Is CumUnion Dead?

[BlackDude]

I recently went to the worst Cumunion Party of all time. In 4 hours, only 2 guys who actually were having sex. The rest of the guys were more interested in talking. It got so bad, a guy who works at the venue came back to the main play area, and proceeded to cuddle with a guy. Then had the nerve to say “if guys want to see a show, they can get only fans.” After the cuddling, he proceeded to have a full conversation with six other men in the play area, all gaggling like a bunch of school girls. This lasted for like an hour. 
 

As I drove home angry and bewildered, I wondered why this was the third straight city where Cumunion was a bust. This is why I came up with:

1. C-19

2. Cumunion is now more of Brand than an actual party

3. With modern medicine, more guys are into BB so the novelty of Cumunion  has worn off

4. The exclusivity is gone, so now it attracts guys of all types in cities that don’t have a big “piggy” gay culture. 
 

I actually thought of setting up my own private parties, though not sure how that would work.

Thoughts? Is Cumunion over?

[theplayerking]

I think it’s No. 3. With so many guys on PrEP, every bathhouse or sex party is bareback all the time. There’s no need to go to a specifically bareback event, like Cumunion. 

[NWUSHorny]

46 minutes ago, BlackDude said:

I recently went to the worst Cumunion Party of all time. In 4 hours, only 2 guys who actually were having sex. The rest of the guys were more interested in talking. It got so bad, a guy who works at the venue came back to the main play area, and proceeded to cuddle with a guy. Then had the nerve to say “if guys want to see a show, they can get only fans.” After the cuddling, he proceeded to have a full conversation with six other men in the play area, all gaggling like a bunch of school girls. This lasted for like an hour. 
 

As I drove home angry and bewildered, I wondered why this was the third straight city where Cumunion was a bust. This is why I came up with:

1. C-19

2. Cumunion is now more of Brand than an actual party

3. With modern medicine, more guys are into BB so the novelty of Cumunion  has worn off

4. The exclusivity is gone, so now it attracts guys of all types in cities that don’t have a big “piggy” gay culture. 
 

I actually thought of setting up my own private parties, though not sure how that would work.

Thoughts? Is Cumunion over?

Sounds like a Cumunion in the PNW. On the other hand the cuddle parties are supposed to be big here. 

I've often thought about setting up my own parties, but it will have to wait until I move, since I haven't been able to find kindred pig sex lovers here. They really don't even do group sex.

[BlackDude]

58 minutes ago, NWUSHorny said:

Sounds like a Cumunion in the PNW. On the other hand the cuddle parties are supposed to be big here. 

I've often thought about setting up my own parties, but it will have to wait until I move, since I haven't been able to find kindred pig sex lovers here. They really don't even do group sex.

I like a good cuddle. But coming to Cumunion to cuddle in the main area to show everyone you’re not fucking?

[ellentonboy]

I never thought of going to one of those events because I was already poz and I didn't feel like they  would be any different from any other organized sex event.  Most group events are bareback so why go to one of these, unless you may live in a rural area and really are not aware as to what is going on in your area.  I have a Canadian friend who drove to two of these events, driving from Ottawa to Toronto, and each time he came back with an STD.

I really felt bad for him.  He's found it difficult to find the type of sex he desires, and when he travels to find it he ends up getting sick. I know I take it for granted that I live in an area where sex is widely available, I really don''t know how gay men today, who are sexually active, deal with that kind of isolation.

[NWUSHorny]

2 hours ago, BlackDude said:

I like a good cuddle. But coming to Cumunion to cuddle in the main area to show everyone you’re not fucking?

Well they certainly aren't fucking, and cuddling is the current trendy way to have "gay sex" without involving a dick. Tit play without removing your towels, while occupying the prime fuck real estate for over an hour is also a popular Cumunion activity.

[NWUSHorny]

1 hour ago, ellentonboy said:

I never thought of going to one of those events because I was already poz and I didn't feel like they  would be any different from any other organized sex event.  Most group events are bareback so why go to one of these, unless you may live in a rural area and really are not aware as to what is going on in your area.  I have a Canadian friend who drove to two of these events, driving from Ottawa to Toronto, and each time he came back with an STD.

I really felt bad for him.  He's found it difficult to find the type of sex he desires, and when he travels to find it he ends up getting sick. I know I take it for granted that I live in an area where sex is widely available, I really don''t know how gay men today, who are sexually active, deal with that kind of isolation.

To be fair, that how I probably became poz. When you can only get pig sex occasionally, you make the best of it when you do get a chance.  So I would go to a Cumunion or sex venue in a city that does have a piggish sex scene and stick my bare dick in cum filled holes for hours on end. I usually have that rubbed raw feeling in my dick for several days afterward. My guess is I caught it at either the LA or Palm Springs Cumumion in I attended September 2017. If it's not too late tell him to get on PREP if he isn't.

