Incremental Comfort? — Frequently Asked Questions on True Nudists

Tom DOriginal Poster

Dec 30, 2020

While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ?
Mine is incremental.
Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones.

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Steve
Dec 30, 2020
I'm pretty much all or nothing. If it's chilly in the house, I'm in a nightshirt and pajama bottoms and maybe socks. For farmwork, jeans, long-sleeved shirt, boots, hat, gloves - if I need protection from bugs, brush, or sun - otherwise naked. Social gatherings, long pants and a shirt. If I have a reason - other than the brute legalities of the situation - to cover up, I don't have a sense that some body parts need more protection than others, so I just go ahead and cover up.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Apr 11, 2021
[quote]While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ? Mine is incremental. Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones.[/quote] Opposite of what I started the thread with, but last night at dinner I was wearing my shortest shorts and nothing else and felt very overdressed and inpatient to get them off!
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Paul
Apr 11, 2021
Someone suggested that oversized basketball shorts are pretty good if you have to have something on. I bought a pair that's at least two sizes too big. Without the tie at the waist, they would just fall off. I wear a t-shirt with them. I don't like wearing them, but it could be a lot worse.
It's incremental to a degree, but there's still a big jump between wearing almost nothing and wearing nothing at all.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Apr 11, 2021
Do you wear them without a shirt where and when you can? In warm weather, I wear a shirt only when going some place that requires it. I put one on when I get there and remove it as soon as I am out the door!
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Reuben Titus
Apr 16, 2021
Incremental I find. Nothing is best, loose mesh shorts next best, a bit heavier and more coverage less comfortable, on to full clothing being least desirable. But the weather dictates for physical comfort, and company makes me mentally uneasy with less, unless that company is a fellow lover of clothes free living. When It gets cool the shirt goes on first, then more. But i find it much less attractive to work if I have to wear something for warmth. I'm talking work in the garden/woods, outside work in nature. But from now through Oct it's pretty much warm enough for full time nude work time. And I plan on spending more time at it than ever this year.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Apr 16, 2021
[quote]Incremental I find. Nothing is best, loose mesh shorts next best, a bit heavier and more coverage less comfortable, on to full clothing being least desirable. But the weather dictates for physical comfort, and company makes me mentally uneasy with less, unless that company is a fellow lover of clothes free living. When It gets cool the shirt goes on first, then more. But i find it much less attractive to work if I have to wear something for warmth. I'm talking work in the garden/woods, outside work in nature. But from now through Oct it's pretty much warm enough for full time nude work time. And I plan on spending more time at it than ever this year.[/quote] My crotch, rear and feet all get cold before my chest and shoulders, so when I add clothing for cooler temperatures it is shorts first, foot covering second, and shirt last.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
May 19, 2021
[quote]While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ?Mine is incremental.Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones. Opposite of what I started the thread with, but last night at dinner I was wearing my shortest shorts and nothing else and felt very overdressed and inpatient to get them off![/quote] Actually I have been wearing the short shorts often at home when I can't be nude and the annoying feeling of having very little on is not getting any better. The feeling that I can't wait to get them off and be nude is even stronger than when I am wearing moderate shorts.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
May 19, 2021
[quote]While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ?Mine is incremental.Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones.[/quote]

