Certification — Couple's Room on True Nudists

Jim ShortsOriginal Poster

Aug 5, 2015

I want to get certified, but I don't think I'd be allowed to, because my
wife is not a naturist. She certainly wouldn't want her photo posted
here. The fact that married couples must post a picture of both of
themselves is rather discriminatory, and I still want people to know I'm
not single.

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ME
Member
Aug 5, 2015
If both people aren't in the picture then every single phoney guy would be certifying themselves as a couple, the purpose would be defeated.
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ME
Member
Aug 5, 2015
[quote]If both people aren't in the picture then every single phoney guy would be certifying themselves as a couple, the purpose would be defeated.
[/quote]Exactly
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Keith
Aug 6, 2015
[quote]I want to get certified, but I don't think I'd be allowed to, because my wife is not a naturist. She certainly wouldn't want her photo posted here. The fact that married couples must post a picture of both of themselves is rather discriminatory, and I still want people to know I'm not single.[/quote]I am in the same boat Jim. So as far as certification goes we can't, as my wife does not want me to post any of her nude pics on the net. But I can here the moans from the self appointed site police, there not on public display.. so what! I support my wife's decision. So I will remain uncertified, as we are a couple not 2 individual singles.
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Steve
Aug 6, 2015
Ausmanvic is on as a couple; JimShorts is on as a married man. Jim, you can certify your profile with just your own photo - that's what I've done. It makes sense, since my partner does not participate or post. Acreepymarried man would probably not be listing himself as married.

You can change anything in your profile, including marital status,afterbeing certified, except your user name or your male/female/couple gender indication. The latter two changes require re-certification.
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Jim ShortsOriginal Poster
Aug 7, 2015
[quote]Ausmanvic is on as a couple; JimShorts is on as a married man. Jim, you can certify your profile with just your own photo - that's what I've done. It makes sense, since my partner does not participate or post. Acreepymarried man would probably not be listing himself as married.

You can change anything in your profile, including marital status,afterbeing certified, except your user name or your male/female/couple gender indication. The latter two changes require re-certification.
[/quote]Thanks, Steve. I thought about the things you mention, because I really want to be certified, but really only for one reason, so far. I figure I'll just adjust things later. They say they want to verify users' identities, but that doesn't make any sense, because any one can use a fake name and picture.
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Steve
Aug 8, 2015
It would have to be pretty sophisticated fake, since they want you to pose with a sign bearing your user name, one clothed and one naked. So you'd have to find a photo of the same person clothed and naked, holding something, and then photoshop in a sign, and its shadow &c.

I don't know if TN does this, but another nudist site I joined actually sent me a confirming e-mail query because my submitted photo didn't have appropriate meta-data (I had used Paint to reduce its size.)

So certification is actually pretty solid.

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Jim ShortsOriginal Poster
Aug 11, 2015
[quote]I want to get certified, but I don't think I'd be allowed to, because my wife is not a naturist. She certainly wouldn't want her photo posted here. The fact that married couples must post a picture of both of themselves is rather discriminatory, and I still want people to know I'm not single.[/quote]Well, I tinkered with it, and I put in for my certification today to make other site users happy. I didn't realize one could change their profile photo without getting certified, and I wonder how many other people know that. We'll see what happens. I wonder how long it usually takes.
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David
Aug 11, 2015
Usually it is a short period between your submission and certification. It's a good thing to do and while not impossible to fake, lends a great deal of credibility to your profile and posts.

Congratulations on making the effort to get certified!
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Jim ShortsOriginal Poster
Aug 12, 2015
My final solution was to post a picture of myself, change my relationship setting back to married and not get certified. I didn't realize that one could do all that like that. That should appease other users, and I'll start friending more folks. I don't think a lot of people realize that they can post a primary profile picture of themselves without being certified.
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StevieLorna
Aug 12, 2015
Is it not just a simple matter of getting yourself certified and making it clear in your profile info that you are married but your wife is not a naturist?

It seems reading through some of the comments that it's quite common for only the male half of the partnership to like naturism.

