OK here are some thoughts. There are my thoughts only. I've been (luckily) going to Shangri La Ranch out here in the Phoenix area. It has been absolutely fantastic, I've never been to a resort this frequently and the more I go the more I want to be there. I get there around 4 times a week for somewhere around 2 to 3 hours each time (usually mid day) and BTW my all over tan is outstanding I'm very proud of it.
The highlight of each visit is the fantastic stroll I take around the entire grounds. If it were up to me I would stroll around the entire time I'm there, the beautiful feeling of walking around without clothes is great!
Every time I visit, I take my clothes off as soon as I get in the car, and I don't put them back on until I get back to my residence. It is another awesome aspect of the visit.
So the thing I discovered is that this particular resort is "clothing optional" not nudist. Now I know for newbies that is an attraction because they are hesitant etc. But for me, I would definitely prefer a nudist resort. There are a fair number of people who have various states of clothes on, and for me I would prefer everyone to be nude like me.
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nudonyMay 23, 2022[quote]Yes some need time to 'transition' to nudism but would it be better to 'just jump in'? [/quote] If it could be done, I think it would be interesting to poll "formerly reluctant spouses" (who took time "transitioning") on whether they feel "gradual acclimatization" was truly beneficial. Because my "anecdotal evidence" suggests that women who took that approach - and ended up socially nude down the road - often expressed that they "wished they'd just done it earlier." After waffling initially on social nudity, my (first) wife decided to take a "gradual acclimatization" approach, which included being nude only to swim or away from other people, and being at least partially covered when interacting with other nudists. The only issue was that once she got "on the fence", she couldn't quite make up her mind about "getting off of it." It was only after several trips, and quite some time, that an interaction with some friendly nudist women gave her the "push" to finally get "off the fence." Her "compulsive covering-up" was brought up - in a friendly way, which motivated her decision to drop her sarong and be completely naked with them. Once she made "the jump", she was "off the fence" and chose to be naked around other nudists from then on. She would agree that "gradual acclimatization" didn't really work for her. And my "anecdotal evidence" would suggest it rarely does - at least not in a long-term manner. My (current) wife would say it does work; but then her own "gradual acclimatization" occurred over mere hours - not many months. On her first trip she started out with a cover-up; and by the end of the day she was walking around the pool area naked. Once you get "on the fence" about being seen naked; the longer you stretch it out, the harder it is to "get off of it." That being said, I also recognize the fact that some reluctant spouses specifically choose to "accompany but not participate." C/O might then be an appropriate consensus for these couples. But the idea of C/O combined with extended "gradual acclimatization" to avoid "jumping in" actually complicates the "process", IMHO.ReactReply