Whenever someone makes a promise with an extremely loud disclaimer, it should raise a red flag. So when Joe Morrone invited me to one of his adamantly no-pressure Flaunt parties, “a monthly party of sensually sophisticated couples and uninhibited single women who want to share their interest in erotic exploration”–according to the press release–I imagined glory holes and sex swings.
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Looking around the dimly lit room we saw a handful of well-dressed couples–I’m guessing most in their late 30s–sipping cocktails and sneaking peeks at one another. Two hot-bodied young women walked around in the tiniest bikinis you could ever imagine. They were models Morrone hired to make people feel at ease, they said. They were supposed to flirt with the couples and give lap dances and let people rub tanning oil on them.
A Flaunt membership is free, but you have to have your application approved by Morrone. It’s open to couples and bi or straight single women between 21 and 40; men can only get in with a female companion. Morrone says they’re looking for sexually confident extroverts who care about how they look. No sex is allowed, but according to the Web site (flauntparty.com) “heavy petting, kissing and touching are very common and are not discouraged. There’s nothing more erotic than going right to the edge but having to curb your desires and go absolutely wild after the FLAUNTPARTY!”
“I know I’m not the prettiest woman,” said the older one, who was pretty. “I gotta keep my man.”
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