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GSNPhil
Aug 18, 2015
I'm not sure whether or not I'm allowed here (I'm not a couple) and maybe I should ask this question in the FAQ forum. But this is the only Certification thread I could find. I guess if my laptop explodes, I'll know I'm in the wrong place... but I'll be glad to just leave if asked. :-) Anyhow, I just now sent my photos in to be certified, but my printer ran out of color ink so the TrueNudists lettering didn't show up. The rest (Username etc) printed out fine in black ink. So I wrote TrueNudists in by hand with a black marker and followed the rest of the instructions. Will that be good enough? If not, I guess I'll go buy some color ink and start over. But it might be another 48 hours before I hear something back from the process. I'm hoping I'll hear from somebody here that might know before then.
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ManOfWicklow
Aug 18, 2015
[quote]I'm not sure whether or not I'm allowed here (I'm not a couple) and maybe I should ask this question in the FAQ forum. But this is the only Certification thread I could find. I guess if my laptop explodes, I'll know I'm in the wrong place... but I'll be glad to just leave if asked. :-) Anyhow, I just now sent my photos in to be certified, but my printer ran out of color ink so the TrueNudists lettering didn't show up. The rest (Username etc) printed out fine in black ink. So I wrote TrueNudists in by hand with a black marker and followed the rest of the instructions. Will that be good enough? If not, I guess I'll go buy some color ink and start over. But it might be another 48 hours before I hear something back from the process. I'm hoping I'll hear from somebody here that might know before then.
[/quote]You are certified, so it must have been good enough.
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GSNPhil
Aug 18, 2015
LOL! Jeeeze and that was pretty quick :-)Thanks :-)
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GSNPhil
Aug 21, 2015
[quote]The one nude and one clothed picture you send in for certification DO NOT go directly to your profile
[/quote]Exactly (this is in NatBratt's message #12 ^^up thread). There seems to be some confusion about this. In fact, I've seen some certified profiles with no photos at all. The only way they can get on your profile is if you upload them there yourself in a process separate and in addition to the certification process.
Anyhow, I have a question for anyone who might know. I went through the certification process which wasn't complicated at all, but I still haven't figured out the reason for the second photo. Seems like one photo with the sign would be enough to make sure someone is who they say they are. I've been certified for a few days now so it's not a case of me having a problem with two. I don't. I'm just curious about the purpose of a second photo. Both of mine looked exactly alike except for some clothes. Anybody know the purpose of a second photo? And by the way, I've been thinking that a good idea would be a photo ID (like a drivers license for example) held up with, or taped to the sign. It would need to be close enough to the camera to be readable of course. What would y'all think of that idea?

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Steve
Aug 21, 2015
For the Photoshop-skilled faker, the first thing needed is a photo to start with, onto which the TN sign can be grafted. There are WAY more nude photos out there than there are pairs of photos, one clothed and one nude, of the same person standing in front of a camera. So the second photo makes certification much harder to fake.
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GSNPhil
Aug 21, 2015
[quote]more nude photos out there than there are pairs of photos, one clothed and one nude, of the same person[/quote]aha.... ok makes sense.... thanks :-)
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John
Jul 5, 2016
Jim,
Since your wife is not opposed to nudity, I encourage you to get certified as a couple. Her certification picture does not get posted on you profile or anywhere else. It is deleted by the admin after certification. I know that sounds risky but I have never heard anyone on here complain that their cert pic showed up anywhere. Some members choose on their own to post their picture but that is their choice.
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Keith
Jul 30, 2016
My wife and I are nudist, we basically home nudist, but we attend social nudist events when we can (when we are in Australia).
I joined this site as a single, before I met and converted my current wife to the nudist lifestyle. Having achieved this goal I changed my profile to include her details and identify us as a nudist couple which we are.
However my wife is Asian and as such still has hangups re public nudity especially posting nude pics of herself on the net. Even if the pics are not for general viewing such as the certification photos.
Because I love and respect my wife I will not break the trust I have with her by uploading nude pics of her on the net to enable certification just to satisfy some people on here.
If you won't believe we are a couple that's your loss not ours. Get over it.

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MR
Mr.
Aug 23, 2017
Where may I get a template or example of the certification document? Thanks!
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Lakeman221
Aug 23, 2017
[quote]Where may I get a template or example of the certification document? Thanks![/quote] Go to your My Feed page and look down in the left hand column for the word certification. Click on that and follow the instructions.
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