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nudist bucket list was to experience living naked. Like really living, for days and weeks in a row not to wear any piece of clothing. It’s not easy unless you’re a multi-millionaire. Or if you work on a nudist camping of course. That’s how we ended up 2 weeks helping out at clothing optional eco camping Full Monte in Montenegro. Since it was the first time that we actually worked on a camping, we did learn a lot of course. A lot about the eco thing for sure. But most of all we learned about nudity, about how it feels to spend a long time naked. And about the clothing optional aspect. Because we were soon going to find out that being naked among clothed people is completely different than being naked among nudists. One of the items high on ourwas to experience living naked. Like really living, for days and weeks in a row not to wear any piece of clothing. It’s not easy unless you’re a multi-millionaire. Or if you work on a nudist camping of course. That’s how we ended up 2 weeks helping out atin Montenegro. Since it was the first time that we actually worked on a camping, we did learn a lot of course. A lot about the eco thing for sure. But most of all we learned about nudity, about how it feels to spend a long time naked. And about the clothing optional aspect. Because we were soon going to find out that being naked among clothed people is completely different than being naked among nudists.

Is clothing optional the new nudism, in which we wondered if we shouldn’t move forward to clothing optional in order to secure a future for nudism. We received a wide range of reactions on this post, some found it an excellent idea, some were sure that it would be the end of nudism. And of course there were many in between. We love it when we receive different opinions, because that proves that there are different types of nudists who all have different needs, wishes and requirements. If you ask us, we’re actually quite fans of clothing optional, even more since we got straight into it. Some of you might remember our blog post, in which we wondered if we shouldn’t move forward to clothing optional in order to secure a future for nudism. We received a wide range of reactions on this post, some found it an excellent idea, some were sure that it would be the end of nudism. And of course there were many in between. We love it when we receive different opinions, because that proves that there are different types of nudists who all have different needs, wishes and requirements. If you ask us, we’re actually quite fans of clothing optional, even more since we got straight into it.

Becoming a full time nudist

Steve, the owner of camping Full Monte is what people call a 24/7 nudist. He is literally naked all day and all night. Only when he had to leave the property, which didn’t happen very often, he put on some pants. The first thing he did at his return was to take them off again. It was almost as if he had an allergy to textile. We don’t really consider ourselves the same. Back in Belgium we’re only naked when it’s more or less convenient. When we know we won’t have to leave the house and nobody will visit us, because we find it a bit too much of a hassle to put our clothes on and off ten times a day. Over here, as we were always inside the camping, clothes didn’t seem like an option anymore. Without knowing we had become 24/7 nudists as well. But that’s because we had nowhere to go of course.

Different kinds of nudists

Full Monte is a clothing optional camping, all of this is perfectly possible. Everyone had the option to be nude or not. The visitors of the camping did of course spend a lot of time at the other side of the fence. Exploring the nearby sights or spending their afternoons on the beach. That’s when you see the different kinds of nudists. Some remained undressed until right before they left and got their clothes off the first minute of their return. Others were naked in the morning but didn’t bother to undress again when they returned and others did things exactly the other way around. Some enjoyed being naked among others while some preferred being dressed or topless. Others were only naked around their tent or when they walked to and from the shower. There are nudity who like to eat naked and nudists who like to wear some clothes at the table. Some spent one whole day nude and the next day clothed. Sinceis a clothing optional camping, all of this is perfectly possible. Everyone had the option to be nude or not.

Adjusting to be naked among the clothed

One of the biggest concerns about clothing optional is of course the fear that textiles will take over the place. That suddenly you will be the only naked person. Actually it did happen a couple of times to us that after breakfast everyone got clothed to go out and that at a certain point we were the only ones in our birthday suit. And we have to admit, in the beginning it did feel a bit uncomfortable. Even though we knew that many of the others were also nudists and we had seen them naked before, suddenly we felt more vulnerable. Funny enough, that feeling passed quite quickly and in the end we did feel more confident about ourselves. Right now we don’t have the slightest problem anymore with being naked among the clothed, even not when everyone else is clothed, even not when everyone else isn’t even a nudist.

Nudists and textiles going hand in hand

perverts. Of course we believe weird things can happen but we can’t say that we’ve seen a single person at Full Monte with the wrong intentions. In fact, all textiles we met were open minded people with whom we’ve had great discussions about all kinds of topics. That’s another thing which we appreciate a lot about clothing optional environments, you talk about other stuff than the common nudie chit chat. It does happen of course on a clothing optional place that other visitors aren’t nudists. Especially in this place, which was also visited for its eco friendliness and because it’s completely self sustainable. One of the most important lessons we’ve learned here is that most of the textiles who visit a clothing optional place are not. Of course we believe weird things can happen but we can’t say that we’ve seen a single person atwith the wrong intentions. In fact, all textiles we met were open minded people with whom we’ve had great discussions about all kinds of topics. That’s another thing which we appreciate a lot about clothing optional environments, you talk about other stuff than the common nudie chit chat.

We’ve all been there, when you meet another nudist the first questions are often “How long have you been a nudist?”, “What are your favorite nudist spots?” and “How much time do you spend naked?”. In the end, the conversations are 95% of the time about being a nudist. Which is normal of course, because you know that it’s the one thing you have in common. But it gets a bit boring after a while. We noticed that in a clothing optional place we often talked about other topics, completely ignoring that one is naked and the other one clothed. In a way, everyone considers the fact of being nude as the most normal thing in the world.

When textiles become nudists

We can certainly say that every textile we’ve met at “our” camping was totally fine with our nudity. They acted completely normal about it but just didn’t feel the need to go naked as well. At least not in the beginning.

Some nudists have struggled a long time before they dared to take the step into social nudity and for others it just went automatically. Because we’ve spent quite some time at the camping, we got the chance to see people evolve. It’s a beautiful thing to see how someone, who had no intentions at all to go nude, suddenly does take the step.

We have to say that the familiar and secure environment probably did the trick and we saw it happening a couple of times during the time that we were there. There was the young couple who was attracted to the eco system and decided to stay two days in the camp. During the first day they hung around in their swimsuits. In the afternoon of their second day the girl had taken off her top. Then there was the family with two kids who stayed four days. The first two days they were completely dressed. The third day we spotted them being naked around their tent. On their last day they all hung around the common areas in the bare as if they had been nudists forever.

Everybody clothing optional!



Of course we didn’t always know from before if people had the intention to become nudists or not. It’s not really polite to say “hey, we didn’t think you’d have the guts to drop your pants”. Neither is it something you actually talk about. You just let it happen. This proves again that a clothing optional spot is the ideal start for beginning nudists. And maybe even more important, it’s also the perfect (and probably only) place for mixed textile-nudist couples. Also if you want to introduce your friends or partner to nudism. There were two girls at the camping of which one got naked the minute she arrived and the other one needed two days until she felt comfortable enough. In the end there was at least one new nudist in the world. Now try to convince us again that clothing optional is bad for the future of nudism. And there were several others. We even (and we know it’s not very nice of us) started to play a game called “will they go nude or not”.Of course we didn’t always know from before if people had the intention to become nudists or not. It’s not really polite to say “hey, we didn’t think you’d have the guts to drop your pants”. Neither is it something you actually talk about. You just let it happen. This proves again that a clothing optional spot is the ideal start for beginning nudists. And maybe even more important, it’s also the perfect (and probably only) place for mixed textile-nudist couples. Also if you want toorto nudism. There were two girls at the camping of which one got naked the minute she arrived and the other one needed two days until she felt comfortable enough. In the end there was at least one new nudist in the world. Now try to convince us again that clothing optional is bad for the future of nudism.

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