Nude dinner parties

Hi, fellow nudists!

My wife and I have recently met several wonderful couples at a nude resort. We were all invited to one couple's house and were told in the invitation that clothing was optional. This answered a question my wife and I had always wondered about when we met nudist couples: When they get together away from the resort in social settings, is nudity the rule?

We were pleasantly surprised. When we got there, the guests had a variety of ways to express their comfort, from loose robes to sarongs to full nudity. My wife wore a sarong while I went fully nude. Intimate, nude social settings are new to us, but what a great time. Now we are back home, where none of our friends practice the nude lifestyle. If you'd like to opine:

1. What do you find interesting, or what experiences have you found memorable in those intimate nude gatherings?
2. How do you cultivate nude friends when you don't know any?
3. What is your go-to in these settings (sarong, robe, fully nude)
4. Have you hosted a clothing-optional party at your house?

We had such a great time, we'd like to replicate the experience.

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Hi, fellow nudists!My wife and I have recently met several wonderful couples at a nude resort. We were all invited to one couple's house and were told in the invitation that clothing was optional. This answered a question my wife and I had always wondered about when we met nudist couples: When they get together away from the resort in social settings, is nudity the rule?We were pleasantly surprised. When we got there, the guests had a variety of ways to express their comfort, from loose robes to sarongs to full nudity. My wife wore a sarong while I went fully nude. Intimate, nude social settings are new to us, but what a great time. Now we are back home, where none of our friends practice the nude lifestyle. If you'd like to opine:1. What do you find interesting, or what experiences have you found memorable in those intimate nude gatherings?2. How do you cultivate nude friends when you don't know any?3. What is your go-to in these settings (sarong, robe, fully nude)4. Have you hosted a clothing-optional party at your house?We had such a great time, we'd like to replicate the experience.

1&2. Only significant nude social gatherings I have attended were organized so men who met at the beach at Gunnison could meet and socialize in the off season, Attendance was in the 20s. Host provided main course and guests brought appetizers, beverages and desserts, Interesting how people who didn't all know each other very well seemed to relate so well to each other.
3. Gathering was nudity required.
4, No, wife doesn't want to see anyone nude except me.

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Hi, fellow nudists!My wife and I have recently met several wonderful couples at a nude resort. We were all invited to one couple's house and were told in the invitation that clothing was optional. This answered a question my wife and I had always wondered about when we met nudist couples: When they get together away from the resort in social settings, is nudity the rule?We were pleasantly surprised. When we got there, the guests had a variety of ways to express their comfort, from loose robes to sarongs to full nudity. My wife wore a sarong while I went fully nude. Intimate, nude social settings are new to us, but what a great time. Now we are back home, where none of our friends practice the nude lifestyle. If you'd like to opine:1. What do you find interesting, or what experiences have you found memorable in those intimate nude gatherings?2. How do you cultivate nude friends when you don't know any?3. What is your go-to in these settings (sarong, robe, fully nude)4. Have you hosted a clothing-optional party at your house?We had such a great time, we'd like to replicate the experience.1&2. Only significant nude social gatherings I have attended were organized so men who met at the beach at Gunnison could meet and socialize in the off season, Attendance was in the 20s. Host provided main course and guests brought appetizers, beverages and desserts, Interesting how people who didn't all know each other very well seemed to relate so well to each other.3. Gathering was nudity required.4, No, wife doesn't want to see anyone nude except me.

I would love to know if these gatherings are still held. I'm a Gunnison regular and would love to connect with others during the off-season.

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Hi, fellow nudists!My wife and I have recently met several wonderful couples at a nude resort. We were all invited to one couple's house and were told in the invitation that clothing was optional. This answered a question my wife and I had always wondered about when we met nudist couples: When they get together away from the resort in social settings, is nudity the rule?We were pleasantly surprised. When we got there, the guests had a variety of ways to express their comfort, from loose robes to sarongs to full nudity. My wife wore a sarong while I went fully nude. Intimate, nude social settings are new to us, but what a great time. Now we are back home, where none of our friends practice the nude lifestyle. If you'd like to opine:1. What do you find interesting, or what experiences have you found memorable in those intimate nude gatherings?2. How do you cultivate nude friends when you don't know any?3. What is your go-to in these settings (sarong, robe, fully nude)4. Have you hosted a clothing-optional party at your house?We had such a great time, we'd like to replicate the experience.1&2. Only significant nude social gatherings I have attended were organized so men who met at the beach at Gunnison could meet and socialize in the off season, Attendance was in the 20s. Host provided main course and guests brought appetizers, beverages and desserts, Interesting how people who didn't all know each other very well seemed to relate so well to each other.3. Gathering was nudity required.4, No, wife doesn't want to see anyone nude except me.I would love to know if these gatherings are still held. I'm a Gunnison regular and would love to connect with others during the off-season.

There has not been one in about 2 years. The organizer left the site. The host said that he would try to organize one by himself. I offered to help, but he never responded. He is still a member here, but not very active.

