In short the answer is the obvious one - this lifestyle means we are nude a lot in our daily life. As time has passed we've looked at making our lives more naked and to socialise with other nudists more and more, quite successfully. But I'd still like to be nude more often, its almost addictive.
We've both been nudists all of our adult lives and lived nude as and when we could. When we lived in big cities we were nude at home a fair bit but tended to be involved in a bigger range of activities than we are now, most of which we didn't combine with nudity. As we've got older we've chosen to socialise to a larger extent as nudists, we feel like we're our real selves when we're nude and really love mixing with other nudists. We now live in a smaller town, quite centrally so we don't have a large outdoor space where we can be naked, just a small area that is not overlooked. Its on the coast and near some nudist beaches. So, we now have a much better circle of local nudist friends than we had in the big cities, where we'd always found making local nudist friends difficult.
We visit each other in our homes for nude social occasions, so we're nude more these days when we're with them. The extra time we now spend naked obviously eats into time we'd have been doing other things, so we spend less time with non-nudist friends now. Its like other people find as they go through life, interests vary, you spend more, or less, time with some people. Nudism is our lifestyle, increasingly so, which is what we want, so clothed activities and people feature less as time passes. If there is a clash between nude and clothed events the clothed one needs to be very good to persuade us to get dressed.
We live nude at home year round unless it is really cold. We both work still, in clothed environments, when we stop working we aim to be naked even more. That feels like a natural progression which continues how our lives have evolved previously.
An excerpt from Cheri_Donna's post reads '....meeting new nudists.' We love meeting new people when we're all nude, we're ourselves, no clothes to send out confusing signals. Nude is the best way to start to get to know other people and to continue socialising.
It goes without saying that clothes are sometimes a necessity in daily life, even for hardcore nudists. I don't hate clothes but dislike having to wear them for long, long periods of time. When I was working, I'd go out on fires for days/weeks at a time and I worked, ate, slept in clothes and felt euphoric when we returned to the fire house, stripped, showered and I drove home nude for a few days R & R!
We were just visiting a nude resort for a week and I love to meet new people. We did meet one neighbor that was very nice and actually visited us and gave us some RV accessories that they couldn't use anymore and we could use. Another couple walked by and we talked about our Jeeps and that led into talking more about ourselves. All the time naked with these strangers and almost instant friends.
In contrast, our other neighbors we not that friendly, not very courteous or respectful of neighbors, thus we didn't interact with them much at all. Others around were not overly friendly but those you do meet that you connect with are fun to meet and you hope that you could have stayed long and gotten to know them more.
Our nudist friendships are the most close friendships. We've been friends with textile friends for over 35 years and are actually closer to nudist friends that we've known 1/2 that amount of time. Nudist friends share all and don't hide behind clothing by saying, "everything's fine, all is good!", when it actuality, it is not. We get open and honest conversation with nudist friends that we don't with textile friends.
We left a nudist resort where we were naked most of the week we were there. We did have to leave a couple times so clothes were a must. We stopped 1/2 way home and stayed at a textile campground and I told my wife that she shouldn't cook and we should just go out to dinner at a local restaurant. She said, "I know we just spent an entire week naked, but I'm not ready to put clothes on and go out so lets just stay in and eat and we don't have to get dressed." That's what I guess I'm getting at with this lifestyle and how it's affected our lives. Even on vacations! ;D
It goes without saying that clothes are sometimes a necessity in daily life, even for hardcore nudists. I don't hate clothes but dislike having to wear them for long, long periods of time. When I was working, I'd go out on fires for days/weeks at a time and I worked, ate, slept in clothes and felt euphoric when we returned to the fire house, stripped, showered and I drove home nude for a few days R & R!We were just visiting a nude resort for a week and I love to meet new people. We did meet one neighbor that was very nice and actually visited us and gave us some RV accessories that they couldn't use anymore and we could use. Another couple walked by and we talked about our Jeeps and that led into talking more about ourselves. All the time naked with these strangers and almost instant friends.In contrast, our other neighbors we not that friendly, not very courteous or respectful of neighbors, thus we didn't interact with them much at all. Others around were not overly friendly but those you do meet that you connect with are fun to meet and you hope that you could have stayed long and gotten to know them more.Our nudist friendships are the most close friendships. We've been friends with textile friends for over 35 years and are actually closer to nudist friends that we've known 1/2 that amount of time. Nudist friends share all and don't hide behind clothing by saying, "everything's fine, all is good!", when it actuality, it is not. We get open and honest conversation with nudist friends that we don't with textile friends.We left a nudist resort where we were naked most of the week we were there. We did have to leave a couple times so clothes were a must. We stopped 1/2 way home and stayed at a textile camp ground and I told my wife that she shouldn't cook and we should just go out to dinner at a local restaurant. She said, "I know we just spent an entire week naked, but I'm not ready to put clothes on and go out so lets just stay in and eat and we don't have to get dressed." That's what I guess I'm getting at with this lifestyle and how it's affected our lives. Even on vacations! ;D
"....I don't hate clothes but dislike having to wear them for long, long periods of time..."
