Recently I headed down to my local clothing-optional beach, which does involve hiking down an escarpment for half an hour, only to find once I was down there a group of about 12-15 people taking up much of the middle of the beach fully clothed. This lead the few people that were down there enjoying the freedom the beach offers to be squished off to the side. I found myself feeling that there was a very different atmosphere than when I am usually there.
I'm just wondering am I right in thinking that the group should have been more considerate of the main focus of the beach and stripped off or found another place? Or am I being unfair seeing as the designation of the beach is clothing-optional and not nude only?
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- SESeanAug 27, 2019
I'm new to nudism and I've only been to one clothing optional beach. It was Wreck Beach in Vancouver Canada. It is listed as a clothing optional beach, and I'd say that probably 25% of the folks there were either topless or fully nude. The rest were clothed. But no one seemed to have any issue with the others. Groups of nudists hanging out together in one spot and clothed folks hanging out 20 feet away. Some intermingling going on as well.
It was a great experience for me to see everyone getting along so well. Only 'issue' I saw was some folks with their phones out apparently trying to snap a few pictures, but other nudists were quick to spot them and let them know that was not acceptable behavior. I learned quickly that the only way to use my phone was pointing towards the ground while I texted.
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BairskynAug 27, 2019[quote]NebGuy402 said: "I've only been to Wreck Beach.... I'd say that probably 25% of the folks there were either topless or fully nude."[/quote] Wow -- it's been a few years since I visited Wreck Beach but if only 25% were fully nude or topless, the beach has changed a lot since my days there. I remember it being more like 80% nude, 10% topless, 10% (or less) clothed. Beachgoers were all ages, races, shapes and sizes. Tower Beach however, around the northwest corner from Wreck and closer to built-up areas of Vancouver, varied from day to day and was far more likely to be 50/50, more or less. But as NebGuy said, no issues with co-existence. Wonderful. As it should be.ReactReply - MAmako09Nov 20, 2019
My wife and I were once staying at a "romantic spa resort" and during our tour of the facilities we asked about the dress code for the pool, sauna, and spa area. The girl showing us around informed us that the resort was "adults only" and that guests were free to wear what ever they wished throughout the resort, to include wearing nothing. Which she said was not very common but was acceptable if you wanted.
We had arrived on a Monday for a week and the resort was mostly empty with very few guests, so our first trip to the pool area we both wore G-strings but after swimming and laying around with no one else we removed our swimsuits. A short time after doing so a girl from the cafe came by and we went to cover-up and she motioned not to bother that we were fine, and she just wanted to know if we wanted anything from the bar or cafe. So after this encounter we were more at ease and we remained nude while at the resort. Even walking to and from the pool area to our room which passed through the lobby without any issues just friendly conversation.
So on Friday afternoon when we returned from an excursion we noticed a tour bus in the parking lot. So we just went to our room and undressed and went to the pool to relax before dinner, but when we arrived there were around 50 people in the pool area completely clothed and a few of the ladies commented about us being NUDE and how discusting it was for us to be walking around without anything on...
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Tom DNov 20, 2019[quote]My wife and I were once staying at a "romantic spa resort" and during our tour of the facilities we asked about the dress code for the pool, sauna, and spa area. The girl showing us around informed us that the resort was "adults only" and that guests were free to wear what ever they wished throughout the resort, to include wearing nothing. Which she said was not very common but was acceptable if you wanted. We had arrived on a Monday for a week and the resort was mostly empty with very few guests, so our first trip to the pool area we both wore G-strings but after swimming and laying around with no one else we removed our swimsuits. A short time after doing so a girl from the cafe came by and we went to cover-up and she motioned not to bother that we were fine, and she just wanted to know if we wanted anything from the bar or cafe. So after this encounter we were more at ease and we remained nude while at the resort. Even walking to and from the pool area to our room which passed through the lobby without any issues just friendly conversation. So on Friday afternoon when we returned from an excursion we noticed a tour bus in the parking lot. So we just went to our room and undressed and went to the pool to relax before dinner, but when we arrived there were around 50 people in the pool area completely clothed and a few of the ladies commented about us being NUDE and how discusting it was for us to be walking around without anything on...[/quote] Did you have to dress for meals? Anything else?ReactReply - MAmako09Nov 20, 2019
Yes we did have to dress for meals in the dining room but not for pool side
ReactReply - TDTom DDec 29, 2019[quote]I don't think it's rude to be clothed on a clothing-optional beach, but it really makes me wonder why someone would go to the trouble to be at a clothing-optional beach and then remain clothed. I remember being at a clothing-optional beach one time and there were two guys who were wearing excessively skimpy swimwear. In a very uncharacteristic moment, I boldly walked up to them and asked why they were bothering to wear swimsuits on a clothing-optional beach and, particularly, such tiny very-revealing suits. I got no reasonable answer from the and dropped it. I guess I felt like I had made my point. Like all of the nude beaches I've been to, this one was populated almost entirely by men -- so, what's the point of hiding your cock from a bunch of men. And this was way back in the 80s -- they clearly were not millennials -- who are frequently terrified at the idea that another man might see their pee pee. Additionally, based on accent, they were European (Italian, if I'm not mistaken). At any rate, not prudish Americans. So, I really didn't get it. Yes. I understand it was none of my business.[/quote] They were representing normal Italian swimwear customs. While very brief suits are common, full nudity is almost nonexistent. Why they chose a nude beach is a mystery.ReactReply
- EA
EarlDDec 29, 2019[quote]If it is a CO beach and people want to have cloths on it is their choice and, it wouldn't bother me as long as I could be nude even if I am the only one.[/quote] Never quite understand by people who moan and groan about being able to go nude on public beaches get bothered by being seen by others who are clothed isnt that what we want freedom to be clothes free even in an environment where others are clothedReactReply - EAEarlDDec 29, 2019[quote]If the beach is clearly signed as clothing-optional I can't see why everybody was avoiding the clothed contingent.[/quote] Exactly clothing optional isnt nude and if we dont ant clothed people on clothing optional beaches we are being hypocritical since that is what we are fighting for the option to not wear clothes on the beach.ReactReply
- NUnudeyooperDec 29, 2019
One concern is that if the number of clothed beach goers increases to the point that they demand that nudity be prohibited.
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