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traisjames
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Posted - 02/23/2008 : 3:15:18 PM
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I told my first friend a while back becasue...this is a librial college with my friend, I didn't know if she was conftrable or now with it so I brought it up more by mentioning the lifedrawing class and going from there. With two of my friends, it started with them asking last year to see my penis (it was a weird truth and dare thing, they tend to be more sexually minded than I) and so after the start of the semester I brought it up with one of my friends...I don't remember exactly how. as for my roommate's girlfriend, I knew she did lifedrawing and photography stuff, I asked her if she was ever intrested in hanging out while nude, I am ok with that idea.
Karen, I wonder, if I don't bring it up, and they don't bring it up, but both of us are conftrable being in the nude, then how will either of us ever know?
From the guy with his eye on the sky
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prism2525
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Posted - 02/23/2008 : 5:20:55 PM
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To know whether I shared my secret with people just read my bio. Can't be clearer than that.
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"If God had intended mankind to run around naked, surely we'd have been born that way!"
oh, wait.... :D
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Phydeau
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 Posted - 02/24/2008 : 03:32:09 AM
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Funny. Just today, I was talking to the head wait at work (basically, my boss) about my new apartment. She is a widow, and has a daughter who recently moved out, and she was telling me about how great it is to have the place to herself. She mentioned that she likes not having to worry about what she's wearing when she goes to get coffee in the morning (something I've said many times in as many words). She seemed a little apologetic about that, to the point that she seemed a bit embarrassed to admit she's been naked in her own kitchen.
I quickly responded, "I KNOW!! Getting dressed to take a shower is stupid!"
Everyone in the room overhearing the conversation smiled, or nodded in agreement. One even said, "yeah it is." I'm pretty sure just about everyone I work with is nude at home at least some of the time.
As for clubs and resorts, I know I have one co-worker who has friends who are nudists. She's brought up those friends in conversation a few times. I suspect she's at least curious about the lifestyle, if not already into it.
I'm not quite ready to blurt out that I'm taking baby steps in that direction. But I suspect that I'll have more support than I previously believed.
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Diger
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Posted - 02/24/2008 : 10:40:58 AM
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We have been more and more open with our friends through the years. My wife has told friends that she has no tan-lines cause we have a private pool. We have told friends and family about skinny dipping while camping. We even have a few friends and family that know we enjoy to nude beaches and resorts. Our latest friends to know just may be converts.
It’s a family with three young kids and we know they have a very relaxed dress code at home. The nude beach thing came up cause we have a vacation planned together for this summer, near our favorite nude beach. My wife told the mother that if they watch our kids while we go to the beach, we will watch their kids while they go to the beach and we will show them where the nude beach is. She replied “ REALLY ” with a big smile on her face. This will give her time to think about it and talk it over with her husband. We are sure there will be more questions about it as the time gets closer.
We have never had a negative reaction from anyone but on the other hand we don’t tell everyone.
Diger
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Tuffers
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 05:47:02 AM
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Interesting Diger. It is surprising how many people actually would become nudists and just need a nudge to get them into it. If nudism is to be widely accepted, then us who are already enjoying the lifestyle must be open to at least our friends that it is an acceptable way of life.
I was talking witha friend over a lunch a week or so back and discussing our possible holiday plans for this year. He knew that we loved the island of Cyprus and asked why were not immediately going back there. I must mention that on Cyprus, nudism is illegal. I could not give any logical reason other than that there are no naturist facilities there so I quite openly told him the true reason. He was neither surprised not shocked and I then told him that we had been nudists since 1977, much longer than we had known him and his wife.
We discussed the merits of nudism and he went away with at least some things to think about. Whether they become nudists is not important to me but they at least understand why we enjoy the lifestyle. Openness is so important to try and dispell the image that a lot of people still have of nudism.
Mike
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tgg
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 Posted - 03/23/2008 : 12:21:38 PM
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I really don't know where to start on this, to be honest.
Virtually everyone in Brisbane, and on the Internet too, knows that I'm a nudist because of interviews I've done on radio, TV, been on the front cover of the newspapers, as well as at work.
Most people here have a black & white attitude to nudists - you either love them or you hate them. Unfortunately for me it's been the latter for the most part due to the fact that the Australian public is not well educated about nudism - most of its pioneers are dead and forgotten now, and most newsagents stick the magazines and nudist travel guides behind the porn magazines in newsagents.
I've lost friends and got turned down from a job when they found out that I was a nudist - but I think, stuff 'em! I do what I like to do, and if others don't like it it's their damned problem not mine.
My real friends are either ones in the nudist movement or textile friends who have no intention of nuding up with me themselves but respect my right to do so.
I've only ever been able to persuade 2 friends of mine to go to nudist places with me, and both my ex-girlfriends. One prefers to stick with the World Naked Bike Ride, and the other gave it up when she couldn't find the guy she wanted at the place (she was single and is constantly on the lookout for Mr. Right).
'Fear wraps our bodies in clothing, love allows us to stand naked' - Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations With God 1)
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sketcher
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 2:28:32 PM
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We usually will casually mention that "we just got back from a weekend at our favorite nudist resort" or that we're "getting ready for a weekend at our favorite nudist resort" in conversation. Favorably minded people usually respond with interest and want to know more about it. The prudes usually just clam up and get this look on their face like someone just let a big fart in the room.
