Let me first start by saying any of you who know me, know I am not a prude.
But in going to my sports club there are FAR too many casual naked people. In the men’s locker room, there are some chairs and tv’s (presumably to wait for your friend to finish prepping so you can go work out).
Some guys have to stand next to the tv, watching it, stark naked… and let’s just say, these men have nothing to really be proud of.
Yesterday the worst thing ever… I walk in to the locker room, and there is a guy standing in the hall opposite the door, bent over, blow drying his ass with a hair dryer… that is NOT a scene I need at 7 am.
What is it with these super casual naked people? I men for god’s sake they give you towels for a reason.
Do they others of you have similar experiences?
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I was in Germany. I was at a spa. I thought they had male/female saunas. I also thought that it was common courtesy to wear a towel in a sauna. Apparently neither is true in Germany. I got an eyeful of my chaperon, let me tell you!
I’m not quite sure what to say about this. It does make you wonder what he does when he’s in private. I think I might have asked him why he was blowdrying his bum; life doesn’t offer many opportunities like this.
I agree. I was in the mens restroom/dressing room at a club, and saw a number of older men walking around buck-naked. One guy was standing at the mirrors blowdrying his hair (thankfully not his ass hair). I couldn’t believe it. Okay, stepping in and out of the showers is one thing, but standing in front of the mirrors? It’s one thing to do that at home in private, but in a public dressing room? Just seemed odd to me.
What is the great benefit of body shame, anyway? Is it somehow more commendable to be embarassed about your physique? I thought worrying about how you looked in the locker room was something we left behind in high school.
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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I didn’t say be embarassed, i’m saying have some respect for your fellow man, i mean good god, just because i’m friendly with people doesn’t mean I want to stare at their naked bodies…
I think that people just have too little concern for others.
Tkae for example the fat guys who take off their shirts at the beach, the fat women in spandex, damn near ANYONE in a speedo…
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French-Canadian men at the swimming pool in our park. Big bellied guys, 225+ lbs, pale white, pimples on the back, stoop shouldered, swim suits more like athletic supporters, as close to nudity as you can get without going to jail----I know these guys are arrogant but this passes comprehension. I see young guys, hard bodied guys, buff guys on South Beach who don’t wear swimming suits as skimpy as the guys at my park.
I can in here ready to be naked and casual about it but instead I find myself NEVER wanting to go in the men’s locker room, which is really too bad because I would have liked that before!
I would guess that this guy’s ass is so hairy that a towel will not dry it well enough and he needs to blow it dry…or this is the closest to a blow job that he can get, which wouldn’t surprise me after hearing his grooming practices. :eek:
Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
Oh good god, now we get the fuzzy huggy people with their “if you don’t like it ignore it” speech.
I was just taking the time to state things that bother me. I never said you had to agree, I never asked you to agree. I just posted a mundane thought and asked if anyone else had a similar experience.
For the record, I myself am not anywhere near in shape enough to consider taking off my shirt in public, not because I would feel uncomfortable, but because I know other people would wonder “why is that pale fat man walking around with his shirt off”. I just think modesty is less about feeling bad about yourself, and more about being polite to others. I wouldn’t light up a cigar in a non smoking section of a restaraunt, i wouldn’t blast my headphones while walking through i library or area where people expect quiet (like a religious building) and I wouldn’t subject people in pain view to having to look at my unshapliness.
Overall I think just because someone is comfortable with themselves, they should stop to think, maybe other people might not be comfortable with me.
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You always use violence. I should’ve ordered glutinous rice chicken.
Ahem. And there I was, agreeing with you and everything
(Taking the bait)But I’m a big ol’ fat woman (about Rosie O’Donnell size, for a point of reference.) I wear Spandex if I damn well please, and I go swimming in my red two-piece swimsuit, and I never give a thought to whether I am worthy of anyone else’s aesthetic approval or not. (/taking the bait).
there is a difference between shame and modesty. You don’t need to be ashamed of yourself to show a little courtesy.
I understand some of you may thingk I went to far with the spandex/fat guy no shirt comment. But Political Correctness Hippie Fuzziness be damned I think that we could stand for a little more self consciousness for the sake of other people. I know it’s not a popular sentiment, but I’m sick of putting up with people acting how they “feel” just because no one wants to stand up and say “that’s just way more about you than I needed to know”.
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You always use violence. I should’ve ordered glutinous rice chicken.
