What started your interest in nudism?

There's a video on YouTube of Himba tribes at Nambia with two women inspecting the breasts of a white woman

Love it @ 16 min !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTEsNeTk7ww

When I was in the military during basic training we were all required to sleep naked so from night time until the morning I was wandering around with all the other males naked.

When we crossed the channel we went into a mixed sex sauna where it was mandatory to be nude. It was fantastic, very erotic and liberating walking around naked and seeing all those other naked bodies as I had come from a very textiled Britain where the women did not even wear mini skirts or show their belly button so since then we have been a truly nudist family and we love the freedom.

It started at age 18 when I was on vacation at cote d'azur/ France with some other teens. It was normally there to swim nude in some hidden bays, so one girl from our group told us to do the same. I felt uncomfortabe for few minutes, but when we all had been in the water it was so enjoyable for all. We repeated much times so, when ever it was possible, I wanted to swim and go sunbathing nude only.

Today my wife and me are naturists, spend our vacations only in naturist parks in France, Spain, Greece, Croatia or here in Germany. We feel so free that way.

I had just gone through my first divorce and to cheer myself up I treated my daughter and I to a week in Germany which I choose because I had done German at school.

It was great and we really bonded. On the third day we had a beauty day which we bought from the hotel. We had a manicure and pedicure and then went to have a sauna before we had our hair done.

I had had several in the UK so it was not new, but it was new for my daughter. I took her into the female changing room and we striped off and as I had done in the UK wrapped a towel around me and she did the same and after putting our clothes in a metal basket we walked over to the cloakroom. As soon as the woman behind the counter saw us, she said “no clothes” in German, I knew what she was saying but confused why. When we did nothing, she pointed to a multilingual sign on the wall that said the same thing. I had been in a bikini on the beach, but public nudity was a bridge too far, so i turned to go and get dressed but my daughter grabbed hold of me. She reached out and tried to pull my towel off and I fought back, but as I used to do her, she slapped my hand which I lowered. She undid the towel and after doing the same to herself she put them in her basket.

Holding my hand she lead me to the sauna entrance and I confess I was crapping myself as thanks to the nasty things my ex had said during the divorce left me with body issues.

We walked out into the sauna and every one was naked naked, male, female, young old. I walked meekly through the naked crowd and I sat on a bench self consciously covering my pussy. We must have been in there about 15 minutes before my daughter said we should go to a hotter area and without thinking I got up and walked about without a care in the world.

Afterwards I felt really empowered and it gave a 2 finger to my ex's comment. We went back later that week and when we returned to the UK, although there was nowhere local, we travelled up country to repeat the process.

I was raised to accept our bodies so nudism was never anything exceptional. Although we were not a nudist family, nor did we necessarily walk around nude or make anyone else uncomfortable, we had no problem seeing each other nude, consequently; I have never had an issue with being nude whether it be at home or any area where there are others who are enjoying nudity.

…but public nudity was a bridge too far, so i turned to go and get dressed, but my daughter grabbed hold of me. She reached out and tried to pull my towel off and I fought back, but as I used to do her, she slapped my hand which I lowered. She undid the towel and after doing the same to herself she put them in her basket. Holding my hand she lead me to the sauna entrance…

Afterwards I felt really empowered and it gave a 2 finger to my ex's comment. We went back later that week and when we returned to the UK, although there was nowhere local we traveled up country to repeat the process.

That is a great intro scenario to nudism bonding with your daughter, and public nudism bonding at that. Who'd have thought that what started out as you bringing your daughter into the public sauna environment, turns out to be her leading you into going full nude into the situation.

I grew up on a secluded farm ten miles from civilization. In the evenings in the warmer months, my father, older brother, and I would walk naked down a hill to an outside shower, bathe, and walk naked, letting the warm air dry our bodies, back to the house. We did this all my life until I left for college. I would sometimes anticipate the shower and get naked early. In the winter, we all bathed inside in the same room since it was the only one heated. I bathed in front of my family all my young life. I never saw my mom naked, but she saw me all the time. I didn't think anything about it. We certainly weren't nudists, and were never naked together any other time. It was natural for me to enjoy total freedom. From the age of ten on I worked in the fields and would often go off by myself to work, strip naked, and work totally free. And of course my older brother showed me how to masturbate so I wouldn't tell on him for doing it, and I would often work with a little woody leading the way, reward myself for getting a lot of work accomplished by a good session with myself, and then work some more. Once a person has enjoyed being naked, it lasts for the rest of one's life. I've never been to a nudist beach or resort but I've always wanted to, and know I would totally enjoy it..

I found my dad's nudist magazines at the age of 10/11! It was the mid 60's and his Playboys were pre-pubes! I was enthralled! I also experienced my 1st boner! Then… there was Laughin… which had a lot of references to nudist camps! While my experiences at nude venues would not happen for 30some years… I have enjoyed the lifestyle as opportunities exist!

