We are a married couple where I am the only nudist in the family. My wife prefers to be covered even when we are home. She has come with me to clothing optional locations and beaches with me. She does stay clothed but is very comfortable with nude people around her.
My partner has no interest at all in social nudity but is happy to come to a c/o beach with me from time to time.
I feel very fortunate to have such an understanding lady in my life and will never do anything to try to pressure her to strip off. If she chooses to, in the future, great - if not, t's not an issue. We're both secure enough to live and let live.
I'm in the same boat. My wife refuses to join me but fortunately has no problem with me going swimming at the local nude beach or being nude at home. We were in Spain last year, and went to a rural beach (which by default are clothing optional). I got nude as soon as we were out of the car and she remained clothed. She enjoyed herself walking on the beach and picking up sea glass and shells and mentioned how nice it was. As we were walking, the only people we crossed path with were two other couples, also walking (one naked, one clothed), and one man suntanning naked. So a few days later, I suggested we go back to that beach. She refused because there were too many naked people around!!! To her credit though, she said I should go on my own, which I didn't do. It was more important to me to spend the afternoon together enjoying our vacation and doing something we could both enjoy.
My wife has not joined me at all. We have been together 29 yrs and I have been a nudist for 30 yrs. She does not stop me from being nude just will not join me. You cannot force them to join you and the fears they have of the common misconceptions of what nudist are like are not mislead by the idiots and un cooth individuals who act like creeps. All i can say os keep trying
I am currently divorced now but when I was married, my wife did join me once and only once. Unfortunately, it was a terrible experience for her. While we were sunbathing at the beach, she caught a guy staring at her from the dunes and he was masturbating. She got so upset. The guy took off immediately when he saw me get up. From that point on, she refused to go to any nude beaches with me. She did let me go alone. She even had no problem when I would sunbathe nude in my own yard. No matter how much I tried to convince her to join me again, she refused.
I am currently divorced now but when I was married, my wife did join me once and only once. Unfortunately, it was a terrible experience for her. While we were sunbathing at the beach, she caught a guy staring at her from the dunes and he was masturbating. She got so upset. The guy took off immediately when he saw me get up. From that point on, she refused to go to any nude beaches with me. She did let me go alone. She even had no problem when I would sunbathe nude in my own yard. No matter how much I tried to convince her to join me again, she refused.
Did she sunbathe nude in the yard?
I am currently divorced now but when I was married, my wife did join me once and only once. Unfortunately, it was a terrible experience for her.
That's unfortunate and I'm sorry to hear that. It is not an uncommon occurrence.
Our first time at a nude beach (the first time for my wife), she decided to go topless at first and acclimate. A drunk guy sitting next to us started trying to coax my wife into removing her bottoms. Thankfully his wife intervened; but the damage was done. My wife swore off the nude beach - and nudism - "forever."
It took me two years to undo the damage and convince her to give nudism another chance; this time at a clothing-optional resort. Lucky for me she liked it, felt safe; and was able to acclimate on her own terms without some idiot making her uncomfortable.
That's why I'm so adamant about introducing a spouse to nudism in a controlled environment like a nudist resort or non-landed club.