't wait to see you there. Hey there, pineapple people, and welcome to the Swing Nation podcast. We are your hosts, Northern Guy. And Southern Girl. And we are back with a full-length episode of the podcast. We are. You almost said Tuesday Talks, didn't you? Yeah, I don't know. I could tell you paused like you wanted to say Tuesday Talks. And this is going to be a little different episode. Yeah. We are attempting. Okay, so this should be New Year's Eve. New Year's Day? Yeah, when this comes out. What a weird schedule. So, we had a podcast come out on Christmas Day. Yeah. And now a podcast come out on New Year's Day. Yeah. Which I don't know if that's, I don't think that's ever happened before. In the history of our podcast, where it's two Thursdays in a row. Yeah, that's true. Right? Usually, yeah. Last year, they would have been Wednesday and Wednesday. Yeah, so we are going to do a 2025 wrap-up. We kind of like put a period at the end of our year. Right. So, we're going to attempt to go through our and highlight the events month by month. I think it's going to do a few things. One, I think it'll kind of show what sticks in our mind from those events. And then two, it's going to show how crazy 2025 was. Yeah. Which is a little intimidating because we did less in 2025 than what we're about to do in 2026. Yeah. It's kind of hit us this last week that, well, it has me. I can't speak for you. But for me, it's really hit us that we kind of had November and December. for the most part off. I mean, we say off in parentheses. We went on a cruise, and we went to Trapeze Atlanta during that time, but that's off for us. It was very low-key those last two months, and the time has come that we're about to hit the road. I feel like we're going on tour for 2026, and we're going to be everywhere, and I'm a little intimidated by the schedule, which I am every year. Every year, I'm like, there's no fucking way, and then somehow we do it. So I think this is nice to stop and reflect on all the things we did do. Well, I think why it's so intimidating is because we've taken on now Electric Pleasures, which if you don't know, that's our new hotel takeover brand. And if you really think about it, Electric Pleasures is like secrets, except for, you know, it's a hotel takeover for the weekend, right? So it's like secrets. And that effect is in we have to orchestrate like a 24-hour-a-day schedule for those two days. But it's like secrets without the help of secrets, right? Right. So it's like we're orchestrating it ourselves. And we're doing that four, maybe five times. Yeah. So it's like throwing seven secrets in one year, which we usually do two or three. Yeah. It's a lot. Yeah. Okay. All right. So let's get into 2025. So if you remember, it takes you way back to a year ago. In January, we did our Colette Dallas takeover. Yes. So what are the things that maybe stick out to you about? about Colette Dallas? So first of all, love the themes. It was something like Under the Sea or it was some kind of mermaid. Mermaids and then like pilots. Stewardess. Yes. Yeah. Which I love those themes. I'm not exactly sure who on our team picked those. If it was me or you or one of the girls that work for us. But I love the themes. I thought it went really well. I love Colette Dallas. Like that actual club. I love the management there. I love all the employees. there. Of course, we love John and Jackie. They're always involved. But overall, just like a wonderful club to work with. Just all in all, like a really cool vibe. Just loved it. Yeah. So if I'm thinking back and remembering a few things I remember, obviously the music. Yeah. Life of Spice crushed it. Packed dance floor. I remember the people that did the BDSM demonstrations. Yes. They did it upstairs in Dallas and they did some impact play. And that dude had a paddle. that was like eight feet long that he was spanking his wife with. He also did the wax and did the shape of Texas or the state on her back or the flag. It was really, really cool. So he did an amazing job. And then, of course, I remember orgies on the circle bed. Of course, always. That's really a highlight of most Colette experiences that we have. The night usually ends on the circle bed with an orgy and all the people peeking in the windows. I really like that club, It's set up. I like the dance floor, the upstairs part of it. I also like that VIP room that they have with the bed and everything. And also had the milking table, which was the first time I ever saw a milking table and we actually used it. Just overall, I thought it was just a really fun, cool experience. Yeah, great event. And we stayed in like a really cool hotel downtown. Yeah, it was a good hotel. Dallas. Like normally we stay at like a Holiday Inn or like a Hampton Inn. This was like a fancy, I think you'll still think it was. as one of those. But it was a very fancy version of it. All right. So now that takes us to February. Yes. And so now we go from Dallas down to Miami, Florida for a club Miami Velvet takeover. Yes. I did not like the themes for this as much as I did. I mean, they were so okay. It was like Inferno. Inferno night, yeah. And then there was like a candy, yeah. Which, I mean, they weren't, I liked them. They weren't bad themes at all. But compared to Dallas, I definitely like Dallas some more. This was our first time at Miami Velvet. Be honest. What are you thinking? It was not my favorite club. I knew you were going to say that. And then, and I don't want to say the staff wasn't great, because that's not true. It was a little bit, they were not as accommodating as that. Going from Dallas that they were above and beyond amazing, and then to Miami Velvet, I felt like it was a huge, like huge transition because it was quite the opposite at Miami Velvet. I don't know that they were really happy that we were there. And I don't know if I can say that on the podcast now. It's been, you know, almost a year. I mean, it went off fine. Everything we got everything done. But like, if I needed the lights turned on, I had to like, it was just like, everything was difficult, difficult. Yeah. It went off great. It was also like a little bit of more of a local crowd than Like, a lot of times we'll have the same people kind of travel. You know, they change, but kind of a core group kind of travel to most things. This was a different group. We still had really cool friends. It was just smaller than normal. So there was a lot of local people, which, like, when I think of local people, I think the, what's that lady that did the magazine? What was that magazine that you said? Oh, a biologist? No. The magazine, like the, they used to go to Splash. and they had the shirts set up. I have no idea. Oh, Habit. Habit Girl was there. Oh, yeah. I forgot. There were several like really very attractive local. Miami was definitely a hot group. Very. For sure. But different. But different. I agree. So some stick outs from Miami for me is one, two. It was a little more difficult to work with some of the staff at that club. Full transparency. Probably not going back there. Full transparency. We would probably go back there on a personal level if we were in Miami. But like as far as like doing I'm going to take over there. I don't see us doing that there again. Yeah. Yeah. But I did love the people of Miami. I love Miami. I mean, I think we went out on like Thursday night or something like downtown in the club. Oh, my God. That was so much fun. Like Miami is such a we haven't got much opportunity to like party in Miami before. Such a fun city. Yeah. And the club was was great. We actually I remember we set up the stage in front where it's not normally. And I DJ. That was one of the first times I think I DJed in a club. Yeah. with Sereno. And that was a blast. And then I remember the orgy in the mirror room. So they have a big orgy room that has mirrors all over the wall. And that was pretty hot. So it was a great weekend. It was packed out club. I had a super good time. Also the beach. The beach we did, Holliver Beach, which was, it's a nude beach. It was a little chilly, but it was still really, really cool to be out there. We had our swinger study tent, which of course like attracted people because we were like swingers. Yeah, Hallover Beach, that was a cool part. I wish it was a warmer day. Yeah, I do too. But that was a cool place to host a meet and greet. That