Should have included that one exception is a swim brief v short swim shorts, When I retired, I had a privacy fence installed around our pool and deck, so I had a lot more opportunity to be nude. Shortly thereafter, I stopped wearing underwear. Between the two, swim briefs began to feel terribly confining.
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Paul
May 19, 2021
For me, it moves incrementally as I wear less and less, but there's a huge gap between one piece of clothing (shorts) and being nude.
As long as I'm required to act as if there's something shameful about my body, I'm a very long way from the freedom of nudity.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
May 19, 2021
[quote]For me, it moves incrementally as I wear less and less, but there's a huge gap between one piece of clothing (shorts) and being nude. As long as I'm required to act as if there's something shameful about my body, I'm a very long way from the freedom of nudity.[/quote] While certainly nude is ideal and most freeing and comfortable, I gain a significant increased feeling of comfort and freedom when going from shirted to shirtless and long pants to shorts.
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neoshaboy
May 19, 2021
[quote]While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ? Mine is incremental. Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones.[/quote] As a retired gent who lives the nudist lifestyle, I keep clothes wearing to only one day every two weeks when I go grocery shopping, have appointments, and run errands. When I do go out on that every two week day I wear a shirt, boxer underwear and a pair of shorts and sandals. It does not bother me being dressed, but I do appreciate getting back home and removing all my clothes. I do keep a pair of loose stretchy shorts by the door in case someone rings the bell or if I need to take out the trash.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
May 19, 2021
[quote]While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ?Mine is incremental.Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones. As a retired gent who lives the nudist lifestyle, I keep clothes wearing to only one day every two weeks when I go grocery shopping, have appointments, and run errands. When I do go out on that every two week day I wear a shirt, boxer underwear and a pair of shorts and sandals. It does not bother me being dressed, but I do appreciate getting back home and removing all my clothes. I do keep a pair of loose stretchy shorts by the door in case someone rings the bell or if I need to take out the trash.[/quote] Sounds like the only clothing you would have to wash would be one shirt, one boxers and 2 shorts every 2 weeks. Do you just combine it with sheets and towels?
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Aug 11, 2021
[quote]While being nude is most comfortable, do you find that your comfort level increases incrementally or is it more all or nothing for you ?Mine is incremental.Wearing just shorts is far more comfortable than being fully dressed, and short shorts are slightly more comfortable than longer ones.Opposite of what I started the thread with, but last night at dinner I was wearing my shortest shorts and nothing else and felt very overdressed and inpatient to get them off! Actually I have been wearing the short shorts often at home when I can't be nude and the annoying feeling of having very little on is not getting any better. The feeling that I can't wait to get them off and be nude is even stronger than when I am wearing moderate shorts.[/quote] Shortest shorts feel more annoying and confining every time I wear them. Considering either opening the side and crotch seams for more freedom or just ripping them to shreds. Anyone prefer one idea over the other?
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noodengr2
Aug 11, 2021
Incremental
totally bare is best, but i do wear things as required. First thing I don if a bit of modesty is required is my 'barely there' shorts which are an elastic waist band with flaps of fabric front and back sides slit. To a passing motorist they pass for cover as I mow the front yard. . Most folks would consider themselves naked wearing them, but i feel over dressed. I will don short shorts and a tank top if a bit more modesty is required. Then longer shorts and t-shirt
I am usually the last to give up shorts in the fall and first to put them on in the spring. Winter around home I often wear only an open long sleeved shirt. I find if I keep my shoulders and top of my back warn the rest of me is comfy. Socks will go on next.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Aug 12, 2021
[quote]Incremental totally bare is best, but i do wear things as required. First thing I don if a bit of modesty is required is my 'barely there' shorts which are an elastic waist band with flaps of fabric front and back sides slit. To a passing motorist they pass for cover as I mow the front yard. . Most folks would consider themselves naked wearing them, but i feel over dressed. I will don short shorts and a tank top if a bit more modesty is required. Then longer shorts and t-shirt I am usually the last to give up shorts in the fall and first to put them on in the spring. Winter around home I often wear only an open long sleeved shirt. I find if I keep my shoulders and top of my back warn the rest of me is comfy. Socks will go on next.[/quote] Do you sometimes wear regular short shorts without a shirt?
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Guzzi27
Aug 12, 2021
I am pretty much all or nothing. If I can be naked then I will be, and I will enjoy it. If it isnt appropriate I will dress as needed and not try and minimise what I am wearing out if a desire to be closer to being naked. So depending on the weather/circumstances that can be anything from short/t shirt to fully suited and booted with coat. Going commando does nothing for me if I am dressed, it has nothing to do with naturism and dont feel it freeing. So always wear underwear if dressed, dont wear unduly short shorts etc.
I would far rather be naked, but if not so be it. I dont get any satisfaction out of manufacturing a situation so I can claim I am as naked as I can be, if I am not.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Sep 23, 2021
[quote]I am pretty much all or nothing. If I can be naked then I will be, and I will enjoy it. If it isnt appropriate I will dress as needed and not try and minimise what I am wearing out if a desire to be closer to being naked. So depending on the weather/circumstances that can be anything from short/t shirt to fully suited and booted with coat. Going commando does nothing for me if I am dressed, it has nothing to do with naturism and dont feel it freeing. So always wear underwear if dressed, dont wear unduly short shorts etc. I would far rather be naked, but if not so be it. I dont get any satisfaction out of manufacturing a situation so I can claim I am as naked as I can be, if I am not.[/quote] Do you ever wear just shorts and no shirt? That is my most common summer attire when I can't be nude.
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Reuben Titus
Sep 24, 2021
I find the most comfortable shorts are those cheap grey cotton/polyester blend, a size or two too large and the legs chopped off shorter than they come leaving just enough of the crotch to tie front to back. they are loose and drape like a short kilt, the crotch tie keeps them from falling away too easily and revealing too much, (without that I'd have to go with a longer drape) but I still have to be careful when doing certain things with others around, like crawling under a vehicle to work on it. But I can walk around and work in the presence of the non nude compatible and look well enough covered they don't think anything of it. They feel as free as possible short of loosing them.
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John
Oct 17, 2021
I guess I'm not entirely sure I understand the question, but I'll take my best shot. When I get home, the VERY first thing I do is get out of my clothes. Which from April through Oct. isn't much. I'm in SW Arizona, so my attire is a golf shirt, sport shorts and sandals. No socks. No underwear. The very last thing I do when leaving the house is dress. I hate clothes. It's hard to be in between. Unfortunately, when the house drops less than 80, I have to don socks or slippers. When I do feel chilly, I'll first sit with a light blanket. The last line of defense against cold is an oversized T. And I'm not a big fan of that. SO I guess with me, there really is no such thing as incremental comfort. I HATE CLOTHES. I've just learned to tolerate them when forced to.
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Mcdcvs
Oct 29, 2021
[quote]Unfortunately, when the house drops less than 80, I have to don socks or slippers. When I do feel chilly, I'll first sit with a light blanket.[/quote] If it is above 50 here in Colorado, we are wearing shorts and Sandals. At 80, it is time to go to the club and stay naked all day.
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Activelynaked
Jan 1, 2022
I can be shirtless outside, but then I start to get a nagging feeling in my shorts, socks, and shoes. To be comfortable and without the nagging feeling I have to tear everything else off as well leaving me with nothing but naked and barefoot without glasses, shoes, jewelry etc either. Just me as naked as when born.
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