Skinny Dipping

[R. Richard]

From the UK Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/pi...ydipping2511pm

[Salvor-Hardon]

I may be odd, but the fun of skinny dipping for me has never been where, but with whom.

so long as the shore line is clean, and the company pleasant, even the old swimming hole is great for skinny dipping.

[voluptuary_manque]

The only place you can skinny-dip 'round here is someone's backyard pool. And I don't know anyone who has one I could use.

[SlickTony]

This last July, my husband and I went to Couples Tower Island in Jamaica for our 30th anniversary. Off the coast of the resort itself is this little island with pavilions, lots of chaises to stretch out on, a tower and a pool with a swim-up bar. Clothing wasn't optional--it was expressly discouraged. You could arrive in a swimsuit, but you were expected to take it off as soon as possible.

I acquired a full tan there. I liked it so much I've maintained it in sunbeds since I've been back.

[vrosej10]

I haven't been skinny dipping in year and geez I miss it. I grew up in a very alternate area and even the swimming program at one of my schools was clothing optional. There's no where around her to do it.

[voluptuary_manque]

When I was a cub, the nearest YMCA sort of imposed it but in those days it was boys only. I didn't go back. Now the Y is coed and I'm sure there'd be complete outrage if anyone suggested that the pool be a swimsuit optional area.

[vrosej10]

Ours was coed and even the parents and teachers nuded up.

[R. Richard]

I have no problem with skinny dipping. My problem is with the sun (my skin is the color the suntan ads call 'fish belly white.') Now indoor skinny dipping, or under a full moon, OH YEAH!

[SlickTony]

Originally Posted by R. Richard

I have no problem with skinny dipping. My problem is with the sun (my skin is the color the suntan ads call 'fish belly white.') Now indoor skinny dipping, or under a full moon, OH YEAH!

I was born the same way. I mean, Scandinavian and Scots on one side and German and Irish on the other side, what can you expect? But when I knew I was going to a place with an au naturale beach, I prepared for it beforehand with a sunbed. I hadn't thought it could be done, but it can be.

[SeaCat]

I've been skinny dipping more times than I care to think about. As Salvor mentioned it's not the place but the people you are with.

My least favorite time was on a beach in Germany that had more than it's share of younger American Servicemen.

My favorite has to be a Thermal Spring out in the middle of no where with a six foot tall redhead.

Cat

[R. Richard]

Originally Posted by SlickTony

I was born the same way. I mean, Scandinavian and Scots on one side and German and Irish on the other side, what can you expect? But when I knew I was going to a place with an au naturale beach, I prepared for it beforehand with a sunbed. I hadn't thought it could be done, but it can be.

I'm not sure what a sumbed is, but I fall into the 'never tan, always burn' group.

[SlickTony]

Originally Posted by R. Richard

I'm not sure what a sumbed is, but I fall into the 'never tan, always burn' group.

Sunbed. One of those things they have in a tanning salon. They're lovely.

[voluptuary_manque]

Originally Posted by SlickTony

Sunbed. One of those things they have in a tanning salon. They're lovely.

I don't think those are legal in California anymore. All the tanning places I know use airbrushes.

[TxRad]

Originally Posted by voluptuary_manque

I don't think those are legal in California anymore. All the tanning places I know use airbrushes.

Don't you just love a state that tries to protect you from yourself. They have lights for sunbeds now that are safer than airbrushing, which can clog pores with paints that can give you a type of skin cancer that is far worse than melanoma ever thought about being.

As a nudist, skinny dipping is a way of life. Getting a tan is healthy. Burning isn't good in any case but starting slow and working your way up in time and time of day will keep that from happening. A good tanning oil will speed things up and keep the skin moist. Wind burn is what a lot of people get and blame on sunburn.

Anywho, skinny dipping is a ball and yes it's even better with good company.

[voluptuary_manque]

No doubt. But as I pointed out earlier, there aren't any public places to do so around my neighborhood and my pool owning neighbors are inhibited.

[TxRad]

Originally Posted by voluptuary_manque

No doubt. But as I pointed out earlier, there aren't any public places to do so around my neighborhood and my pool owning neighbors are inhibited.

There used to be nudist bed and breakfasts scattered around SoCal. I have fond memories of one in Apple Valley and another in of all places, Burbank. Both had pools and walled enclosures.

[voluptuary_manque]

Originally Posted by TxRad

There used to be nudist bed and breakfasts scattered around SoCal. I have fond memories of one in Apple Valley and another in of all places, Burbank. Both had pools and walled enclosures.

Neither community is anywhere near me. I'm not saying that there aren't any places to go skinny dipping, I just don't know any. I suspect that a fair number of the local suburbanites slip out under cover of darkness for a 'chocolate swim' but they don't tell me about it.

[phoenixangel]

my best friend and i have skinny dipped at night with the guys, no less than 6, from the neighborhood a bunch of times. we were the only females so it made it more fun especially playing marco polo. lol and i'm not talking about being teenagers,this was what we'd do after being at the bar! it was either at the millers pond or someones pool.

i've always wondered about how men in nudist colonies kept from having an erection? is it you that you just get used to the site?

[SlickTony]

Originally Posted by voluptuary_manque

I don't think those are legal in California anymore. All the tanning places I know use airbrushes.

I guess that explains all the impossibly deep-bronze celebs you see in the gossip mags etc.

[R. Richard]

Originally Posted by TxRad

Don't you just love a state that tries to protect you from yourself. They have lights for sunbeds now that are safer than airbrushing, which can clog pores with paints that can give you a type of skin cancer that is far worse than melanoma ever thought about being.

As a nudist, skinny dipping is a way of life. Getting a tan is healthy. Burning isn't good in any case but starting slow and working your way up in time and time of day will keep that from happening. A good tanning oil will speed things up and keep the skin moist. Wind burn is what a lot of people get and blame on sunburn.

Anywho, skinny dipping is a ball and yes it's even better with good company.

In my younger days, I tried the 'slow and easy' tanning method. At five (5) minutes I would begin to burn. It never got any better. I still have skin cancers from time to time, due to my early exposure, or so my dermatologist tells me.

[TxRad]

Originally Posted by R. Richard

In my younger days, I tried the 'slow and easy' tanning method. At five (5) minutes I would begin to burn. It never got any better. I still have skin cancers from time to time, due to my early exposure, or so my dermatologist tells me.

Most skin cancers have nothing to do with sunburn but it's the easy answer so doctors go with it. Most of it has to do with chemicals that react to the sun and mutate skin cells. Some of these chemicals are innocent ones found around the house or in household products that created wild skin cells. In a lot of cases, they are just dark spots and not cancerous but they scare people because of the ad campaigns of sunscreen manufacturers.

[SlickTony]

Earlier this year some panel of doctors said that sunbeds were more dangerous than mustard gas. This is just the kind of hyperbole that makes people roll their eyes and quit listening altogether. In the Western world, most of the people who actually experienced mustard gas and lived to tell about it are gone, as these would be WWI vets. However, there are some Iraqi Kurds around who could probably give these doctors an argument.

Alas, it's too cold to think about skinny dipping, unless you're one of these Polar Bear Club types.

I wanna go to Jamaica again!