What makes the WGT community unique? We are not a dating site. We are not like a Facebook group. Nor are we similar to a Discord server, a Slack channel, a Zoom meeting or a WhatsApp conversation. What are we then? We are a community full of real people in real relationships who are looking to explore, learn, share and interact with others in a safe, non-judgmental and secure virtual environment. What will you gain in one year by joining us? Mastered Communication – You'll have developed unshakable confidence in open and honest conversations, leading to more trust, deeper intimacy, and fewer misunderstandings with your partner. A Thriving Support System – You'll be surrounded by a network of like-minded couples who truly get you, offering support, wisdom, and genuine friendship. No more feeling like you're navigating this journey alone. New & Exciting Experiences – Whether through online discussions, live events, or luxurious getaways, you'll have explored new facets of your relationship in a way that feels safe, sexy, and fulfilling. Personal & Relationship Growth – You'll have gained insights from other members and experts, engaged in transformative workshops, and overcome challenges that once seemed overwhelming. Living Authentically –No matter where you are in your journey, you'll feel empowered to embrace your desires and connections without fear or hesitation. Your relationship will be stronger, your connections deeper, and your confidence stronger than ever. Care to join us? Learn more about the We Gotta Thing community experience here!
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This podcast contains explicit language and content, and is for mature audiences only. Hey you teenagers out there, if you're under 18, this show is more for your parents. So now that you have that mental picture stuck in your head, put some music on and get back to doing your homework. We are a long-time married couple who's decided to chronicle our personal adventures and share our sex-positive discussions as we navigate our way through the swinging lifestyle. Care to join us?
hello everyone i'm mr jones and i'm mrs jones and i'm renee the wgt community manager and we want to welcome you to episode 131 of the we got a thing podcast so stand by with us just a minute renee while we get caught up while we catch everyone up with the joneses as in keeping up with the joneses yeah you try to change like the tense of that and it didn't go well yeah well we haven't kept up with you lately because we have a couple of trips that we haven't talked about i know there's a lot to keep up with these days no all the way back to a couple months ago when we went on the Devious Dragonfly Virgin Cruise out of Miami.
Yes, that was spectacular. It was. We had so much fun. I think we're spoiled because we had gone the month before we had gone on a celebrity cruise with family. Yes. And Virgin makes us realize why the biggest difference is why we'll never cruise anywhere else. And it's not just the no kids thing, although obviously that has a lot to do with it. That changes the vibe tremendously. But it's just the overall vibe. And that's really set by the staff and the entertainment they put out there. It's the vibe and the energy.
And and speaking of energy we didn't even know this when we went on the cruise we we happened to wander down to the theater where the show was going to happen that night yeah they they do a pajama party the first night of every cruise so it was pajama party night and we saw this poster that said Flo Rida, and i thought it was maybe like a flow rida wannabe or if it was a dj that was going to write or somebody that was going to cover the songs so we went in the we went in the room and it was standing room only and a dj was playing and i was like oh okay so this is just going to be a DJ.
And they're just going to play his music. Yeah. And it was really kind of lame, and people were just standing around, and I said, should we leave and go do something else? And then, well, I could tell you were miserable. I think I'm the one that said, do you want to leave and go to a different bar where there's other music? And you said, we'll give it 10 minutes.
Yeah so let's give it 10 it's a good thing we did because in about 10 minutes flo rida actually came out yes with his entourage and talk about putting on a good show immediately the energy level went up and he brought it i i i was really surprised he was there i mean so there was a few hundred people you know in this room and he put on an amazing show and i just didn't realize how many florida songs i actually know but he did his whole catalog yeah it was great brought out the tequila started passing that around and uh that that brought a lot of energy right he was doing a little bit of crowd surfing with his with his big ass bodyguard like that guy was crazy big he brought a lot of the he brought all the ladies up on stage with them yes yeah we actually had a couple friends that went up on stage yeah yeah it was so fun and our group i think our group was about maybe 25 couples no I think there was a good 30 something yeah um and we went to um so Cheryl from DV's Dragonfly did a great job in planning this and and some of the dinners we we all got seated near each other our group group did.
And what was the name of the Korean barbecue? Gunbay. Gunbay. So we went to Gunbay one night. And Gunbay is like a Japanese steakhouse setting, except for there's like a ceramic grill in the middle that they cook the food on. Yeah, it's a round table, and it seats normally eight people. And the lady that was our chef for the evening um she was high energy she made us play this dumb game that was what was it it was it's a drinking game yeah and it's like sake and i i don't know you have to count but you have to skip multiples of three or or a number that has uh in it. It's just, it was a lot.
Anyway. Especially after you've been drinking. There were at least three tables in our vicinity other than ours that were part of our group. And it was a pretty rowdy dinner, which is what they go for there. They want it to be high energy.
Anyway a great time the food was really good and at the end of the meal the maitre d came up to us and he said i just want to let you all know i've been on this ship for three months and the energy that your group brought to this restaurant is exactly what we're going for yeah in gun bay yeah and i didn't have to heart to tell him why i know say well we kind of friendly crowd yeah we kind of know each other already but um yeah i mean the cruise was too short that's the only complaint i have actually that that was a complaint of mine and it had nothing to do with anything other than we chose that itinerary.
I just felt like as soon as we got settled in and we were starting to meet people, because you and I didn't know, I'd say, 75% of the couples in our group. So, it was so fun getting to meet new people.
Yeah, and then we ended up, somehow we managed to hang out with it like this group of youngins a lot yeah we did a believe it or not i actually did a karaoke yes but it was just but it was in a private room so it was what it was eight or ten of us but we've been on two virgin cruises now and you are two for two on karaoke that's because it's a private room yeah and then we there was another bar the anchor bar the um cannon something loose cannon yeah and our group was in that bar and adjacent to that bar was another lounge and they were the the ships the ship's crew was trying to lead some sort of a game in there and they weren't paying any attention to what was going in their room because our room was so loud we we just attracted a lot of attention throughout the cruise oh and well it's because it was a big group and on the very very tip top of the bar or the cruise ship was was that you could you could be topless and our group was up there and of course all the ladies had their tops then, again, the Virgin crew leader came up there, and they were leading some sort of a dance class.
Yeah. And believe me, no one in the dance class was paying any attention to the dance instructor because all of our group was up there with their tops off. But it was a fun cruise. It was a nice break to go south in the month of February. Yes. Even though we had to drive. Yeah, yeah. We walked around Key West one day. Got some gummies. Yeah, got some gummies. And so why were we able to buy some gummies, honey? That's a good segue. Yeah. Well, because Mr. Musk terminated my contract with the federal government. Yes, Mr. Jones is officially retired.
So after 30-something years of not being able to partake. Yeah. Actually, it was 41 years. Yeah, that's true. 41 years. It was my career plus my business. So, yeah, anyway anyway early retirement present for me right um much to your chagrin but it's given me more time around the house i i've learned you know what i've learned how to do i learned how to dust i know and you're actually quite good at it except for the pendant lights over the kitchen island i'm gonna take those down and wash them yeah But that's the only thing you forgot. Like, ladies, he does baseboards.
Well, that's because, okay, so the last time, in the separation of duties in the Jones household, I've never dusted. You've always done the dusting. Right. And the last time I dusted was when I lived at home, and my mom made me dust dust and I got the can of N-dust and what I used to dust with was a real live cloth baby diaper. I know. Back in the day. Those cloth diapers actually came in handy. They were very multipurpose. It was the microfiber of the 70s. Yes, it was. But yeah, so I... So you've actually truly never dusted our house before? No, no. Wow.
