The Freedom of living a Naturist Lifestyle

My wife and I recently took our sailboat for a sunset dinner cruise. We had also invited four other couples who all knew we were Naturists, but outside of asking questions, they were never around us when either my wife or I were nude.

Naturism, for us, is not meant to shock or surprise anyone, and we would never intentionally make anyone uncomfortable. So, when with non-nudists, we remain fully clothed, but we never deny our lifestyle.

As we moved away from the shoreline, one of our friends asked if we ever sailed while naked. My wife laughed and replied that we normally were already nude when we reached this point heading out. Our friends seemed to be in disbelief, and all talked and agreed that my wife and I should get naked if we wanted to.

After being reassured that nobody would be shocked or offended, my wife and I quickly undressed.

The biggest question was if we were embarrassed. We explained that our nudity was not sexual but how we were born and our natural state. Each of our bodies is unique and beautiful, and nobody should ever be embarrassed or ashamed of their own nudity.

It took some time, but our nakedness was almost contagious, and as it grew dark, slowly, each of the others undressed. There was a lot of laughter and joking and most said it was “fun” but not something they could do again or tell anyone they did.

It is very sad that, as a society, we hold such connections between our natural naked state and sexual arousal. We were asked several times if we were swingers, and we told them no, but there seemed to be a mindset that human nudity was directly connected to sexual activity.

We told all of them to look at the AANR site and to research social nudity and freedom themselves.

Everyone was fully re-clothed when we began our nighttime sail back to the marina under the moonlight and stars. My wife and I remained naked until we were safely back docked.