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If so, would you bring your family up as nudists, or would you bring them up non-nudists (clothed people) and let them decide for themselves at a later date instead of imposing your beliefs on them... or...

...would you bring your family up as non-nudists, or would you bring them up as nudists and let them decide for themselves at a later date instead of imposing your views on them?

Im naked right now.

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none of the above.

Anyone who doesn't follow my beliefs about the inherent evil of clothing will burn forever in ... oh, sorry, wrong thread.

I will admit to a guilty pleasure in wearing as little as possible around the house when I can, but if I had kids ... hmmm, I suppose if I and my spouse were both committed to that lifestyle, we probably would bring the kids up that way.

I like to be naked, although I don't get to be often. My kids tend to run around naked any chance they get, but I hear that's a "kid thing" and doesn't really mean much other than they are kids.

I would move to a nudist colony in a second if I had the money and knew I could get gluten free food there.

Not as a lifestyle. But I like being naked around the house. So my kids will probably have to get used to it.

I like to be naked, although I don't get to be often. My kids tend to run around naked any chance they get, but I hear that's a "kid thing" and doesn't really mean much other than they are kids.

I would move to a nudist colony in a second if I had the money and knew I could get gluten free food there.


would ya settle for gluten-free vegetarian food? :)

Not as a lifestyle. But I like being naked around the house. So my kids will probably have to get used to it.

And I can hear them now, Cabra ... "Mu-um, could you please put some clothes on when I have my friends over after school?" :D

And I can hear them now, Cabra ... "Mu-um, could you please put some clothes on when I have my friends over after school?" :D

It has become practice around here for my kids to strip off everything as soon as we walk in the door, I at least go to my room and change into PJ's, but they start getting butt naked on the porch almost. I bet my neighbors can't count how many times they have heard me yell while they were running from the Jeep to the door "DON'T GET NAKED, MOMMY JUST HAS TO PICK UP THE MAIL, WE AREN'T STAYING HOME LONG!"

hehehehe

God no.

And I can hear them now, Cabra ... "Mu-um, could you please put some clothes on when I have my friends over after school?" :D

"If you don't want to see me, go outside and play."



I' ain't taking no attitude from me own brats!

And I can hear them now, Cabra ... "Mu-um, could you please put some clothes on when I have my friends over after school?" :D


From what I've read, some nudists would naturally do that anyway due to not wanting to offend people

From what I've read, some nudists would naturally do that anyway due to not wanting to offend people

Trust me, seeing the three of us, me, Cabra and Smunkee in the altogether would fulfill your life and you could die happy. Didn't you know that everyone on NSG is gaw-geous?

Trust me, seeing the three of us, me, Cabra and Smunkee in the altogether would fulfill your life and you could die happy. Didn't you know that everyone on NSG is gaw-geous?

Gorgeous or not, if you wanna be nude, go for it.

Gorgeous or not, if you wanna be nude, go for it.

Well, sure, I was just saying I couldn't imagine anyone being offended, is all.

I would let my kids dress however they wanted or let them run around the house naked and I wouldnt give a damn. I would teach them that the public doesnt look so kindly on people running around without being covered unless one lives in a nudist colony, so they would have to cover up when outside the home.

From there they can decide what they want to do.

Foretunately, I wont have to make teach any kids anything because I can no longer have children - a simple medical procedure was all it took to free me from the fear of having a sniveling brat to take care of :D - w00tage!!!!!

... Foretunately, I wont have to make teach any kids anything because I can no longer have children - a simple medical procedure was all it took to free me from the fear of having a sniveling brat to take care of :D - w00tage!!!!!

But, who are you going to be a burden to in your old age? :confused:

But, who are you going to be a burden to in your old age? :confused:

my wife ;)

There is a 4 year old kid down the street from me who is a natural born adament and unapologetic nudist. His poor frazzled parents cant keep clothes on the kid for even a full day before he has abandoned them somewhere. Yesterday he and his two older siblings got hold of some halloween green spray on hair color. Thankfully the kind that washes right out. Later in the day the little guy was wandering around the neighborhood just as naked as usual but with the astonishing addition bright green hair and groin.

my wife ;)

That wont be any fun, she will be totally used to it by then:p

That wont be any fun, she will be totally used to it by then:p

Either that or she'll have forgotten who you are and not care.

There is a 4 year old kid down the street from me who is a natural born adament and unapologetic nudist. His poor frazzled parents cant keep clothes on the kid for even a full day before he has abandoned them somewhere. Yesterday he and his two older siblings got hold of some halloween green spray on hair color. Thankfully the kind that washes right out. Later in the day the little guy was wandering around the neighborhood just as naked as usual but with the astonishing addition bright green hair and groin.

