Sunshine Wolf
May 6, 2002

The Naked Truth

It’s one of THOSE days. So what do I do? Go channel surfing. Lots of good shows on. The Discovery Channel, PBS, TLC, CNN, MSN, Ricki Lake – all the educational stuff. So I chose Ricki Lake. She’s doing a show on Naturalists, which is the new and improved word for Nudists. I’ve never been to a Nudist Resort so I’m sure to learn something. See? Educational.

I watch a rather normal looking sort of family talk about the resort they founded & live in. It’s rather nice. There was even a film clip of a cute little Bambi bounding across the grounds. How much more innocent can you get than Bambi? And they talk about how natural it is to be naked. Not sexual at all. They’re all about recreation not procreation.

On comes another couple. They talk about body image. It’s all about being comfortable with your body. And you see all sorts of people at nude resorts – not just hard bodies. Regular people. Really. Just relax. Don’t be nervous.

They were really talking it up… so I did the most logical thing in the world. I went downstairs to the kitchen where my daughter and her friend were doing their version of studying.

“Chickie. You missed Ricki Lake today.”

“No I didn’t. I saw all those naked people.”

“Great. Then you won’t mind if we become a nudist family?”

No response. I try again.

“No really. I mean it. We’re all gonna take our clothes off and hang around the house.”

A resounding “OK” from Chickie’s friend.

An even more resounding “Hell NO!” from Chickie.

“I’m serious. Let’s talk about it.”

“Mom – you’re sick.”

“What’s wrong? It’s natural. Let’s just take our clothes off.”

“Mom, if you ever take your clothes off in front of me… it will be the last thing you do.”

‘”Just think how freeing it will be.”

“Only Ho’s do that.”

“You mean you’d call your mother a Ho because she took her clothes off in the privacy of her own home?”

“Yes. And then I’d talk about you.”

“Let’s see if I understand. I would embarrass you beyond belief by being naked and then you’d go out and TELL everybody about it?”

“Yes. I’d tell everybody how nasty you are.”

“Well – now that you explain it, that seems like a perfectly rational reaction.”

“I’m gonna tell my boyfriend what you said. He’s gonna say you’re right.”

“No… more likely he’s gonna say he’d be happy for you to take YOUR clothes off, but would much prefer that I kept mine on.”

“Yeah. You’re right.”

“So… whaddya think?”

“Mom – No. Go away. We’re not gonna talk about this any more.”

Not to be deterred so easily, I pick up the phone and call my son.

“Hi, Honey. It’s Mom. Got an idea for you.”

“OK. What’s up?”

“I just watched a TV show – and I think we should become a nudist family.”

“You go right ahead.”

“You’re missing the point. All of us. When you come home, you’d be nude, too.”

“No.”

“Why not? It would be fun.”

“No.”

“It’s completely natural.”

“No.”

“Don’t your want your mother to be free and happy?”

“No.”

“I thought it was a good idea.”

“No.”

“You’re not very talkative. I want to try it.”

“You go ahead.”

“But, Honey…”

“Ma – we’re not gonna talk about this any more.”

Big sigh from me.

“I love you.”

“Love you too, Mom.”

“Honey?”

“Yeah?”

“When you come home next time… I’ll have my clothes on.”

“If you don’t, I’m not coming in.”

So how the heck did I get a couple of stick-in-the-mud kids? Well… don’t tell them, but I am actually pretty relieved that they are. I’ve made it a practice never to threaten my kids with anything I won’t follow through on. Good thing they didn’t take me up on it. I’m not sure the world is ready for the wolf family as naturalists.

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this was cute. and I wished that I had had a blessingway for my first baby. Maybe we would have bonded and not have all these problems. My first blessingway empowered me to leave my second husband who was abusive. My last helped me birth a 9#8oz baby boy when I wanted a girl.

darkart
May 7, 2002

heh the day you do, I’ll join ya…well in secret…with all my clothes on but I’ll be nude underneath! 😉

this was too funny, and I ask my self the same question, how did I get such stick in the mud kids? LOL I bet mine wouldn’t let me do it either! LOL 🙂

My two cents….I think that was a totally awesome thing for you to do. Just throwing the idea out there may (indirectly) help your kids dissolve their own phobias/insecurities around nudity. I have been to a couple nude beaches and the reaction I had was surprising..I left feeling much less “uptight” about nudity in general. 50 points towards being mother of year SW…Jeff

ermentrude
May 8, 2002

Lol! Reminds of a sketch i saw about hippy parents getting all mad at their conservative kids!!!! They have to rebel somehow and if it’s by not going naked you’ve done something right 🙂

{smile} too funny… kids like to think they created sex, but often they are the most uptight about it. Now, me… um… I have never been to a naturalist colony, not that interested, but in the privacy of my own home, yes.. I tend to be near naked a lot. And so does my eldest son. It’s driving his mother crazy. Just last night she yelled at him to get dressed.

