I can't even give the dog a bath in short shorts and a bikini top without setting the neighborhood aflutter. I don't want to imagine what it would be like for me if I went about nude.

I wish things were different. I like sun and wind on my skin.

I have never tried it, and I doubt that I ever would... too different for me I guess. I am fine with other people enjoying it though

I have been to nudist camps and enjoyed the experience. I have no issues with my body as it is who I am on the surface.

Not a nudist, but enjoy being naked. Unfortunately, don't have much opportunity to do that as much as I'd like.
Not sure I'd be comfortable enough to do it among others, even in the confines of a nudist resort, or colony, or whatever.

Only when I'm alone, no one wants to see that. Lol

I spend a lot of time at a nudist resort called Paradise Valley...Enlightened place.

I have no quarrel with nudists, but I'm way too repressed to partake in such activities myself.

I'm very overweight so I'm uncomfortable being naked in front of strangers. However, if my son isn't here I usually naked around the house (he's uncomfortable seeing his mother naked which I can understand).

My home is fairly private in summer, mostly thanks to vegetation, so I'll lounge around out on the deck in the buff if it's warm enough. I love it, although I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be with others (i.e. beach or colony). That said, clothes are useful and practical for sweat absorption and hygiene, so I wear them as needed. (That's why nudists carry around a towel to sit on - it's protocol.)

And - remember that North America was settled by puritans, so our history has something to do with why nudity is more taboo here than Europe.

Not necessarily a big fan... There are some things that cannot be unseen, which is why I make sure to wear extra clothes.

I enjoy being naked, but don't like looking at other people who are naked... Obviously with one significant exception of course.

yes! i'm certainly into nudism - but it's easy for me to be & admit that, coming from north europe & all that. harder though to deal with the australian prudery.

I have high fences, so it is a bit like when I had a large property, no-one can see in.
We have a lot of get togethers here, which usually end with people swimming, mostly nude or in their underwear or they will go down to the beach at night for a quick skinny dip.
Nothing at all sexual in it, 2 of them are my kids and I am the only one over 35. The only thing that comes to mind is that many of these people went to school together, I bet they never imagined 20 years ago they would be so uninhibited around each other. We have a couple of nude beaches in the area, but from what I see in the press lately it is not as wholesome as it once was.

I don’t like how I look nude myself,so I sure as hell wouldn’t want strangers looking at me

Whenever a nudist -man or woman- breaks the rules in a Nudist resort he / she is kicked out of the place and his/her name is added to the AANR computer. I used to be a member of Solair...the oldest Nudist resort on the east coast...I never had a problem there.

I've got a pajama fetish going on right now.

I have been a member of a Nudist Club in California for 26 years. You can say it is my Religion ! In my experience, nudists are generally happier people, less judgmental, friendlier, and very respectful. I do most of my socializing there including Dancing to live Bands, Karaoke, tennis, hiking, and of course sunbathing. It's my safe-place. I am more comfortable around nudists just as I am with ' non-believers ' .

I just don't think genitals are that pretty under the wrong circumstances like leaning over the meat counter in Tescos. I like to leave something to the imagination too. I'm perfectly unbias about others being naked and not shy or anything. its just my thoughts is all.

When I lived in California, I first got to enjoy the nudist experience at the reserved beaches in Big Sur. Since then, for several years I have had a vacation place in a nudist community outside Annapolis and am also a member of a nudist resort in the Pocono Mountains.
To those of you who never have had a nudist experience either on a clothing optional beach or at a nudist resort/community, I would simply say, "It's not that big a deal. It's very liberating. Give it a try." After about the first fifteen minutes, you'll forget that you are naked because everyone else is.
You will also learn a couple of things:
(1) that humans come in all shapes and sizes and should be accepted and appreciated for who they are, and not for what they wear or pretend to be,
and,
(2) After swimming and walking around naked with the sun and warm air caressing your skin, you will never want to wear a bathing suit or other confining clothes again.
And besides that... it's natural.
Wearing clothes on a hot day isn't.
Being hot and sweaty is never good for one's disposition which is why nudists tend to be friendlier people.
My suggestion would be to first give it a try before you decide whether or not you like it. You might be surprised. If you want info on places nearby, just Google "nudist resorts" along with your zip code to find ones near you.

I've done it. I lived for about 5 months in an old frat house that was changed into a nudist community house. It was 20 years ago and so I can't remeber ever being self concious or finding it odd. I moved out when winter was coming.

As long as I can remember I never liked the feeling of being nude ,not even by myself in the privacy of my own home.

I would admit it if I were but I am not. My father, however, joined a nudist group when he retired. He socialized with them foir several years.

I want nudity to be no big thing, but I don't feel motivated enough about it to put any effort into that.

We in the U.S. remain very much a Puritan nation culturally. People are quicker to declare something perverse and evil than they are natural and liberating. I have even heard of parents being reported for "child abuse" just for being naked around their own children.

Life long nudist, basicly HATE wet, sandy swim trunks...........YUCK.......

In this long thread about Nudism nobody has commented / asked about the participation of kids in Nudist resorts. Yes, many parents bring thiur babies, toddlers, young kids to the resorts.....specially those resorts that are family oriented.

I'm with Robert A. Heinlein on many things..including nudism.
I grew up in Haiti in the 1950-60s, where kids don't wear pants until puberty, and most rural people typically had one set of clothes, so on wash days, while their clothes were drying on rocks by the river, adults strolled around naked, without even noticing it.

Near our mission, most people wore some sort of clothing, but even a few hundred yards off the main road, where I often rode my horse, on wash days, I'd have to stop and exchange endless greeting rituals with naked adults:

Haitian: What are you doing?
Me: I'm riding my horse (Since I was sitting on my horse at the time, this was obvious, but still the custom to ask)
Haitian: Oooooh! (as though this news was a revelation) How's your mom?
Me: fine
Haitian: Your dad?
Me: Fine.
So it went..Your brothers? Your sisters? Your horse? etc. Then I had to do it with them as well, politely inquiring about their relatives, pigs, chickens, etc..
Naturally, making it past Haitians with any kind of timeliness was tricky.

My ex and I always ran around naked at home and I also let my kids do the same until they got old enough to start jumping into the closet when we walked in on them dressing.
Then, out of solidarity, we started dressing in their presence, reverted to naked when they were absent.

I taught my strict ex how to skinny dip in remote ponds and rivers, and we did that every day during the summer, as did the kids. I consider clothes a means to protect my skin when climbing trees and cliffs, or horseback riding.