Like many families, back in the early 1960's we had a subscription to National Geographic. I must have been around 12 when one issue contained an article with photos of a boy's experiences spending the summer with his anthropologist parents, living with an Amazonian tribe. The idea was to live as the tribe members did and that meant, for the boy, who was about my age, wearing what other tribal children wore, which was nothing at all, not a stitch, not even a loincloth. The photos really grabbed my attention, both in a scary and also in a fascinating way. I tried to imagine myself in a similar situation, living nude in the wild jungle with a (stone-age) tribe, sort of in a young Tarzan way. And thinking back now, I realize that many Tarzan and Mars stories by ERB really got me aroused without knowing what it was. Obviously it was the nudity (remember Tarzan didn't wear clothes when he first met Jane Porter and ERB's descriptions of Dejah Thoris … oh boy) … ha ha.

Now, before that I had already been at the local YMCA where nude swimming was mandatory, so it was a concept I was used to. But the National Geographic article was about actually living nude in the jungle with others, with fellow kids, older female tribal members and hunters. And the NG photos didn't hide anything either. Besides, nude swimming at the Y was one thing, but to be nude with my own family would have been embarrassing beyond description.

Later, living in Belgium and married, there were no real opportunities to practice nudity. The first nude beach in Belgium was opened in 2001 for goodness sake. Prior to that you'd have thought the moral order would collapse if people were allowed to go nude on a public beach … ha ha. Before that you needed to join a privately run, totally secluded nudist club, compete with paperwork and all that. Beside it really was mainly too cold in those latitudes. One could always go the the (naughty) Netherlands, but it was just as cold there.

In the late 1970s we'd go on vacation to France and my wife would go topless at the beach, but we never happened to find a nudist beach for some reason. Back home we'd look for info, but that was in pre-internet days and info was hard to come by I found. And what we did find was somewhat off-putting: you needed to be a paid-up member of a recognized nudist organization to go to some nudist camping grounds and beaches. They only admitted couples, not men alone and so on.

Then came the children thing which put off any nudist visiting, especially since we had foster kids and one never knows what a social worker might think of nudism.

In the 1990s and later, I'd take nude walks in the mountains and forests around several camping grounds in the Spanish Pyrenees. It was nice and hot, but I was always solo and about half the time the walks were after dark. There may be many nude beaches in Spain, but inland customs were far different, more conservative. People didn't even go topless at inland lakes or swimming pools.

Anyway, it wasn't until a few months ago that I finally took the real plunge and went to a nearby nudist beach in Spain, to an actual nudist (oops, the preferred term is now Naturalist) resort area with nude housing and all. I thought that it should finally be time before I got far too old. And it was the simplest thing to do. I took a quick look around the beach while still dressed, but felt uncomfortable like that. So back to the car where I undressed and then walked back to the beach. It all felt so normal and natural.

I know many talk about about the feeling of the wind and the air on a naked body and that is indeed great, though I prefer no wind, just hot sun. But for voyeuristic me it was mainly being unnoticed while naked and being able to look at so many other naked people of all types and sizes and looks, drink at a bar or have an ice cream or meal while naked and nobody taking sly looks or making frowns. It is really nice to walk along the beach and see countless people laying on their backs, legs spread open without a care. Or those who like to show themselves off by assuming revealing poses or wearing genital jewelry. Even from my limited experience, I can see how some nudists like to show their bodies off in the way they to come to a bar and slowly prepare the chair with a blanket or order a drink and stand around in a particularly exposing manner. Men seem to be more into that from what I have seen so far.

It is also a different kind of nudist fun to walk along the streets of the nude resort itself while naked. The resort is full of small apartment buildings, often in compounds with swimming pools that show signs forbidding the wearing of swimming apparel. Simply walking around on a normal street nude is fun, especially when there are new arrivals coming in the cars for a day at the beach, but obviously still dressed. There's exhibitionist fun in that too. And I am certain that some cars are just driving into the resort for some looking at the nudists. Fine by me, I will accommodate if it gives them a thrill.

I've also been to a smaller and more secluded nudist beach at a reservoir lake nearby, but few people come there and those that do, seem to be the shy type of nudist. They stay near their vans and try to remain secluded and out of view. There are seldom more than 5 or 6 (sets of) people there. That is a shame as for me looking, at others is the main pleasure I get along with being able to indulge in some mild exhibitionism on my part, like wearing a penis or frenulum ring.

One very disappointing aspect is that concerning photography. Obviously not allowed for understandable reasons. But it breaks my heart to see all those wonderful scenes lost and gone forever and not set on photo for later viewing. I've taken a few self pix with a timer, only of myself, perhaps to show friends should they doubt me when I get home. Or maybe not. It's difficult to make a halfway flattering self-pic with a timer.