was a really good time. There was like food trucks and the food was really good. It was just, it was a fun time. Yeah. So, Mommy Velvet. Yeah, it was pretty good. Probably won't go back, but we had a good time. Yeah. Okay. Okay, that takes us to March. Yeah. Okay, so on the notes I have, this is when your dad passed away. Yeah, my dad died March 30th, which just so happened we didn't have anything during this time, which, This is like the only month that we don't have anything, which is kind of crazy that my dad died the month that we had nothing. I mean, what a blessing that we were off. But it was a hard month, personally. And then, of course, y'all know that we took a pause on the podcast after he passed. Well, around that time, because it was just, honestly, there was just so much going on. You were also sick. It was just a lot at one time. So we just kind of took a break. Yeah. And then it was really only a couple weeks later that we went to Secrets. No, actually it was three days. That's right. My dad died on like a Sunday and we left for Secrets on a Tuesday. Yeah, I forgot it was that close. Which I actually got some criticism about. But my dad had been in the hospital for 30 days and I was the one that was taking care of him. So I was at the hospital every single day for like 30 days, back and forth. You know, he also wasn't eating. So I was like bringing him special food and stuff. So it was just, it was a, it was a very heavy time for me. And after, you know, leading up to secrets, it was like, should I go? Should I not go? Should I stay? And you go. There was a lot of conversation and ultimately it was up to me. Nobody pressured me. I could have done whatever I wanted to do. And literally a couple after my hours after my dad died, and we had already determined that we were not going to have a funeral right away. We were going to wait some time because my dad didn't want to He was being cremated. So there was no, like, no huge rush. So we, I looked at you and I was like, let's, let's go to fucking Z. I just, like, I needed an emotional break. I'm like, you couldn't, I, like, if you looked at me, I cried. Like, I needed to get out of that cycle. I needed to, I needed to have my titties out with my friends. And people that are not in the lifestyle probably think that is crazy. They're probably like, what? But for me, at the time, I just needed to laugh. I needed to be with my friends. I needed to be loved on. I needed to be all the things. And that's 100% what Secrets was for me. And so I very much needed it and appreciated that everyone just kind of let me go and just let me be. It was wonderful. I was going to say that, you know, so Secrets is always the highlight of our year. It really has kind of become our flagship events, I think. I think that shows because those events usually sell out in like a week now. I think everybody loves secrets it's you know it's it's such a good atmosphere it's you know it's it's built for the lifestyle you know so we've done you know even these clubs these different hotel takeovers and stuff we do they're all amazing and great but there's something about being immersed in the lifestyle for 72 hours where you're there right and the pool is waist high and it's the right temperature and there's playrooms and there's rooms that are decked out with led and sex swings and it is just like the swinger playground that's built for that purpose and there's nothing like that and i think that's why like everybody gets it and they want to be there yeah no i agree i think for this like this secrets we went the first week of april for me it wasn't about the sex it was about the friendships the like the they were i was with my people you know so i i loved it for that reason okay so then that takes us to may which in May... No, wait. You skipped something in April. Bliss Cruise. Oh, shit. That is good. I did. Yeah, so we did the Bliss Cruise in April, which Daphne and Mike went with us, which is always my favorite. They don't get to go on every Bliss Cruise. They do love... You know, they're our best friends. They love going on cruises. They don't get to go on every one like we do. So they pick one or two a year and go. So they got to go to the April one. Yeah. And it was... Again, we had gotten home from secret. I think we had like two and a half, three weeks, and then we were back traveling to go on the Bliss Cruise. But it was awesome. I'm trying to remember what happened on the April Bliss Cruise. I'm trying to think back to some of the adventures. I don't even know where we went, to be honest with you. I can probably tell you. Hold on. I'm trying to think of what the stops were. Yeah. Oh, I know. Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico, yes. Because you went and you bought all those purses. I bought two purses. All those purses. Yeah. So yeah, it was, uh, we went to Puerto Rico. I can't remember the other stop, but it was a good time. We got to meet a couple of different content creators. There was a lot of content creators on the April cruise, which was nice. Uh, we had a great time. We didn't do any, uh, we did one excursion where we went on a boat. It was a topless excursion. I had to remember that. And that was a lot of fun, but, uh, bliss had hosted, like they kind of added it last minute. They added a beach party and it was free. And so the people that didn't book anything, it was just easy to go. But we had already prepaid for our like boat ride. So we went on that and we had FOMO. We wish we were at the beach party because it looked like a lot of fun. Yeah. And looking at 2026, Bliss is getting ready to do some bigger beach parties. I'm excited. Yeah. I will never book a vanilla. I guess it wasn't vanilla. It was topless. But I won't book another excursion. I'm just going to go to the parties. Yeah, so we've kind of held out booking them now. A lot of people book them before. Now we've kind of waited until we got on the ship to sort of fill out the situation. Yeah, because Bliss doesn't put out what they're doing until kind of last minute, it feels like. So it's hard to pre-book something and then they release a party or something. Yeah, yeah. And then the other day we went to Puerto Rico. We didn't book an excursion. We just kind of walked around. We went and had margaritas on the beach. Not on the beach, it was like a beach bar kind of. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, it was a good time. All right, so then that brings us to May. Yeah. And so then in May, we went up to Louisville. Yes. For A Club Tempted, our carnival takeover. Yes. Any highlights from that? I love the themes. Again, another theme I really liked. I was popcorn one night. Do you remember my popcorn outfit? I do remember that, yeah. And I think you were a circus. Tamer or whatever? No, I was a lion. Oh, yeah, you were a lion. Yeah, I was a lion, yeah. And then I was a lion one night with you. And the other, I think that's when you were the circus. What's it called? Like a. The tamer, the ringmaster. Ringmaster. Couldn't think of it. Yeah, it was a good. That's our last was our last tempted takeover. A lot of people have asked if we're going back. We'd like to. We don't know. They're in the middle of renovations. So I don't know if those are done yet. Do you know? Yeah. It also is the epic Life of Spice falling out happened at that weekend. Oh, yeah. So that was an eventful weekend. That's kind of good that I forgot about that. That makes me feel good. Yeah, I kind of forgot about it. Yeah, that kind of started off a summer of a little bit of drama for us. We were very much trying to be friends. They were going through divorce, you know. We were trying to be friends with everyone and it kind of blew up in our face, unfortunately. And I don't know what we could have done better there. Like, obviously reflecting on it, you know, now it's been in, I don't know, six, eight months now. I don't know what we could have done better. We were really trying to be friends with everybody. And unfortunately, it just didn't work out. Yeah, I don't know either what we could have done better. And like you said, we've had a lot of time to think about it. I will say now that we're six months past that or whatever, we have had a lot of other people in the industry commend us for the way that we handled that situation. So that makes me feel good. Yeah, people that