u/mikeymike1776

Was talking to a friend the other day and reminiscing on some of my best memories growing up with experiencing nudity. Was thinking back to how my friend and I used to have nude camp outs in the backyard and run around the house or neighborhood in the middle of the night when we were sure no one else was up and would see us. We weren’t trying to be seen and were very careful to avoid the possibility of being seen but it was great to just have the freedom to streak around. Also the ability to bring the trash out to the street in the middle of the night or while at a hotel or resort with a pool that’s out of sight from most how you used to be able to go for a late night skinny dip as long as you were careful and so on. While these things technically were still a little risky and there was still a chance of being caught, with a little bit of caution it used to be pretty easy to get away with and I never had any issues.

Sadly now though with everyone having security cameras around the house, every business having cameras that cover their entire property especially their pool areas and so on, things like this aren’t really possible anymore without showing up on someone’s camera and having a much greater risk of being caught. Makes me miss the old days lol

anyone else use to have similar experiences and feel like they can’t get away with what they used to

Many nudists, especially those just discovering it have a fear of, what if I see someone I know or someone finds out. I always enjoyed being naked as a kid when my parents weren’t home and couldn’t wait to try social nudism. I had my first social nudist experience when I was 17, had just gotten my license and went to the local nude beach with my gf. Discovering it at an early age, i was fortunate that I never learned the negative stigmas society put on people when it comes to nudity however I discovered quickly that I was the outlier when it came to that and almost no one I knew shared my enjoyment/desire to be naked besides my gf at the time. As such, It led me to hide and keep my nudism private and be worried about others finding out. Almost 20 years later, I now have no concerns and while I don’t scream it from the rooftops that I’m a nudist, I frequently wear nudist apparel from resorts and beaches when running errands and am much more open about it.

Have you become less concerned over time as well? Nudism is one of the most natural things you can do and while I understand the need to keep things discrete sometimes I believe if everyone was more open about it, we could dramatically reduce this fear