[HoneyBuns1980]

I gave up on CumUnion earlier this year and am headed in the same direction regarding the Lights Out event, both held 2-4 times monthly, respectively, at a local bathhouse. Both events are too NBB for me: Nothing But Bottoms. 

[Close2MyBro]

I think meth has something to do with it. Everyone is a bottom now because a lot of people on meth can't get or keep an erection. And the meth situation continues to become more widespread every year. I tell all my potential hookups that they need to be able to get hard, stay hard, and cum, and every year there seems to be more and more who choose to end the conversation because they can't promise that. I've also encountered 'tops' who ask me to fuck them instead when I get there. Why they think that's going to happen is beyond me because I make it clear that I'm a total bottom.

[HoneyBuns1980]

5 hours ago, Close2MyBro said:

 I've also encountered 'tops' who ask me to fuck them instead when I get there. Why they think that's going to happen is beyond me because I make it clear that I'm a total bottom.

THIS!!!

I’ve been ranting about that at this site since I signed-up and have had people respond that I don’t know what I’m missing by not being versatile and topping. I can’t tell you how frustrating and maddening it is to encounter people who are unable to fathom that I know exactly what I want, sexually, and topping isn’t it. At all. Far too many guys think that EVERY other guy is just like them and wants to top, get sucked and cum. I don’t like any of that, and, like you, I make it clear that I don’t want to be sucked/stroked, don’t have any plans to use my dong, and don’t even need to cum. Does any of that sound like a top or versatile? Plus, when I go out to the baths or the theatre or park, there’s never anything about how I’m dressed that would indicate that I have any remote interest in anything other than either getting on my knees and/or getting bent over. Seriously, nothing at all. 
I just think that guys are obsessed with cock and ultimately want to be sucking on one or getting fucked by one. Hence, the depressing lack of tops - total tops, specifically - online and in the real world. I hadn’t even considered the meth factor as you have. Which, is far worse. 

[ErosWired]

17 hours ago, ellentonboy said:

I know I take it for granted that I live in an area where sex is widely available, I really don''t know how gay men today, who are sexually active, deal with that kind of isolation.

We do without, or we save up our money and travel the long distances when we can spare the time and can afford it. For me, CumUnion in Indianapolis was a godsend when it began, because it was within reach (at a 3-hour drive one-way), was held in a good bathhouse, and drew a mixed and active crowd. I ended two CumUnion trips there with 20+ loads in me.

No longer. The action never recovered from the pandemic, which also saw a change in ownership of the bathhouse. The new owners seem to have decided to squeeze CumUnion for every penny they can get from it, hiking the entry fee to $30 for three hours, up from $20 for 5 hours previously - that’s a 250% increase in the price per hour, and that’s just to get in the door. It doesn’t include the room or locker. I’m not going back at that rate. They’re strangling their golden goose to death.

[Guest]

We have it here in Colorado Springs once a month...at Club Buddies.

[NWUSHorny]

 Some cities were hosting Cumunions up to 4 times a month. I have long wondered if the frequency of the Cumunion parties isn't part of the problem. Even here in NoFuckland, the 1st few Cumunion parties were great events where guys indulged their inner pig. Even the 1st post-COVID Cumunion was great by local standards even though it took place at a time when their seemed to still be a lot of pent up piggish energy at the baths.

Unfortunately after those relatively piggish events the baths were ghost towns for the next 2 weeks. So I have often wondered if once a month is a better schedule for most cities? Regrettably I suspect you would have to at least limit it to a semi-annual event in NoFuckland, or possibly even an annual event to have enough pent up piggish energy to make a Cumunion orgy work. We are back to once a month, and even considering it is on a Thursday now, it has even sparser attendance than a regular Thursday night at the tubs.

[WiltsCumDump]

There were some great places in London before CumUnion came along. 
The few times CumUnion was on it was great. CumUnion London has not been around for AGES… which is a shame. Went to CumUnion in Brighton/Hove and it was very cliquey and not enjoyable… have not been back. CumUnion served its purpose to help make

breedIng more mainstream. Now there are so many alternatives to cumUnion. 

[Guest]

i always enjoy the cumunion event i go to, but mainly cos its different faces than those usually at that sauna, guys seem to travel to attend the event.

 

but... i do see what the guys in this thread are on about, lately they've not been as busy as normal and only about a third (maybe less) of the guys there actually want to fuck, most just watch porn or walk round with a towel on and don't engage with anyone.

also at the last couple of cumunions I've had tops try to fuck me with condoms and  it got annoying.

 

i still enjoy the events though and I'll always go to them, they're fun