obviously are not going to publish. comment publicly one time, but like everybody else kind of kept quiet because it wasn't their fish to fry, you know, wasn't their place to kind of step in. But personally, we got a lot of support behind the scenes, which I'm sure they did as well. You know, I mean, I'm sure people were reaching out to Brian, you know, saying, fuck Dan and Lacey. I mean, I'm sure it goes both ways, you know, but like privately, we had a lot of people. Right. People that mean something to me, you know what I mean? So I don't know. We tried to do our best. And obviously, it went in a direction we didn't want it to go in. And honestly, we're still pretty sad about it. You know, and I hope that having this conversation here on this podcast doesn't stir anything up. Unfortunately, that's how social media and stuff works. But like we wish everybody the best of luck and the best and nothing but, you know, good things. We don't have any ill will. You know, it just kind of is what it is. We are still sad. If I'm being honest, I'm still a little sad about it. When I think about it, it makes me sad. Same. Yeah. Okay. That then brings us to Splash Atlanta. Yes. Which was just not like a couple weeks after. Yes, it was. Yeah. Which Splash is always a great time. They're changing their name kind of next year. I think that's something maybe we can comment on. Well, they're still Splash. I'm confused. So if I know I'm confused, then people probably aren't. Right. So for 2026, it's being hosted by Splash, but they're calling the event Eroticon. That's the Atlanta version. Yeah. And then there's like escapades. Couples Escape and then Couples Escapades. And I don't remember which one. One is Houston and one is Fort Lauderdale. I don't remember which one. If you know Splash, we've always talked about Splash, Splash Atlanta, Splash Houston, Splash Fort Lauderdale. They've kind of changed it up a little bit for 2026. I was excited because it seems like it's going to be bigger and better so I'm curious how it goes but for 2025 I love Splash Atlanta it it's kind of sad because that was the last year at that hotel and with that name so next year it's going to be in August with a different name but Splash always stands out is one of my favorite events yeah I really think this Atlanta event for Splash is going to be like their signature event so to speak which I think it's always has kind of have been like their biggest party. Actually, I think Fort Lauderdale was their biggest party for a while. But Atlanta has kind of morphed into that. And definitely, I think for 2026 with this, I mean, that they have a hotel that's six or 700 rooms. So it's going to be their signature event for 2026. So I think it's going to be kind of the place to be. You know, I think Naughty New Orleans has always been kind of one of the biggest conventions. And I think this splash event is going to kind of, you know, if it's not as big will be, you know. number two to that. So I'm excited for it. Yeah. So if you, uh, have not that, if you're wanting to book something for next year, that's something that we love and we will be at Dan hosts, the pool parties. Uh, so, but we need to talk about highlights from this year. Uh, I was trying to think of some just in time DJ. Is this where I said he looked like a Jehovah's witness? I think it was just in time. If you don't know, is a DJ that we talked about this past year. And I casually in the the podcast mentioned that he was dressed like a Jehovah's Witness because he had like a button of the front shirt like all the way up you know and like white shirt black pants black shoes and that has been like a running joke for us and his wife this whole year yeah we've actually you know got to know them so it started here at Splash and you know we met they were at naughty they were at a lot of the events that we were at going forward and actually he's DJing for us now for both Swinner Society and Electric Pleasures but Cool, dude. So this is kind of when we got to know. But I just was, I don't know why, I didn't even think about it. I just casually said it. And because he didn't know what to wear. He's like, he just normally DJs like clubs. You know, he's never, I don't think he had done many takeovers, you know, like hotel takeovers. He wasn't sure. And I think somebody told him just wear what you, like wear if you're going to go to a club. And so it's been an ongoing joke now is what he's wearing. Yeah. I should comment on it. Yeah, you should. For sure. On every podcast. But they are precious. The sweetest couple. So if you ever get to go to an event that he's DJing, they're a lot of fun. And she is his number one fan right there in the front and center. Yeah. And he really kind of came out at Splash, which was perfect because it led into Naughty in New Orleans where he really showed up. Yeah. So then I guess we can go ahead and talk about Naughty in New Orleans. That was our next event. I would say this past year's Naughty in New Orleans was definitely a highlight for me. The Speakeasy, which is funny because you were the one that was DJing, but it was one of the biggest moments for 2025 for me personally. What about you? Here's the thing. It's Naughty New Orleans. We've said this. We had Bob on the podcast here recently. It is the biggest event every year. As far as the most swingers in one place, other than some of the Bliss Cruises. To me, Naughty New Orleans, it's almost different because it's like true convention style and there's the most lifestyle like industry people and because it's like we're all squished together we're like on the bliss cruise that you'd be surprised how many industry leaders are also on bliss cruise but it's very spread out because there's so many people you that you might not even realize that they're there well i think bob does such a good job at like having the meetings too like we always have industry meetings um you know there's a lots of different there's lots of the intermingling of industry leaders at Naughty, where I think on Bliss Cruise, most of us are just there for fun. Yeah, and I guess maybe we're lifestyle nerds, but we love talking to people like Bob or John and Jackie. If they talk, we shut up and listen. We want to just be a sponge and take in all. They've been doing this for 20 plus years, so it's like what they're saying matters to us. So for us, Naughty is much more than like we're there to hook up. Naughty has become more of like a job really for us. I mean, we usually try to play once or twice, but it's definitely become much more of like a working event for us. Probably more so than even Secrets, which is kind of crazy because we're hosting it and we're not hosting Naughty, but we are We are hosting parts of Naughty, like parties and stuff, and so it's just a lot of being pulled in a million different directions. Yeah. But definitely, the Speakeasy was, somehow we got put on the Speakeasy hosting it the last night. Saturday, yeah. Which it was, it was actually another night, but it got changed, which ended up being amazing. It was the last night, and it was just epic on all levels. I don't know how else to explain it. I have never had that type of energy in a in a room before um and yeah I don't know how to explain it and what's crazy is it wasn't about sex it was not about sex it was about music and friends just having like an awesome time and that's so weird because we are we like to fuck we like to fuck so the fact that that was such a highlight for us and it didn't have anything to do with sex is kind of funny. It's funny, you know, because we're launching Electric Pleasures now, and that's very much a music-focused lifestyle thing. And, you know, my goal would be if we could take just whatever that energy was at the Speakeasy and put that into an event, that would be amazing. Yeah, and I think the Speakeasy kind of sparked a lot of the... What is this? Like the inspiration behind, Electric Pleasures. Can we bottle that and take it to a hotel and maybe recreate that in some ways? I don't know. And it's funny, talking about Just In Time, when we see them, we talk about there's very few people that understand how amazing that night was, and they are one of them. And it's very hard to explain. It was like low ceilings, way hot, so we were pouring sweat. There was liquor bottles. We weren't even putting liquor in the cups. They were