Children and nudity

Flyingtoast · July 2014

DH and we talking about this last night and I would love your perspective. We feel LO will tell/show us when she no longer feels comfortable around us naked, or in our skivvies. It's not like I frolic in the fields in my birthday suit, but she will be around us showering, dressing, hot days ect. We don't want to make a big deal out of nudity, because then it will be a big deal for her as a small child. We don't want her to be ashamed of her body or spirt. The issue our neighbor has decided to be a nudist( naked mowing... remember?). It's not like it will be a year round issue, but still old men bodies aren't exactly a piece of fine art. I do not feel it is our right to ask him to cover up at all times, because we drive past his property occasionally. Our sheriff constantly states" it's not illegal to be crazy, only act on the voices." He has all the rights to do his thing, just as we have the right to homestead and have noisy animals from time to time. DH thinks as LO gets older we should nicely suggest at least wearing shorts, but not requiring anything under them

I just don't like that we would be putting our morals(for lack of better word) on him. If I decided to frolic naked, I don't want to hear others ask me to cover up. Obviously this isn't a pressing issue, LO just found out she has feet last week. Thank you for trying to understand my rambling thoughts.

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littlepig2 · July 2014

ChiaWombat said:
I love tlex's answer a ton. That is all.

+1

Flyingtoast · July 2014

His land doesn't touch ours, but we do drive along his property line to get to the house. Neighbors are different when each house are on large lots. I am all for normalizing it, DH came from a dictatorship sheltered background. I was thinking along the lines of Tlex, but DH feels like the guy should cover his fun bits for 'the common good'. It just feels very sensership-y too me. It not like he is downtown LA, he is just maintaining his land.

thank you Tlex in regards to wording. I will try to remember that.

karich · July 2014

In the summer, I'd say my kids are naked at least 75% of the time (that we are home). These girls are already veteran skinny dippers.
I'm pretty liberal about showering/changing/getting dressed in front of them. Like DD1 says "we are all girls here!".
DH is a lot more reserved around them....but only because they are a couple of creepy creepertons dying to get a glimpse of his junk.
I don't even think of telling them to put clothes on. I don't ever want to send the message that it's not ok to be comfortable in your own skin, or that your body is unattractive or something to be ashamed of.
We've had the talk about private areas, and who is/isn't allowed to see or touch them. But I really think nudity is just a phase that the majority of kids go through.
How close is your neighbor? Like....can you see him if you were just playing outside? If yes, I would have a problem with that. If it's only when you drive by.....eh. Live and let live, I guess.

Codypup · July 2014

Ditto what TLex said.

But I am DYING to know if this man wears shoes while mowing. And isn't he afraid of rogue sticks?!

MissDemeanor · July 2014

When I was young my parents used to take me camping to a hot spring. Some people there went sans swim suit. My parents were fully covered (although I just realized maybe they went nekky when I wasn't there??). I can assure you that it didn't scar me at all, and I certainly never thought of it as a sexual thing.

I agree with TLex about what to say about your neighbour. Similar to what I just had to say a minute ago when R pulled away while nursing and my niece saw my boob. "Oopsie Reece stopped eating! Yes, he eats his milk from my breasts. " If I acted embarrassed and grabbed a cover while telling her to avert her eyes, it would teach her that I'm doing something weird, or to be embarrassed about.

Personally I think the weirdest part about your neighbour is that he's wearing chaps. Why chaps but no pants? What purpose does that serve?

Flyingtoast · July 2014

Personally I walk around bear foot a lot. I just need to watch out for the thistles in spring (and piles from the animals). The thistle I park next to each day is about 5 ft tall now. I'm curious now how tall it will get :-B When mowing I would be scared to find a wasp nest while cutting 4-5ft tall grass. Angry wasps vs naked man.

random story. When we moved it, we put our mattress on top of the car and drove to closer to the master bedroom deck. Since the grasses we taller then my car, it looked like a floating mattress on a cloud of shifting grass. DH have me directions via cell phone because I could only see the grass in front of me.

@MissDemeanor‌ I assume the chaps were to prevent the grass from 'chap ping' his legs while mowing tall grass.

magentawarped · July 2014

This is slowly becoming one of the best threads ever.