Meanwhile, next year I plan to rent in the nudist resort itself for a few days at a time, to spare the driving time. Really looking forward to it.

And as usual, I can't understand why I didn't go years before now.

@ frenchfry54 I found my dad's nudist magazines at the age of 10/11! It was the mid 60's and his Playboys were pre-pubes! I was enthralled!

That reminds me of numerous nudist magazines that used to be on sale at neighborhood newsagents back in the day, placed among the normal everyday mags. Titles like Health & Efficiency if I am not mistaken.

You could argue there was little sexual about them, but it all looked so much fun, really clean, healthy, sunny fun while being naked. What I liked about them was how they showed boys and girls together engaged in activities. When I remember going to a boys-only high school, it is enough to make me weep.

Always wanted to try it, and loved it after I did!

My Dad was English but Mom was French. As kids we went to French naturist camps - really family friending and private.. .

That reminds me of numerous nudist magazines that used to be on sale at neighborhood newsagents back in the day, placed among the normal everyday mags. Titles like Health & Efficiency if I am not mistaken.

You could argue there was little sexual about them, but it all looked so much fun, really clean, healthy, sunny fun while being naked. What I liked about them was how they showed boys and girls together engaged in activities. When I remember going to a boys-only high school, it is enough to make me weep.

I went to one of those, dammit, They sent the boys to one school and the girls to a different one after the 6th grade. We finally got back together in the 11th when they built a new coed high school. Many of the girls were missing because they quit school to work in factories the thinking being that girls were just going to get married anyway. I think we missed a lot by not going/growing through those years together. One of the girls whose father owned the cotton mill in town I was very friendly with in grade 6. I haven't seen her this year but I can't find an obit anywhere. She lives in FL in the winter and back home here in the summer. If she's ill I would surely like to visit her. I hope not, she just traded her vette for a beautiful new white one last summer. As I've discovered, when you become incapacitated hardly any of the people you'd like to see even know about it.

My favorite dance partner in 6th grade retired from the navy as a captain. She died recently. At a traffic light recently the guy driving the truck stopped next to me hollered “my wife says she knows you”. She's one of the ones I lost after 6th grade and another favorite dance partner. Square Dancing was our PE in 5th and 6th grades.

I went to one of those, dammit, They sent the boys to one school and the girls to a different one after the 6th grade. We finally got back together in the 11th when they built a new coed high school.

A bit of an aside, but when kids coming from sex-segregated schools come together at university, many can't handle it and neglect grades for girls and drinking. Or else remain pathologically shy and have a hard time hooking up with a partner because they had no practice hanging out with the opposite sex during school years.

I was an adult when I was introduced to an unofficial nude beach. A co-worker took me there. As I posted before, most nude folks were old men and some of the woman had their tops off. Not much to look at until I decided to explore wearing bra and panties and “accidentally” getting caught wearing just bra and panties as couple(s) would walk by on their way to the beach…another story…

Not much to look at until I decided to explore wearing bra and panties and “accidentally” getting caught wearing just bra and panties as couple(s) would walk by on their way to the beach…another story…

Let's hear the story. Not fair hinting and not telling … ha ha

I was an adult when I was introduced to an unofficial nude beach. A co-worker took me there. As I posted before, most nude folks were old men and some of the woman had their tops off. Not much to look at until I decided to explore wearing bra and panties and “accidentally” getting caught wearing just bra and panties as couple(s) would walk by on their way to the beach…another story…

I wonder what has a bra to do with a nude beach ????

I wonder what has a bra to do with a nude beach ????

He has a lingerie fetish, nude beaches are a place he can express it. Sort of coming out and displaying ones love of lingerie. Couldn't do it downtown, but at a nude beach almost anything goes wrt level of dress.

Not into the nudist lifestyle, but I've thought about going to an adult only nudist resort/beach just to see naked women! That was mostly several years ago when I was a “pervert” or a “dirty old man”. Now, at my age, I'm just “cute”! 😈

I wonder what has a bra to do with a nude beach ????

A nudist beach might also have a nudist resort area set behind it, with apartments and streets, bars, cafés, restaurants. That is how the one I've been going to in Spain is set out. Anyone can drive in and park their car. Many visitors do so who don't rent there and then they can walk around however they wish, dressed, half dressed, in traditional swimming apparel or nude. Some undress at their car and put their cloths inside, others may do so at the beach.

In any case, you can see people in all stages of dress or undress both on the beach and especially on the surrounding streets. I've seen men on the beach who were dressed with a t-shirt and nothing else on, presumably to guard against catching a chest cold?

I suppose one could wear lingerie, but that is something I've yet to see. It seems that wearing clear-cut undergarments is not the custom. I bet it would be arousingly out of context … ha ha

Maybe wearing a wig might also work at attracting attention without overstepping the unwritten dress code.