being passed around. It was... I was sober, actually. I didn't drink any of it. But like all the things that you would think of would make it like the epic party. It was like the opposite of that, which is really crazy and fun. Yeah. It was a good time. You're right. I don't know how to express what happened there. I don't know if I even know how to recreate what happened there. I don't know how. But I'm hoping to have those types of experiences. Like a little piece of it. It was to the point when we got back to the room and we looked at each other and we were like, what the fuck just happened? We were like, oh my God. It was just, it was that amazing. Yeah. We have video. I wish we could show it to you. Because like people were recording, but obviously you can't show it because people are private, but it was. We even had several friends that were like. The next day that were like, what the fuck was that? And we're like, I don't fucking know. Like there was no plans, you know, just kind of. sort of happened. Yeah. All right. I think now's the perfect time to take a little break and hear from the partners and sponsors of the Swing Nation podcast. And then when we get back, we'll pick back up in July for our hedonism takeover. Yeah. All right. We'll be right back. Okay. Dan, so when we're doing the podcast, a lot of times we'll tell the listeners, we are filming, our content for OnlyFans, right? So how do they find that content if they want to see the videos that go along with the stories? Yeah, so that's a great question. So you are correct. We do film for OnlyFans. When we're going to clubs and events, we talk about sometimes, oh, we did OnlyFans with so-and-so. So if they're interested in that, they can go to theswingnation.info and they'll see right there on the front page a link to your OnlyFans. We are running promos. We are. And it could be anywhere from 50% to 80% off right now. Yeah. So I think right now it's 80% off. Wow. So you'd have to, you know, go grab that right away. But if you like watching orgies, if you like watching threesomes, if they want to see you take DVP, they want to see how big of a dirty slut you actually are. They can see all that right on your OnlyFans page. We kind of call it, it's like another tier of education. No, I was about to say that because I think like if you go to some of these major porn sites and you type in like swinging, you're going to find some things and it's usually not very good. Let's be real. We actually will get and we try to get as many orgies on camera as we can because a lot of people that are joining the lifestyle, they want to see us do a full swap with a couple or they want to see us engage in an orgy. And these are the same people that we will have orgies with at the Swinger Club, obviously without the cameras, we just kind of recreate it at opportunities that we can film. So if you're thinking about joining The Lifestyle and you're like, man, I need to know, I need to see how they're navigating this, our OnlyFans can be kind of educational if you ask me. I agree. So go over to theswingnation.info, click that blue and white button, and go sign up today. Yeah. Check it out. We appreciate you guys. Lacey, one thing I don't leave home without. when going to a swinger event is my ED medication. That is correct. Performance anxiety is 100% a real thing. Having sex in an orgy room with 100 people in there is way different than having sex at home in your bedroom. It is. So I like to have what we call a little insurance policy and have some of that ED medication in my pocket. Shameless Care is who I use for that. And they actually just came out with a new product called the Shameless Duo. which is a combination medicine that has Viagra and Cialis in it. So that one, you can be ready whenever, but also it's got that dose that you can take as you're getting ready to go to the playroom and you need that to kick in. So I love it. I mean, I used Hedo for the first time and that combination. You've kind of pretty much switched to that, haven't you? That's basically what I use all the time now. So if you're looking for ED medication, if you're new to the lifestyle and you're going to an event, you might want to get And the really cool thing about shameless care is they don't set you up on a reoccurring plan. So you're not going to get all of this ED medication that you have in your nightstand built up. When it's time that you need more, you'll get an email from them and they'll ask you, hey, are you ready for another round? And you can respond back. Yes, please refill it or no, I'm good right now. Thank you. So it's really cool because you don't end up with all these extra pills and spend a bunch of that you're not, you know, you don't need to spend. Yeah. And my favorite part is you don't actually have to go into an office and talk to your family doctor or a military doctor. You can do it all right online from the privacy of your home. You just go to the website, you fill out some forms, the doctor reviews it, approves you, disapproves you, and you move on from there. So if you would like to get some medication, you can go to the swing nation dot info, click on a little recommended apps and products, scroll down to the shameless care icon. Click on that and that's going to take you over there. There's some discount codes there for you so you can get a discount off your first order. But I highly recommend if you're going to some events or parties, go get you some lifestyle insurance. All right, guys, check it out. Lacey, if you're going to be a swinger, you need to be a responsible swinger. I agree. And part of being a responsible swinger is getting tested on a regular basis. Yeah. Now, something I didn't know is, Not all STI STD testing is the same. That is correct. Not every family doctor fully understands how you should be getting tested. That is correct. What one doctor thinks is a full panel, another doctor may have a completely different version of that. And being somebody in the lifestyle and engaging with multiple partners, what you should be getting tested for is probably, if you're not telling your doctor that, what you should be getting tested for is probably different than what they're thinking. in their head. Yeah, because they don't know your lifestyle. Or even if they do know your lifestyle, there's a like, for instance, there is a new one called Imgen. And we just recently met a doctor at a lifestyle party and said that she had never even heard about it. And so she was awesome that we had educated her on that. So a lot of these doctors don't, they don't know it all. Right. So if you are going to participate in the lifestyle, you probably need to get tested from people that are meant to do this. So we use I Know My Status. It's the same people behind Talent Testing. It's a company that tests all the porn stars. So they're used to testing people that engage with multiple partners. They know all the latest on what STIs are coming up and spreading. And they track all the stats. I mean, they know how to test people for STIs. They're the experts. They are. And if someone that you engage with, you know, if they have used I Know My Status, they can actually give you a QR code and you can scan it and you can see their results right on your phone so you can confirm everything that they're telling you. Yeah, 100%. So please, if you're getting tested, get tested the right way. We recommend using I Know My Status. You can go to theswingnation.info, recommended apps and products, scroll down to the I Know My Status icon and you can get a discount off your first test. But please, if you're being, if you're swinging, if you're engaging with people in the community, please be safe about it. Go get tested. He wants you to fuck like a porn star. For sure. All right. Welcome back. Welcome back. All right. So, you know, we just finished Naughty New Orleans. No rest for the wicked. No. We basically had a couple weeks and we're headed to hedonism. Yeah. So we were home for like two weeks and then we went to Jamaica. We host every year the last week of July going into August. We still have rooms available for this year. It sells out. I think it sold out like two or three months before so this is your warning right now you got like yeah if you want to come to hedonism with us now is the time to start looking at booking because here in a month or two