I am a male in my mid 30s living with my mother in her mid 60s. We both have health issues which is why we live together. I am a nudist but she isn't. I would like to go nude at home but it makes her uncomfortable. I have tried to go naked at home she has seen me naked and i've seen her naked but she is a religious prude who thinks nudity is a sin. How could I get her used to me being naked I hate clothes
Religion and nudity are a classic mix for conflict, despite the Bible featuring nudity and strange things in print... like a Virgin giving birth... How do you think they manage in India where nudity is pretty much accepted in a lot of places, none more so than the Ganges where bathing naked is commonplace. Even foreigners get involved in this (personally, I've seen things floating in the Ganges that have had me reaching for a barf bag and vowing never to set foot in the thing again...) First thing to run past Mamma Dearest is this: nudity is not a sin, not at all. If it was, she'd be creating a grave sin every time she undressed as a matter of ordinary, everyday routine. Second thing is to have a little chat and work out where you can go nude e.g. the study the bedroom, the backyard etc. I could not tolerate anybody, not even my own family, if they viewed nudity in a prudish sense, or used religion as a convenient bat with which to belt others out of their "sinful" dispositions.
i agree with you nudity should be ok no matter were you are or who you are with. I know its a bit different because of maturity but i don't get parents not being ok seeing their adult kids naked when they used to see them naked every day when they were young
I saw this post and decided to share it to see what advice you have for this mother. Posted by u/HecticMother 10 year old son has decided to be a nudist. How do I go about dealing with this? Advice I'm having a slight problem in the house at the moment, my 10 year old son has decided that he wants to be a nudist after apparently watching a documentary on it (How he managed to access that is another story, i've had a talk with him about it). The last time he was okay being nude around me was when he was 6 and started wanting privacy at bath time, and suddenly he's not even the slightest bit embarrassed about going nude around the house. The past few days he's been in the buff from the moment I wake him up until he's dressed for school, and then he strips nude again as soon as he's home until bed time. This past weekend he was nude all day while he was at home. He had a nude phase when he was 5 but he outgrew it, I never thought he would have one at this age. I've asked him to explain why he's doing this, and his response has been fairly mature, telling me about nudism and how nudity is healthy and natural. Personally, I would be okay with it since he's clean and showers everyday, and I don't really have any issues with nudity, however one of the problems is that I have is that I have a 14 year old daughter. She seems to be fine with it and thinks it's hilarious, but I don't know if it's appropriate for him to be nude around her. Another problem I have is that, well, he's at an age where his body is changing and I think it may be best if he covers up sometimes. He wakes up with morning wood and goes downstairs with it clearly visible. He's also at an age where erections occur randomly, he doesn't care about them right now but I feel like I would be shaming him if I told him to cover up. I need some advice here, I know he'll outgrow it eventually, but should I put a stop to it before then? EDIT: I should have been clearer in the post and mentioned that erections don't phase me, it's him having them around my daughter that's the problem. Anyway, I sat down and talked with him in private, explaining erections and why some people might be uncomfortable with them. He told me that he notices them sometimes but he doesn't really care about them, and that they're random ones rather than sexual ones. We made a deal though that he should cover them up around his sister because even if she consents, it's still inappropriate. He doesn't have to cover them up when I'm around though because it's not a big deal to me.
My advice to her would be leave him be if he is comfortable being naked then let him erections or not sister or not. If he can't be comfortable at home were can he be. I am sick of others forcing their beliefs onto their children or any one else. religion and all the prude shit that comes from it are in my opinion child abuse. Also the mother being offended on her daughter's behalf is stupid. If the daughter doesn't care no one should tell her she is supposed to care
if she teaches him the norms of nudism and whats the do's and don't so that he learns them then i dont see what the problem with hes lifestyle choice. he might grow out of it or stick with it into adult hood. back in the day swimming was a naked sport in schools for males and it made peoples opinions of nudity as a accepting part of life. so much issues comes from body shame and being a nudist or atlest accepting others as being nudists will help for a better world
Hi this article is archived and at least one year old, and as far as i realize, HecticMother did only post this single thread and never was seen again there. My ideas are the request is a fake, or the "problem" just vanished. My answer would habe been, let him try out as long as no others feel bad with it, but also teach him about situations he has to be careful, so he develops a horse sense where he may go nude or where better not. Nudity is not a bad thing per se!
Back to the original thread topic, the 30 yr male should just go nude as if normal activity. If mom doesn't approve keep towel to cover up like nudist. Mom may not approve but maybe after a while she will come around. Everyone there is adult and entitled to there freedoms.
