I have been a member of this site since March this year & have met some great people to chat with, but I have never opened my heart up to everyone about my naturism via a post. Some of you will know what I am about to say but most will not. I love this site so Will & Pat once again many thanks for all your work, but ultimately it is the people who use the site that make it a success, so my thanks also go to all who contribute to ITB. I have read with interest people sharing very personal things in their naturist life & I now feel confident to open my heart to everyone.
Well I have been a naturist since I was around 11 or 12 years old and as the only one in my family, I felt a little odd at this desire to go nude & at times, very lonely. With a non naturist wife & two kids my naturism has been on hold for quite a few years. As I work from home, I have been able to go nude whilst the kids are at school, so school holidays can seem really long & hot to me!
Before the kids were born I did venture to a few beaches in the UK like Brighton, St Osyth & Studland, but did feel lonely even amongst other naturists as I did not pluck up the courage to chat to other naturists, and to be honest was worried the ladies would think I was on the pull if I chatted to them, & the guys would think I was gay & on the pull (sorry for this concern as I know it might seem I am paranoid, but it was real to me).
Sometimes when I have been with my wife on holiday abroad I have found a naturist beach to spend sometime on, but there is a limit to how long you can leave your wife alone! Now the kids are a little older I have been getting back into naturism over the last couple of years, & even managed one holiday in Jan 2005 when my wife & I went on our own for a week to Fuerteventura. The hotel we stayed at had a naturist part which we both went to (although my wife wasn't nude), mainly because it was windy & luckily for me, the naturist part of the hotel had the most shelter.
So I have been building my courage up to join a club. As part of this process I joined BN & now proudly posses my membership card. Unfortunately there is a waiting list at the club for single guys wanting to join (my wife would not join with me), so I hope to become a full member of the club sometime in the coming months.
However, a very kind ITB'er has invited me to visit the club as their guest, and it is possible I might go tomorrow or next Thursday. So I am filled with equal measures of dread & excitement and wonder what I shall experience. If anyone can recall their first visit to a club & have some tips for me, then please pass them on to me via a post or PM.
I have asked myself why I am doing this after so many years, and I think the main answer for me lies in the text I have written above. I don't want to be a lonely naturist anymore. I want to share the experience with others where I can get to know some members and feel confident to chat to them in secure and beautiful surroundings. Plus it will provide me with a safe location to go outdoors nude again on a regular basis.
So wish me luck and I shall let you all know how it goes!
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