Pro tip: never cook bacon naked. Spitting grease is not your friend.

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Flyingtoast · July 2014

Don't take the lid off boiling water bra less too

Codypup · July 2014

LOLololol

keags5496 · July 2014

broccoli's_girl said:

magentawarped said:

This is slowly becoming one of the best threads ever.

Pro tip: never cook bacon naked. Spitting grease is not your friend.

Or fry chicken.

Or iron. Bad bad bad.

MissDemeanor · July 2014

broccoli's_girl said:

The following question was bothering me all through dinner... If one gets a mosquito bite on their peen, does it get smaller/bigger with the status of said peen, or does the bite somehow stay the same size, regardless of peen status? I don't see any circumstance under which dh would submit to such experimentation... :-?

Every time you say peen I giggle.

On a similar topic, I used to live in the a Rocky Mountains. A couple friends were out hiking. Took an outdoor pee as you might need to do. And one the girls got a tick on her vag!!

Maybe you could use this cautionary tale while talking to chaps man? Also it's WAY too easy for me to picture this whole scene. From the road, how much do you see if he's wearing chaps? Also, does he do anything else naked? Is he a nudist, or just really hot?

MissDemeanor · July 2014

Mevaroo said:

I feel like chaps + nothing else = really weird tan lines...
If you can't see him directly from your house, I wouldn't say anything to your neighbour, as others have said. Personally, I'm almost always freezing, so being a nudist sounds awful to me

You'd think if you wanted to protect something from the sun, or flying rocks, it would be the frank and beans, not your legs.

boogerbearoriginal · July 2014

This thread.

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Seriously though, I don't see how you could reasonably walk up to his house and say "Hey, once and while we happen to drive past and you're mowing in chaps. Could you please put on pants just in case we're around?"

I vote leave it alone, if LO asks you can address it then age-appropriately. Honestly, what really surprises me sometimes about kids is how they don't question things. LO will have no preconceived ideas about how one should mow a lawn, so until they are told otherwise chaps mowing = totally normal.

Flyingtoast · July 2014

Resently he is been rocking the birthday suit all the time. Which is his deal, what ever. We freaking had snow a month ago and now it's in the 90s, so I'm not sure if it is YAH! summer thing, or what. Last year he just went around in shorts(not 70s short shorts).

@Mevaroo‌ Up here everyone is dieing in this heat. Snow to 90 in a month doesn't give the body a chance to acclimate very well. In the house it's skivvies only right now.

@MissDemeanor‌ Honestly I think the guy is a bit to Marbarro man KWIM. All tough and western and chain smoking. It might not be a concern of his for sunburn, bug bites, or rocks at his bits.

@megash113‌ I bet there are more nudist people on the board, just not as vocal about it. I often only go around in a bra only (because huge boobs with bra is painful) when I know I can't be seen by prying eyes. I just don't hang out by the road and weed my garden bare

MissDemeanor · July 2014

Flyingtoast said:

Resently he is been rocking the birthday suit all the time. Which is his deal, what ever. We freaking had snow a month ago and now it's in the 90s, so I'm not sure if it is YAH! summer thing, or what. Last year he just went around in shorts(not 70s short shorts). @Mevaroo‌ Up here everyone is dieing in this heat. Snow to 90 in a month doesn't give the body a chance to acclimate very well. In the house it's skivvies only right now. @MissDemeanor‌ Honestly I think the guy is a bit to Marbarro man KWIM. All tough and western and chain smoking. It might not be a concern of his for sunburn, bug bites, or rocks at his bits. @megash113‌ I bet there are more nudist people on the board, just not as vocal about it. I often only go around in a bra only (because huge boobs with bra is painful) when I know I can't be seen by prying eyes. I just don't hang out by the road and weed my garden bare

I accidentally watered my flower beds in my undies the other day. Came home late on a hot day, and ran out to water my vegetables in the back. And then wandered out to the front yard and watered my flowers. Oops! I guess neighbours could have seen worse

magentawarped · July 2014

TyrannosaurusLex said:
OK IM NOT AN ACTUAL NUDIST GUISE

Well WHY THE HELL NOT?

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