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“I’m not a nudist, but my father was. I grew up in an environment where there was a lot of nudity and I visited him once in a place just north of Houston. He and my step- mother at the time were nice enough to carry clothes around me. Some of the interesting things I remember: you carry a towel everywhere and sit on it. They had a store in the area. didn’t work there, and they charged at the end of the month, being naked makes people MUCH more honest. Even children were naked. Although a 3 year old was not surprising, a 10 or 15 year old certainly was. made me a little uncomfortable, but it was 100% my fault we were all running around having fun, and no one cared.”
“Since you don’t have ‘outfits,’ people decorated themselves in other ways. Tattoos, jewelry, and shaving shapes of pubic hair all added to the individuality. It was rare to see someone that one *wanted* to see you naked You ended up looking people in the eyes more, at least when they were looking at you. There was no sex allowed in public. The place was family oriented. would therefore be inappropriate.
I admire the lifestyle and view it as positive and liberating. It also highlighted the failures of my culture to view nudity as a bad thing (not that I really did, but it was REALLY eye-opening). I wish I could do it. I love feeling the sun and the breeze on my naked body when I get the chance (and no one is looking, lol).”