I live with my parents (I’m 20), and at times I have a sort of nudist lifestyle – nothing away from home, just being nude when I’m the only person in the house or the only person awake late at night. And although I’ve only done it twice so far, I also like to swim in the nude in our pool. But our neighbors (there’s only one other house in view of our pool) have a second-floor deck, so it’s possible for me to be seen if I’m not careful about my nude swimming. Our above-ground pool is kind of small, but manageably-sized, an 18-foot-wide circle about 3.5 feet deep. There is a fence separating our yards, but it’s only about 4 feet tall (about as tall as our pool’s walls), and there’s a gap between each fence post about 1 inch wide or so – so it doesn’t provide much privacy in that regard.
I don’t think there’s really anything wrong with my nudist tendencies, as I don’t do it to show off or for any sexual thing – I just like the way it feels, especially when I go swimming. And when in the presence of other people (at home, in the pool, anywhere), I show them the courtesy of being clothed. Therefore, nobody knows about my nudism: my family, my friends, our neighbors, even my girlfriend. And I don’t know any of their opinions on nudism, either.
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice on what I could do to help continue my nudist tendencies without worrying about what other people will think? Should I try to explain these things to my family, friends, etc., and if yes, then how would I go about doing that? Can I just swim nude as I please, even at the risk of being noticed by a neighbor?
And please, I only want potentially helpful answers, thank you.
(By the way, if this question seems to be in the wrong category, I’m sorry. I don’t know exactly what this question would be considered.)
On a related note: Could I perhaps sit out or sunbathe in the nude on my porch without any worry? Like the pool, it would be visible from the neighbors’ porch and yard, and although my house’s porch has a railing around it, there are even larger gaps in it than those of the fence posts (probably around 4-5 inches), which might make me visible from the road my house is adjacent to. (And if I were to do this, I’d obviously have sunscreen all over.)
In a recent development, I’ve now told my girlfriend about my nudist tendencies (except for the skinny dipping – since she doesn’t like to swim anyway), and she’s thankfully very open-minded about it. She’s accepted that she can casually see me nude, and while she’s a bit uneasy about nudism for herself, she’s okay with being topless around me. So on a day in the very near future, some time when my parents aren’t home, she and I can have a less-clothed hang-out.
(And I don’t know why I didn’t mention this before, but in addition to my daytime nudism, I also have been sleeping in the nude for a while now.)