it's going to be sold out yeah and honestly naughty just to throw it back naughty last year sold out an entire month before and then they didn't even like I think they sold a few day passes and I bet they sell even less this year because it was a little too crowded so I can see them cutting it back a little bit more this year too. So if either one of those are like the two, those and secrets are the ones that sell out of the things that we do. So if that's something that you are even considering it, now is the time. SwingersSociety.net. I know we just spent all the money for Christmas, but like you can get payment plans on all of these things. So make your minimum payment. Yeah, a lot of them, like the hold of spots only like a hundred bucks or something. Yeah. So go ahead and get booked for those. So yeah, so we do Young Swingers Wink. Don't get freaked out by that. It is... All ages. It's all ages. It's all ages. There literally is somebody there in their 20s and there's somebody there in their 80s. Trust me. It's all ages. But Hedo was a really good time for me. If you know, I've struggled this year with like my dad dying and I think like my hormones were out of whack. I also was like coming off of I've been working to come off like antidepressants and switch up things. And Hedo was a fucking blast for me. You let go at Hedo? I let go. in a way you probably didn't do all year and haven't done really since then. For some reason, that environment, you felt comfortable and you really embraced. Well, seven days, you know, I mean, like it takes you a day or two to kind of lean into it. But like what I love about Hedo is we don't really get to have to work. We kind of use it as a vacation. Like even though we're hosting and we're like a part of topless travel is also there and they kind of take the reins on like a lot of the hosting. We got Joe and Shelly from Topples, which handle all the booking, all the tickets, all the, you know, busing and all that. And then you got Party Mark, who handles all the pool parties, right? And then Justin and Jess from My Frisky Business co-host that same week with us with Topples Travel. And they've been doing it for years. They're doing the games, Justin's DJing. Like, so me and you are kind of just an extra, we're just an extra face there. We're just there to party. They've got it dialed in already, you know what I mean? We're just there. We kind of like, we're like, y'all got it. Which we don't normally do. Like, if you know us, we are always, like, front and center and kind of, like, taking the reins. But in this case, we sort of just kind of let them do their things. They've got it dialed in, you know? Well, and I think because we do it so much, it's like, yeah, if you want to do it, you do it. Like, we'll be in the pool drinking fucking daiquiris. And we're going to be in the playroom. I almost, if I'm being honest, I almost felt a little bad about Hito because Justin worked so much. I mean, I DJed a little bit. I tried to help out where we could. Yeah, we did. And I also think they weren't used to us being there. They're used to doing it themselves, so they didn't really, like, you know, rely on us for anything, you know? It was perfect. We could probably step up our game next year a little bit. But the flip side of that is I got to let loose and have a good time. And what's funny is whenever I do that, people are like, this is the Lacey we love. This is the Lacey before the podcast, before social media, before the judgment and the mean fucking comments on my pro, you know? And it was, I had so much fun. I felt confident. I had a lot of good sense. It was just a lot. You set your new high score this week. I did. I fucked seven guys in one night this night. And it was, and I beat your ass. Yeah, I think I only fucked like four or five. Yeah, you didn't. I still haven't. Yeah. And I had not, like, when I had fucked six was like years, like four or five years before this. So it took me a while to beat that record. Yeah. I wonder how long it's going to take me to get to eight. I don't know. Maybe it's like a heat of. Are you going to get to eight before I get to eight? Get the seven. Maybe. It might be like a Hedo tradition. I'm throwing that out there to all my Hedo people. Yeah. Last night. Yeah. And normally I'm like, let's keep it. Like, I don't want to like, you know, I was like, line them up, boys. Well, if that was you last year, pre testosterone. Yeah. You might be a fucking freak this year. So just a little to that, right? So we've been trying to mess with and dial in Lacey's hormones for like a year now. How are you feeling now? I feel amazing. We were just in the bathroom. Like we went to use the restroom before we started podcasting. And I was like, you whipped your dick out. And then, of course, it made me to pee. And I was like, I feel like my pussy is like throbbing. All the time? Half of the day, I wake up, I go to bed. You know, if I see a dick, if you whip it out, So ladies, if you are, you know, I put off, I got pellets, uh, which, you know, I've put off for a long time. I was very scared about that. And honestly, I still kind of am. Cause you can have side effects like chin hair and like your clit can get bigger and stuff like that. So I'm definitely a little afraid of those things. I'm not going to lie. Even earlier, I was like rubbing my chin. It would always been like two weeks. Um, but if you are curious about that, So far, I feel fucking fantastic. I'm not even going to lie. You've been running around the house doing things. You've been baking and cooking. Listen, my pussy is so sore right now from all the sex that we've been having. Like the outside of my clit hurts. Not the internal. Like the skin around the clit is sore from all the pressure. We've been fucking like a couple times a day. Yeah. So if you are on the fence about doing anything like that, that I I I this is me saying go for it go go I mean with the consult your doctor also let me also say if you know you listen to our November bliss cruise I'm also on ADHD medicine for the first time I was diagnosed right in October so you're off Lexapro I'm off Lexapro for the first time in like five years I'm on a new medication that doesn't have any sexual side effects so I mean it may be more than the uh the pellets I I think that's a combination of all of it. But definitely, I noticed the spike with the pellets for sure. There you go. We didn't. Okay, so what else? We got to circle back to Bliss. I mean, not Bliss Hito. Anything else? No, I think those were the highlights. I got the DJ a little bit in the club, which I had a great time doing that. You know, the catamaran is always something that sticks out to me. Those are always, it's always a good trip. Yeah, we were fucking in the rain, remember? We went to the Jamaican club. Yes. Which was interesting, but still So memorable. Memorable, yeah. And somehow I ended up on their social media. Did you? Yes. Somebody sent it to me. They filmed. And then they, I didn't even know anybody had a camera there. And you can see me dancing in the crowd. Yeah. So, yeah, that was Hedo. It was a great time. It's always going to be a great time. I'm glad it's kind of a tradition now. And definitely if you want to come out with us. our best opportunity every year to interact with the people that are on the trip with us. Yes. Seven days when there's only like 200, 300 people there is a lot easier for us to mingle a post when there's like 2,000. We have a much better opportunity to really get to know people that booked with us at Hedo. Than Bliskers. Yes, for sure. They're both good experiences. Yeah, just different. Yeah. Okay, so that brings us to August. Yes. And in August, we went back to Texas. Yes. For a Colette Houston takeover. Yeah. So my highlight from this trip was definitely the pool party at John and Jackie's house. 