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Clothing Optional Venues
Return to DiscussionsWho here goes to C/O venues and wear clothes? My opinion is, if I go through the time, effort and expense to travel to an area where nudity is allowed, then I want to spend as much time as possible nude. If the weather is conducive to nudity, why wear anything? There are hundreds of thousands of places I can go where I HAVE to remain clothed, so if I want to wear clothes I can just go to one of them. If you go somewhere that clothing is optional, why wear clothes? What's the point of going, if not to get nekkid?
That's true. And although I am for a visible designation of the pool area as "nude mandatory", I am also against the "enforcement" of it (which I should have specified earlier).
I made an interesting "discovery" today that fits right into what I was saying earlier.
My wife and I were at LOTW yesterday. I was going to post about it as a "C/O resort" experience; but I had a "hunch" and went to their website. Turns out they were never C/O:
"Nudity is mandatory in the pool, hot tub, sauna, lake, beaches, piers, clubhouse, and the lawn area between the pool, clubhouse, and beach."
I've been going to a nude-mandatory resort all along and never realized it. Wow.
I never realized it because no one ever said anything to my wife about the fact that on her first trip, she wore a sundress while being given the tour, and wore it everywhere outside the pool area. So it was "mandatory but not enforced."
You'd think that this "lack of enforcement" would cause some people, who like me didn't read the resort FAQ, to cover up outside the pool area. But nope; everyone there yesterday (and it was very busy) was completely naked throughout the entire resort. The one (partial) exception was one lady laying near us who occasionally put on a shirt. It was obvious she was only doing it to protect from the sun; as she would transition back and forth from being bottomless and nude depending on the position of the sun. It was reminiscent what Andy was saying about his wife Di.
That's what gave me a "hunch." I thought "wait a minute!" The lady who checked us in was nude. Everyone at the resort was nude all the time and everywhere. Is it actually C/O? I got my answer by checking the website. It surprised me.
This disproves the theory that if nudity is not enforced, people will cover up, and "textilism" will proliferate. What happened yesterday might indicate why that isn't the case. When we went to check in, we ran into a couple of nude people in the parking lot. The lady who checked us in was nude. She recognized my wife and started chatting with her. My wife glanced over by the lake area and saw that everyone there was nude. We walked back to the car; and my wife, who sometimes likes to go find a spot for us to sit before undressing, decided there was no real reason to "wait to get naked"; undressed and tossed her sundress in trunk. We walked over to the lake nude, where everyone else also was. Other people arrived; and as they saw my wife, myself and everyone else naked...got naked too.
And this happened without us knowing nudity was actually mandatory everywhere. It was just organic.
I think sometimes resort owners don't always understand how the human mind works. Newbies notwithstanding; if clothed people find themselves surrounded by nude people, either two things will happen: they will feel really self conscious about being the only people covered; and will either want to fit in, or run away. Nothing really needs to be enforced; unless a person's behavior reflects strong body-shame. It starts with the managers, and then members, setting the tone. Being friendly and social. There is a reason why my wife and visitors at LOTW are comfortable leaving their clothes in the car and staying naked all day. And it starts with management. I know it's been said before; but I think a lot of resorts could learn a thing from LOTW.
Nudony we visited there last summer. The staff and members treated us awesomely and made sure we were welcomed. It's a given in our minds if it's a c/o place that it is not in the pool area so that has never been question your to be naked. Luann does go into these modes of some type of cover be it a sorange or what not but not in the pool or a sauna area.
What I appreciated as well was how well they vetted us out when Luann called to make reservations. Lucky me I passed ! :D
I agree also, why go to a C/O venue and stay clothed. wife and I like to go to a nude beach in OR. we strip down when we get to our spot we like, sometimes sooner.after being there awhile, 2 ladies came by and asked if they could sit by us, we said sure.beach was not crowded but had a good amount of people. But they kept their swimsuits on, no big deal. after an hour or sow came back fro swimming and my wife went over to them and talked to them about not being naked.said it was not a big deal, they stand out more than being naked.One took her top off almost immediately ,the other had a one piece on and stayed that way.In about half an hour we came back from swimming and they both were naked, and really enjoyed it. my wife had converted them.
I guess those ladies were at least curious enough to choose the clothing-optional beach and the friendly encouragement was enough to get them over the line.
When I'm at the beach, those still wearing something are usually half of a couple (where, presumably, one is free to be nude and the other is happy to be there but not necessarily nude) or guys in briefs. I've never engaged with them . Perhaps they are hesitant, perhaps they feel more comfortable wearing their brief away from textile beaches amongst all the board shorts (I have briefer suits I'll wear anywhere but I'm virtually unique in that respect based on my observations) or perhaps they are checking everyone else out without participating. If the latter, I suspect they're eyeing the guys more than the girls based on the numbers at my beach and their selected spot on the sand.
I'm yet to attempt to encourage any of them, but it would be a nice achievement!
I guess those ladies were at least curious enough to choose the clothing-optional beach and the friendly encouragement was enough to get them over the line.When I'm at the beach, those still wearing something are usually half of a couple (where, presumably, one is free to be nude and the other is happy to be there but not necessarily nude) or guys in briefs. I've never engaged with them . Perhaps they are hesitant, perhaps they feel more comfortable wearing their brief away from textile beaches amongst all the board shorts (I have briefer suits I'll wear anywhere but I'm virtually unique in that respect based on my observations) or perhaps they are checking everyone else out without participating. If the latter, I suspect they're eyeing the guys more than the girls based on the numbers at my beach and their selected spot on the sand.I'm yet to attempt to encourage any of them, but it would be a nice achievement!
Similar to the clothing optional beach I attend, except there are also topless women and both genders wearing thongs, all of which are not sufficient for clothed beaches in the area. Most of the one nude couples are clothed female, nude male, although there are some clothed male nude male. Clothed male nude female is rare and female female couples, clothed or not, are essentially nonexistent,
That's a contrast to here where thongs have rapidly become normal for young females while guys resolutely stick to boardies unless the ones my age or older who are occasionally happy in a brief. The only blokes in thongs are those heading into or out of the CO zone at Sunnyside.
Conversely, toplessness among females does not seem to be a thing at textile beaches despite being legal as far as I can tell. Sydney may be different; I haven't had the opportunity to research it lately. :-)
Those accompanying their nude husbands at the CO beach may be topless and may choose a thong despite not being under 30-ish like for the textile beaches, and may wear even less depending in what they're doing.