That made me laugh just imagining it! :D

well she's younger than I am plus I'm already a burden so she'll have many years of torture before the alzheimers kicks in

well she's younger than I am plus I'm already a burden so she'll have many years of torture before the alzheimers kicks in

Just making sure. I, too, have no offspring but I do have several nieces and nephews who have some interesting surprises in store for them. :cool:

Just making sure. I, too, have no offspring but I do have several nieces and nephews who have some interesting surprises in store for them. :cool:


oh yeah, I'm hoping that the kids of my siblings, cousins, friends and in-laws will be succcessful and paying for my medical expenses and my extravagant future lifestyle as a world traveler.

Just making sure. I, too, have no offspring but I do have several nieces and nephews who have some interesting surprises in store for them. :cool:

Warning!
When I am Old
I will wear Purple!

When I am an old woman,
I shall wear purple - -
With a red hat which doesn't go,
and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves and satin sandles,
And say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
and gobble up samples in shops
and press alarm bells
and run with my stick along public railings,
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit!
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at ago,
or only bread and pickles for a week,
and hoard pens and pencils
and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry,
and pay our rent
and not swear in the street,
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner
and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me
are not too shocked and surprised
when suddenly I am old,
And start to wear purple!


--Jenny Joseph

Warning!
When I am Old
I will wear Purple!

When I am an old woman,
I shall wear purple - -
With a red hat which doesn't go,
and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves and satin sandles,
And say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
and gobble up samples in shops
and press alarm bells
and run with my stick along public railings,
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit!
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at ago,
or only bread and pickles for a week,
and hoard pens and pencils
and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry,
and pay our rent
and not swear in the street,
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner
and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me
are not too shocked and surprised
when suddenly I am old,
And start to wear purple!


--Jenny Joseph

Thank you, NB. :D And isn't it just too true that youth is horribly wasted on the young?

Thank you, NB. :D And isn't it just too true that youth is horribly wasted on the young?

Makes me wish I could stick straws into them and suck it out so it wouldnt be wasted!:p

Makes me wish I could stick straws into them and suck it out so it wouldnt be wasted!:p

Hmm, or maybe boil them down and distill the essence? If nothing else, we might get a little peace and quiet by getting some of them off the streets.

Im naked right now.

and why?

what a stupid topic!

and why?

what a stupid topic!

Then ... don't post to it. ;)

and why?

what a stupid topic!

Whyever not? I'm almost naked myself

Whyever not? I'm almost naked myself

*needs to learn how to hack someones PC and turn on their webcam without them knowing it*

I'm actually not very comfortable being totally nude, so I only do it during intimate moments, in the shower/tub, and during the occasional bout of skinny dipping.

I will, however, walk around in my own home in my underwear all the time. =)

*needs to learn how to hack someones PC and turn on their webcam without them knowing it*

Won't do you no good if said webcam is currently not connected to the PC :p

I'm actually not very comfortable being totally nude, so I only do it during intimate moments, in the shower/tub, and during the occasional bout of skinny dipping.

I will, however, walk around in my own home in my underwear all the time. =)

Underwear works. ;)

Whyever not? I'm almost naked myself

I am a fully functioning nudist under these clothes Im wearing.

Hmm, or maybe boil them down and distill the essence? If nothing else, we might get a little peace and quiet by getting some of them off the streets.

I am completely in favor of moving forward quickly on your proposal Farny. Think of the children. Shall we start this beneficial and selfless project humbly in our normal selfless style ?

I am completely in favor of moving forward quickly on your proposal Farny. Think of the children. Shall we start this beneficial and selfless project humbly in our normal selfless style ?

Absolutely! Too bad we didn't think of this earlier, we could have swept the Elections with the "Boil Down the Youth" Party.

Absolutely! Too bad we didn't think of this earlier, we could have swept the Elections with the "Boil Down the Youth" Party.

Hmmmm, the party line is excellent but I think our party needs a snappier name.
Let me throw some others out for you to think about.
The Evaporator Party
The Peace Rendering Party
The Melting Pot Party
National Party of Concentration and Distillation, Serving America's Youth since 2006

I think nudism demystifies nudity - and nudity should be mystical, it should be a definate symbol that nookie is imminent. Not the status quo.

Besides, most people look better in clothes, and they then also have the ability to chose how to look.