The same here Andy, at certain times clothes are appreciated - for protection from the weather or while doing certain tasks and for those times spent in the wider textile world. But, with a glass half full approach, I can appreciate the return to a nudist environment. I love spending days on end nude and if our situation was different I'd happily live naked permanently. But, for the time being our removal of clothing when we return to a nudist setting makes us appreciate how good this lifestyle is, its easy to take nudity for granted, even though it is our natural state.
It's been a compromise with me and Di which started quite some time ago. When we ventured into social nudism, that is ALL I wanted to do; visit places where we could be naked. Once there, I never wanted to leave for fear that, that was the only time we'd ever visit that place. It wasn't until Di stated, "we can come back again and again!" I thought that visiting a nude place that one time would be it and I'd have to try all over again to convince her to try another new place. Once she'd visited our nude beach a couple times, she was convinced she enjoyed visiting beaches, clubs and resorts but never conveyed that to me. It took a period of time but we finally communicated that to one another and it made the transition from home nudism to social nudism better for both of us.
Nowadays, we will split our getaways and vacations between textile accommodations and nudist accommodations. Even with textile accommodations, we still find plenty of nude time either in our hotel room or inside our motorhome. We try and take time to visit textile places we'd like to visit and then take a break from clothes and find a beach, club or resort nearby to visit for the day or longer. We did they, "nude places only" thing for a while and that didn't work out. We were missing out on seeing so much else there is to see where clothing is mandatory. This lifestyle has re-enforced our ability to compromise in our relationship to the point where, in the beginning Di would resist visiting nude places a little but shortly after our discussions and compromise, she's usually the one that ensures there is plenty of naked time in our travels.
Yes, there are a lot of things we'd have missed out on experiencing if we'd followed the 'nude only' rule. If we have had a trip away without any nudity, other than where we were staying, it does make the next nude trip appreciated even more. We usually try to make sure the next one is fully naked to make up for textile times.
If I'd been asked in my early twenties whether I saw myself living nude as much as I do now (always +50% of the time - work accounts for the bulk of the clothed time) I'd probably have been very happy with the outcome as it is now. I've liked being a nudist ever since I first went naked socially but I don't think I realised then that it would become my lifestyle. I benefit from having a nudist partner who wants to be naked at least as much as I do. I know how lucky I am in this respect, as we both want to take part in naked activities, at home and elsewhere. This is a huge factor in how much we both want this way of life to affect our lives, and the time that we are nude.
I agree with Nik_nudist, adopting the lifestyle has made me more aware of my surroundings and it has all been positive. I feel more alive and free. I believe there have been many health benefits. Sleeping nude was often compromised in winter by PJ's , but now I have better quality light weight thermal wool blankets, I am generally sleeping better nude in colder weather
Nudism has been pretty good to, and for, me overall. I have always liked being naked. I don't hate clothes. I use them regularly for safety and warmth. I also wear them to go out in public since we live in a world where a few people have a negative view of nudism and regularly apply their views on others.
That I understood directly when I was warned that people could see me in my apartment. My take is shouldn't they be convicted of being a peeping Tom? No, not in our world. Luckily, they told a resident who was a police officer. He said he would talk with me. That saved me a visit from an officer on duty.
I quickly began looking for a place with privacy. Found a place where I can be outside in my backyard nude anytime. With few people passing in the front allows me to do a little work in the front too.
I think it has become a very positive experience in my life. I do regret it when I must wear clothes to go out the front door, even to set the garbage cans out for pickup. However, the need for doing laundry decreased as did the need to buy new clothes since existing ones did not wear out as fast. A robe is adequate in the cooler months when in the back yard. I do keep an 'emergency' set of shorts hanging close to the front door. But I often wonder, as you cannot see through my screen door during the day, what would that person think if they knew I was standing there talking to them nude? I have lived in this home for 4+years and no neighbors have complained yet.
Ive read the many posts in this series and dont know that I can say I have a nude lifestyle. Right now Im out on the back porch nude after cutting the grass and picking up a few limbs. The various things to do during the day often limits my nude time; this doesnt mean that constant clothing is my preference but is the reality. For the time being...Ive got to stick with nude when possible and clothed as practical. But...we will definitely revisit this an a couple of years.
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