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Q:
Will
I have to take my clothes off right away?
A:
No. Naturists understand
that you cannot shed years of socialization as soon as
you arrive. Most clubs allow visitors to remain dressed
at first. You may feel pressure to undress. That feeling
is probably self-induced by the fact that you are the
only fully dressed person within sight. Funny, isn't it,
to be uncomfortable because you are dressed?
In most clubs, it is not appropriate to swim with a
bathing suit. On naturist beaches, there is no
expectation that you need to undress, since they are
clothing- optional. If you are clothed and appear to be
gawking you may be approached by others. Taking off your
clothes helps allay suspicion.
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Several years ago,
Channel 4 broadcast a shortish play called "The Spy Who
Caught A Cold", about a young girl going on a naturist
holiday with her Mum. Both had a good time. Over the
closing credits, the youngster is chatting with a friend
about the holiday, and being emphatic that she
certainly hadn't been nude. Which, of course, she
had. It rang very true.
And another contribution
was:
I know of a family who
have two daughters who always used to come to our
Tuesday swim. They also went to many of the other local
venues such as Doncaster Dome, the youngest one (about
12) did seem to tag along with me, and I did have some
misgivings about what her parents might think, however
they had no problems, and I think sometimes were happy
to have someone else 'child sitting' especially in the
water race part of the Dome, where this girl was not
allowed without adult supervision.
One time, about a week
or so after a Dome evening she told me she had had to
draw a picture of what she had done at the weekend. She
had chosen to draw a picture of us showering at the end
of the evening, but she did say, 'I put swimming
costumes on all of us'. She was fully aware that her
lifestyle might not be understood by others at school,
and just altered details slightly so as not to give
herself problems with her peers.
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