how can i find fellow nudists in my area?

[bazookabrown]

i live in s.e. missouri in a town of about 13,000 with many more in surrounding towns. we are a bit rural but not isolated by any means. there is a landed nudist club 45 miles away but i cant possibly afford the membership. i would like to be able to find others that i can meet and enjoy nudism with but all the people i know are so overwhelmingly self- consious about themselves they wont even consider dressing in anything less than full pants andshirt all the time. i dont believe i can reverse years or a decade or more of poor self-image so how do i go about finding like minded people ? i would enjoy spending more time with other nudists i simply dont know how.

[bazookabrown]

i live in s.e. missouri in a town of about 13,000 with many more in surrounding towns. we are a bit rural but not isolated by any means. there is a landed nudist club 45 miles away but i cant possibly afford the membership. i would like to be able to find others that i can meet and enjoy nudism with but all the people i know are so overwhelmingly self- consious about themselves they wont even consider dressing in anything less than full pants andshirt all the time. i dont believe i can reverse years or a decade or more of poor self-image so how do i go about finding like minded people ? i would enjoy spending more time with other nudists i simply dont know how.

[Angel]

Does the club near you have a website? You can write or call them explaining your circumstances: that you're new to social nudism, that you can't afford the membership fee, that you'd like to meet a few active nudists in your area for recreation - to get your feet wet, as it were. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I contacted my local group and got a great reaction, and I had most of the same issues you mentioned.

Try it. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[RIVERRAT]

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Originally posted by Angel:
[qb]Does the club near you have a website? You can write or call them explaining your circumstances: that you're new to social nudism, that you can't afford the membership fee, that you'd like to meet a few active nudists in your area for recreation - to get your feet wet, as it were. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I contacted my local group and got a great reaction, and I had most of the same issues you mentioned.

Try it. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] [/qb]

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I have wondered about this for years, I've tried sites like this and some other places, seems there are no nudist in northern NY, The nudist clubs are far east of where I live and it seems It's just not heard of hear, Northern NY

[Angel]

http://www.aanr.com/stateclubs/aanr-ny.shtml has a list of AANR sites in New York. Are none of them near you, RiverRat?

http://www.aanr.com/stateclubs/aanr-mo.shtml has a list of Missouri clubs. How far are you from St Louis, Curtis?

You can also both search for organizations in your area at http://www.naturist.com/organizations/searchtop.asp .

[Vin]

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Originally posted by curtis:
[qb]i live in s.e. missouri....[/qb]

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I assume you mean in the bootheel. If you're close enough to TN, there is a non-landed club in McKenzie (KenTen Naturists) and a not-prohibitively-expensive landed facility near Jackson (Utopia). Both can be found online through a Google search.

I'm not an active member of either organization, but they seem to have good reputations.

[bazookabrown]

thanks for the suggestions. the nudist club does have a web site. i actually live in farmington which is 70 miles south of st. louis. i am familiar with the bootheel area and much of western tn.