'What a waste' by Gavin
As a new member to Cat's site I would like to take this opportunity to say Hello to Cat and all her members.
I am 49 years old and feel that I have wasted so much time waiting to do what I have always wanted to do. That might seem a little profound but I would like to explain further. I have travelled around quite a bit in my life. Since I was 16 I must have visited around 10 different countries. I have lived in one of them for 6 years and got to understand all its customs.
This year I was in Spain and, with my wife had the opportunity to visit my first naturist beach. I don't think my wife knew where I was leading her but she might have had her suspicions. As we set up our towels she asked me if I was going to strip off. I responded by taking off my shirt and shorts and proudly stood there in all my naked glory. "Not a pretty sight" my wife commented and sat down and removed her top. She had sunbathed topless a few times before this so I was not too surprised. I felt elated !! Here I was, naked in public for the first time as an adult and it felt - right! It was a hot, sunny day and I had every right to bare my body to the sun and anybody else who cared to look my way. I swam in the beautiful water and laid down to dry off. I walked down the beach towards a small kiosk and bought some cold drinks. I swam some more, even persuading my wife to come into the water. All with no clothes on !! Well I was nude, my wife kept her bikini bottom on. I did not try to persuade her to remove it or cajole her in any way. We spent three hours on that beach and I have never felt better at any other time in my life. I had one more opportunity to go naked during the rest of the holiday and took it because I thought it would be my last chance to feel that good.
Since then, I found a beach where I work that tolerates naturists. I have visited there 3 times now and have experienced the same elation and freedom that I felt the first time. It is a truly sublime feeling isn't it? The sun and breeze almost carressing your body with nothing to get in the way. The fact that others around you are in a similar state of undress does enhance the feeling but their acceptance of you for what you are is probably the nicest thing that humans are capable of showing.
So, I have wasted almost all my adult life by not taking the opportunity when it was available. OK, so I might have upset my wife had I dragged her off to a nudist beach when we were younger but she might have accepted the fact that I wanted to be naked and let me get on with it. She sometimes sunbathes naked with me in our garden but I don't think she would go naked at a beach.
I think you are very lucky to have acheived what you have at an early age. You have a whole life of freedom ahead of you. Good luck with your life and your site.
Gavin