It gets really interesting when both types are in a group. We never hold back on talking about it just to make the prudes more comfortable. 
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prism2525
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 6:08:40 PM
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I'm currently trying to ease my gf's way of thinking. She thinks that covered-up areas (pubic region and female breasts) are "private" and should be kept to oneself and to the other half when married only. The idea of my pubic region is private in the sense that supposedley I'm the only one on earth that should know what I have or do not have there nowadays is laughable but she still thinks being nude is only for shower or sex (although she just won't admit it).
I think she's a tough nut to crack but possible. She ain't stupid, just indoctrinated like I was. I need a way to teach her that people from both genders can stay naked in the same room/house/area without mass orgies running wild. Any tips?
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balataf
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Posted - 05/23/2008 : 02:32:05 AM
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My Wife and I are rather open, not at all secretive, about our nudist activities when the subject comes up naturally or relates to a conversational point. Yet we do not go out of our way to advertise or flaunt our participation to our friends and acquantances.
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Little Fellow
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Posted - 05/24/2008 : 3:31:18 PM
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it depends what friends, i wouldnt dare tell collegues or some of my friends ive met through work but alot of my close univercity friends know and a school friend who i told when i as 14 hung around nude with and went on nude holidays with when i was 16. at the ed of the dday only very close trust friends know and they have all been really great with it, some have gone to nude beaches and tried clubs with me, although none have turned they had fun an accept me of who i am. not one has treated differently, appart from the odd joke!
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flsmoothie
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Posted - 08/02/2008 : 7:36:56 PM
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There is a couple in our neighborhood that also has two dogs. Theirs are big, ours are small. The husband was walking alone one day and our little dog tugged on his gym shorts. From what my wife and I saw, he has no tan lines. He also said he would not wear them if he didn’t have to wear them. Two clues he is a nudist.
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flsmoothie
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Posted - 08/02/2008 : 8:04:32 PM
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I have only told one person, without prompting, about my nudism. That was my wife, while we were getting better acquainted. It was a strange beginning. We met through the internet in 1997 and 1998. Before online dating was cool. My thought was if she was freaked by my nudism, then maybe she was not right for me. She was very cool about it. Told me her grandmother had visited a nudist resort.
So how did my former co-workers find out? Some big-mouth guy that had it in for me. He saw me at Haulover and told co-workers somebody (not him) saw me there. Luckily the people that told me about him were cool about it. In fact, one was a subordinate of mine. He was interested in what nudism was about. So I lent him some N magazines to read. He shared him with his wife (who I knew years before he met her). Their reaction was positive, but of course a little apprehensive about taking the first step.
A few years later, my yet-to-be wife and I were at Haulover. I was in the water and heard and saw somebody motioning to me. It was my former subordinate. I did not recognize him without his clothes. He and his wife had set up about 20 feet from us.
Bottom line (no pun intended). Never had any bad repercussions at work about going to Haulover. Met four other co-workers there through the years. Plus, I helped convert a couple to nudism.
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emwavehunter
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Posted - 08/24/2008 : 03:14:55 AM
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In my almost 44 years the subject has come up only once. A co-worker mentioned her desire to visit a club in my neighborhood. I told her I'm not a member of any club, but enjoy the life style. This graduated into a nice conversation with her and hopefully set her mind at ease. She was mostly concerned about her weight, to which I also encouraged her to not let that bother her. All sizes are welcome.
Hopefully, for her sake, she'll join us some day.
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Diger
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Posted - 08/25/2008 : 10:12:09 PM
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Originally posted by Diger
We have been more and more open with our friends through the years. My wife has told friends that she has no tan-lines cause we have a private pool. We have told friends and family about skinny dipping while camping. We even have a few friends and family that know we enjoy to nude beaches and resorts. Our latest friends to know just may be converts.
It’s a family with three young kids and we know they have a very relaxed dress code at home. The nude beach thing came up cause we have a vacation planned together for this summer, near our favorite nude beach. My wife told the mother that if they watch our kids while we go to the beach, we will watch their kids while they go to the beach and we will show them where the nude beach is. She replied “ REALLY ” with a big smile on her face. This will give her time to think about it and talk it over with her husband. We are sure there will be more questions about it as the time gets closer.
We have never had a negative reaction from anyone but on the other hand we don’t tell everyone.
Diger
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Our trip came and went and still no converts. We went to the nude beach but no one else had the nerve to try it. We did have the chance to answer lots of questions and have a few laughs about the Naturist life style. We were disapointed that we had no converts but they are much closer to the plunge.
Diger
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old hippie
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Posted - 08/26/2008 : 12:20:34 AM
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AS others have pointed out, it is not really a topic that arises frequently in most conversations. But occasions do occur: last week my wife & I were talking to a friend we have known for some years, and she mentioned wanting to return to St. Martin soon. Within a few sentences, he asked, "..but you don't go to the nude beach do you?" She didn't bat an eye, just said, "Sure, doesn't everyone?" He thought for a minute we might have gone as gawkers, but she assured him that we has tanned all of our bodies there. Then the conversation turned to restaurants in Grand Case.
Once again, treating naturist situations as nothing other than normal, and continuing the conversation is a straightforward manner, is the most comfortable for all involved. Our friend was mildly curious, but nothing more. We were quietly informative, but not pushy. All go home happy.
Dum vivimus, vivamus!
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