# Hooray! I'm naked! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698 "2007-01-12T14:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/21 "2007-01-12T18:58:48Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Yeah, but with this cold blustery weather we’re having right now, don’t you worry about shrinkage? Which is exactly why I didn’t respond to **Licentious Ectomorph** ’s request for a cite. It _is_ freakin’ cold! > [@Emily Litella](#): > > He liked to sit at the kitchen table in the nude, but after seeing skid marks not just in his underwear but on the bedsheets I told him to put some pants on. We didn’t last long. :eek: I figured out how to clean myself a long time ago, thank you very much. I 'm just sorry that kitchen nudity has bad memories for you now. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/22 "2007-01-12T19:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=Spiff] Hmmm… The Google ad right now is for a clothing company. Perhaps it’s a not-so-subtle hint for the OP? 😃 [/QUOTE] They’ll have to try harder. I’m using Adblock. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_sky\_dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@blue\_sky\_dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_sky_dreamer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/23 "2007-01-12T19:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Clothing became less optional for me when I bought a leather couch… [/QUOTE] Why? Feels kinda nice, actually, as long as you’re not hot and sweaty. Although to be honest, I’m generally an underwear-around-the-house kind of person. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/24 "2007-01-12T19:05:47Z")
My boyfriend’s brother is staying with us right now, and _dang_ has it put a cramp in my ability to run around naked in the place. When he leaves I’m gonna be naked for a week! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/25 "2007-01-12T19:47:44Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Why? Do you think I’m going to the bathroom on it or something? Go take your prudish attitude to somebody else’s thread. Much of the furniture is mine, anyway. [/QUOTE] You might be a guy, but in my case, I would gross myself out putting my snatch directly on my furniture. Nudity works for me only when I am in bed, and that’s only if it’s too hot. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/26 "2007-01-12T20:05:27Z")
**gigi** , my kit doesn’t drool all over everything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/27 "2007-01-12T20:16:33Z")
Aww, good for you! I’m a total nudist. My husband calls me “O Pantsless One” because those are usually the first things to go. I dunno, clothes are just kind of constricting and uncomfortable. They don’t fit right. I only ever feel absolutely gorgeous when I’m naked. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/28 "2007-01-12T23:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Why? Do you think I’m going to the bathroom on it or something? Go take your prudish attitude to somebody else’s thread. Much of the furniture is mine, anyway. [/QUOTE] It’s mainly a hygiene issue, usually only perceived, but sometimes real as in **Emily Latella’s** recounting. Actually, nudist resorts and other facilities usually set forth the standard number 1 rule of nudiquette, which is that you’re supposed have a towel with you and sit on that. So why not do the same thing at home! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/29 "2007-01-13T00:41:02Z")
I don’t like being naked even when it’s a necessity. Doing it casually does not appeal. Nor does seeing other people do it. Context matters, to me. ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/30 "2007-01-13T01:00:59Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] It’s mainly a hygiene issue, usually only perceived, but sometimes real as in **Emily Latella’s** recounting. Actually, nudist resorts and other facilities usually set forth the standard number 1 rule of nudiquette, which is that you’re supposed have a towel with you and sit on that. So why not do the same thing at home! [/QUOTE] Isn’t it his house??? Why should it bother you if he sits naked on his own furniture? Do you live with him? Leave the guy alone. Fetus, More power to ya’!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/31 "2007-01-13T02:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I don’t like being naked even when it’s a necessity. Doing it casually does not appeal. Nor does seeing other people do it. Context matters, to me. [/QUOTE] Correct me if I’m remembering incorrectly, but didn’t you used to work for a porn site (non-‘talent’)? Is that kind of like chefs being sick of cooking by the time they get home from work? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/32 "2007-01-13T04:02:48Z")
I recall reading that disrobing in a safe, appropriate situation is an instant stress-reducer. Although I have no cite for that, an undisuptable advantage to home nudity is its tendency to disincline one towards preparing and thereby eating fried foods. Man is a tropical species, yet too many of us lack a tropical climate to enjoy naturalism. Best wishes to the OP, though. Be sure & wave skywards to those of us scoping out Blacks’ Beach on Google Earth. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/33 "2007-01-13T06:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Correct me if I’m remembering incorrectly, but didn’t you used to work for a porn site (non-‘talent’)? Is that kind of like chefs being sick of cooking by the time they get home from work? 😃 [/QUOTE] Context matters, I said. I’m not talking about sexually oriented nudity, which has different motivations for observation and enjoyment. I’m talking about casual nudity. I don’t even like seeing bare chests (of either gender) in a casual situation, including sunbathing. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/34 "2007-01-13T07:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] My roommate is going to be away for 1-2 weeks, housesitting for his parents. Which means I can wander around the house naked all day. (I don’t like clothes much, and if I had my own place I would never wear them at home unless I were entertaining.) [/QUOTE] Well, you’re entertaining me. Does that count? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/35 "2007-01-13T07:47:45Z")
You had me worried, **fetus**. Most of us get naked pretty often and don’t feel the need to call the newspapers about it, you know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/36 "2007-01-13T08:15:40Z")
Next best thing to nudity around the house: caftans (summer) and flannel nightgowns (winter). Nothing else on underneath. The more billow the better! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/37 "2007-01-13T08:16:17Z")
Count me in as another clothes-optional person. I’ll usually keep my boxers on, though. And, this being an all-guys school, if I have to go out in the hall or the basement or something, it’s rare I put stuff back on. I’ve not been brave enough to do that walking outside yet, but maybe that day is coming. . . ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/38 "2007-01-13T08:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Why? Do you think I’m going to the bathroom on it or something? Go take your prudish attitude to somebody else’s thread. **Much** of the furniture is mine, anyway. [/QUOTE] I think you just got **all** the furniture 😃 . Actually, being naked rules! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/39 "2007-01-13T08:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Why? Do you think I’m going to the bathroom on it or something? Go take your prudish attitude to somebody else’s thread. Much of the furniture is mine, anyway. [/QUOTE] I was watching the episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and they had this nudist guy who liked to entertain his nudist friends and it was basic etiquette to put a towel or something down before seating your sweaty ass on the furniture. Nothing prudish about it. You’ve got a roommate. You might show a little consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698/40 "2007-01-13T09:13:29Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Next best thing to nudity around the house: caftans (summer) and flannel nightgowns (winter). Nothing else on underneath. The more billow the better! 😃 [/QUOTE] I wear a pair of glasses, a pair of panties, and a pair of flipflops around the house, unless I’m cold or there’s a guest in the house. If I’m cold, I put on a nightie. If there’s a guest, I will (reluctantly) wear street clothes. I’ve been a near nudist for about 20 years now, and when I go visit my parents and stay in their home, it’s a struggle for me to remember to keep my clothes on at all times. I automatically remove my clothes upon entering my house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-im-naked/387698.md?page=3)