RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

Local laws and taboos - laws on how much nudity is permissible varies from country to country. A global nomad for most of my life - having lived in a dozen different countries - I have had to adjust to new realities a number of times moving up and down on the scale from almost no restrictions on where and how naked you can be to total ban on all forms of nudity. Moving from a restrictive to a liberal environment is easy. Moving the other way can be tough. Unfortunately I could not pick and chose my countries based on my desire to live as much of my life as possible naked.Do you plan to spend your retirement in a nude friendly country?

I am looking forward to the end of the pandemic when I again can travel and spend my holidays in naked friendly countries.

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RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

Local laws and taboos - laws on how much nudity is permissible varies from country to country. A global nomad for most of my life - having lived in a dozen different countries - I have had to adjust to new realities a number of times moving up and down on the scale from almost no restrictions on where and how naked you can be to total ban on all forms of nudity. Moving from a restrictive to a liberal environment is easy. Moving the other way can be tough. Unfortunately I could not pick and chose my countries based on my desire to live as much of my life as possible naked.Do you plan to spend your retirement in a nude friendly country?I am looking forward to the end of the pandemic when I again can travel and spend my holidays in naked friendly countries.
I understand that will come sooner, but at age 70 you probably are at least considering retirement. Do those thoughts include living in a nude friendly location?

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RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

Local laws and taboos - laws on how much nudity is permissible varies from country to country. A global nomad for most of my life - having lived in a dozen different countries - I have had to adjust to new realities a number of times moving up and down on the scale from almost no restrictions on where and how naked you can be to total ban on all forms of nudity. Moving from a restrictive to a liberal environment is easy. Moving the other way can be tough. Unfortunately I could not pick and chose my countries based on my desire to live as much of my life as possible naked.Do you plan to spend your retirement in a nude friendly country?I am looking forward to the end of the pandemic when I again can travel and spend my holidays in naked friendly countries.I understand that will come sooner, but at age 70 you probably are at least considering retirement. Do those thoughts include living in a nude friendly location?

Already semi-retired and pursuing one of my hobbies as a new part-time career. This is best done at my current location. Therefore I will for the time being continue to live out my nudist lifestyle mainly during overseas travel which will hopefully soon become possible again.

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RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

the surrounding societies disapproval of it is the biggest hindrance. If nude were common and no big deal with plenty of people living and working and playing nude it'd be great.

I was as a child extremely shy and scared to be seen, and that shifted mostly to being frightened to be seen nude. And my mother's attitude of 'nude is lewd' didn't help. But it backfired in lust addiction. The process of overcoming that issue finally led to naturism, which solved it, and intentionally deciding to try to defeat the 'scared to be seen nude' issue. But I'm still pretty sensitive to people's feelings on it and only comfortable nude with others when I know they are not only fine with it but want to be nude too. But that doesn't happen very often. And I'm a strong sigma type and happy alone, work alone best, social groups are ok but create a low level of tension in my mind and I need alone time to relax, unless the company is someone I can be really comfortable with. It's easier to be comfortable with someone who is nude and enjoys it while not making anything of it morally, just leaving it as part of the neutral background of life.

Fortunately I have land and can get away from the people back on it to work on agriculture and forest work, there I can drop the clothes and be comfortable.

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Putting aside that it is illegal in the State in which I live and border lockdowns prohibiting travel to interstate legal nude beaches...

The SO issue is the key one along with having one of our offspring still at home to a lesser degree.

I am really keen to be social within the nude community, but not solo and while my SO is not a willing participant there is a severe time limit in which this could be achieved.

Would like to know how other men have been able to bring their wife successfully into the nude community.

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RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

free time.

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RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

My wife's love of "brunching" with friends on week ends...

I've had to watch a few sunny and warm week ends "pass me by"; because her "brunch plans" prevented us from making it to the resort. I respect her need for non-nudist socialization...but darn!

The good news: I brought it to her attention recently and she agreed to compromise by freeing up her Sundays. So I guess I can't actually complain; since she is willing to split her time between socializing with her friends and nude recreation.

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Children at home who are not nudists and don't like us being nude around them.

I hear that! Nakedness was not permitted in my house by my ex and the boys did not cross her or there would be drama for all. Now that they are older and on there own she does not matter anymore it just became a no-go zone.

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RE:What is your greatest hinderance to enjoying nudity?

My wife's love of "brunching" with friends on week ends...I've had to watch a few sunny and warm week ends "pass me by"; because her "brunch plans" prevented us from making it to the resort. I respect her need for non-nudist socialization...but darn!The good news: I brought it to her attention recently and she agreed to compromise by freeing up her Sundays. So I guess I can't actually complain; since she is willing to split her time between socializing with her friends and nude recreation.

I reached a similar compromise with my wife about having her friends over for lunch.
She can have them here as long as I can swim and sun in the back yard if I close the back curtains.

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Compromise is a good thing. To oft that isn't even a doable.

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