Key points
With "soft-swinging" or "soft-swapping", couples swing but set some hard boundaries on what's allowable.
In addition to the swinging risks, soft-swinging brings potential disagreement over the actual boundaries.
Soft-swinging requires rank and open discussion beforehand between partner about all the potential risks.
The upcoming star of "The Bachelorette," Taylor Frankie Paul opened up about her "soft-swinging" in 2022 on TikTok live. Source: Araya Doheny/Stringer from Getty
You could say that the upcoming star of The Bachelorette , Taylor Frankie Paul, came out swinging in 2022—soft-swinging, specifically. That's when Paul revealed on TikTok live that she and her husband at the time, Tate, had been "soft-swinging" in Utah with other Mormon couples.
She subsequently