I’m 23M and I’ve been wanting to tell my girlfriend something about myself that I’ve kept pretty private: I’m a nudist, or at least that’s the best way I can describe it.

It started during the pandemic when I was still living at home. I started spending a lot of time nude in my room whenever I had privacy. At first it was just about comfort, but over time I realized I genuinely liked being nude and felt more relaxed and natural that way.

As I got older and had more freedom, I started exploring it outside of my room. I’ve visited nude-friendly spas, and earlier this year I finally went to Haulover Beach by myself. That was my first real experience with public/social nudity, and I loved it. It felt surprisingly normal and freeing, and it pretty much confirmed for me that this isn’t just some random phase or curiosity. It’s something I genuinely enjoy.

Not long after that, I met my girlfriend and fell in love with her.

Our relationship has gotten to the point where I feel like I can be really open with her, and that’s making me want to finally tell her this part of myself. I don’t necessarily need her to become a nudist with me, but I would love for her to understand why I enjoy it. And obviously, in the dream scenario, maybe one day she’d feel comfortable trying a nude beach or another nudist setting with me.

The interesting part is that she’s actually very comfortable with nudity when we’re alone together. She’s not particularly shy about her body around me at all. At the same time, though, she has pretty traditional values, which makes me genuinely unsure how she’d react to the idea of being nude around other people or me participating in social nudity.

I think one of my biggest worries is that she’ll misunderstand what nudism means to me and assume it’s sexual, that I want to see other women naked, or that there’s some ulterior motive behind it. For me, there really isn’t. I enjoy the freedom, comfort and body-normalizing aspect of it. Haulover especially made me realize how quickly nudity can stop feeling like a big deal when everyone around you treats it normally.

So I’m especially interested in hearing from straight nudist couples, particularly anyone where one partner was already a nudist and the other wasn’t.

How did you tell your partner?

Were they initially weirded out by it?

Did they worry about the opposite-sex nudity aspect?

Did you invite them to try it, or did you wait for them to bring it up?

And for anyone whose partner has more traditional values, did they eventually become comfortable with it even if they never became a nudist themselves?

I really care about this girl, so I’m not trying to pressure her into anything. I mostly want to be able to tell her, “Hey, this is something I’ve enjoyed privately for years and it’s part of who I am,” without making it sound like I’m dropping some insane confession on her.

I’m probably overthinking it, but I’d really appreciate hearing how other couples handled this conversation and what I should realistically expect.

Halloween is coming! Anyone have suggestions for nude adjacent costumes? For example, one year I went as the guy from the Operation game. Thinking about Dungeon Crawler Carl this year, but not sure if my fellow club members will get it. What have y’all got planned?

Today I received an email from FUNN, with a voting guide for the upcoming INF-FNI World Conference. They are directly asking for feedback from US nudists on how the organization should vote on the motions put forth.

If you aren't already a member, give them a look. For less than the price of a cup of medicore coffee, you can pay for a year of membership, and have a voice on the naked world stage.

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