Torin
May 8, 2002

Aw, darnit. And I was just going to offer to go natural with you. With a leer…

RYN: heehee, I suppose I should explain that! She went to Australia last year as a student ambassador and one of the places they visited was a huge ranch. They taught all the kids how to use bull whips and she bought one while there too. She’s really rather good at cracking it, she can out do all the boys that were in the group, sort of scares them too! LOL

lisyl
May 8, 2002

hee hee hee. I would freak being naked around my family. But I think I’d love to go to a “naturalist” beach someday with friends. It would be a real test.

My girlfriends ex-husband llived in a nudist colony here in AZ and couldn’t figure out why his kids wouldn’t come to visit and bring the grand kids. What a dork!

🙂 I do notice that the more years I have, the fewer clothes I like to wear. . .well, around the house in Summer anyway. But it’s always open season on embarassing one’s children!

*~*Lady Moon*~*
May 8, 2002

So sweet / cute….oh, sounded so nice the bambi world…LOL and what a recreation…truly free and natural 🙂 Lots of love and flowers in bunches

But I thought wolves were naked anyway?? Unless they are in human form of course ! LOL RYN: There is nothing sinister or Freudian about my feet…just not a foot fetishist! Hugz Harley nsi

You are tooooo funny.

(grin) There is a *reason* Eve and Adam sewed fig leaves together and why on the 9th day the Goddess created Saks;))

Muchas gracias dear Wolfie for your luvly note. I am writing this in hurry as I have urgent need to go bounding a la Bambi naked in the park…..Desperate Alexias

One hour later…Who do you think I met naked in the park? Rikki Lake running approiately by a lake stark naked. This was such a shock that I slunk home wearing a figleaf…Alexias

LOL 🙂 Bloody Great – you are such a mean mum – **grin** how could you tease your daughter like that – go on do it again.And as for that poem in your last entry – I adored it – I laughed and I liked the style very much. Get it published girl – send it to a magazine or a local newspaper.

lifeisuhmistury
May 8, 2002

ROFLMAO….and I’m in Sommer’s dorm in the computer lab…you should see all these college kids staring at me. I think they know I’ll use the squirt gun laying next to me so they stay back….I’m killing time while Sommer is finishing her last night at work,tomorrow morning is her last final and then we’re homeward bound.YEAH!! I loved this entry…(((HUGS)))Still trying to stifle my laughter!:D

ha ha, this was so funny that I laughed out loud. thanks for your notes in my diary. appreciate the comfort.

Nectar
May 8, 2002

Actually that son of yours is his own man..you are very lucky as a mother to have him…so much potential there huggles you tight

El Coyote Loco
May 9, 2002

*chuckles* We’ve been brought up that nudity is a shameful thing — but there’s also a saying that you know you’re comfortable in your own home when you can walk around nude in your kitchen. *grin* I did that this very morning.

Kids are just so rotten. Sheesh. OK won’t even take off his shirt at the pool. He’s positively victorian, so nudism is definitely out at my place

I’m not gonna say what my advice would be {:o)

stumbled my way here somehow, and i am glad i did. that was too cute. i love being naked. i don’t see the issue. *sigh* oh well. take care, jess

Trying to imagine my birth family, naked… Sitting on those plastic-cushioned kitchen chairs and rough, woolly couches… Ugh! The decor would have to be 100% cotton before I’d risk it! LOL!

Love this one TY! Happy natural week from 🙂 faerie tinkly

Bambi was naked? I am so shocked…shocked to the core. This is truly a terrifying thing to read. Walt Disney would never have let this happen. All Bambis should at least be wearing a nappy. Alex Oh re the people thats OK!

I have a friend who is part of a group called the Camping Bares. Yes, they camp, hike, cook, and sit around the campfire (!) in their birthday suits. They also have Christmas parties in the buff. It was at that last function my friend realized he wasn’t a .. uh .. naturalist through and through. He’s happy to be nekkid in nature but not so thrilled w/ balancing a paper plate on his knees while (c)

Luna
May 13, 2002

(2) staring at some other guy’s hairy butt. Imagine that!Ew. Or maybe you shouldn’t. 🙂

Body Image, I guess I am able to enhance my training for this and I enjoy reading body movements.(-: lovelots…

Spinnaker
May 14, 2002

Understand it completely! You have to talk about it, it ain’t natural. You love somebody, you want to see them in the state in which society gives them the most respect. Respect yourself, respect the ones you love… you can’t get people to respect what is natural, people aren’t rational. Respect the ones you love. You are so lucky SW you’re kids are so natural. 😉

Sounds like a great idea. Let’s have a nude OD picnic. I’ll bring some of the necessaries…Let’s see…paper plates in one hand…paper cups in the other…hmmmm, how am I going to carry this roll of paper towels at the same time????

Spinnaker
May 28, 2002

LOL I always thought naturalists studied other animals but didn’t have a biology degree. Oh well, being an escort used to be the up-market word for ‘date’. No wonder people become weird! 🙂

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