I vacuumed and, know i have i did other things yeah yeah you've always taken care of the floors but but now i don't yeah well because i don't have to bend over to do the baseboards there's these contraptions now that you just walk around and kind of extend them and you can do the fans and it's really easy so i've been the talk of the neighborhood because mrs jones i've been bragging about my house husband a lot that yeah her house husband is really and they don't even know all of your specialties babe that's true um yeah so i'm learning um new duties as assigned and and i now. Yeah.
Even though it's not, it didn't happen when I wanted it to happen or how I wanted it to happen. And I know there's a lot of people that were in much worse condition than we were. Yes. We are not making light of this at all. Yeah. So it's, um, regardless of what you think about all that, the fact of the matter is it impacted us, but I'm looking at the jar half full and have more time on my hands. And now I am truly your sugar mama. I know. Yeah. And so my sugar mama got new boobs. Yes, I did. Yeah. Well, they're kind of refurbished. They're not really, because had them. You had implants. Yes.
12 years. I got my first set of implants for my 50th birthday. Happy birthday to me. Yeah. So 50 was fabulous. And the warranty was about to expire. Well, the warranty had expired and they were saline and my doctor said, you know, these are not going to. Um, so I was talking to my primary care and she's like, well, if you, if you know, you're going to need to get them replaced someday. And she said, honestly, the sooner the better, because like right now I'm in good health. I don't have any, like any heart problems. I don't have, you know, blood pressure or like any kind of cholesterol issues.
So I'm pretty fortunate for my age. So she said that it was probably a good time to do it. So I found a cosmetic surgeon down here that I liked and got an upgrade. Yes. So you're six weeks in and you're able to sleep on your side again. Yeah. And I'm able to touch them now.
You actually were allowed to kiss them the other night other night yeah but you said one of them is more sensitive than it was before and the other one yeah one of them is still numb but that may or may not be permanent you know time will tell um but the other one is way more sensitive than it used to be i've just been a middle girl as far as like nipple play goes yeah but so my my right ones are very happy now very responsive yeah you wouldn't let me get near them because we have friends that after one week after his wife had her boobs done he caused an issue by sucking on one of them and she had to go back to the doctor to get some repair work done yeah yeah I mean you just don't know like the everybody's body heals differently so yeah they've been off limits you look you're allowed to do the massage yeah we've been doing massage for like a month now yeah well they'll be healed just in time for you to go topless at desire next month yes yeah and we'll get to that in a minute um we just got back from jazz fest you know living where we live now like the real jazz fest in new orleans andola florida we've got a whole new part of the country is opened up to us within driving distance and it's only like four and a half five hours to new orleans yeah yeah so we have some lifestyle friends in our community that we're going to go to jazz fest and we decided hey if somebody else is just like the cruise in miami hey if somebody else is going to do all the work and all we have to do is pay and show these friends that planned it lived in new orleans for i think like a decade yeah so they know the city in and inside and out they've been to jazz fest a ton of times so they they knew all the tips and tricks so i mean well i mean isn't that what this whole episode is about about like finding your tribe yes and it's just so nice like we that we got to drive in that was a luxury but you know that two other couples flew in for it and um it was just a great time 10 of us just walking walking around New Orleans together and walking around Jazz Fest, listening to the most amazing music.
When you're there and you're listening to all this talent, you like every genre because it's just talented people just sharing their gift of music.
It was hard for me to imagine the venue with so much music going on at one time and for those of you it it's built inside of a horse race track so it's huge and the the stages are situated such that they don't face each other so you don't get a lot of bleeding over of from one stage to another and then there are tents there's a blues tent and a jazz tent and there was a caribbean stage and the main stage and there was just music everywhere and and we had fantastic weather and you know new or the monday that we were there there was it was probably 80 degrees and no humidity in new orleans i've never heard of that before sunday you mean the the last day last day yeah yeah that was sunday it was incredible yeah so we saw um oldies book goodies carlos santana was there he sat down most of the time he's kind of getting up there but his wife unbeknownst to, is the drummer for Lenny Kravitz.
Who closed Jazz Fest. Closed Jazz Fest. And that was absolutely amazing. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. He did a great job. He exceeded my hopes and expectations. Yeah. He was so... Ladies, there is no Photoshopping being done. When you see photos of Lenny Kravitz, you're seeing the real thing. Because we actually were really close to the stage. Yeah. And you could see all of that six-pack. Oh, my gosh. Well, we were pushed close to the stage because he's your celebrity hall pass. Yes. And you thought, this may be the only chance you get. Yes. Unfortunately.
That's's all right i was close enough i said i had a concertgasm you should i mean you should have unleashed those new boobs while you missed your chance i'm sure he's seen plenty of boobs and in the audience but it was it was a great time and we want you to stick around because there's a story that i'm going to tell from my snapshot that's pretty amazing about a unicorn experience that we had yeah only in new orleans i swear well it was it was very um reminiscent for us because it was we hadn't been there since the last night in new orleans that we went to yeah so it was great to be able to walk in the french quarter again and all the memories of all the naughty in new orleans but you got annoyed with me because i think i got a well i got a little over served the first day and oh can i tell why yeah so we went we were with friends of ours and we decided on when we first got there thursday afternoon we hadn't met up with the rest of the group yet, because they actually went to Jazz Fest on Thursday, and we drove in.
So the four of us went to a dive bar, got a little snack, got one drink, and then our friend said, there's this gay bar that we want to go to that we went to last time we were here.
So we're like, all right all right so yes it's oz if any of you are familiar with it so we walked up to french quarter and found the the bar and you and the other husband walked in we walked in ahead of time and sat down and sat down and then we waited like five minutes and then then my girlfriend and i walked in and sat down and it was kind of quiet in there there were only like maybe a half a dozen people we split up because he and i wanted to experience what it would be like to to be a couple to be a couple on a gay bar and we were a bit disappointed well i know obviously the guys in there didn't hit on us but the bartender was amazing he was so fun and like he had his hair dyed orange and like he was just so cute and yes he he just had a lot of energy and he decided he wanted to talk to my friend and i and he kind of ignored you guys he did so we talked to him for a long time and we were like asking about like you could tell this was a gay bar a gay bar for guys like and we're like well what kind of bars are there for like female couples you know female couple friendly bar so he was giving us a couple names of places and he said actually there the oz bar is is friendly he said some gay bars are not it's very like delineated right between lesbian couples and gay couples so anyway we learned a lot from him and he was just super fun so we're talking to him talking to him and i had had a vodka soda and um and my friend wasn't drinking that day.
So she just had, I think maybe a Sprite or something. So then he looks at me and he's like, or he just gave her another Sprite. And then he looked at me and he's like, honey, do you want a freshie? And I was like a freshie. That is so cool. I've never heard a refill or another drink called a freshie before.
So course i had to have another freshie yeah so you got tipsy and we were walking down bourbon street and you kept saying oh look babe at not in new orleans there's the beach you know there's there's that was where the miss no no no miss swimsuit or whatever it was yeah and i'm like honey you know you can stop with that you know you're a little bit drunk well it was fun reminiscing yeah we've had a lot of fun on bourbon street but anyway that's fine it the it was a really great time it was a great time with friends great to be back in new orleans and yeah we are our best story you'll hear when we get to the snapshot because it was really a lot of fun um before we get into tonight's topic about finding your tribe uh we do have a few events coming up that we have room left if you all would like to join us first of all spicy in seattle we have partnered up with spicy vacations and club sapphire in seattle and we are going to be out there july 25th through the 27th it's an entire weekend event and we've taken over the hotel and and the the best place to get information on this is actually on the club sapphire website which is club sapphire.com so there's a bunch of people from our community going um and they'll they'll i think the event will be sold out but right now there are rooms left and we would love to meet you we we haven't been to the pacific northwest yet no no i'm really excited to go out there and i think the weather should be good at the end of Thank you.
there are rooms left and we would love to meet you we we haven't been to the pacific northwest yet no no i'm really excited to go out there and i think the weather should be good at the end of july yeah and um you and i are going to actually stay a couple days yeah and be a tourist yeah but club sapphire has been amazing to work with that i i love the owners there they they have the similar philosophy as us when it comes to the lifestyle and maybe this might turn into an annual event who's who knows yeah and then of course we have uh i mentioned desire rivi or amaya next month that'll be june 21st through the 28th of 2025 i believe there are still some rooms left so if you are already going to be there or if you, please send me an email.
