At some point in time, the concept of swingers was introduced to the world, likely by practitioners of the ancient dating custom. While today swingers enjoy the easy and instantaneous nature of online swingers dating sites and communities, the first dating enthusiasts likely had a much harder time. Swingers would have been required to thoroughly plan a secret dalliance with a member of the opposite sex, as public knowledge of such affairs would bring scandal and ruin upon the families of everyone involved in those far gone days of moral outrage and powdered wigs. A rendezvous with the swinger's potential lover would have been comparable to coordinating an assault on a heavily fortified castle gate house bastille, and would have required carefully and deliberately crafted plans of increasing complexity.

No doubt these flirtatious meetings were filled with mystery and intrigue, stolen glances from the would be swinger and secret plans brought to life in the dark of night by the determined lovers and their late night rendezvous. These secret meetings could sometimes end in death for the swinger and his dating partner, as discovery by a local resident or neighbor was a constant threat to participants in these illicit activities, and few crimes were more highly forbidden than adultery in those days of primitive ignorance. Despite all these dangers and possible punishments, swingers continued to engage in their dating habits and routines, enjoying the company of willing partners in secret and well hidden locations, unknown to any but the swinger and the swinger's dating partner.

As time passed, the world changed along with it's people, and the acceptance of dating activities was more and more prevalent, providing an atmosphere of acceptance for the swinger and his or her dating activities. Although it was still not a simple matter to achieve, there was greatly increased opportunity to participate in the dating and swinging lifestyle enjoyed by many of the world's burgeoning population, as the general population simply turned a blind eye to such activities, although they were not quite accepted or encouraged.

More and more people began to participate in the dating lifestyle preferred by swingers as civilization began to settle into what would eventually become modern day society, where swingers are generally left to go about their business as they please. This live and let live attitude was a welcome change from the restrictive attitudes prevalent throughout most of history, and the swingers lifestyle flourished in this new age of tolerance and acceptance. Entire establishments were dedicated to facilitating the swingers lifestyle, as clubs, inns and proprietary houses were converted into suitable meeting places and socialization areas.

Fortunately, in the modern day, swingers have a much easier time of pursuing the swingers dating lifestyle that his or her historical counterpart may have had. With the progress of civilization comes the loosening of acceptable moral practices, as well as acceptance and tolerance from general society for the swingers favored activities. In this atmosphere of acceptance, swingers have not only found it easier to enjoy dating and the general swinger way of life, but they have actually begun to thrive in a world of freedoms that were beyond the imagination just a few short decades in the past.