When I was 14, we were on a family vacation on Martha's Vineyard and my mother made the suggestion--I think partially joking--of checking out a nude beach. I think her original idea was just to walk through the nude area and see all the naked people. My sisters and I were in favor of the idea and convinced my mom that we should actually do it.
We had to do a little research because it's not widely advertised where the nude beach is. And once we learned where it is, we also learned it's not easily accessible. We had to go all the way up island to Moshup beach, and then once we got to the beach, walk a long ways north to get to the nude portion. I remember being embarrassed and excited while we were headed there. I was only recently only recently through puberty and a little awkward about my adult body. I started worrying about taking my clothes off in front of my family.
When we found the nude area, of course it was obvious. Naked people everywhere. I had never seen so many naked people in one place and it was both fascinating and a little weird. There was nothing sexual about it. Just a lot of body parts exposed that normally would be covered. I was busy checking everyone out and was happy for my dark sunglasses.
We walked quite a ways before my mom picked out a spot in the sand for us. Then we all stood there, aware that we should also get naked but no one wanting to take the first move. I knew I wasn't going to be first. Megan started it. She reached up and casually undid her bikini top and stood there topless. As she got the rest of the way naked, my mother started undressing. I followed. Soon three of us were naked and Rachel was reluctant. She was still identifying as male at the time, but eventually dropped her swim trucks and got naked too.
I was very embarrassed for about the first minute, especially at seeing my mother naked for the first time in my life. But very quickly I became comfortable. Megan suggested that she and I take a walk up the beach together. As we strolled passed all the other naked people, I have to admit I lost all sense of self consciousness. It was just me and my sister taking a walk naked on the beach like it was nothing.
We spent the whole afternoon together on the beach and had a great time. When we got home, my mother almost immediately started looking up nudist organizations and other places we could vacation where social nudity was permitted.
It was almost like we just became a family of nudists after that trip. We started visiting the local nudist places and we also vacationed in various places where nudity was permitted. I specifically remember getting to go nude on Playalinda beach in Florida and Black's beach in San Diego. Also, seeing each other naked at home suddenly felt normal and not awkward. No one just walked around naked (at least at first) but we all felt more comfortable with things like walking from our room to the bathroom naked if we were going to take a shower.
After a few years passed there were changes in the family. My mom and Cheryl got together and Cheryl quickly adapted to a nudist lifestyle. Megan moved away. Rachel started transitioning and didn't like exposing her male parts. But I became a whole-hearted nudist. My mom sent me to a nudist summer camp when I was 16 and that's when I met Jayson. He also came from a family of nudists and we bonded very quickly.
My moms started practicing nudism at home and it became normal to see them just walking around the house naked. Jayson's family did the same, and it was definitely a little weird to be with my boyfriend at that age and be allowed to be naked with him by both his parents and mine. He got me pregnant not long after that, but I'm certain that would have happened if we had been nudists or not.
Fast forward to the present. Part of my mom's motivation to move to Florida was to live in a nudist community. Jayson and I are planning a nude wedding at my moms' house after the baby is born. My due date is in June and we've tentatively talked about getting married in September. We're not planning anything big, so late-minute arrangements will work just fine. We've been together for six years now and we'll have three kids, so a big wedding just seems unnecessary.
Because we live with Rachel and Guy and they aren't hardcore nudists (although they gladly go along with it for beach trips and things like that), Jayson and I don't walk around the house naked. At least not too much. But I definitely consider myself a nudist and want to raise my kids to be comfortable with that lifestyle, even if they don't choose it for themselves.
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