Social Nudism

The past couple of weeks have seen new angles in my foray into social nudism. Before that, it was something that my wife just didn't accept, and it created conflict between us. The past couple of weeks have been great because there is now acceptance on her part, and I have had a chance to think of my feelings on social nudism.

There's been a wonderful crowd at Black's Beach the past couple of Sundays. In addition, last Sunday I was honored to be part of a wedding. The Black's Beach Bares make their area of the beach very inviting and you feel safe and part of a family when you're there. Being there in a more relaxed frame of mind, I felt more free to chat with folks. I also read my book(s), use the boogie boards the Bares have on hand to ride the waves, body surfed, and just plain relaxed.

Social nudism and home nudism both feel good thanks to the lack of restrictions of clothes. (Saves on cooling costs too! :-) ) Social nudism goes beyond home nudism with the way people perceive each other. Shapes and sizes don't matter. When you talk to someone, you're just talking to them. I don't know how else to describe the openness of my conversations on Black's. The people I've met are wonderful and accepting, and in a short time I already feel like I have a connection to them as fellow human beings. I'm looking forward to many more Sundays at Black's!

Nude is the Opposite of Sexy!

Nude beaches make an interesting contrast with textile beaches. On nude beaches, even if you see someone who has a "great" body, it doesn't elicit the same kind of reaction as seeing a "great" body on a textile beach does. On textile beaches, the clothing someone wears is the biggest indication of intention, of where one stands on the sexiness scale (or thinks he or she stands), and of the perception of the wearer by others. On a nude beach we're all equal, all there as we are, accepting of everyone and the sexiness factor disappears rapidly when one first experiences social nudism.

I was in Las Vegas, a city I dislike but where I had to go for an event, and I realized when looking at the way people dressed that without clothes, the city would lose it's appeal. All I had to do when I saw someone dressed to impress was imagine them without clothes, and they were suddenly very normal. The clothes they were wearing made it easy to see what their bodies were really like, so this was easy to do! Before I really got into nudism, when I tried the same exercise (which I admit I did), the result was very difficult. The assumption was that the "enhancements" that clothes made to their figures would stay even if they weren't wearing those clothes.

When I look back, I've had similar reactions when I first saw someone naked - there was an assumption of how they looked without clothes, and then when that assumption was negated, there was a subconscious negative reaction. There was a lack of acceptance that we're all different, and all beautiful in that difference.

The Political Naturist has been covering the problems that Jasmine Trail Nudist Resort in North Carolina is going through. It's possible for the DA to make nudism an issue only because the general population hasn't tried social nudism. If they had, they would realize that it's far less sex-related than the behavior you see on a regular textile beach.

If you haven't tried social nudism, you have to for your mental health!