RE:My thoughts on clothing optional vs nudist

Once when I was at Gunnison a nude women asked for help blowing up a raft. Her male friend was wearing board shorts. We got talking and she had just asked him if he wanted to go to the beach, and didn't tell him that it was clothing optional. He took his shorts off a little later, but had them on and off throughout the day,

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The clothes optional club nearby is confusing to me. It has been in existance for many years, has many members. The confusing part is very few are nude, sometimes when I would be there only myself and two others were nude, and the weather was nice. Even at their pool, which is supposed to be nude, people have clothes on. It seems odd to wear clothes where you don't have too, when the weather is nice and you can be nude. I have switched to the clothes free club which suits me better.

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I object to the term "being a dick" when we should just focus on proudly having one.
As far as CO vs. nudist, nudity is the great equalizer, but staying comfortable (not cold, bit or sunburned) also has its advantages.
When I'm "truly" naked without my glasses everything is a fuzzy blur and I don't notice much difference about clothes or the lack thereof, and I like it like that.

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I count a hat, glasses and footwear as accessories in the context of bring nude. Still, getting rid of every last item is a nice feeling. Usually I end up with only my hat on in sunshine at the CO beach, while for night walks it's my glasses (never thought to not take them and, anyway, I need all the help I can get in the dark) and footwear. Perhaps I could dare to leave my glasses and thongs (flip-flops) behind for night walks in the future, but that may mean excluding gravel trails and sacrificing what vision I have in the moonlight.

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Timely topic for me since I just had a conversation with a couple around the indoor pool two days ago. It was their first trip to our fine resort and they'd been here for a few days, and even had the chance to go the blacklight dance on Saturday night (me and my honey still stay away from the gatherings because of covid-19 concerns - hoping to change that soon when the time is right). They had had a very nice stay overall, but one moment they did mention to us that marred the dance for them was when the man was away from his woman for a few moments to go to the restroom and some guy walked up to the woman and told her it was a nudist resort and that she shouldn't be wearing the outfit she had on. What the hell!

Firstly, yes, this is not a clothing optional resort and you are expected to be nude when the weather is permitting it, but this guy who confronted the visitor was not an employee of the resort and had absolutely no business saying a damned thing. Even if he had been an employee (and no employee would ever do this), by confronting the woman about her clothing choice when her companion was away from the table where they had been sitting all evening, he was acting outrageously rude!

Secondly, during a dance the rules for clothing are often more relaxed given the theme, even a little moreso at our regular blacklight dances, encouraging patrons to wear clothing options that interact with the special lighting. And it wasn't as if she was wearing a three-piece suit but what she described as a diaphanous wrap that was still showing her bare body underneath and accentuated it by the black light lighting. I didn't see her outfit -- we met them naked and at the pool on their last day here.

I was very upset about what had happened to them and hoped it hadn't made them think twice about visiting us again. They acted like the ill feelings that they'd gotten from the uncomfortable moment at the dance hadn't lingered and that they were quite excited about coming back for Beachfest in August, one of our biggest events of the year. If I knew who the man was who got up in her face at the dance and it was a member of White Tail, I would go to the office and make a formal complaint about that person to the management. What occurred was at no point and in any way acceptable. I hope it was simply some dumbshit non-member. It makes me worry when I hear about assholes who think they have a right to confront others about such frivolous things because it takes very little to turn off visitors, not only during, but especially during, their first visit. And how many other people did this fool confront that night? I felt that I had to apologize to them for the whole resort because of one jerk who couldn't think his way through to its aftermath his pathetic decision to walk up to a stranger and tell her to take off her outfit. Nudists in general know better.

I have been to both clothing optional and nudist places and much prefer the nudism decision. Our controlling board of visitors debated the choice many years ago and that is why White Tail Resort is nude, not optional. I have been in a situation where the only people in a crowd of many who were nude were me and my honey and our two friends and it felt great, even when some of the clothed people were kind enough to be giving us the bitch stink eye, supposedly about our lack of clothing choice. It was warm enough for us! I felt like they were the silly ones, but that's always an individual's choice at a C.O. resort and should stay that way.

If you visit WTR and want a tour, we'll give you one and you can keep your clothes on the whole time. If you want to stay when the tour is complete, those items of cloth will need to be removed if weather is appropriate except in your room, cabin, RV or campsite. We have an open house weekend in July every year where people are allowed to remain clothed during their whole visit. But if you're reading this post on this website, oh come on!

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There are good reasons for being clad in a nudist place (apart from cold weather. Some women experience chafing of skin on skin while walking. Ouch! Fair complexions need sun protection that sunscreen alone can't handle. C/O seems fair enough.

IMO, resorts that designate "mandatory nude" areas (in and around pool and hot tub area, for example) seems to be a good compromise. Public places (beaches, trails, springs) C/O make perfect sense (provided they're fully posted) -- it excludes no one (apart from the "easily offended"). Hey, how 'bout this sign: NO PRUDES BEYOND THIS POINT

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They had had a very nice stay overall, but one moment they did mention to us that marred the dance for them was when the man was away from his woman for a few moments to go to the restroom and some guy walked up to the woman and told her it was a nudist resort and that she shouldn't be wearing the outfit she had on. What the hell!

Whenever I hear stories like this I ask myself how does this promote naturism to what end did this individual behave this way? To make himself look good? To get a glimpse of another naked body? To score brownie points? What positive outcome was anticipated?

Never find an answer that makes sense to me.

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I object to the term "being a dick" when we should just focus on proudly having one.As far as CO vs. nudist, nudity is the great equalizer, but staying comfortable (not cold, bit or sunburned) also has its advantages.When I'm "truly" naked without my glasses everything is a fuzzy blur and I don't notice much difference about clothes or the lack thereof, and I like it like that.

No offense but I guess you have never escorted someone out the main gate acting out over being unappropriated towards naked females. Alcohol and nudity does not necessarily mix well. Acting an idiot in any setting is not proper naked or not.
Perhaps it's me but I take it seriously. It hasn't happened often at our local club over the years but even once is to often.

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Alcohol and nudity does not necessarily mix well. Acting an idiot in any setting is not proper naked or not.

LOL, I'm sober 13 years. Glad I am too. I'm not a violent drunk (more of a lampshade) but I would totally be "the idiot" if I drank at a resort and could see myself being escorted out as you describe. Grateful I don't have to deal with that.

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We all have choice of where we go and what we do their within the rules of the place we find ourselves at. I get it that some individuals needs to 'feel' comfortable been nude and want to 'try' it but feel they need to stay clothed. I always wonder how you can 'try' something without doing it 100%? Using the logic on most things, you'd be like, how does that work? Try eating something new by just looking at it, how is that 'eating' it? Try 'driving', how does that work just getting in the car and not driving? So you are going to 'try' nudism but you stay clothed, were you nude? The places that you can be nude are so limited. Just read the post or profile that say "I wish" we had a place close by nude, then why would you drive somewhere where you can be nude and not be nude? Reading post that state "they don't want to be nude because others are not nude", then individuals can't be nude as they are not comfortable not been nude. I drive some where that you can be nude because I want to be nude and will be nude. If I wanted to be not nude, then I will go to the clothed places. Yes some need time to 'transition' to nudism but would it be better to 'just jump in'? I prefer resorts that nudism is required over clothing optional, as I mention, I want to be somewhere I can be nude and be nude with other 'like minded' individuals share that nudism view. Granted all 'public' places to be nude are clothing optional, I accept that, since I haven't found a beach that is only nude to be there. Again, you are choosing to go where you go, clothing optional or nude only, then accept the 'rules' of the private place or public place.

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