100%. So much fun. Yeah. Loved it. The club was just okay for me. And I don't think there was nothing wrong with the club. The club is beautiful. They have this like huge shower. The managers, everybody, the staff. John and Jackie run a tight ship. Like they. Right. And that's the thing. Colette branded. I think really in this lifestyle. And maybe I'm missing somebody and I apologize. But the two brands that really stick out to me as far as clubs goes is Trapeze and Colette. Which we've not been to every club. But those are definitely the two. They just run really, really good. They have good operations. The club was definitely a little bit of a miss for me, if I'm being honest. We brought in Wandeepa to Houston. And a saxophone player. And a saxophone player. We did not realize, and this was, we failed here. We did not realize that there was five clubs in Houston. We also didn't realize that, like, Some play to a younger crowd and some play to an older crowd. And I think Houston, the Colette Houston was a little bit not old, maybe not older, but maybe not so. It's not known as the EDM younger crowd. Correct. Everybody sits on the couches and talks and gets to know each other and then makes their way back to the playroom. And we were trying to like throw down, you know? So we, I think we personally missed the mark here. I don't think Juan did anything wrong. The Sax Flair was awesome. I thought our themes were pretty good. I just don't think we hit them all. Which honestly, out of the whole year, this was, well, honestly, out of four or five years of us doing this, I think this was our biggest miss. Yeah. Which is pretty good. Yeah. You know, it's pretty good. I still had fun. We had fun people there. I mean, I can think of lots of, you know. We had orgies, both nights. We had orgies. We had, you know, a good time. It just, I don't think the The crowd was quite ready for us or what we had to offer. I do think we maybe went a little too hard for Colette Houston. Yeah. I think it's more of a traditional swingers club. You know, button up the front shirts for men. Yeah. Like, you know, cocktail dresses for women. 100%. That is more their vibe. And we brought in like rave EDM festival vibes and they were like, what the fuck are these people doing? You know, they just didn't. Well, there was two reactions. And I think half the people there were like, what the fuck is this? And then the other half of the people there were like, yes, finally. Yeah. This is what we've been waiting for. Yeah. Yeah. But they still didn't know. They were like, but what are, but y'all are doing this here? Yeah. You know? I thought it was, I still had a good time. I thought it was awesome. From a financial standpoint, we. It wasn't great. It wasn't great. We didn't like lose our asses, but we didn't, we didn't blow it out the water either. You know, you can't win. them all. You know, it was, but it was fun. Again, we had a couple of core couples that showed up for us. Thank you. Thank you. Y'all made it, um, you know what it was. So thank you for that. Um, but yeah, it was just, it was just okay. Agreed. All right. So then that definitely John and Jackie's party. If it wasn't for that, I mean, we still had war cheese, so it was so good. But John and Jackie's party at their house was top notch. Everybody loved the music. We were right there on the They had caviar and Chick-fil-A. Like, what the fuck? That's amazing, you know? Eating caviar, listening to Juan Deepa while you're topless in a pool. Yeah. On a golf course? Come on. Come on. Yeah. You can't even, like, this is, like, there's times in your life where you, like, stop and you're paused and you're like, is this real life? Yeah. Like, is this actually happening? Yeah. And I think at one point I was, like, DJing and looking out and there's, like, this hot crowd of people all with their boobs out as people are driving, buying golf carts. And, you know, this is a nice, I would assume a millionaire type. Yeah. You know, neighborhood. It's definitely bougie. And people are like eating caviar. And like, it's like, this is crazy. This is our life. Yeah. Yeah. It was pretty crazy. Listen, I would, I would go back and lose money again. Oh, for sure. Just to have fun. Yeah. I would do it just for the pool party. Okay. So we got, now we're into September and we had our red, white and screw party at Secrets, which I fucking love. Yeah. I love the themes. You were not sold on our themes. Going into it, you were like, this is stupid. You did not like it. Yeah, I wasn't crazy about the themes. I'm still not that crazy about the themes, but I thought the party was fucking amazing. But it was like the redneck, like the night. It was so much fun. The redneck night, people lean into pretty hard. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. We did that once at the Grove, and people freaking loved it, and we did it here at Secrets, and people equally loved it. I loved it. Listen, I wore a mullet all friggin' night. I definitely enjoyed that. The military theme, as a military guy, I like that. Some people would look at it as like, oh, it's disrespectful to party in a uniform. I really looked at it as it is respectful. You're kind of paying homage to those people. It was actually a lot of fun to see people that actually served. I know somebody was in the Air Force and they wore an Air Force outfit. There were several people that were in the Army that wore either parts of their outfit or, you know, stuff. So I felt like it was a really cool way for the people that had served to kind of show what they had done. And I really liked that. I agree. Yeah. But the party was amazing. Saturday night was bananas. I think we partied till like two o'clock in the morning in the club and closed it down. It was a lot of fun. You were as wild as ever up on the stage singing strawberry wine, tits out, like just full lacy mode. I had on men's clothes over my clothes. May or may not. broke a cell phone, which they confirmed. They said they did not think I did it, that it was definitely, you know, somebody else. But it was a blast. I mean, just like wild. Yeah. Secrets is never a miss. Like, you know, we're talking about hit and miss parties. Secrets is never a miss. I don't think it'll ever be a miss. If you have a bad time at Secrets, I feel like that's on you. Yeah. I feel like it. And honestly, there's been like, I can think of one time we went to Secrets. We didn't really know anybody and we didn't really talk to anybody. And that was on us. Like we, you know, That was nobody else's fault, but our own. We didn't. Well, I think so. I mean, Secrets, again, is the perfect layout for a swingers party, right? They have the pool. They have the playrooms. They have the club. It's all right there. They got food, you know, alcohol, all these rooms with sex swings and huge showers. I mean, so it's laid out perfectly. And I think Swinger Society has built the community that is that vibe for Secrets. You know what I mean? So like you're talking about when we went to Collette Houston or even when we went down the Miami Velvet, most the majority, 80% of the club was not our people. You know what I mean? And not saying they were bad people. They were great. They were awesome. Some of them came to see us. We had a great time with them. But it's a different, when you go into somebody else's house and try to throw a party, you're in their house. You know what I mean? And you kind of have to play to. You have to adapt to them. Right. They're used to a certain thing. So if you do something different, sometimes they don't like it. So there's something to be said for all that, right? And that's part of the dynamics of going and doing club takeovers is, you know, at least half if not more of the people that are going to show up are people that are used to going to that club. And if you change the energy, you change the vibe, if you do it a different way, not everybody is always going to appreciate that. And we ran into that over and over again over the last four years. Secrets, I feel like that's our house. You know what I mean? And I know there's locals and we probably even still piss off some of the locals when we come in. Actually, I think I've heard that before. But for the most part. I think all takeovers do. I don't think it's us. I think takeovers, a lot of locals just prefer to not go on takeover weekends. Yeah. But for the most part, it's our people and it's kind of our house for the weekend. And so the energy is just off the walls. Yeah. For three days straight. Yeah. And I love it. And because they have the perfect pool, the perfect playroom, the perfect club, it all is able to flow and just really work together yeah for sure so that's what i'm helping with electric pleasures it's gonna be our house right it's our hotel we bought the hotel the people that are coming are people are people right there's no other people that