Hello everyone, First time poster here, and I'm happy to see a board like this as there really isn't much else out there. I'm a 24 year old male and I live with my 28 year old girlfriend. We are both nudist, and if we are home we are naked unless we are leaving somewhere. We've been to a nudist resort near us a few times and it's one of our favorite places to go. The thing is, it's hard to meet other nudist our age. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but most of the other people at the resort who visit/live there are all older folks. They are all really nice, but it would be cool to see more people our age. There were a few others around our age, but not too many. What I'm trying to do is find a way to meet others around our age and form a new circle of friends who are accepting of who we are. I've made a post on craigslist, but haven't had much luck. I've tried to form a group on meetup but I haven't had the real time to dedicate to setting up and organizing dozens of people. So, to all those on here that are around my age, my question to you is: How do you find other nudist friends? Why is it so hard to find others? Also, how would you advise maybe convincing and easing your normal friends into it? We are in Tampa FL if anyone else happens to be nearby Very excited to be a part of this board!
Hello, and good luck to what you seek, but my only concern is....why would you want to try to convince others to do something they are not into? I am sure others are into what you seek, so keep looking for that, but don't try to pressure others into your life style, if they don't want it.
Fair enough. I figured starting a new circle based off that interest so not to make anyone we already hang out with uncomfortable. Just so hard to find others which sucks
Why start a new circle ? There is a base that is already established at the nudist resort near you tat you stated is one of your favorite places to go that you could build from. You would have to increase your frequency of visits so you could make contact with anyone who may wander in so they don't just see older people there like you did. That's how a group gets started and grows. Unfortunately for you, the majority of naturalists manifest when they grow to an age where sex doesn't drive their behaviors anymore but just like being naked in the warm sun. Young people are still affected by their hormones which can make them uncomfortable being naked in groups. It's just a fact of life about us warm blooded mammals.
I've been wondering that since I was your age. When I was in my twenties, nudist clubs or any organized nudity seemed like a "lifestyle thing" that I didn't want to join. But, there is method to the madness with nudist clubs: charge grounds fees and get rid of the non-serious people. Unfortunately, grounds fees, loss of hormones, and that attitude that you don't care what people think that hits you in your 40's favors the old. I think that, if a friend asked me if I was interested in going nude at any point in my life, I would have said, "Yes." But, that's a topic that really doesn't come up all that often. Nobody's ever asked. Even people who know I go to nude beaches don't ever ask about it. If you ask friends, don't be surprised to hear, "oookaaaay, let's talk about something else" a lot. The sad fact is that most people think that nudity is part of a romantic relationship and what you're asking about sort of doesn't compute. If a friend of yours was looking for other people interested in going nude, how would he/she know that it was safe to ask you?
This is a really good question. I understand that some young nudist couples would rather be with people closer to their own age. Beautiful people want to be around beautiful people. I get that. But what about regular middle and senior aged people. We have reached the point in our lives where we just want to spend time with like minded nudist. But, It very hard to find even another couple to be privately nude with. Which is exactly our problem. We live a very remote and private life in the Caribbean, accessed only by boat. There are no nudist resorts close to us. Our circle of friend are not into nudism. So that leaves us with no one here with a common interest. No one to sit and have drinks with or even plays cards. To embrace our nudity together. I stay nude most of the time except when we have yard and property workers here. 45 private acres is nice but we would love to share it with a like minded couple. We have been unable to find such a couple.
Jack, you've got to admit that you brought your trouble on yourself. You decided to move to that remote location, so you shouldn't be complaining that you haven't got any neighbors! If naturism is something that appeals to a minority, elementary math says that you need a reasonable number of people before there'll be enough naturists to form a group. I have naturist friends, but I live in a densely populated area where even if we're one in a million, there are a few of us within easy travel range. Of course finding each other has been a challenge! But at least we can believe that people are there to be found.
Amontillado, Yes, I agree with you. We did move here for the privacy. Finding a like minded couple will be next to impossible. I try use small talk to find out more about the friends we have. But as of yet, no one shows the same interest. We are not looking for just any couple. It’s all about confidential “privacy” and quaility time together. The coconut telegram is alive and well here. Rumors could alienate us from our non-nudist friends. Until we find such a couple, we will happily enjoy our nudity alone.
I gave this some thought and a couple of things occurred to me. How did the nudist resort you've been to get started? Probably, they didn't run any advertising, but found they had some friends who were interested in doing this. Some stories from the old ones may help with this. By "nudist our age," do you really mean "nudists with whom we have more in common?" Easy to see that you wouldn't have a lot in common with people who grew up in a different time, raised their kids, and are now either enjoying or looking forward to enjoying their retirements. It may be more effective to identify the characteristics you would like to have in a group of nudists "your own age." "Young Nudist" isn't really descriptive. You could be interested in anything with that description and people naturally fear uncertainty. When you throw nudity in it, they can easily imagine the worst. What would your ideal group of friends do that those in the nudist resort don't? Values? Activities? Do they know each other outside of the nudist activities? Attitudes towards appearance? Social activities? What sorts of get togethers do you envision? Better be something you're interested in doing by yourself, so you don't get into one of those, "c'mon fellas!" situations. You're putting yourself in a leadership position by asking who would be interested. People will sit on the side until they see something they like. The good news is that most people look for motion or progress towards something and aren't all that fussy about what. Nothing succeeds like success, as the old expression goes.
