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My good friends know
I'm a nudist, but my family doesn't. I'm very
leery about telling them. I'm going to tell my
sister, but not my mom and dad for while. My dad
is old-school Catholic, and my mom is a Latter Day
Saint (Mormon). I don't think either of them would
take kindly to my nudism... I'm not sure how my
sister will take it. I suppose telling her is a
bit if a test to see how the rest of my family
might react...
Looking upon my past experiences, when I've told
people I'm a nudist, it was never as bad as I
thought it would be, and I've never received a
negative reaction yet. It's never as harsh as you
might imagine it to be.
For me, being a nudist is not just something I do,
it's part of who I am. It's a major contributor to
my philosophies in life about people, myself, the
physical world, and society. All those beliefs and
theories necessarily come out in who I am, and who
I want to be. I've decided to be more open with it
and not hide it from so many people. It's been
something of a burden to me to be so secretive
about it -- it's like hiding parts of myself.
I never just bring it up out of the blue, "Hey, by
the way, did you know I'm a nudist?". It somehow
deals with the conversation at the time. Often it
comes up when I'm discussing personal philosophies
with people, but for many, it came up when I
talked about my part-time job. I'm a nude model at
the art school. They often ask if it's hard to be
naked in front of other people. I explain my
nudism and tell them a bit about the nude in the
context of an art perspective and how it's not
hard at all.
As far as my parents, I'm not sure how to go about
it. I am slightly inclined to wait until I am
formally and officially moved out. My parents and
I have something of an agreement (well, mostly it
was told to me... :) that when I move out, I'm on
my own, period. Now, of course if I get into big
trouble they'll help me out, but I'll be free-er
to openly be my own person.
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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
withyou 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!
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