There are also apartments rented out that go straight up to the beach. They are for nude living if wished and you could presumably dress as you wished in these, keep doors and windows open and walk around in bra and panties I suppose.

Not into the nudist lifestyle, but I've thought about going to an adult only nudist resort/beach just to see naked women!

I don't think I've come across any adult only nudist beaches. If a beach has public access, there is no banning of any age group. Besides, who would control access?

That might work for privately run nudist resorts. But here they might very well have a policy of couples only or no single men allowed. That was the case in places we inquired about back when my wife and I were younger. I frankly didn't like the unsaid implication of men being 'dirty peeping toms'.

In any case, in both the places I've been to recently, anyone at all is allowed access nor need they undress if they don't want to. That is what I did at my first visit. I walked around clothed to check out the layout and get a feel of the place, but I felt very out of place … ha ha. No one said or indicated anything though.

At another nude beach nearby here on a reservoir lake, locals come to fish on the nude beach, which is more of rock strewn shoreline than a traditional sandy beach. They don't undress but then again, in this place there are few nude visitors compared to a nude beach on the Med. I had a conversation once with a local fisherman who drove right up to the shoreline and then approached me expressly. I only had a beach towel around a shoulder and a frenulum ring on, he was fully dressed … ha ha.

No idea what his real intentions were, but we just had a basic friendly conversation of where I was from etc. Was he checking me out? I would be flattered had that been so but saw no indication.

I always wanted to be free at the beach and in the water and upon moving to San Diego that became easy as we have the famous Blacks Beach. I’ve done a few nudist resorts and some hiking with no clothes on, but being at the beach nude is most satisfying for me.

Hi all, dont missunderstand me. I accept all kind of full, half or something else dress, but at the most naturist beaches and resorts my wife and I had visited (Croatia, Crete, Austria, Germany, France, Corse, Netherlands and Spain, there are only a panty allowed if women have her days. Panties for men are not welcome, and bras are a absolutely no go. Dressed people at nude beaches are most voyeurs.

A lingeree fetish is better showed at a textile beach.

Dressed people at nude beaches are most voyeurs.

The thing is that many people who work at a nudist beach do not go nude themselves. There are servers at the bars, cafés and restaurants, municipal workers who come to pick up the trash or repairmen who come to service whatever needs repairing. I've also had massages on the beach with the masseuse still clothed. From what I can tell, there is no dress code. Who would enforce it anyway?

I hardly think such people are voyeurs, though I guess a repairman coming a first time might do some intense looking.

But even if some visitors are voyeurs to a degree, at least they are open about it and don't go hiding behind shrubs or anything… ha ha. Besides, I am certain many nudists have a streak of exhibitionism themselves and like to be seen (and admired).

I'm guessing some of the food handlers may have some restrictions on degree of nudity…..just a guess as I've never visited a classy nudist resort!

I'm guessing some of the food handlers may have some restrictions on degree of nudity…..just a guess as I've never visited a classy nudist resort!

I thought it was to make it easy for visitors/nudists to know who to order drinks or food from. That being dressed is a sort of an identifier.

In my experience, I have noticed the following trends:

Upscale nude resorts tend to have clothed employees, but most of them are nudists when not working.

Mom and pop type resort employees are usually nude while they work.

Breathing. Having grown up in a medical household, we were never told to be ashamed of our bodies. My parents never were naked around the house, but were never embarrassed about accidential sightings.

So us going from shower/bath to our bedrooms or out in the swimming pool we were never made to wear clothes. My father wore trunks for we had no other males in the house.

I'm not a nudist but I do like swimming naked. love the feeling of my cock swinging in the water underneath me.

The question that was asked “What got you into nudism”, so I answered that question and stopped just before writing my experiences that are out of context of this thread. So at the risk of derailing the topic, as a request from a reader, I will tell one real life story at a nude beach, be warned, it is X-rated. There is/was an oficial nude beach on the shores of Lake Michigan called Oval Beach. All the naughty activity accured behind the dunes. I walked down the trail and found a couple sitting on a blanket and they were nude. So, as they watched, I took off all my clothes and slipped into bra and panties (Yes I know OFF TOPIC dodging pen points, erassers and YIKES all CAPS! the moderator is going to punish me forever, hmm that might be fun) and stepped on to the blanket. She had her hand around the guys cock and asked me if I wanted some. At this time I've only sucked one guy and he is a Zity friend. How could I resist a naked girl holding a naked man's cock for me suck. When I was finally tired, I moved over to where the girl was laying on her back. She started feeling me up through the bra and panties (I jsust love that) when another naked man came over and jacked off her tits and left. She got on all fours and started sucking my hard cock while the guy entered her ass at the same time. He told my she likes it from behind. It was all I could take and I told them that I was going to cum. He said go ahead and I unloaded in her mouth and left. I have more but they should go in a different topic.