I guess my introduction to nudism was at my boyfriend's house back in the 90's. We went nude together whenever his mom wasn't home. Taking nudity out of the bedroom and into the kitchen, the living room, or even his backyard for some sunbathing was a new experience for me, and one that I really enjoyed.
At that time I still lived with my parents and can remember coming home one afternoon to find the house empty and immediately taking off my clothes to see what a "solo" nude experience was like. I enjoyed that too, and soon was going privately nude in my room even when family was home. Once, my older brother came in and stood there grinning at me as I was laying naked on my bed reading a book. He said, "What are you, some kind of nudist?" I think I said something elegant like, "Get out, jerk!" but afterward was pleased to think to myself that I probably was becoming a nudist.

For the longest time, my nudity has been limited to my house, backyard, or remote areas with no one else around. Back in May, I was working a job in Alabama and had a 5-day weekend for Memorial Day. I had done a lot of research on the web about "clothing Optional" beaches and naturist/nude clubs and had read about Haulover Beach, so decided to go there for my first time.
So, I made the trip down there, but after checking into my hotel (which SHOULD have been fairy close to Haulover) I realized I didn't have internet for directions so I just walked down the beach. Needless to say, I didn't find it. The next day I DID find it. (Got good directions this time.) The parking area was arcoss the street from the beach and there was an underpass for pedestrians. When I got to the high shrubbery (to block the view rom the traffic) I saw a sign that said "You May Encounter Nude Sun Bathers Beyond This Point".

I remember as an early teenager going to the creek close to where I was living and wading in the creek with just shorts and shoes on. This happened often during the summer before the creek would dry up. Some years it did run year round. But I was by myself and there was a nice deep pool and so I stripped down and had my first skinny dipping experience. After that on occassion I would strip and enjoy wading and swimming in the creek. Didn't do much in my later teenage years. I still enjoyed being naked and slept nude some of the time, but not much outdoor nudism.
I do remember when I was about 20 going with a friend on a road trip. There were three of us and we had camped along the Colorado river in souther Utah. We ended up going skinny dipping and then hanging out around the fire nude. Was a very fun experience.
Not much happened after that and with getting married and working on the career, didn't think much about nudity or find ways to enjoy a nudist lifestyle. But I did go camping with my wife when I was about 35 and we found a little time to be nude together outside, mostly for some sexual play and I found I enjoyed staying nude after we had ...

My first social nudism was during a PE class in Junior High School. The teacher said we could wear our birthday suits during our swim class. The first day I started to put on a swim suite when a friend of mine reminded me we could swim in our birthday suits and said he was going to and suggested that I join him so I did, This was all boys only PE class. I had such a good time that I didn't wear one the rest of the time. By the end of the first six weeks no one wore a swim suit. Then when I was a Junior in college a friend of mine rode our byclels to a secluded section of a local river.
It was a hot day so I suggeste we should go for swim, but he said he didn't bring a swim suit with him. I then told him about my Junior High PE class and ...

It's difficult to know exactly when or where my first nude experience was like except being very young playing in the water.
I used to be a member of a club where my favourite place and activity was to swim laps in the pool. It felt free being there without a swimsuit. Back then work consumed much of my time, however, those trips were well worth the drive since it was a place which allowed me to become more socially & spiritually connected with the few very special people there. It was nice to attend an event; although it was the nature and quiet times I enjoyed the best. Being there seemed like a 'little piece of heaven'.
Often there were times, while driving freely down the frontage road on hot summer days, the highway to the right was crowded with cars inching their way to the beach. I'd chuckle inside thinking . . .

Well, i think i was 14 or 15.... i had heard some grown ups talking about nude beaches. i remember looking at pics on the web of nude beaches....
i had never really given being nude much thought, and my mom (dad too) had never told me that being naked/nude was bad and they let me do whatever as a little kid...
but i started to wonder what it'd be like walking around nude without a purpose, other than being nude in general..
so one unbarably hot afternoon when i got in i decided to strip off my sweaty clothes and try it... instantly i felt better!
i stayed that way til mom got home. when she saw me nude she was like, 'anna... why are you naked???'
i simply replied, 'i ...

I'd finished a job in Sicily and wasn't due to fly out until late in the afternoon the next day. I started off the day by going out onto the rocks to the south end of the Fontane Bianche beach. There was no one there; so I deceided to go back to the main beach, after lying there for a while on my air mattress.
Lo! There was a naked couple on the beach. This was during the week. This was normally a popular weekend beach for the locals but was mostly used by German and Austrian campers during the week. I took off my happy coat and plopped down onto the air mattress. Pretty soon a bunch of German college age kids came: the same bunch

Back in 1997 when I was 15 years old I had a 'Saturday job' (except it was on Sundays) at the first gym/fitness centre in town. Then every business was closed on Sundays including the gym. My job was to clean the wet area consisting of a sauna, steam room, plunge pool and showers. I had a key to the place and worked alone.
It was normal to be nude in the wet area (always single sexed) and I worked nude as it would have soaked any clothing worn in the sauna and steam room. One Sunday I turned up for work to find the owner's wife, sister, au pair and two children waiting for me. The owner's wife explained that she tried to call me to come in late as they were wanting to have a family sauna. Ok, I said I would use the gym until they were finished. The owner's sister asked ...

Well yesterday I finally had the chance to bare the natural, and walk into the sun. To swim carefree in this world. in para- dice.
The beaches in the sun. The feeling of the air on my body and the coolness of the clear clean salt waters of the carabean ocean were beyond words. to walk in the most natural and free way possible, like it was meant to be be. Without a soul to care. their were hundreds others around
but they also were swimming carefree in this wonderful place, watching schools of fish swim by, and talking to each other like they were best friends. Others were out walking on the fine white sands of the beach. We were talking and unashamed, floating and swimming easily in the beautiful blue waters of the bay, the sun warming us with its intense life giving rays from above. Gone were the problems i have had in the past with a swimsuit filling up with air and sand and binding in the worst possible of ways. It was wonderful not to have to sit in a soggy swimsuit for a change. Walking down the beach could not have been easier because even though we all looked a little different, we were all really the same, without any racial, social or sexual barriers to overcome.
My wife on the other hand was ...