Let me know. And we'd love to have you participate in the WGT events that we have planned for that week. And you can sign up for your Desire Vacation on our website. Wegotathing.com. Yes. And you can also sign up for our November week at Pearl, Desire Pearl, November 15th through the 22nd. And there is still room left in that. I believe there's still some space left in that one. So we would love for you to book that. And then before we move along, though, we will have a special announcement next month. Yes.
In our next month's podcast about a new event yeah and a new venue that we're gonna new travel opportunity announce for you yep all right well it's good to be back um hopefully we can catch you at one of these i know that 2025 summertime is right around the. Everyone's going to be taking vacations and traveling and hopefully we can run into you at some point this year. And you don't have to take vacation anymore. You're just permanently on vacation. Honey, I don't even know what day of the week it is anymore. Well, I do because you don't wander into your office and start working on weekends.
Oh, that's true. And you've been really doing, you've been doing good at cutting yourself off early in the afternoon for us to do some happy hours. Well, I've told one of my clients there are certain tasks I'm not going to do anymore, so I'm cutting back. Right. So I'm getting there. Right. All right. Well, when we come back, Renee is going to step back in and then join us as we talk about finding your tribe in the WGT community.
Okay, well, welcome back to segment two where we are going to be talking to Renee, the WGT community manager, about what is our community and what could it do for you? Yeah, I think, first of all, we need to explain probably one of the biggest mistakes Renee has made thus far in her life. And that is we were, I think we were at Peacat, Miami. Is that where we were a couple of years ago, Renee? It is. Yeah. And you came up to me and you said, I have so many ideas for this community. I think you should do this. And I think you should do that. And Mrs.
Jones and I looked at each other and said, we think we should hire you. No. It was like manna from heaven just fell right in our laps. When we were in Miami the last day, we met briefly that morning before we all left, and Mrs. Jones looks at me and says, I prayed for you. And I was like, oh, okay. And it really has been a great experience. Renee, you've been with us for probably almost a year and a half now, as we've grown quite a bit in our community. I mean, I already knew I was in over my head, and Mrs. Jones has a day job, so I'm the one that you really bailed out here. And Mrs.
Jones is grateful, too, because we call you my work wife, and she... Oh, she...
Renee is the best work work wife ever because she's not afraid to say all the hard things i mean that's what you pay me for i know it is awesome so the why we want to talk about our community is well first of all mrs jones and i are horrible marketing people we we're we're just who we are we're just pretty honest and open and and you know the marketing people say you got to talk this way or you got to do that and we're really bad at it but what we realized that we've really never done is we've never really had a podcast where we're explaining what our community actually is because there are so many different types of social media applications.
And I think a lot of people are confused when they hear about our community, what it is. And so we thought we would take this entire episode and have you on, Renee, since you're closer to the community than both of us for the most part. And we can talk about what it is and help people understand what they might be walking into if they decide to join us. I love it. I think that it is unclear exactly what it is, and there are lots of other lifestyle sites out there. So I I think it's a great way to show what it is and what it is. And there are lots of other lifestyle sites out there.
So I think it's a great way to show what it is and what it is not. Yeah. So I wanted to start by saying what the community is not. A lot of people confuse our community with dating sites like Cassidy and SDC and SLS and dating sites like Field. And, you know, we do have some members who have been with us for a while and they no longer use those dating sites, but that's only because they've been in the community for a while and they've made connections with people here and they've made friends and they don't feel like that's unnecessary evil anymore.
Because in in our community, I don't know what you two have heard, but our community is full of real people. Yes, everybody has a profile, but in some of those dating sites, you really wonder what you're getting and if they're even real. Well, I mean, there's real people on those dating websites, but I think the difference is that the ratio of authenticity, people authentically looking for friends and maybe having more like-minded values or objectives, I think you're going to find that more in our community. Yeah, I mean, those dating sites do serve a purpose.
And we do still say it's a good thing, especially if you're new, to have a profile out there so you can meet people. But if our message resonates with you and you're looking for your tribe, I feel like we're a pretty good filter and that can save a lot of people some heartache to connect with some real people. Another thing that we're not is we are not like a Facebook page. We don't want to know your real names unless you share them. We don't want to, we don't want to access to your contact list on your phone. You know, we're not going to ask you for your phone number.
The email address you provide is going to be, it can be a throwaway email. Actually, we tell people to do that. Yeah, we do. To create a throwaway email. Yeah, because most social media platforms try their darndest to figure out who you're connected with. And so our community is not like that. You are who you want to be, and nobody else knows who that is unless you want to share it. And Facebook really, privacy is usually an issue, and they change the rules all the time. So it's really hard to have the confidence that what you put out there is not being shared out.
And lastly, what we are not, is we are not like Discord or Slack or Telegram or whatsapp we're not a texting app you can you certainly can direct message within our community but it's not that the sole purpose is not for for that so we're we're trying to be um a very unique place which is what we're going to get into but i I just wanted to go over, did I miss anything? Like, these are the things that I think we are definitely not, and some people come into the community and perhaps misunderstand what this community is about. Well, I think our community is bigger than those things.
I really think that that's kind of the whole point. There is a dating aspect, a dating opportunity aspect to our community. There is a networking type aspect of our community, and there is a messaging aspect of our community, but it's kind of everything put together in a very, like, discrete, concrete, secure platform. Right.
What is the is the wgt community and so it's a place where your curiosity um you can be curious and you and you can explore and you can learn and so part of our platform you know contains our lifestyle course and our mini courses and uh access to a limited number of spaces in case you're brand new and you're just trying to learn and you're maybe a little bit nervous about connecting with other people so the basic membership is about learning and exploring then we fully support your journey into non-monogamy regardless of whether you're new regardless of what thing is.
And we'll talk more about this in a minute when we talk about the spaces and the groups that we have. Your current relationship is nurtured without judgment. I mean, we have so many different types of people, so many different types of relationships that we all come into this with eyes wide open and judgment is really not a part of who we are at all. And then you're going to find, lastly, that you connect with like-minded people, and that's your tribe. And how you connect with them, you know, initially, this is a virtual community, right? I mean, but this is non-monogamy.
So at point in the future um you know we're we're providing you an avenue through which you can get to know somebody and then hopefully connect with people uh in person in person because that's the fun part it is the fun part and we can even help with that um and you know we're going to intersperse a lot of this with some feedback from from our members but um you know they say and we and we know this and we've said this on our podcast you develop special friendships and friendships that are lifelong um we certainly have benefited from that and i i know you have too renee uh with the the number of people that of people that you've been able to meet here too.
Absolutely. My best friends are in this community and I would have never have thought that that is where this would have taken me. And then you'll experience, we're social first and then sexy second. So we believe in order to connect with somebody, and we've said this all along too, Mrs. Jones, and that is, we're not really hookup swingers. I mean, we've done it on occasion, and that has its place, but we're more about connecting with people first socially, and then getting to know them, and then followed by the sexy.