we're having to appease for the party and kind of play to we can go full out electric pleasures yeah at those parties so i think i think looking at 2026 it's going to be that secrets energy again and again hopefully we have to build it. You know, it's going to have to, it doesn't like just automatically come. I agree. I agree. Yeah. Why are our first secrets? It wasn't what our last secrets was. So you're, I mean, a hundred percent right. We're going to have to build it, but. And make adjustments because we're not going to get everything perfect the first time. I agree. A hundred percent. Yeah. But I'm excited about it is what I'm saying. Yeah. Okay. So, um, later in September, we did splash Fort Lauderdale, which was our first event all year long that we did not fuck anybody. Yeah. So we And that was wronglessly by choice. Yeah. We kind of knew this was our last thing for the year. Now, don't get me wrong. I would have fucked somebody. You would have. I was done. I was done. I was trying. I was over it. To be honest with you, if you kind of look at the schedule, my dad died and we literally hit the road three days later. And I do not feel like we stopped until this. And I kind of like saw the break on the horizon. You know, I saw that we did have a couple of things left, but they were easy, fun. They weren't anything that we were hosting. And so I was just kind of like a little bit in survival mode at this point. I was just like, I was smiling and waving, you know, kind of situation. I, I was exhausted. We had not stopped all year. And I, uh, I was just kind of, I was just exhausted. We were, this was also at the end of a 10 day trip. So we had, um, done a, We did something with my family, then we did something with Dan's family, and then at the end of it, we went to Splash Fort Lauderdale. And right from secrets, right? So I think we went secrets to the family thing, and then right back down to... So I think, like you're saying, it was really like 14... We'd been on the road for quite a bit by the time we got there. And we even got criticism, like, when do you ever see your kids? Well, my kid was with us half the trip. Your kids were with us the other half of the trip, so it's... It's like they were here. But it was, I just was, it was nothing to do with Splash. They throw a great party. I definitely think Fort Lauderdale is a different vibe than what we bring. Again, it's totally fine. I can adapt to that. I just didn't know going into, this is our first time at Splash Fort Lauderdale. Like if I go next year, I'm not going to wear rave clothes and tennis shoes. I'm going to wear high heels in a pretty dress. You know, I'm going to, and I and adapt to that. And honestly, I sometimes really love that vibe, but I just didn't know that's what was happening. So we kind of came in. Right. You were thinking Splash Atlanta. Yeah. Yeah. It was definitely more of a traditional swinger club vibe, like a Houston or a Trapeze Atlanta, which I love that vibe. Right. It's just different. And we didn't know. We came in. Guns a blazing. Rave, you had booty shorts on, glow shoes. Now, I will say, I got an opportunity. This is the first time I DJed at a splash event. Yes. And I DJed late Saturday night. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Like 11 o'clock or something like that. And it got a little ravey in there. It was fun. It got a little ravey in there. It did, it did. But it was funny. It was like we found our people. Like everybody kind of found it. It wasn't, the club was not packed. No. But the hundred or so people we had in the club were fucking throwing down. It felt packed because we were all packed in together near the, you know, front of the dance floor. But it was definitely, we kind of, made, you know, our own little party. And it was a lot of fun. Also, Wandipa DJed. He did, yeah. And so did Just In Time. So, I mean, like, the party itself was, everything was great. It was a good time. I just think my mental, I was not, I was ready to be home. You know, I just wasn't, I wasn't in the best of headspace to be there. Yeah. It was good times. Yeah. Okay. And then from there, that takes us to October. Yeah. Which, no lifestyle events, but we did go to breakaway. And we went there with like a half of a dozen or so lifestyle people. So we made it a lifestyle thing. But it was fun. It was very low key because we were obviously weren't hosting. We didn't like, and we were able to like do OnlyFans stuff as well. So we, you know, we were fucking a decent amount during the day and stuff and then transitioning to the night party. And it was funny as we found a lot of swingers there. Yeah. It was like everybody knew. It's crazy how, the EDM world and the Lifestyle world are definitely intertwined for sure. And I don't know when, when did we decide to launch Electric Pleasures? What month? It was October. It was October. Privately, we had, that's when we privately decided that this was something that we were going to do. So I can remember, I think we had made that decision right before this breakaway music festival. So then going, you know, we'll be like, all right, we're going to launch this new brand and we're going to start doing music festivals that are alternative lifestyle friendly. So then going straight into a music festival, I can remember, like, getting excited about what electric pleasure could be by looking at, like, what Breakaway was doing. Yeah, for sure. I mean, because we definitely saw at Breakaway that there is a huge lifestyle scene there. So, exciting. It was a good time, though. For sure. Yeah. Then, in November, we went on the November Bliss Cruise, which y'all just heard us talk about that, you know, that was the week of No Lake Surprise. which we've actually got a lot of feedback from that podcast of people really appreciating how vulnerable they like that we got in a knockdown yeah i like it when we fight what do you know so many people were like i'm glad it's not just us yeah no i'm glad you guys locked yourselves in a room for 24 hours if y'all could relate to that let us tell you that there we are not all alone it's everybody everybody is doing it we just publicly talked about it uh yeah it was it It was very refreshing for so many people to be like, thank you for being honest. And just like, I don't feel like we, I feel like we do a pretty good job of being honest and showing, you know, I will say on the podcast, I will say, I don't typically call out my friends for not getting hard tics. You know, that's probably the only time we're not authentic on the podcast because we talk about these people almost like their characters. And I'm not going to say so-and-so couldn't get hard because I care about that person. and I don't want them to listen to it and feel left out. And it's not even that, you know, because you guys don't know who that person is. Yeah. But within our friend circle, we all know. Everybody knows who that person is. Yeah. So if we call somebody out like that, you know, not only are we maybe embarrassing them to everybody else, but within our friend circle, we're embarrassing them, which is that. I care about their hearts. You know, I care about them. And so I'm just not going to be. Now, when I can't get a heart on, I'll tell you. Yeah, we will. I'll say Dan. Yeah. But outside of that, And usually, you can probably figure out that they couldn't get hard on. I usually will say everything around it without saying, John Smith couldn't get his dick hard. I'll say, oh, he was fingering me. He was going down. I'll say stuff like that. But I just try not to be a complete fucking bitch. But otherwise, the podcast is really true and authentic. I guess that's what I was getting at here. And I think that November one was no exception. We never had a conversation of, are we not going to share this? It was always, we're going to share this. Well, November is like the perfect highs and lows because the first half of that cruise was almost like perfect. You know what I mean? Like, I think I like the nude beach in Antigua. Antigua, is that where? Antigua, yeah. Or was it St. Martin? It was St. Martin. I don't know, yeah. St. Martin, we're at the nude beach with our friends and we're drinking and we're partying. We're having orgies on the lawn under the stars and it was like, man, this is what the lifestyle can be. And then you're medicine withdrawals hit and it was like fuck me this was like the lows of yeah you know I was fighting and we're quitting the lifestyle and oh this is awful and terrible and it's like so it was I mean if you could have like a roller coaster ride we went way up and then we dropped way down but I think that's okay and it happens and as long as you like talk about it and you move forward and you do something about it and then I think you're okay but I guess just like what I have to say about that is if you If you resonated with that, you are not alone at all. One thing I take away from that Bliss Cruise 2, though, is I'm pretty proud of us. That we were able to get through that the way we did. Because, yeah, it was shitty and it was sucky and we probably could have handled it better. But we handled it pretty fucking good. Yeah, we had an overall good time. Especially how you felt that first day when you found out that I left my medicine. Oh my God. You were like, it's over. This is going to be the shittiest week ever. And overall, we had a really good time. So like we really, we did okay. