Thread: clothing-optional Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Legend

Originally Posted by Char

Bravo Pete!

That said, I still don't think I'm ready for clothing optional except around the house with the blinds closed!

I think my neighbors will agree about that with me.

Shows a basic difference between the psyche of a male and a female. Many women would prefer to look at men with some clothes on than men without clothes. We like to leave something to the imagination.

Honesty compels me to report that most human beings look better clothed than without-myself included.

But you all are missing the point - it's not that people practice nudity to look at other people or show off their bodies for others to look at. It's just a personal thing and people who like nudity could care less what other people look like or what they look like. As was said earlier, it's not a see and be seen thing - it's a personal freedom to feel free and enjoy sunbathing and swimming nude.

And therein lies the problem with people who don't do it - they always think it's a visual thing when it's not. They always think people do it just so they can look at other people, and it's not.

The bottom line is that people who enjoy nudity could care less what they look like and what others look like because it's not a visual thing. It's tough to explain that to people who do not understand - they always want to draw their own conclusions based on bias and personal beliefs rather than experience.

As a friend of mine once said, "I'm not here to impress you and you're not here to impress me. But if we happen to find each other and become friends, then we both have improved ourselves."

Pete

Originally Posted by Cruise Planner

As was said earlier, it's not a see and be seen thing - it's a personal freedom to feel free and enjoy sunbathing and swimming nude.

Pete

This says it perfectly, Pete!!!

Originally Posted by Cruise Planner

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As a friend of mine once said, "I'm not here to impress you and you're not here to impress me. But if we happen to find each other and become friends, then we both have improved ourselves."

Pete

What a great way to look at life--either with or without clothes on

Originally Posted by sixgun8

That is why it is common practice to use towels to lay on the deck chairs.... You think a few millimeters of spandex swimsuit would stop the cuties from sweating off onto a deckchair???

Or is it that you think the nudist are more succeptable to disease?

Funny thing is that from what I gather, the nudist society doesn't look well upon the swinger society. While one is for sexual freedom, so to speak, the other is for personal freedom. It is an entirely different sect and occasionally the two combine and mix well, but more often than not they stay seperate. The Nudist also frown on the excited male. That means you are there for lurking and not there for the freedom of being.

Education is a wonderful thing. Whereas, uneducation is the root of discrimination.

Gosh, I was only kidding. Didn't mean to offend anyone...

Originally Posted by Peace2u

Gosh, I was only kidding. Didn't mean to offend anyone...

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend back. I wasn't offended so much as kinda shocked by the statement.

Don't worry about it, because I sure as heck aint.

My mind is on Island time right now. I am short time til my first cruise and am looking forward to the sun and sand...wherever it may get stuck.

Have a great time!