So it's, you know, one thing can lead to another, but we don't want this to be a place where people are intimidated by everybody, you know, being kind of forward with the sex. Right. I mean, I think we're a good balance. I think, you know, the social part does come first, but the sexy is there too. Again, this is not Facebook. Right. So now that we've kind of described what the community is about and what it's not, this is where you're going to be able to help us a lot, Renee. Because Renee and I sat down and put some structure around our community and what it looks like when you walk into it.
And we have our own app.
So whether it's on your desktop or on your phone what we're going to do over the next few minutes is talk about the different collections of spaces that we have and the different groups and how they're organized and how people how they've come about and how people interact with them so you'll get an idea visually maybe of what this community looks like so first of all when you come in um there's a welcome center and we are really uh focused on our new members we're all the way back to the podcast we did about being the newbie whisperers we've kind of had a soft spot for for newbies and so when you first come into our community and you're brand new we're going to dump you right into a space that's called for new members only.
And for a period of how many days, Renee? It's your first 60 days, but you do have access to the entire community during that time. So it's just a special little pocket that we put you in to orient you to the community. Thank you for softening that up, Renee, because he said that you were dumping people. Like, that's not very friendly. If that sounded bad, when your 60 days is up, we eject you from that space. Again, people, this is why we have Renee. Hold the cord.
No, but really, you're in a space where everybody's new and one of the most difficult things about coming into a new workplace or a new school year or an event that you've never been to you you like stand in the back in the corner because everybody appear apparently knows everyone else but this way you're coming into a space where everybody's new so hopefully you're a little bit more comfortable and able to ask questions and get to know everyone. Yeah.
And real quick, I would like to add that we do have eight veteran members in that new members only group that stay in there that help answer questions. And that really, that's a great way to meet people. Those people are there for a reason and they want to help you. So reach out when you get in there. And since you mentioned that, Renee, not only do we have leader volunteers in the new member group, we have leader volunteers as moderators in all of the spaces. You know, this community is not about me and Mrs. Jones or Renee.
This this community is about the community and so the more people that we can get involved in leadership um the more we spread that around you get different uh different types of people and it takes the pressure off of us from having to do everything and you get to interact with with people in the community so we've got a lot of our members have become leader volunteers. In the Welcome Center, we also have a help and information area that Renee is really diligent about keeping up where you'll find our community culture guidelines and standards.
So we do our best to make it welcoming and then give everyone an idea of what they can expect and what the rules and boundaries are. So, Renee, do you want to talk about the community hub? Because this is really where the main heartbeat, I think, of the community exists. Yes. So our community hub contains several different spaces. The main two that we see used most often are discussions, which are general lifestyle discussion questions, and there are some polls.
A lot of members want to ask for feedback in this area, and then our photo feed, which is by far the most popular, and then the social chat. The social chat is just a kind of shoot-the-bull area. It's most, like, almost everybody says good morning in the mornings. And then weekly highlights is your go-to cheat area to find out what's going on in the community. And we keep those forever. So you could go back and look from weeks ago and see quickly and click on all the links to what has been happening. And then Mr. Jones's favorite area is the WGT live space.
He does at least three go live broadcasts every week. And then Mr. and Mrs. Jones do one together on Fridays. And then I come in there from time to time. But those live streams are interactive. We often have member spotlights, but then we also highlight events that are going on and just what other people are doing in the community to meet people. Well, what I resent about that is that I work my tail off to do these go lives and broadcasts. And then Mrs. Jones shows up on Friday morning with her cup of coffee.
And that's the one that everybody tunes into every week she's much prettier than you that's that's why well I see my first edit it just came about with that that last comment I will say that I think the highest rating you've had on an ask us anything is when it was Renee and Mrs. Jones yes was that time. So just go ahead and twist the knife while you got it in my back. I know. Sorry. But when you were talking about the discussions space, Renee, we also have a monthly theme. And so we always announce whether it's jealousy or whether it's, what is this month? It's differences make us better.
And so we always announce whether it's jealousy or whether it's, what is this month? It's differences make us better, you know. And so we throw out discussion questions and topics based on the theme. Then, of course, we'll record a podcast about the theme. So we try to keep that area as generally we focus people on a particular topic and folks come in there.
And regardless of of the amount of experience they have they can either ask questions or they can share good experiences or maybe not so good experiences with other people so you can hear from more people other than just the joneses well and then there's the whole uh swing and a miss yeah which is a kind It's a go-live that Renee does with a friend of hers on occasion. And sometimes things don't go perfectly as planned. So it has been brought up several times to do some sort of blooper reel for swinging incidents. And it's hard to do and it's hard to get people to tell you their bloopers.
So we just decided one day that we were going to go solicit people that we knew had written down stories. So we got a small collection of stories and then we've pulled from Reddit and things as well. But we read, one of us will read to the other one and the other one has not heard the story yet. And we kind of Monday morning quarterback it. This week though, I do want to say that we're going to talk about positive stuff because we've done four or five of these and they've all been a miss. So we're going to have a good one this week. So you're going to do a swing and a hit this week.
Yeah, yeah.
And don't forget that you both come scantily clad with your cocktails in hand as well see and that's another thing that you ladies can do that's why you beat me in the ratings all the time because you know when i do my my live stream in the morning when i get out of bed i put a t-shirt on i still have my glasses on i get my cup of coffee i'm half awake the lighting's terrible the angle's bad alright I'm taking notes we'll try to make that better um let's move along uh the last thing that we have in our community hub is the celebrations and member member introductions um so people can when they feel comfortable they can come in and introduce themselves and this is one of the most active spaces in our community, not because so many people introduce themselves, but I don't know if you two have noticed this, but so many people respond and say, welcome, welcome from this part of the country, welcome from that part of the country, and it's just so good to see so many people jumping into welcoming our new members.
All right. Now we're going to talk about the ladies groups and the men's group. So if in our premium membership, this is another thing that's different from our community compared to a lot is in the premium membership, you get two profiles and not just one profile. So you can come in and have a couple, excuse me, a profile as a couple, but you can also have individual profiles. And the way that we have our ladies group and our men's group separated, if you do have individual profiles, you can get into the ladies and the men.
So I'm going to let the ladies go first and talk about some of the things they're going to find in the ladies group. Well, the ladies group is, uh, the space is called the ladies lounge and, um, we have a discussion space and then we have again, just a chat space, which is a stream of consciousness. And, um, the, the one thing you'll find in there is just a group of ladies building one another up, which is so unfortunately opposite of what you'll find in a lot of other spaces in society. Women just like to rip each other down and compare each other, you know, themselves to one another.
And we don't do that. And it's crazy how just refreshing it is to have somebody tell you how strong you are or how beautiful you are or how hot you are or whatever it is that you either want to celebrate or commiserate about. You can do it in there without being judged. Yeah, absolutely. There is a support network that it's beyond lifestyle situations. It's vanilla. We see people that are complaining about their outfit, but then also complaining about their mom that they're taking care of. So it really is a full support network of women who like each other. That's the best part.
It's women who really do like each other and want to support each other. It's refreshing. Yeah, and then there's a ladies' book club and a ladies' happy hour. What goes on there? So the ladies' book club meets every other week, and we're probably not known for being the most structured book club out there. We do read books. Sometimes the reading is optional, but really what it's doing is it's giving us like a topic to come together and start conversations. And sometimes we'll spend the majority, like we meet for 90 minutes every other Wednesday.
And sometimes we'll spend the majority of the time talking about the topic of the book. Sometimes we'll say, oh, yeah, we were supposed to read these four chapters. And then we'll go off on a tangent on something else because clearly that whatever the tangent is, it's more important than the topic of the book. We also watch TV shows like we just were watching the series Dying for Sex.
