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For those of you who come from a family of nudists, how far does it extend?

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Well that didn’t go as planned 😅 had my wife, my 3 girls and my niece along with another nudist family at the house for a watch party. After the third goal the girls got bored and jumped in the pool. I had a little bit more hope I guess but I was in there soon after. The little bright spot was that we all had a good time and my short ribs came out absolutely perfect 👍

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing.

I have a family friend looking for a naturist summer camp for his camp-aged boy. Would probably be for next year, but I think I've heard of a few and I wanted to get an idea of what's out there and if any of you have experience with it? Thanks!!

happy to join the community here, and just had a fun 4th of july with the family.

This is admittedly kind of a niche issue to the point where I wasn’t even sure what to title this post.

A bit of background: my wife and I are longtime nudists. I was raised clothing optional and we have chosen to raise ours the same way. Nudity has never been mandatory for our kids and there have been times we (my wife and I) have covered up around them per their request. As they’ve gotten older they’ve all started to sort of find their own way with nudism and it’s been great to see.

Our oldest daughter just finished up her freshmen year of college. As far as we knew, everything had been going great and I guess it had been aside from one thing. Her roommate. To be clear, our daughter is very respectful of others boundaries etc. She isn’t parading nude around their room with no clothes. There were a couple of times she would be in a bra and panties and her roommate would make some snide remarks. Emma confronted her and she told her she wasn’t comfortable with Em being in a state of undress around her. Em said fine, she wouldn’t be and assumed that would be the end of it. But apparently her roommate made jokes about Emma for the remainder of the school year. For example, if the roommate had a friend over she’d say “be careful, you might get flashed” or something along those lines. Em talked to her and told her she didn’t appreciate those types of “jokes” but apparently the roommate rolled her eyes and just told her to lighten up. Emma is not the tattling type so she ever went to an RA or anyone higher up about this and didn’t mention it to my wife and I.

Now, she has put in for a roommate change and asked about a single if any open up. But what she really wants is for my wife and I to rent her an apartment off campus. She gave you a PowerPoint presentation with pros and cons. She’s worried her next roommate will be the same or worse since singles are highly coveted and it’s very likely she won’t get one. It’s a good investment and someplace her siblings could stay since they all are most likely going to attend the same school.

She makes valid points but my wife and I are of two minds. We aren’t sure we want her living off campus her sophomore year. We both think dorm living is a great way to help learn interpersonal skills. So I’m just curious what would you do? I’d love to hear from other parents of college kids (even if the kids aren’t nudist) or college kids themselves.

Hello everyone, new to the group and new-ish to nudism! I grew up in a family that was totally against it but now as I grow into my own in this journey I hope to at the very least have a casual nudity or clothing optional family when given the opportunity!

I hope to share more of my story and journey as well as getting to know more about your stories as well!

Hey everyone, my name is Travis, I am 29. Married to a wonderful woman. We have one little one and just found out we will be having another!

I got to say I am super impressed to see a community for us! We are from Texas, but we have been to a couple of family nudist resorts including in Florida! Been a nudist family for about 2 years now too!

Nice to meet everyone, and hope you all had a great 4th of July!

The clean up now lol
Everyone is out help clean we had a great time and everyone was safe . Had a good BBQ and had fun in the pool

I'm 30M years old from North India. I have been a nudist since I discovered French people. At first I was attracted to their fashion but then got interested in nudism as well.

My friends and family don't know about my nudist mindset because it is considered taboo here by the majority.

I'm working on my skills and income to leave India and in future raise my children & wife in a full time family nudism lifestyle. It is very difficult to find a wife in India who understands nudism so that's why I'll stay single and try to find a partner out of India.

For now I live alone and try to meet nudists for social exposure, learn more from experienced nudists.

You can give me advice, your suggestions about family nudism. Are there books and movies about this?

