Posted by helen on May 06, 2004 at 16:35:17:
In Reply to: Re: etiquette posted by Riverslug on May 05, 2004 at 23:26:15:
That is an excellent response. It is really just a case of being sensible and judging peoples reactions. If you don’t get a response from someone then leave him/her alone, but don’t be paranoid and think that everyone will object to you. Even if a girl talks to you, remember that she may not want to for the whole day. The situation will vary a lot among different beaches and even on the same beach from one day to the next. If you frequently go to beaches there will be good days and uninteresting days. Generally, we have found remoter beaches with casual nudity to be better for communicating with others than well known naturist beaches. In many years of nudist beaches both on my own and with my husband, I have met many interesting people who have enhanced the days on the beach. Problems have been rare (perhaps I am just fortunate); one well known beach in the UK is notorious for men ‘cruising around’ pretending not to look at us. Last year in Greece (at this point on my own, as my husband was in the sea) I was rather astounded by a man walking along the beach who stopped in front of me, took a photo, and walked on, without saying anything - if he had asked I would have happily said yes, (perhaps there is now a photo of me on this website!) - so don’t do that. But otherwise most nude beaches are fine, and you should have plenty of happy times if you are patient and do not have too high expectations.
Helen