What made you NOT try naturism sooner?
In this #UndressedThread, we want to hear what held you back
Some people dive in early. Others take years to get there—or still haven’t. Was it fear? Stigma? Body image? A bad assumption? A lack of opportunity? Let’s name the barriers and talk about how people overcome them.
In this #UndressedThread, we’re asking:
What stopped you from trying naturism sooner?
Was there a turning point that changed your mind?
What do you think still holds most people back?
Share your experience in the comments. 🪐
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Mostly because of opportunity.
We've both been comfortable being nude, always slept nude and would skinnydip whenever the chance was available.
Only since becoming empty nesters have we been able to be nude at home most of the time, and become active in social nudity. Now we're making up for lost time. ⛱️🍑😉
Great question. Taking part in social nudism is something I wanted to do since my late teens. At 22 I saw a small, carefully-worded ad by Avatan in Minnesota, where I was living at the time. It was clear that this was a couples-only operation. I wrote them of our engagement and the response was "Contact us after you are married." When we married (1969, I was 24), she answered my question, "I just couldn't do that. I'm not comfortable with it."
By the late 1990s, 30 years later, we had moved to North Carolina and become close friends with another couple. One evening they confided to us that they were nudists and were camping that weekend at Bar-S Ranch--would we like to join them? I started laughing and they asked what was so funny. I said, "I'd go with you in a minute but you have to convince Jan." They were as unsuccessful as I had been.
I never considered social nudism alone. I feared stressing a good marriage. In 2005 I lost my wife after 35 years of marriage. After a few months I realized that I no was longer limited by her sensitivity. I contacted Coventry (now closed) and asked if single males were admitted. They were and my adventure began.
The couple stayed in close touch with me through my grief and a few months later invited me to join them on a nude cruise, another adventure that has continued.
There's enough content for another essay, longer than this one, about how I met my new life partner at a nudist pool party in 2010 (guaranteeing avoidance of the initial limitation) and we've been sharing a home since 2012.