It's on what i think it's on hulu yeah um right now and it's based on a podcast and based off of a true story which is amazingly funny and tragic and heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time and sexual and yeah and it's it's all about sexuality too yeah and it's all about sexuality so it has that common i guess theme but depending on where you are in life you're going to pull different things out of it and that's what's so fascinating is to hear everybody's perspective about the topic yes and mrs jones leads that um and then ladies uh happy hour is held once a week.
There is a long-term member who leads this and has led it for as long as it's existed. It actually started during COVID, and it did change hands once, but it is unstructured. Sometimes there might be 50 ladies in there. Sometimes there might be 15, but it is later in the evening and everybody just comes as they are. Sometimes you're in PJs. Sometimes, you know, you might still be in work clothes, but it really is come as you are, come with a cocktail or a glass of water, but it's just to relax and have fun. And you can roll in and out of it whenever you want to, because there is no structure.
It's truly just a chat fest. The lady who leads the happy hour, she will create, for those who missed it, she'll write up business meeting notes, and they're hilarious. She kind of recaps the topics of discussions, and it's fantastic.
I actually think those could be taken and turned into like a short story book oh no kidding it's hilarious and one one random thing runs into another one and like out of context they're hilarious so i can't even imagine how funny they are like in the moment and then the guys so that we have our own group called the man cave and every other Wednesday night we do a virtual meeting just that we get together every other Wednesday night and we talk about lifestyle topics. We talk about barbecue. We talk about four wheel drives. We talk about hormone replacement.
We talk about struggles that we've had in the lifestyle. And very rarely do we as men have an opportunity to be in a group with other guys. And you ladies are the same way. I mean, you can't go talk about these topics with your non-lifestyle friends because first of all, they would pass out and you'd have to get them up off the floor. But just to be in a group where you can say what's on your mind, you can share an experience that you had, you can ask questions. And we usually talk for about an hour and a half and we never run out of things to talk about. The guys are amazing.
And personally, that's one of my favorite parts of the community for me. I think what, it's funny because a lot of the husbands of the wives in the book club, you know, they both participate and, and like the wives will say, I can't believe how vulnerable my husband is in these meetings. You know, I think it's, it's really cool that you guys have the opportunity to kind of let your guard down. Yeah.
Because again, in, in regular regular life like women are mean to each other and men are clammed up yeah when it comes to talking about emotions or self-image or whatever yeah and we'll have special guests like one of our members is um her career uh has led her into the health care industry and we just had her on to talk about hormone replacement. And, you know, we've had counselors and therapists on before, but most of the times it's just a bunch of guys talking. You've had somebody talk about sex toys too. Oh, that's true. Sex toys. Because there are sex toys for guys. Yes.
Renee, I want you to talk about the WGT marketplace, but before you do, I want to to kind of set that up one of the things that we've struggled with is trying to find businesses that are like-minded we have found so many businesses in the lifestyle are not cooperative at all or collaborative that they're just really competitive and the the thing that's unique about our marketplace is that all of our marketplace vendors are also community members. So number one, they are non-monogamous, they're in the lifestyle. Number two, they are a part of our community or have been a part of our community.
So they kind of know the vibe and the philosophy in our community, but they're also business people. And so you have exclusive, a marketplace that you can walk into. And Renee, why don't you talk about some of the vendors that are in our marketplace? Our marketplace is a collection of long-term members who have these lifestyle-themed businesses that it's been a great way for them to collaborate with each other. We have a lifestyle coaching group. We've got a couple of event hosts.
And we have a member who opened up a fun t-shirt shop and he has a space in there and also creates our WGT merchandise. We have a boudoir photographer who has, it's been fun to even watch her business expand over this time. She's collaborating with a lot of the other event planners that are in the space. And then we have a lingerie company that is starting to introduce toys as well. So we're trying to promote businesses, but we're also trying to create a trustworthy place where people in the community can go in and learn and shop around.
One of our most popular and long, probably the longest running, one of the longest running spaces we have is our health and wellness area about sexual health and fitness. And the woman who has been running our fitness chat probably for the past eight years, I want to say, is very passionate about what she does. She never runs out of energy.
And when she does, comes in and tells people that that's that's what i love about the fitness group because it's a place to hold people accountable but it's also a place to encourage people hey if you've fallen off the wagon like i did recently and i didn't run as much as i used to you can come back in and you can say look i'm uma culpa. I've been absent. And people encourage you and people share their struggles with their weight loss or their sexual health or whatever. And to have people in there encouraging them, that is one of our most active spaces.
Now, the next few collections we've got separated by where I live and visit, who I am, and what I enjoy. So, where I live and visit is pretty simple. We have 12 regional groups that cover the United States and Canada.
We do have a few international members but most people are in north america so these these are places where depending on where you live or where you're going to visit you can you can join that space and each of the space leaders or moderators in that group will promote local meet and greets anywhere from hey a bunch of us are going to go to a brewery this this weekend who wants to go all the way to a three-day weekend that actually we just finished one in denver which was our midwest group led that and made arrangements with for the hotel and and dinner on friday night and i think they did a kentucky der Derby party on Saturday and went to a club Saturday night.
So really, the regional groups are where you're going to find opportunities to meet people. Because like I said earlier, it's one thing to get to know somebody virtually, but really where the community really comes to full circle is when you can get out to an event and meet the people that you've been talking with online. Yes. And when somebody pops out that they're going to meet up at a brewery on Sunday, go, go. It's the best, easiest way to meet people. And it's no pressure. I love when I see that. And then we end up with 30 members at a brewery on a Sunday afternoon.
Then the next collection is Who I Am. And I believe we have about a dozen special interest spaces. And these spaces will go from BDSM to faith-based to morsoms, pervs, mature, newbies. I mean, what else, Renee? We have so many different things that people say, this is what defines me. We're all the time re-evaluating what spaces we need and where our needs are and what isn't being utilized. And if we do remove the space, it's just archived and could always be brought back later on. Yeah.
One of the things I wanted to especially mention is our new single space, because we were primarily a couples-based community, and we've had so many singles join recently. And I would like to be able to tell you all that Mrs. Jones and Renee and I are smart enough to come up with these spaces on our own. But what happens is we get a lot of singles in, and then one of the singles will say, hey, I think we need to have a space for singles. And then I'll say, oh, how would you like to be the moderator of that group?
And so fortunately, that's how all of our groups come about is somebody says, hey, I'd really love to put a group together about being outdoors. And we'll do a little survey. And if there's enough interest, we'll put a space together. And like you were saying, Renee, Renee and I just recently sat down and looked at, you know, do we still need all of our spaces? Are they being utilized? Because we don't want a lot of clutter that people aren't using. We want to make sure that what is out there, people are finding value in.
And then lastly, the last collection that we have of spaces is what I enjoy. And this is anything from music to sports. Boy, we just finished a March Madness bracket, food and cocktails. We have a travel group and we have a group of writers. They're called the Sexy Scribers. And whether it's poetry or whether it's short stories, erotic stories, people that write their own stories and then come in there and share them. Yes, I love the Sexy Scribers group. It's refreshing because it's all made up. It's not true. So you get to just go in there and live a little fantasy tale for a few minutes.
And then finally, we have a resource library. And in that resource library, which Renee pretty much built single-handedly, there's a space in there that if you want to become an event planner, we give you some tips and tricks on how to do that. You know, we have the ability, what Renee and I have been doing is when somebody wants to put together a private party and invite community members, we can create a space just for that party or just that event.