Hi everyone, before I told in this group that I used to sleep naked and take bath with my mom till I become 21 and it was normal for us. I don’t know it was nudism or not but we used to live like that. I live in abroad now still sleep naked just not with my mom. Recently, I am in a relationship so should I tell my girlfriend that I used to sleep naked and take bath with my mom?

It's always intrigued me when I learned about it so any stories or experiences would be great to hear

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and gets to spend it with loved ones.

Hey I’m 23 and grew up in a nudist family where everyone still practises. I enjoyed every moment with my family. That makes me wonder. Do you have like a favourite memory or moment that really stick in your mind you think of right away. Would love to hear and talk about. Also hope everyone is staying healthy:)

You see a lot of posts from newbie and wannabe nudists on Reddit that ask what being a nudist is like, what they should know, etc, and there is usually a comment that says something along the lines of “It’s exactly like being who you are now, except naked”/“Don’t do anything naked you wouldn’t do clothed”/“Nudists never do anything textiles don’t do”/etc, and while these are a good general primer for avoiding bad behaviors I think they are largely untrue statements.

Over time, especially time spent with the same people, being a nudist lends itself to different behaviors and comfort levels that non-nudists would never do or don’t have, and no, I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT SWINGING/EXHIBITIONISM. 

Examples:

Shared showers - Many nudists have no issue comfortably sharing a shower, private or public, with another nudist they know, sometimes multiple, friends and family alike, because seeing them nude is no longer an issue. To a non-nudist, the idea of sharing a shower with someone other than a partner or for a medical reason would be hard to imagine. 

Comfortability with touching specific areas with sun tan lotion/aloe/etc - It is common, I have observed, for nudists to be okay with someone else who is not their significant other applying sun tan lotion to their rear end, groins or possibly their breasts when at the beach or the pool. Non-nudists would never even think to do this because those areas are covered by a bathing suit, but as nudists, we desexualize these areas of the bodies are therefore touching them in a non-stimulating context is acceptable to many. 

Male arousal becoming a non-issue - I phrased this one in a particular way because it’s a particular thing. Although obviously male arousal is considered unacceptable at family resorts, it has been essentially a non-issue in every nudist circle or friends group I’ve ever been a part of that hangs out often in personal residences. This would never be the case in a textile home or setting. If you walked out in front of a bunch of family or friends pitching a tent in your boxer shorts or swimming trunks, everyone would be telling you it’s inappropriate or at the least, look away from you. However, when everyone is nude all the time, most people don’t care as long as you ignore it and in fact, will probably get used to seeing it over time to the point where it is barely acknowledged.

Higher acceptance of comments from others on the body - This is probably the least common of all, but it does happen. Most non-nudists, especially women, would likely find a comment, even a positive one about something like their rear end or their overall figure extremely inappropriate coming from a friend or family member, but let’s say they’ve been going to the gym and the difference is noticeable - an encouraging or complimentary comment from a friend or family member who is used to seeing them nude might land softer and be seen as a nice affirmation. Additionally, something like comfort with conversations with friends and family about piercings on nipples or genitals or about pubic grooming situations probably never happen at all amongst textiles in any context, but in a nudist home, might be more acceptable whether complimentary, simply referential or otherwise.

Nudists are textiles are not “exactly the same, but naked” like many like to say. There is a different amount of comfort that becomes unlocked when you spent a lot of time nude with other nudists. I think that the phrase “Don’t do anything naked you wouldn’t do clothed” is more a reference to things are agreeably inappropriate to any peoples like unwanted sexual comments, staring, and unwanted touching and I sort of wish people would stop saying this.

Do you agree? Can you think of other example of things that are unique to the nudist world that would simply never occur for textiles/non-nudists?

I was a member (in my old account) in its former incarnation. I love hearing about families being comfortable in nudity because that is how I wish mine was. Keep on keeping on!

Hey all! Just curious what folks having going on for the holiday weekend. We will be very busy. We have two barbecues that we are throwing. One will be textile with our majority non nudist friends. But we have two of our very best nudist friends staying with us this weekend so we will be having a nude barbecue with them as well. What is everyone else doing?