This summer I will mostly be..........naked!

I've always felt the urge to get naked, as long as I can remember. Also, it wasn't just a matter of not caring who else saw me - I actually wanted to be naked around other people, and for that to be ok, and not a big deal.

Unfortunately for me, just as I got to the age when I might have started to live that way, I got together with someone who felt that being nude in front of other people was wrong. She and I would occasionally go skinny dipping, but only if it was just the two of us, and she was uncomfortable with me being naked around the house. I loved her and respected her feelings, and as a result, through the 14 years of our relationship and marriage, I pretty much kept my clothes on. I even turned down opportunities to skinny dip with others that she would never have known about, because I didn't like to lie. The only exception was Womad festival each summer, where I would get naked to wash at the taps each night (2 in the morning, few people saw, and none cared!).

Anyway, just over a year ago, she left me. This was obviously a sad thing, but it gave me an opportunity to live the way I wanted to at least. I have a male housemate, and he didn't mind me wandering too and from the shower naked. Then a very good friend came to stay, and I took the chance of continuing to and from the shower naked when she was there - which provoked a momentary "Oh my, a naked man!", but when my repsonse was "We've known each other too long for it to be a big deal though right?", the answer was "Right. No big deal". Indeed, the next time she came, I stayed naked and we ate breakfast together, me naked, her clothed, and again, no big deal. Most of my friends knew that I was at least a frustrated skinny dipper, if not nudist, and so in the summer, when I broached the subject of whether they minded me being naked in the garden, they weren't too surprised. I'd bought an inflatable pool for my garden, and warned my neighbours that I liked to sunbathe naked, and again, they'd said no problem.

When it came to it though, my nude experiences with my friends (mostly female) last summer were pretty limited. All except my best friend either said they were fine with it, or at least that they would try to be, but in the end, most of them have kids, and so although they all saw me naked at one time or another, it was mostly only in the pool. I wanted very much to stay naked, and sunbathe and hang out like that, but I really wasn't sure about the kids.

In the spring, I got together wth a girl who, while she had never been naked in public, loved to be naked round the house. That was wonderful for me, just to be able to be naked myself, never mind having someone join me. We skinny dipped in my little pool, and she didn't mind when we were seen by my neighbours. I took her skinny dipping to a local beach, and we ended up going in broad daylight, with at least 8 people seeing us. She loved it, wasn't embarrassed, and we went to a nude beach together a few weeks later, and loved that too.

 

So, my life got a lot better from the nakedness point of view last summer, but this summer, I want it to be better still. Gill has moved in with me now, and we both want to get to the nude beach as often as possible.

On top of that, I've decided it's time to just be naked as much as possible. I work from home, and pretty much all my friends know that I like to be naked, and have seen me that way. I think that this year, any time it's hot enough, there'll be no clothes for me. If friends turn up, I won't need to go through the "is it ok with you if I'm naked" thing, cos I already will be when they arrive. I may even start answering the door that way. I read a story someone posted about a friend who, when they went to swim in a creek, stripped naked, and explained unapologetically that she refused to wear as swimsuit if it wasn't necessary, as she hated them. I think that's the attitude I want.

So, who's with me? Shall we throw off our inhibitions, and our clothes, and make this the most naked summer ever?

 

man much respect to you
I really hope people dont get the wrong ideaof you though, people in this world are far to sensitive of skin.
Much power to you. (check out the thread festival bareness)

 

I know my friends won't, and I know my neighbours won't. I'm not going to push the barriers THAT far! Nude beaches, occasional skinny dipping off public beaches, and nudity at home will be a lot more than I'm used to!


On the festival bareness thing - the only bad reaction I've ever had to being naked was at Womad this year. Previous years I've got naked only to wash, or to skinny dip late at night in the Thames, but I'd seen a few people lazing around their tents naked. This year, I thought that now I have a g/f who doesn't mind, I'd do the same. I got a complaint!! The people camping one side of us didn't like it, but didn't say anything to me, but instead told a steward. She was embarrassed, not by my nakedness, but by having to ask me to get dressed! She said she thought it was silly, but could I anyway. In the event, I found that if I went to the other side of the tent they couldn't see me, and the lesbians next door thought it was cool, and wished they had the courage to do it too!

 

Best thing to do is make sure you go out with and get together with someone who shares your love of nudity. Its no fun when you gotta be with someone who cant respect the way you live your life I mean if they cant do that then they probably dont really love you cuz if they did theyd learn to accept it.

 

I think a nudist should go out with another nudist or at least someone who can accept the nudist lifestyle or maybe even likes to go nude themselves but at least someone who wont be trying to say how bad nudity is and keep trying to keep your clothes on all the time.

 

I want to be with someone that I love and connect to. Nudity is secondary. It's not like a religion to me Mike. However, I've been lucky enough to find someone who I love and connect to and who also feels it's no big deal.