If it were a personal family-only environment I would say go for it. Nudist Colony? Not on a cold day in hell. A fair amount of Nudist Colonies are feeding grounds for child molesters.

If it were a personal family-only environment I would say go for it. Nudist Colony? Not on a cold day in hell. A fair amount of Nudist Colonies are feeding grounds for child molesters.

Ewwww. Really? I guess that's plausible I just never considered who might join a nudist colony or why.

If so, would you bring your family up as nudists, or would you bring them up non-nudists (clothed people) and let them decide for themselves at a later date instead of imposing your beliefs on them... or...

...would you bring your family up as non-nudists, or would you bring them up as nudists and let them decide for themselves at a later date instead of imposing your views on them?

I will teach my children that underneath all our clothes, we are all nudists.

If it were a personal family-only environment I would say go for it. Nudist Colony? Not on a cold day in hell. A fair amount of Nudist Colonies are feeding grounds for child molesters.

Really? How strange... my parents would take us for vacation to nudist camping grounds in Kroatia up until I was a teenager. One thing I have to say about these places is : there is NO place on earth that is more detrimental to any kind of sexual thought or feeling. Not a single one.

Being nude when alone with one or two others is sexy and exciting, being nude with a couple hundred people ranging from toddlers to senior citizens just isn't. You tend to stare for 5 minutes, and after that it's just as boring and normal as if everybody was dressed.

Really? How strange... my parents would take us for vacation to nudist camping grounds in Kroatia up until I was a teenager. One thing I have to say about these places is : there is NO place on earth that is more detrimental to any kind of sexual thought or feeling. Not a single one.

Being nude when alone with one or two others is sexy and exciting, being nude with a couple hundred people ranging from toddlers to senior citizens just isn't. You tend to stare for 5 minutes, and after that it's just as boring and normal as if everybody was dressed.

I don't know anything about nudist colonies in other countries. It may be different in a lot of places. It could also depend on the Nudist Colony itself. As a parent, if I were to consider a nudist colony, I would do some heavy checking around.

I can't post a link here as there are bound to be pictures of nudists, well... naked. However there is such a thing as the Naturists Hall of Shame that confronts the problem.

I don't know anything about nudist colonies in other countries. It may be different in a lot of places. It could also depend on the Nudist Colony itself. As a parent, if I were to consider a nudist colony, I would do some heavy checking around.

I can't post a link here as there are bound to be pictures of nudists, well... naked. However there is such a thing as the Naturalists Hall of Shame that confronts the problem.

Those were more "innocent" times. I'm pretty sure my parents never wasted a thought on scenarios like that. It was just a place where everyone was naked... same as in a Sauna.

Send me the link in a TG?

Those were more "innocent" times. I'm pretty sure my parents never wasted a thought on scenarios like that. It was just a place where everyone was naked... same as in a Sauna.

Send me the link in a TG?

Done. I'm sure it does not reflect nudists as a whole, but it is something to consider.

No. I'm never naked except for when I shower. I don't like being naked any more than neccessary.

If it were a personal family-only environment I would say go for it. Nudist Colony? Not on a cold day in hell. A fair amount of Nudist Colonies are feeding grounds for child molesters.


So are plenty of places where clothes are required, in sooooooooooo many countries. A nudist colony doesn't automatically equate to a pedo-fest -
it just happens to have too many paedophiles in it, not really different from the clothed parts of the world.

I think nudism demystifies nudity - and nudity should be mystical, it should be a definate symbol that nookie is imminent. Not the status quo.

Besides, most people look better in clothes, and they then also have the ability to chose how to look.

Tribes who are used to being nude would almost certainly disagree that clothed people look better than nude people, and almost certainly believe taht nude people look better

I don't know anything about nudist colonies in other countries. It may be different in a lot of places. It could also depend on the Nudist Colony itself. As a parent, if I were to consider a nudist colony, I would do some heavy checking around.

I can't post a link here as there are bound to be pictures of nudists, well... naked. However there is such a thing as the Naturists Hall of Shame that confronts the problem.

I have been on that website. It quotes a few example of paedophilia in nudist camps. However, it would be easy to make a website that quotes many more examples of paedophilia in the "clothed world". In addition, most of the website appears to be vague statements from people opposed to nudity, with very little evidence of paedophilia within nudist camps.

In short, what can happen in a nudist camp (padophilia, kids being beaten up, murder, etc.), can happen just as easily in the clothed world. Being in a nudist camp does not make those things any more or less likely. I would also do plenty of checking before taking my kids to a nudist camp, just as I would do plenty of checking before sending my kids to Camp America or any clothed resort for kids

not a nudist but a shy exhibitionist, i like being naked until i think someone will definitely be able to see me and discern that i am in fact naked, then i have to hide.