And so those who are going to go to that event get invited in and you have your own little closed space with only the people that might be attending that by invitation only. Yeah. It works a lot more smoothly than just like a group chat. It's a little bit slicker than that. Yeah. We have a glossary of terms because, you know, you get into this lifestyle and you hear people using words that you have no idea what they mean. We have a section of things that members recommend. What do we have in there, Renee? We have lifestyle resorts. We have clubs.
What else do we have in there renee we have we have lifestyle resorts we have clubs what else do we have in there uh we we have campgrounds and nudist campgrounds lifestyle friendly campgrounds nude beaches yeah and then even down to the member recommended even has tv shows and podcasts that like it really is all things member recommended so it does not just have to be lifestyle things. Yes. And of course, we also have all of the WGT articles and podcasts that we have released over the years are easy to find in there. I also wanted to kind of do some breaking news at this point in time.
What do you think, Renee? We are about to release a new feature of a mapping feature. So if you are in our community and you choose to share your location, you can bring up a map of the country and you can see who's near you. And it's been really cool. Actually, there's a couple in our community who just finished a camping trip. And as they were planning their trip, they looked along their route, and they could see the members where their paths may crossed, and they met up with a lot of them while they were on their trip.
Yes, they went from middle of the country down to the southeast coast, and then I think they've gone back, and then this last weekend, they were in Denver as well, and they're doing this all, the road trip and all of it. And they've been a great guinea pig for the map and great, great results so far. And I mean, the map doesn't give your address. It's a little more discreet than that. You can put your own location in there. Yes, you put the actual city and state that you want to put. So if you live in Brooklyn, but you want to just put New York, New York, that is absolutely fine.
It is only on the map and your profile is where that location that you enter shows up. Right. So it's an opt-in feature that the vast majority of our community does use. And of course, as I mentioned on the outset, we have our full suite of lifestyle courses and mini-courses that we published many moons ago that are there for the taking. And then all things desire. You know, we have all of our desire trips, all of our desire promo codes. We have a lot of our community members are starting to lead desire WGT weekends.
We've got one coming up each each month this year and maybe four six eight ten couples you know may go and um this gives them a space to first of all they get a discount for booking and then they can all get together in their own little space and get to know each other before they meet up at desire so when we when we first started this community back in 2018, and today is 2025, it was a single chat stream and a single feed post where people posted pictures. And over the years, we've tried to stay true to our philosophy. We're social first and sexy second. We're a laid back community.
We're very supportive. And honestly, it's where a lot of people tell us we have finally found our tribe. So hopefully, for those of you who are looking, and that's one of the frustrations that a lot of people have. I know we had that frustration when we got in the lifestyle. Like, I keep hearing people talk about all these great people out there. How do we find them? Well, you feel very isolated at first, because first of all, it's a secret. You can't just tell all of your friends. So how do you find your way into this lifestyle community?
It's like you're searching for something that's invisible okay before we wrap up we there are five different characteristics of our community that we wanted to highlight and you know when people say what am i going to get out of this um so far we've described what the community is not uh what philosophically what the community is We've described the layout, but we've asked some of our members to share with you and with us for this podcast what this community has meant to them.
But overall, there's five different things that I think people find, and I'd love to have a short conversation around these things. First of all, that's mastering communication. You'll have developed unshakable confidence in open and honest conversations, leading to more trust, deeper intimacy, and fewer misunderstandings with your partner. Notice I didn't say zero misunderstandings with your partner. Thanks for being real there, honey. But you'll also learn how to navigate those misunderstandings a little bit better too. That's the important part of this. Yes.
As Catherine always says, the AFOLs, the opportunities to learn. So communication is at the top of the list. Number two, a thriving support system. You'll be surrounded by a network of like-minded couples who truly get you, offering support, wisdom, and genuine friendship. No more feeling like you're navigating this journey alone. This goes back to where you find your tribe. You need support. This is a journey, as Mrs. Jones said earlier, that you're not going out and telling everyone. So finding a support system on the other side of it is important.
And the number of people who have said, we just found out a family member, a community member lost a family member or a community member was in the hospital. And the story after story about people just getting in their cars and driving several hundred miles to visit or to offering to help, you know, it's not just about having sex with other people. And I think the support system is A to Z when it comes to how you should really care for people.
Third, new and exciting experiences, whether through online discussions, live events, or luxurious getaways, you'll have explored new facets of your relationship in a way that feels safe, sexy, and fulfilling. Yeah, I think like every other Friday night, we do a virtual meet and greet. And it's basically just, it's a big zoom call with, you know, some, a handful of people up to like, you know, a hundred people. And, and you, we got, we put people into breakout rooms. We give you like little discussion questions. So we put some structure around it. So it's not so terrifying.
And, you know, at first it's just kind of like fun meeting people, but then you'll find, oh my gosh, like we had so much in common with that couple just during the 15 minute little breakout room. And then that just, you know, gives you an opportunity to reach out. And before you know it, you have this unexpected friendship. The other thing I really love about the Friday night Zooms is you get a chance to see a couple interact together in a low-pressure environment. There's so much you tell about body language and how they talk to each other, and you're not sitting across at dinner.
You're on a screen, and if you get nervous and want to bail, then you just leave. So it really is a low-pressure way to make connections. So it is a great way. This really took off during COVID when people really couldn't see people face-to-face.
But it's also that interim step between virtually texting people and communicating through writing to some, like you said, Renee, you see faces and you see people interacting with each other and you see their relationship and you see people on that is one step closer to when you do meet people in the flesh, so to speak, that you already know a lot about them. Personal and relationship growth. You'll have gained insights from other members and experts engaged in transformative workshops and overcome challenges that once seem overwhelming.
I mean, I know we've mentioned expansive connection before, but they're always offering workshops and opportunities to learn in our community. Yes, and not just for women. I want to say that they do a great job of making the men speak a little bit. You were talking about them being vulnerable in the men's chat. I love what Catherine pulls and the Expensive Connection crew out of our men and some of those. They recently had the lunch meeting, and there were some great things that happened in there. And then lastly, authentically living.
No matter where you are in your journey, you'll feel empowered to embrace your desires and connections without fear or hesitation. And I think, you know, I was actually in a go live this morning, or maybe it was yesterday, I was talking to a couple and they were saying how it's a human experience being in the community and being in the lifestyle because you can relate to people as human beings. The filters are gone, you know, I'm going to show you a little bit. It's a human experience being in the community and being in the lifestyle because you can relate to people as human beings.
The filters are gone, the age, gender, religion, all of these things that we put up as barriers or filters in our lives, they all come down when you get to know people authentically. I hope that through listening to us, we've done our community justice. Our hope is that, I mean, at some point in time, even though I hate to admit this, we're going to age out of having the energy to do all of this.
And we can't unplug the cord on on this this community is going to go on we don't know what that looks like in five to ten years but it's it's not about the joneses it's about the people in the community it's about you it's about you connecting with other people and the more we grow uh the community um the more value there is for people to enjoy So it's something that if you would have asked me when we started this, however many years ago, that it was going to turn into something like this, there's no way that we could have envisioned this turning into what it turned into.
No, and I mean, it's all, you know, kind of related to technology. You know, 12 years ago when we started our podcast, podcasts were relatively new. And now the whole idea of community was very new eight years ago when we started it. And, you know, so now I think as people have more awareness to what virtual tools are out there. You know, I, I think that our community has been around long enough that it's, it's not, it's not new. Like we, we've got it ready for you. It's not something that we're developing. It's something that's already there.
And if you come into it, you can help us grow it with your ideas and your and honestly your wants and needs because that's really the objective is to meet the needs of everybody in there right and i just want to say something about why why this there's a fee for this first of all we've invested a lot into it we we've had an app developed and there's a platform and um obviously we have a community manager and you know we want to put back into it what we what we're getting out of it as far as revenue but the other thing is if you've noticed free platforms turn into free-for-alls and you know we we want you to invest in something that is giving you value in return and it and then people opt out.