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Hi, fellow nudists!My wife and I have recently met several wonderful couples at a nude resort. We were all invited to one couple's house and were told in the invitation that clothing was optional. This answered a question my wife and I had always wondered about when we met nudist couples: When they get together away from the resort in social settings, is nudity the rule?We were pleasantly surprised. When we got there, the guests had a variety of ways to express their comfort, from loose robes to sarongs to full nudity. My wife wore a sarong while I went fully nude. Intimate, nude social settings are new to us, but what a great time. Now we are back home, where none of our friends practice the nude lifestyle. If you'd like to opine:1. What do you find interesting, or what experiences have you found memorable in those intimate nude gatherings?2. How do you cultivate nude friends when you don't know any?3. What is your go-to in these settings (sarong, robe, fully nude)4. Have you hosted a clothing-optional party at your house?We had such a great time, we'd like to replicate the experience.1&2. Only significant nude social gatherings I have attended were organized so men who met at the beach at Gunnison could meet and socialize in the off season, Attendance was in the 20s. Host provided main course and guests brought appetizers, beverages and desserts, Interesting how people who didn't all know each other very well seemed to relate so well to each other.3. Gathering was nudity required.4, No, wife doesn't want to see anyone nude except me.I would love to know if these gatherings are still held. I'm a Gunnison regular and would love to connect with others during the off-season.There has not been one in about 2 years. The organizer left the site. The host said that he would try to organize one by himself. I offered to help, but he never responded. He is still a member here, but not very active.

Understood. That's too bad. If I had the ability to host something, I would gladly do so.

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An interesting post.

1. The best thing about nude gatherings in peoples' homes that I go to is how completely normal it feels to be nude in these clothing optional settings. The ones that I've been to are for nudists and their significant others, as the latter are not all as committed to social nudity as others they are described as clothing-optional. Provided it is not cold and the fact that the events are hosted by nudists, rather than clothing-optionalists, in practice +90% of the time people are nude

2. We used to live in a big city where meeting other local nudists was difficult. Moving to the coast where there are a few local nude beaches was the opening to meeting other local nudists that we saw at the beaches regularly. It took time to build a circle of nude friends, then some more time to establish a smaller circle of friends to socialise with naked in our homes year round. Some of these friends went to the same local nudist clubs as we did, where we met others who became part of the circle involved in the nude socialising in our homes.

3. As this smaller circle is made up of social nudists it is rare for anyone to wear anything when we meet in our homes. We know each other through going to places where we met while nude, it might feel strange if some of us started wearing clothes.

4.Yes, sometimes they are dinner-parties, other times it might be a BBQ outside in summer, or to watch a film with nibbles.

I've been a nudist for all of my adult life, it took many, many years to get to this situation where social nudity features often among friends. My life is still not naked enough though! I read posts on nudist websites where people seem to expect to find this type of social life instantly. It took years of trying in the big city and seemingly only meeting nice nudists at clubs surrounding it who lived no nearer than an hour away. It took a good few years after moving nearer to nude beaches to establish a circle of friends who want to meet naked in each others homes. It takes time to build up trust.

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In addition to having a site at a local camp, we are also members of a non-landed club and have been to dinners and social gatherings at members' houses (usually in the winter when the local camps are not open). We remain nude at these gatherings, as do most of the attendees. Most arrive and go to the designated changing room and take off their clothes and join the party with just a towel to sit on. We have not hosted one of these gatherings.

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Thru the years we have hosted a number of dinner, pot luck, etc. parties!!

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we often have nudist friends over for dinner or we go to there homes for dinner

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3. As this smaller circle is made up of social nudists it is rare for anyone to wear anything when we meet in our homes. We know each other through going to places where we met while nude, it might feel strange if some of us started wearing clothes.

That's been my experience as well. All the nudist get-togethers we've attended were hosted by people we'd socialized with naked at resorts/clubs. So everyone was nude there too.

"Funny" anecdote. My wife and I were invited to a BBQ by a nudist couple from our resort. When they greeted us at the door they were both dressed. Nudity was not mentioned. So my wife and I just stayed dressed; as well as the other guests. Afterwards our host/friend expressed some surprise that no one proposed getting naked. Well...no one was going to just assume that nudity was "on the table" if it was never directly brought up.

We haven't hosted (yet) but my wife and I have certainly discussed and envisioned it. And we've both agreed that one or both of us should already be nude as the guests arrive; as to remove any ambiguity about nudity being "on the table." In one past case the hostess wore a sarong to greet guests, as to not be seen naked by the neighbors or from the street. But the "loosely tied" sarong was indication enough that it wasn't going to stay on after we entered the house and disrobed.

100% clothing-optional/mixed settings work for some people; whereas others prefer get-togethers to be fully clothes-free. Either way is fine; but I would avoid the word "clothing-optional" in favor of "clothes-free" if the intent is for people to socialize the same way as they would at the resort. The less ambiguous, the better.

Just a thought...

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