usuallylurk
05-15-2009, 07:32 AM
Rewritten, rehashed, but it has to be RE-STATED. And so - here I am for 2009.
The 2009 nudist outdoor season is upon us. Indeed, I have had the good fortune to attend around eight or nine nudist events since late October, when our nudist parks here in New England close for the winter. My wife and I are members of a landed club, two active non-landed groups, a small informal nudist social group, and we did have a late fall vacation in Florida at Cypress Cove, and our annual "nude year's eve" party.
Now -- there are a great many of you on here, who frequent CFF, but have never tried social nudism for themselves.
Reasons given --
"Oh, there's no one in my area." A couple of years ago, one guy from my home state of Massachusetts posted on here that there was nothing. I replied that there was a very active social group in his backyard, one of the largest nudist parks in the country was around 30 minutes from his home, three others were within 90 minutes of him, and the largest Naturist Society gathering was held around a 60-75 minute drive from his house every year, plus there were other options.
Yeah, if you ignore all of those, there's nothing.
"I'm a single male. They won't let me in." This is no longer true; there are some clubs that still practice gender balancing / quota systems, etc., but for the most part (thank The Naturist Society for their influence) those days are over. Most clubs welcome single males these days.
"I tried to meet people on here. No one wants to meet up." Nudists are like anyone else, they're cautious. They're not going to invite you to house parties, etc., until they get to know you. But they are a friendlier, more accepting bunch of people that others are. The way around it -- go where they go. Do you want to meet others? The best way to meet new people is to go to a nudist event in your area. Contact a group or club/resort near you, and make arrangements to go.
If you haven't checked the AANR.com and naturistsociety.com sites, you should. Those orgs have groups affiliated with them, and those groups have EVENTS and VENUES.
- GET OUT, GO TO AN EVENT.
Most who try it have a great time. You'll play sports or games. You'll relax. You'll socialize. You'll laugh, cry, joke, dine, hike, dance, swim, but most of all, you'll meet some cool folks. You will expand your social circle and expand your life.
Or -- you can stay on the keyboard and spend another summer dreaming about it, thinking "someday, someday".
My advice - again - and again - and again
IF YOU WANT TO MEET OTHER CLOTHES-FREE ENTHUSIASTS, YOU MUST PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL A CLUB, AND GET OUT AND GO.
A final note. You might say "eww, yeah, but, I , um, am shy, uh, I don't know what to do."
We call club/event nudism SOCIAL nudism. It's not called social nudism for nothing. You MUST be able to pick up the phone, chat with a club leader/owner/etc., and get out and go to the club or gathering and hang out.
Most people can do that. But if someone CANNOT bring himself to doing that, then he should stay home, because it is a social situation, and he might not be ready for it if he cannot call a club, ask information, and make an appointment to get out there and enjoy a day.
It's harsh but I will be blunt -- but if a person can't make a phone call and reserve time to get out there and enjoy the nudist life for a day -- maybe he/she doesn't belong in our wonderful world of social nudism.
But I think most of you do want that. Get over your fears. Make that call. And come on out and join us.
The 2009 nudist outdoor season is upon us. Indeed, I have had the good fortune to attend around eight or nine nudist events since late October, when our nudist parks here in New England close for the winter. My wife and I are members of a landed club, two active non-landed groups, a small informal nudist social group, and we did have a late fall vacation in Florida at Cypress Cove, and our annual "nude year's eve" party.
Now -- there are a great many of you on here, who frequent CFF, but have never tried social nudism for themselves.
Reasons given --
"Oh, there's no one in my area." A couple of years ago, one guy from my home state of Massachusetts posted on here that there was nothing. I replied that there was a very active social group in his backyard, one of the largest nudist parks in the country was around 30 minutes from his home, three others were within 90 minutes of him, and the largest Naturist Society gathering was held around a 60-75 minute drive from his house every year, plus there were other options.
Yeah, if you ignore all of those, there's nothing.
"I'm a single male. They won't let me in." This is no longer true; there are some clubs that still practice gender balancing / quota systems, etc., but for the most part (thank The Naturist Society for their influence) those days are over. Most clubs welcome single males these days.
"I tried to meet people on here. No one wants to meet up." Nudists are like anyone else, they're cautious. They're not going to invite you to house parties, etc., until they get to know you. But they are a friendlier, more accepting bunch of people that others are. The way around it -- go where they go. Do you want to meet others? The best way to meet new people is to go to a nudist event in your area. Contact a group or club/resort near you, and make arrangements to go.
If you haven't checked the AANR.com and naturistsociety.com sites, you should. Those orgs have groups affiliated with them, and those groups have EVENTS and VENUES.
- GET OUT, GO TO AN EVENT.
Most who try it have a great time. You'll play sports or games. You'll relax. You'll socialize. You'll laugh, cry, joke, dine, hike, dance, swim, but most of all, you'll meet some cool folks. You will expand your social circle and expand your life.
Or -- you can stay on the keyboard and spend another summer dreaming about it, thinking "someday, someday".
My advice - again - and again - and again
IF YOU WANT TO MEET OTHER CLOTHES-FREE ENTHUSIASTS, YOU MUST PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL A CLUB, AND GET OUT AND GO.
A final note. You might say "eww, yeah, but, I , um, am shy, uh, I don't know what to do."
We call club/event nudism SOCIAL nudism. It's not called social nudism for nothing. You MUST be able to pick up the phone, chat with a club leader/owner/etc., and get out and go to the club or gathering and hang out.
Most people can do that. But if someone CANNOT bring himself to doing that, then he should stay home, because it is a social situation, and he might not be ready for it if he cannot call a club, ask information, and make an appointment to get out there and enjoy a day.
It's harsh but I will be blunt -- but if a person can't make a phone call and reserve time to get out there and enjoy the nudist life for a day -- maybe he/she doesn't belong in our wonderful world of social nudism.
But I think most of you do want that. Get over your fears. Make that call. And come on out and join us.