I mean, if it's too much for you, if it's not your tribe, you're going to opt out. You invest yourselves in where you invest your resources. And that's one of the big reasons why our community is full of amazing people that have the same value system. So Renee, anything else that we need to share? You're the one that normally comes along behind me and corrects me and cleans up my messes. So what did I miss? I think you've done a great job. I just want to say that if you do stop in and say hello in the community, say hi. There are always people around who want you to be there. And what Mrs.
Jones said about growing this, to continue to grow this over time is exactly what we want to do. It's not about Mr. and Mrs. Jones. It is about the lifestyle and just being your authentic self. So you've heard a lot from us today about our community and what it is and what it's not. We thought you might want to hear from some of our community members who have agreed to share their sexy voices and their opinions with us and tell you a little bit about the community. The first question we asked was, what led you to join the WGT community?
What led us to join the WGT community was after having binged every single episode that the Joneses had done of their podcast, we thought we knew a lot and we joined SDC. And then we met a couple off of SDC who had encouraged us to check out the WGT community because they were finding that the connections they were making were just so much more quality than what SDC was providing. So we checked it out, and we were surprised by just how open, honest, supportive everybody in the community is. we were early regular listeners to the We Got a Thing podcast as we were considering the lifestyle.
We initially joined the We Got a Thing community because Mrs. Jones had mentioned that they were going to open a woman's only chat. And I really needed an outlet to discuss thoughts and concerns that I had that I couldn't really talk about with anyone else. The next thing we asked them was, how is being part of this community, how has it impacted your relationships and personal growth? Joining the WGT community has impacted our relationship in the E&M sense in that it's given us perspective.
I think the podcasts and then just being members of the community and participating in some of the chat groups and just seeing the different questions and challenges that people encounter and how to overcome them just gives you a lot of perspective when you're walking through this, through the lifestyle. It's just been very helpful and supportive. I feel like our communication and our marriage is so much better because of the lifestyle. We are having so much fun. It's really almost like being a teenager again.
For me, personally, it has really given me a lot of confidence, and I'm learning how to flirt, how to talk to people, how to be the center of attention. This is all new for me. I used to be very shy, and I would stick to the corners during a party. Not anymore, as I'm actively engaged in talking to other people, and I have the confidence, really, to do that now. Well, our relationships are open and honest. We accept that not everyone will like the way we live. And if they choose not to have us in their lives, that's okay. Because we're being true to ourselves and who we are.
We answer only to each other. Through the community, we've met our best friends, friends for life, real friends that don't judge us. We've learned a lot about ourselves and the capacity to love others, which strengthens the love we have for each other. And before the lifestyle, we had great sex, great love, and we communicated well. But now, fast forward four years and being part of the community, it's hard to describe how each of those things have grown exponentially. We've learned how to communicate better, how to love harder, and how to explore our sexual fantasies without judgment.
We're more confident as individuals and not fearful to stand up what's important to us. The third thing we asked them to share was a meaningful connection or experience that they've had in the community. A meaningful connection that we've had with WGT is fairly quickly after joining the community and looking at members near us, I pretty quickly recognized a business colleague that I've known for over 20 years and reached out to him.
and um our wives have have become friends and we've become good friends and and I don't think our relationship would have gone beyond just being business acquaintances like it's been for a long time if we hadn't joined WGT and realized that they were also in the lifestyle as well. And so it's just been a real positive thing for us. I've made many strong connections in this community. My best friends are here, actually. The ability to be open-minded about personal and very sensitive topics is a game-changer for at least my journey in the lifestyle. I would say our best friends.
We've met all of our best friends here. Lifelong friends, in fact. Differing levels of friendship, for sure. Some extremely close, and those that we can't fathom not having a significant part of our lives. We've had hilarious experiences, intimate experiences, emotional experiences. We've had these close friendships within a lifestyle and starting to intertwine with our personal relationships. It's been fantastic and long-lasting. And definitely, friends, I'd say also that if we decided not to be in the lifestyle, they would still be our best friends, no matter what.
Then we asked, what has been your favorite event, discussion, or challenge in the community, and why? For us, I would say it would have been the Indianapolis weekend. We met so many amazing people that weekend and Eric went into it saying it was going to be our third strike and possibly out. Luckily, we're still in the game. So one couple in particular have become part of our vanilla lives as well. We've celebrated holidays together. We've met each other's family. Our daughter even babysits for their dog and their daughter. It's just truly a wonderful relationship.
I really have enjoyed the regional meet and greets. We just went to our second one a couple of weeks ago. Personally, I want to see the personality and not just a picture on a profile. You can get a little bit of that personality on the online community by pictures they post, discussions that you have, or chats, but really the face-to-face is my preference. Well, I have a favorite, and it's the Kansas City float trip, and I think the reason I like that the most is because everyone is in their real raw state. There's no makeup. There's no fancy dresses.
You're just down and dirty in the woods having fun, and it has grown year over year, and it's just a great group of people. And I guess I like all the other events because I love the themes, and I love to dress up. And lastly, we asked, what would you tell someone who might be considering joining the WGT community? I'll see you next time. And lastly, we asked, what would you tell someone who might be considering joining the WGT community?
I think the We Gotta Thing community is a safe place for anyone who is considering the lifestyle, is new in the lifestyle, or even experienced in the lifestyle. I think there's a place for everyone. It's a welcoming community with no judgment, a space where you can participate as much or as little as you want. I would say, first and foremost, do not wait. I just did this kind of as a last resort, and two weeks later we were meeting our first couple. And because the whole thing felt safe for me, some of the other lifestyle dating sites just seemed very predatorial to me.
WGT feels like a safe lifestyle haven, especially for a female. First off, what's a couple hundred bucks just for a year? You know, give it a try. You don't know what you're missing. And also I would say, you know, WGT community is, it's a lot more than a Tinder for swingers. You know, that's kind of what I equate SDC to be. It's kind of more like a Tinder for swingers. It's just a dating app, whereas this is just a real strong sense of community.
any kind of question you might have you can post it in chat and you can be sure that people are going to respond people are always supportive and the people that you meet that you connect you might have. You can post it in chat and you can be sure that people are going to respond. People are always supportive and the people that you meet are, you know, and that you connect with are actually seem to be more like-minded to what you might be looking for and also are almost like they're pre-vetted.
They're just genuine people out there, you know, very supportive, nonjudgmental, encouraging, great people. Become involved. Make it to a regional meetup. Find your tribe. It is a big community, so you have to find the smallness within it. And if you seek information, someone is bound to have it. Welcome back to our snapshot segment. Yeah, this snapshot we're we're both going to tell this story because i'm actually really proud of mrs jones i mean i didn't think it was that big of a deal what what well you'll find out when we tell a story like I don't know. I normally don't hide in a corner.
Well, I don't know. You were lubed up. You had some alcohol. So that helped a little bit. Okay, so we were at, the last night we were there, we went to the Roosevelt Hotel to the Sazerac Bar. Yeah, let's back up. So the friends that we carpooled with to the, we have, I have wanted him to go to the Sazerac bar because he's a big bourbon drinker. And as much fun as we had during the days we were in New Orleans, we, it was jam packed and it was finally the last night. And I said, look, we have got to get to the Roosevelt Hotel so we can go to the Sazerac bar because we we had been there before.