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Yeah. Okay. And then that brings us to, okay. So that was November, December. Uh, we went to trapeze Atlanta and we did the toys for tot drive and then just kind of hung out with some old friends. Yeah. A few new friends. And it was pretty low key. Low key. It wasn't anything crazy. And honestly, I don't like trapeze when it, is crazy. There's too many people. I feel very overwhelmed, especially going between Diamond Club and like the regular part of the club. It's a lot. So I welcomed this lighter crowd this time. And we didn't promote it like we normally do on purpose. We kind of wanted to keep it the way it was. And it was really nice. Yeah, I will say so that December trapeze party is probably the closest we had all year. to what a swingers party felt like before the life before the tiktok before the podcast it felt like or maybe remind me a little bit like the early days of the podcast and tiktok and all that um and i kind of miss that in some ways the low-key club nights with friends and um you know like you're saying not a packed out crowd or you know it was just kind of chill like a normal night at a club is what it felt like to me which we don't get many of those say that Yeah, but then think about the orgy at the end when like half the club came in to watch. So yeah, I mean, there were parts of it that were definitely like that. But yeah, I love trapeze and I wish that we could go more. You know, if we were closer, I would say let's go as often as we could. I just really love it. And it kind of, for me, it kind of brings me back to like what swinging is all about. You know, like before all the craziness of our lives kind of happened. So I wish we could go more. I love trapeze. It's a good time. Yeah. And then you put the cherry on top of the icing was the toy drive. Yeah. And seeing the amount of toys that people brought out and donated. And then we were able to go and bring it to the distribution center and see how many toys, Toys for Tots, as raised in our area for children in need. And it's nice to know that our community made a little impact in our area as far as for kids on Christmas morning. For sure. And that's, you know, we get a lot of, you know, people, for us, I think the lifestyle is about community. And some people, you know, make fun of us for that and say, no, it's just about sex. It's just, you know, whatever. But for us, I think it really is a social thing. It really is a community thing. And the sex is kind of like nice on top of that. But, you know, seeing things like that really, it brings out the community part of it. Yeah, no, I agree. That's always a nice way to end our year. The toy drive that we do every year, it's kind of a nice way to stop and reflect and thank everybody for, you know, forgiving and helping us and being a part of it. It's always, it's a lot of fun. Yeah. All right. And then that wraps up 2025. Yeah. Well, I guess technically New Year's is on there. We're getting ready to head to Atlanta, back to Atlanta. for the Open Instincts New Year's Eve party. I'm going to be DJing alongside... Well, this will be out. This will come out when... The day of. Yeah, the day. The day after, I guess, technically. The day after, so yeah. So it'll be New Year's Day. Yeah. Yeah, so we can't really... We can't tell you to come to the party because it just happened. It's over, yeah. But I am excited to... It's our first Swinger New Year's Eve party. Yes, we have actually, in our entire relationship, have never been to a New Year's Eve. We always have our kids, but they're getting older, and they want to do things with their kids. their friends. So this year we were like, okay, we'll do things with our friends. If you don't want to hang out with us, we'll hang out with our friends. So this is our first year to do it. I'm kind of excited. Are we going to kiss at New Year's? Yeah. Yeah. I'm not DJing at that time. So yeah. Even if I was, you could still kiss me. I was about to say, you better kiss me or I'm going to kiss somebody else. Either way. And I don't know, because we've never been to a New Year's Eve swinger event, do you kiss your partner and then kiss somebody? I don't know. Is there like a swinger twist on it? What is the predicate for that? What's a predicate? Not the predicate. What is the protocol? Protocol. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I guess we're going to learn. We'll report back. Yeah, we'll let you know. We don't know how to do it. So we will kiss, but then maybe start just making out with random people. I don't know how it works. Maybe. We'll let you know. Yeah. But anyway, looking at 20, so that's 2025 and had an amazing year. Everybody that was a part of it, everybody that came out to, you know, those dozen events. I super appreciate you and hope you had a good time. But looking at 2026, what do you think, babe? You ready? No. You're not ready. No, I mean, I will get through it. I am very proud. Like my goal in the summer was to dial in my hormones, take care of my mental health, go to counseling, kind of like really focus on myself. And I really, I'm kind of proud of myself. I feel really good going into the new year. I really am excited and kind of, I guess, with the pellets almost have like a newfound, I don't know, desire. I don't know what you would call it. So I'm excited. I'm excited. We have big things also coming out in the new year that y'all don't even know about, that we haven't even announced that you have no idea about. You can't even talk about. I can't even talk about. So I'm super excited to see what the hell this year holds. We got things that we know are happening. And then we got things that we don't know if they're going to happen or not that are also, you know, on the burner that are pretty big. And then the things you do know about that are huge, you know, a new hotel takeover group, a bunch of new events, you know, 2026 is looking crazy as it is. And then if some of these other cards fall into place, it could get real crazy. And then also Swinger Society is still here. We've been very heavily talking about electric pleasures because it is something that is kind of like on the forefront. It's new and exciting. But just so you know, Swinger Society is still here. We're not going anywhere. We have two secrets takeovers for 2026 as well as a club takeover that has not been announced yet. So stay tuned for that. So we're definitely still a huge part of Swinger. I mean, we are Swinger Society for the most part, but we're excited for that as well. 100%. Yeah. All right. Anything else that you could think of that you want to talk to? the listeners about for New Year's. Nope. I hope everybody has a great 2025. I look forward to seeing everybody everywhere in 2026. Please come out to an event. Just look at the calendar. Go to swingersaddy.net. You know, we got our 12-month calendar posted. Just go pick out a couple of events. Yeah. Just go, you know, pick out a couple. Pencil them in on your calendar. You know, come on Bliss Cruise with us. Go to Hedo with us. Come to Secrets. Go check out an Electric Pleasures takeover. I think those are going to be pretty exciting. So pencil in a couple things and we'll see you in the new year. Yep. All right. 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