“ The words used to describe ourselves are just that - words or labels. I don't think that is as important as being naked, which immediately means that I fit the description of 'nudist'.
I was introduced to the idea of social nudism when a friend told me that his family were nudists. I already knew that I liked to be naked when i could be, but I was really pleased to find out that I actually had a friend whose family lived naked together. I am still very grateful for this introduction to what has become a very important part of my life. I started thinking of myself as a nudist from that day onward, because that was how that family described themselves.
The nearest nude beach to where I live is 100% natural, once you have walked down the path from the cliffs behind it, nothing there has been made by humans. You can walk naked for at least 40 minutes in either direction along the coast, or explore the lower cliffs and wooded areas completely naked and free. To me this is the perfect setting for naturism, somewhere that it feels very right to be naturally naked at, while surrounded only by natural things. This is when I am probably the most grateful for the fact that I can be naked there compared to anywhere else. I do really enjoy being clothing-free in natural places.
But in general I want to be nude as much as I can be, wherever and whenever it is possible. I have been to bowling venues to play it nude. I have eaten in restaurants and pubs at special clothes-free events. I have visited art galleries, museums, gardens and historic sites when special visits were arranged for those who like to do these things naked with other people who share the enjoyment of doing it without clothing. I've ridden on World Naked Bike Rides in various cities and then ridden along some of the routes a few days later and wished that I could be naked there again, but then thought about it a bit more and realised that I liked being nude there with other people who enjoy that, but that I would not enjoy it as much on my own. Because the clothed people might not accept me being naked as easily as they did when it was an organised bicycle ride, and that it is more fun to be naked socially with other naturists and nudists, rather than to be naked in public on my own.
I have no great desire to walk down my street naked and then through the town centre, but Id o enjoy walking naked in the countryside, in nature.
So, I guess that I am more of a nudist than a naturist because I do want to be naked as much as possible, but that I enjoy being nude the most when I am surrounded by nature. I am a nudist and a naturist, but more than either of those two things I am a naturally naked person.
I wonder how people would respond to a blog if it was normal for people to be naked everywhere and someone who liked clothes had tried to distinguish between being a clothist, or clothes-lover, or textilist?! ”