Right. And it's just a couple of blocks off of Bourbon Street. So we walked over there. And so this was Saturday night? Yes. This was a Saturday night. We walked in. The place was packed. So there were four of us. And I walked over to the bar to order drinks and you guys stayed you were hanging around and you got you grabbed well i was kind of there was like there was a small round table that seated four people um right next to where you could walk up to the bar to order so i was just kind of hanging back back because you knew what I wanted to drink.
And there were three guys sitting at this table and one of them caught my attention and he's like, we're going to be leaving in about five minutes if you want to hover and then you can have our table. And I was like, thank you. So I stood there and then the other wife went up with you to order the drink. So her husband and I were just kind of like hovering around this table. So then the guys left. He and I sat down. Yeah. And we sat down next to each other. So that's the first thing. Like he and I look like a couple.
And you and the other wife look like a couple because you were up at the bar together ordering. Yeah. So we did what to do best when we're out especially when we're out with our friends and that is we our table was in the corner and we pulled all four chairs kind of off to one side up to one side of the table and we were scoping the room out right yeah there were some good people watching going oh my gosh there was there was one guy drunk at bar talking politics to this couple, and he wouldn't shut up. And I could tell they wanted to get away from him. Then there were two other young girls.
One girl had almost passed out standing up. She had her forehead on her friend's shoulder, and there were two guys hovering around them.
Well, and before that, you could tell this one guy was a little predatory i didn't like the way he was like looking i didn't like his body language so we kind of were keeping an eye on that situation but but the table right next to us there were five gentlemen and i would say they're probably about our age and two younger ladies yes and the there was one one of the younger ladies in particular she was sitting next to a guy and this guy was very he he looked like he was very drunk and very add uh he he was he was the that's a good way to put it he was the center of attention and he thrived as the center yeah he was bouncing around like a pinball yeah and he and and we could tell so we were trying to figure out this table let's say let's just figure out this table what do you think and we're like i don't know five guys this age two younger girls it looked like it looked like it was like five buddies that were on a golf trip.
Yeah. You know, or a business trip or something. But, I mean, this was New Orleans. Neither one of those really applied. Well, maybe the business trip. Yeah. So, anyway, we could eavesdrop enough and watch their body language to know that they did not know each other. The men did not know the two ladies. They were getting to know each other.
could tell by the conversation i don't think the men knew each other super well that's why i was thinking like a business trip yeah so we said we've got a oh so and the guy was really being handsy with this woman but the thing about it was she first of all didn't seem to mind and second of all she was appeared to be really self-confident well at first at first my my girlfriend and i were like is she on the payroll like but she wasn't inappropriate like when he would touch her she she handled him yes she did not grope him back as if she really was trying to entice him no she was just handling she held her own she she was in control yes even though as much as he was trying to move into her space she was in control yes and it intrigued us we couldn't figure them out.
So I said, I have an idea. And usually when I say those words, Mrs. Jones tends to zone out and roll your eyes. Like, here we go. I said, here's how we're going to figure this out. I'm going to stand up and go stand next to her, this other lady that we were watching. And I'm going to turn around and take a selfie of you two. I said, so you two need to be, the two ladies in our group, you and your friend, you need to be sitting next to each other. I'm going to take a picture with my phone, and I'm going to show it to you.
And you're going to see what, like you normally do, that's a horrible picture, take another one. And then I'm going to turn to her, and I'm going to give her my her my phone and say would you mind taking a picture they don't think i'm a good photographer and hopefully which is the truth yeah this wasn't a stretch no no no it wasn't acting at all so i said now when she gets up i want you guys let her take the a picture or two and then before she's going to give the phone back to you, I want you to say, can you take one more?
And then when she goes to take the other picture, I want you two to kiss each other, and we'll see what she does. And you said, okay. I was really expecting to have to gang up on you. Again, we were in New Orleans. Nobody's going to bat an eye at it. So I got up. I went around, and I stood right next to her chair with my back towards her. And before I even took the picture, she turned and looked up at me, and she watched me take your picture. And I took the picture, and I showed it to you.
Before you even had a chance to say it was a horrible picture, she stood up and she took my phone and she said, oh, let me take the picture. I said, oh, okay, thank you. So I went back around and sat down next to my buddy and you two ladies were sitting next to each other and I was watching her. And she did what ladies normally do with a phone.
She goes, okay, I one with this angle i'm gonna take one from here i'm gonna turn the flash on right i'm gonna turn this and you you know do this she got some good pictures of us got some good pictures and then this is where my snapshot comes in and then she showed us and then she showed you and we're like yeah those are great thank you and you all said can you take one more yeah just like you were supposed to right and she holds the phone up for one more and you two turned and kissed each other and at that point in time her face the smile on her face disappeared her eyes got really big and her jaw just opened and she literally i'm not kidding she literally you're not exaggerating at all this is exactly what happened 15 seconds and she never did take the picture did she just kind of set the phone down lowered the phone a little bit and we knew she hadn't taken the picture I could see her out of the corner of my eye so finally my friend and I we stopped kissing him we looked at her and she's like, oh my God, that's the hottest fucking thing I've ever seen.
Yeah. She said, I want to sit with your, I want to sit with your table. So she came over and we. Well, she said, y'all need to tell me what's going on here. Yeah. What's going on here? Let me pull up a chair. You got to tell me what's going on. And then, so I think one of us asked her, okay, the first thing you have to do, though, is you have to figure out who belongs to whom. Yes. Because, you know, like I said at the beginning, I was sitting, I sat down initially with the other husband. And I sat there until you had me move so that we could get our picture taken.
So I was actually sitting next to him and you were sitting next to her. So that was her initial guess, you know. Well, then she said, I think you two ladies might be together. Yeah. She was pretty slick about how she got out of that one. Right. But we sat and talked with her and she it was so i would call her a force of nature she was just so so much personality and so enthusiastic and really sincere in the conversation and curious yeah and curious like not like train wreck curious like intrigued curious yeah yeah And then she asked us what we were doing the next day.
And we said, well, we're going back to Jazz Fest. And she said, oh, you've got to come find me. And she said, are you going to see Lenny Kravitz? And we were like, yes, that's why we're here. And she said, well, we're going to be right up front. So I want you to come sit with us or stand with us as it was. So we exchanged phone numbers.
And sure enough, the next day, we caught with her uh and a few of her friends and we she pushed us all the way up front yes to near lenny kravitz yeah we enjoyed the show there was a lot of glitter involved yes a lot oh yeah she glittered me up she glittered the other guy up up. She glittered you up. We had to shower before we got back in the car. No, we just... We tried to wash cloth ourselves off. We took wet towels and we were kind of like trying to knock it off.
Anyway, the funny thing about this story is I did mention to her that we had a podcast and she was intrigued and she said, oh, I'd love to talk to you about that. But we never did get a chance to talk about that. So now I'm going to message her and tell her that if she wants to know the whole story about how we lured her to our table, she's going to have to listen to our snapshot tonight.
So surprise, hope we don't scare you off now and um she has an open invitation to visit us in the panhandle and absolutely yeah it was it was a lot of fun so anyway that's our that's our combined snapshot and that's the thing that you know we've talked about this before no matter if it's here where we live at dive bars or restaurants it's just fun now to socialize with people yeah and it's easy to pick out people that you want to meet yes people who are just enjoying life people that have energy yeah yeah that was good energy so we'd love for you to join our community i know you've heard a lot about tonight.
You can get information about that on our website at wegotathing.com. Or if you have any questions left at all, you can email me at mrjones at wegotathing.com. Or me at mrsjones at wegotathing.com. Follow us on x at wegotathing. And of course, you can get free trial memberships to either SDC or capacity if you sign up through our website. So thanks for listening. We are Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and we've got a thing. What's your thing? We'll see you next time.
