intro

hi.

my name is [redacted] and I'm a closet nudist.

here's where you all yell, "hi, [redacted]," in a warm and inviting manner.

I want to live fully as a nudist/naturist/naturalist/whateverist (indoors and outdoors), but the following parties do not or would not agree with such a lifestyle:

- my immediate family

- my extended family

- my wife

- my employer

- my neighbors

- my fellow church-goers

- my "friends" on Facebook

- and, most importantly, the military (not my "employer" from above)

that covers just about everyone.

I was raised an overly-concerned prude, and it's something I can't escape now, not without alienating a lot of people I care about (and losing my jobs).

to put it succinctly, modesty is only relevant to people who view the bare human body as purely sexualized. I don't see it that way. granted, there are sexually-oriented functions for certain body parts. but I don't get a rise out of non-sexual nudity. and since modesty is only relevant for people of prurient thoughts, it can become irrelevant... if you decide to be innocent about it. but, like I said, I was raised with the idea that nudity is sin, period, so defeating that kind of decades-long indoctrination is, for me, a ground-breaking (and potentially controversial, and likely destructive) path.

so, secretly, I long to chill on a nude beach.

I secretly long to hike with nothing but socks, boots, and a gun*. or go skinny-dipping. or spend an entire camping trip exposing my entire body to mosquitos.

heck, I'd love to try social nudity, but I'll cross that bridge when I've gotten used to the individual activities (remember, I'm reprogramming decades of brainwashing, it takes time).

and I secretly long to have my own family (wife and children) be perfectly fine with it all.

we'll see what the next five or ten years brings.

*don't argue, you still need some sort of protection in the wild areas near where I live