I like to be naked, although I don't get to be often. My kids tend to run around naked any chance they get, but I hear that's a "kid thing" and doesn't really mean much other than they are kids.

I would move to a nudist colony in a second if I had the money and knew I could get gluten free food there.
You are one lousy Christian.

You are one lousy Christian.

how's that? Adam and Eve were naked and God liked them a ton right up until they put "clothes" on.

how's that? Adam and Eve were naked and God liked them a ton right up until they put "clothes" on.
I'm pretty sure Jesus said something bad about it in the Bible.

But it is not only that. You have also been well known for the following: favoring small government, having a 'live and let live' attitude, raising little geniuses, and for being a major druggy in your earlier days. All of which are against Christ. Face it Smunkee, you are an Athiest!

I'm pretty sure Jesus said something bad about it in the Bible.

But it is not only that. You have also been well known for the following: favoring small government, having a 'live and let live' attitude, raising little geniuses, and for being a major druggy in your earlier days. All of which are against Christ. Face it Smunkee, you are an Athiest!

I don't think Jesus is concerned with the government, God is pretty live and let live too, it's after you die that He gets...well, concerned...I don't think God has anything against intelligence, and also I am non-druggy now but when I was I was an athiest, I had a major God experience not under the influence of anything so I can't be one now, I would be a hypocrite and I don't really fancy hypocrites. ;)

No, I'm not a nudist. I really don't like being naked. Probably because I'm embarrassed of that flab called my body. But anyway, I don't like being naked, and I believe that generally, it is sinful to be naked in front of other people. Certain situations excepted of course: sex, doctor, chaning clothes in front of spouse, small children in front of parents, etc.

no, and i laugh at anyone who is.

When I was at university and in the privacy of my room I was a nudist for much of the time and when at my boyfriends flat I frequently go about nude. It's just more comfortable. I do however feel uncomfortable beinf nude around others as I either get embarrassed or aroused...

No, I'm not a nudist. I really don't like being naked. Probably because I'm embarrassed of that flab called my body. But anyway, I don't like being naked, and I believe that generally, it is sinful to be naked in front of other people. Certain situations excepted of course: sex, doctor, chaning clothes in front of spouse, small children in front of parents, etc.

Sinful to be naked in front of others? :eek:

*lol Ok, not that it concerns me in any way, but I am curious : Why on earth would you think that?

No, but I don't believe in pants and am too lazy to dress after sex, frankly.

No, but I don't believe in pants and am too lazy to dress after sex, frankly.

The last time you dressed you were a virgin? :eek:

You are one lousy Christian.

No, YOU are for suggesting that God didn't do a good enough job of creating humans so you decide they should be covered up to hide God's crappy work. Babies are BORN naked. If God thought nudity was sinful, they would be born clothed. Or do you believe God is too weak to manage that?

I'm pretty sure Jesus said something bad about it in the Bible.

But it is not only that. You have also been well known for the following: favoring small government, having a 'live and let live' attitude, raising little geniuses, and for being a major druggy in your earlier days. All of which are against Christ. Face it Smunkee, you are an Athiest!

Ahem how is "early days" relevant? Looks to me like you are just trying to find ways to be hostile towards someone, and convieniently forgetting the forgiveness that Jesus preached.

I'd be a naturist if I owned my own property. At present, however, I'm in flats.

I don't like wearing a whole lot in the way of clothes if I don't have to. Does that make me a nudist? :p

I don't like wearing a whole lot in the way of clothes if I don't have to. Does that make me a nudist? :p

No, just makes you someone that should come over to my house. ;)

I don't like wearing a whole lot in the way of clothes if I don't have to. Does that make me a nudist? :p

No...that makes you...wait, let me get my camera....

No, YOU are for suggesting that God didn't do a good enough job of creating humans so you decide they should be covered up to hide God's crappy work. Babies are BORN naked. If God thought nudity was sinful, they would be born clothed. Or do you believe God is too weak to manage that?

No, he's right, you're one lousy Christian. How about learning some damned dogma, kiddo.

No...that makes you...wait, let me get my camera....

:eek: Bad! Come entertain me on gabberly, phulease?

No, he's right, you're one lousy Christian. How about learning some damned dogma, kiddo.

