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Jaak &
Friends
Talking to friends about naturism was strange at
first, but a lot of my friends think the idea is
really good (even if they don't want to try). I've
managed to convince a few of them (fairy easily I
might add) to come out and give naturism a try at
our clothing optional swim. Basically I just
listened to their concerns and answered them with
as much information as possible, without trying to
run the conversation. I'd let them do most of the
talking. As for introducing the idea to them, I
found it easiest to drop little hints or raise
questions in a joking manner. For example, at a
house party where people are in a hot tub (Hey,
why don't we just get naked!) and then just fill
people in with info from there. Or the tradition,
"Have you ever tried or thought about trying
skinny dipping?" It was a little weird bringing
the idea up with female friends. It's kind of
strange to to tell your female friends to come out
and try being nude with you without seeming kind
of creepy. Talking to them about bathing nude or
having a nude sauna and how good it feels (if they
have no experience) seems to be a good place to
start. That way they can get comfortable with
naturism on their own terms. Telling my experience
with naturism seemed to work really well too. I
still can't believe that in high school I didn't
feel comfortable taking my shirt off at the beach,
and now I'm organizing a naturist club at my
university!
Randall
& Friends
My most successful attempts at getting others to
go nude with me
has been at a clothing-optional sauna in Maine.
The ambience there is so relaxed regarding nudity
that the women I've taken have almost all tried it
very quickly. Usually before going, I tell them
that it's c/o and that some nights a lot of people
wear clothes and some nights almost no one does.
The choice is theirs. Since there is usually a
pretty good mixed crowd, very few with a suit on,
my friends have chosen to get naked, too. With
one, this involved a discussion where we said that
we didn't mind being nude in public, but felt
weird about seeing each other and agreed to just
not look at each other.
One other
experience involved the woman who is now my
girlfriend. We had been emailing back and forth as
she planned a trip. Someone on the Campus-Nude
listserve sent a description of Harbin Springs and
its URL. I mentioned this to my friend, told her
that it sounded interesting, didn't mention that
it was c/o, but directed her to the website so she
could find out on her own. She did, decided that
it sounded interesting, stopped by and said she
was the only solo woman there. She kept her
sunglasses on for some amount of anonymity, but
enjoyed her first public nude experience. Now that
we're dating I'm looking forward to taking her to
a nude beach. |
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