First off, I never claimed to be Christian in any post on here. Secondly, I've read a heck of a lot of the Bible, even some of the "Book of Mormon". God creates Adam and Eve, both naked, and has no prob with it. They sin by eating an apple from a tree from which they were forbidden to eat from - that was the sin, not the nudity. There are other references to nudity in the Bible, and where they are negative, they are not usually claimed to be messages on God's behalf or attributed to God (remember the Bible is not just what God said and did, it also reports various things that happened in the past (such as the killing of loads of kids ordered by a king who was afraid of Jesus ruling - but it was not in any way suggested that God had told him to do this) that were not performed by God or on God's behalf. Certain "dogma" has been created by people who have a problem with nudity - just because certain religions may act a certain way, it does not necessarilly mean they are acting in accordance with the religious book of their faith. And you believe that God is too weak to create babies clothed then?

*needs to learn how to hack someones PC and turn on their webcam without them knowing it*
Ditto

Sinful to be naked in front of others? :eek:

*lol Ok, not that it concerns me in any way, but I am curious : Why on earth would you think that?

Everyone knows that God hates it when his people are sexually aroused in any way.

And I'm not a nudist, usually because it's cold when I get out of bed.

Everyone knows that God hates it when his people are sexually aroused in any way.

And I'm not a nudist, usually because it's cold when I get out of bed.

But... being naked does not automatically mean being sexually aroused. Although that's the best combination :D

No, just makes you someone that should come over to my house. ;)

No...that makes you...wait, let me get my camera....

:eek: Bad!
*pushes Cluich & Cannot out of the way* Please, give the lady some air! *slyly raises her own camera*

But... being naked does not automatically mean being sexually aroused. Although that's the best combination :D

By far the best combination.

*pushes Cluich & Cannot out of the way* Please, give the lady some air! *slyly raises her own camera*

:eek: Whatever would you people do with such photos anyway? o_O

:eek: Whatever would you people do with such photos anyway? o_O

Perhaps you've heard of 'the internet?' :D

Topless at Miami South Beach is about as nudest as I have ever been in public.
That's as far as I take it.:eek:

I like to visit nude beaches every now and then but I'd prefer to raise my children according to the "standard behaviour" and let them decide for themselves when they're old/mature enough.

Ditto



Everyone knows that God hates it when his people are sexually aroused in any way.

And I'm not a nudist, usually because it's cold when I get out of bed.

What does sexual arousal have to do with nudity? In and of its self, NOTHING. It's the actions of the nude person (eg. mastubrating) that are sexual, or the thoughts of others that are sexual (and the nude person has no control over the thoughts of another person, plus that person is no less likely to get sexual thoughts if the nude person is clothed).

Nudity (as opposed to the actions of a nude person) does not equate to anything sexual.

Incidentally why would God hate sexual arousal if it's in the context of reproductive purposes?

I like to visit nude beaches every now and then but I'd prefer to raise my children according to the "standard behaviour" and let them decide for themselves when they're old/mature enough.

That kind of belief about what's "standard" or "acceptable" is the reason I worded the first post the way I did. There's no "standard" behaviour - in some countries nudity is openly-practiced (with no "designated areas" required), in some it is frowned upon.

I could turn what you said on it's head and say "I'd prefer to raise my children to the "standard behaviour" of being nude and let them decide for themselves when they are old/mature enough, rather than forcing them to wear clothes, imposing/forcing my views on them".

I'm only a nudist when it's me, my husband and/or my small daughter around. (We still take showers together... she's not old enough for that to be weird.) I tend to take off my top if I'm hot, at least. As to being a nudist with other people around and nude... notta chance. My daughter however, will run around nude whenever she gets a chance, wherever she gets a chance.

I'm only a nudist when it's me, my husband and/or my small daughter around. (We still take showers together... she's not old enough for that to be weird.) I tend to take off my top if I'm hot, at least. As to being a nudist with other people around and nude... notta chance. My daughter however, will run around nude whenever she gets a chance, wherever she gets a chance.

For some people it probably aint weird whatever their age to take showers together, for example in certain nudist/naturist families where the shower is big enough to mean no "uncomfortable" contact

Perhaps you've heard of 'the internet?' :D

Could there be a profit in this for me? :p

For some people it probably aint weird whatever their age to take showers together, for example in certain nudist/naturist families where the shower is big enough to mean no "uncomfortable" contact
There are a lot of cultures where communal bathing is quite normal (Japan for one, I think, though I don't know for a fact).

I'm not a nudist myself; I've been a little bit too thoroughly conditioned.

On the other hand, I really enjoy skinny dipping. And being naked is much more normal and relaxing than wearing a bunch of strange pieces of cloth all over your body.