# How comfortable are you being naked in front of others? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541 "2009-10-29T01:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![St\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@St\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_john)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/81 "2016-01-21T05:20:19Z")
I’m OK with being nude just about anywhere anytime with anyone present as long as they are not offended. At my sisters one time, I and some others was sleeping there, I just got up and went into the bathroom nude not concerned about the others. After my shower I came out and got dressed. I don’t think anyone was offended just shocked as I am an ordained minister. Once I was at a hostel in Sweden that had a sauna. And the swede’s use the sauna’s nude. I asked if I could use it and they said yes but they had to heat it up first and that would take about 30 min. I did not realize what I set in motion in the background. The daughter had called all of her friends and told them the sauna was being heated for a guest and they could use it after I was done. When I came out of the sauna there where about 10 preteens waiting to go in. Luckily the mom was there also. That is one time I was not comfortable being nude. I new the kids did not think anything of it but I was not used to that many naked kids as they went into the sauna. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/82 "2016-01-21T05:41:01Z")
I wonder how zombies feel about being naked in front of others. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/83 "2016-01-21T06:24:48Z")
I am slightly uncomfortable around strangers but not enough to alter what I am doing or would like to be doing such as showering or changing. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/84 "2016-01-21T12:01:27Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I wonder how zombies feel about being naked in front of others. 😛 I suppose as long as parts don’t fall off…😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/85 "2016-01-21T13:24:22Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I wonder how zombies feel about being naked in front of others. 😛 Dammit, I had been anticipating posting that line since I saw the date on this thread…)&&%^^%$$ But since I’m here; only time I have been nude in public was when I was with a group of guys in college who streaked (it was a think then) an outdoor party at my dorm. Otherwise never in public. At home, I sleep nude and often walk around in the least clothing possible (cold weather = a little more coverage), but never in public and never where my neighbors might see. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/86 "2016-01-21T13:48:23Z")
Well, Ivylad, naturally, and I routinely change in the locker room at my gym. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/87 "2016-01-21T14:07:49Z")
I don’t care who sees me naked but as a courtesy to others I wear clothes anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/88 "2016-01-21T14:58:04Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > You think that was bad? He also used to hold staff meeting while on the toilet (female staffers were _not_ excused) :eek: and was know to whip it own and urinate in the middle of press conference (hopefully only the outdoor ones). Is it possible you’re conflating stories? I’ve heard about the meetings while on the crapper, but never pissing (at least literally) in public view during a press conference. He did piss on a Secret Service agent. Or did I miss a revelation? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/89 "2016-01-22T07:04:56Z")
Damn zombie thread. I used to be more comfortable naked but then there was the incident while frying bacon. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/90 "2016-01-22T18:32:23Z")
I’m not a big fan of any of the poll options. I’m not bothered by being nude per se. I’m not necessarily the best looking guy, but I’m comfortable in my own skin and spend a fair bit of time naked at home when the weather is warm enough. However, I still feel like if I’m going to be nude around other people, there ought to be a purpose for it. Like, a doctor visit, or sex, or something like that. The idea of going somewhere like a nudist resort, beach or spa just seems a little weird to me. It’s weird in the same sense that I’d never eat a salad for breakfast… not _wrong_ exactly, but why? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/91 "2016-01-23T02:49:40Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Damn zombie thread. > > I used to be more comfortable naked but then there was the incident while frying bacon. We TOLD you not to moon the stove… ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/92 "2016-01-23T02:56:38Z")
I don’t mind people seeing my body, but I can’t think of a context where it would be appropriate for me to be naked around others anywhere except inside my home. Even here I make sure my kids never get an unguarded full frontal, it just seems wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/93 "2016-01-28T17:08:58Z")
Nude is my preferred state of being, and I have no reservations about being nude around anyone under any circumstances - depending on their comfort level, of course. If I have friends over who aren’t keen on it, I cover up in deference to their sensibilities. I have other friends who don’t share my lack of inhibition but don’t mind my nudity, and still other friends who disrobe and hang out in the buff right along with me. I also frequent nude spas and such, and I belong to several social nudist groups. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/94 "2016-01-28T22:38:56Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > It really depends on the circumstances. I’m pretty comfortable naked and it wouldn’t bother me if some random stranger saw me disrobed, but I’m not going to walk around inappropriate places in the buff, either. Pretty much this. I have spent enough quality hospital time that I have no real body modesty. I don’t care that I am fat and flabby [which is actually getting to look like I am melting because I have dropped about 75 pounds over the past year so my skin is getting looser.] My opinion is that if you think my body sucks, tough shit, I am not interested in going to bed with anybody except my husband, it doesn’t bother him and if I have a need to be naked then I will get naked if I am at a nude beach, spa, locker room or nudist resort/household. I am not going to strip down and go streaking, or interested in flashing the world but I am not ashamed that I am not 20 years old and a size 0 body any longer, I am 54 and have health issues. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/95 "2016-01-30T01:51:57Z")
My feeling is that if God had intended for me to be naked, He wouldn’t have inspired someone to invent clothes. That said if you’re okay letting the goodies hang out in private, appropriate places for such things, well, hey, no skin off my back if I don’t have to look at it. ---
**Author:** ![woodyofdallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@woodyofdallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodyofdallas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/96 "2017-02-01T20:30:01Z")
I’m fairly comfortable being naked. It does depend on the circumstances. I’m fine being naked while my house keeper is here working around the house. She seems ok with it. When traveling I usually sleep nude. I’ve had house keeping come in while being naked, to clean, I usually just caution them that I am not wearing anything, sometimes they leave sometimes they don’t. What’s the opinion of others… I’d be curious as to what they think. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/97 "2017-02-01T21:08:49Z")
I have no issues, but the only time I’m ever naked in public is the gym locker room. And I am not naked for long. Just drying off after a shower or changing clothes. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/98 "2017-02-01T21:46:29Z")
not. not no way, not no how. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/99 "2017-02-01T21:48:58Z")
> [@woodyofdallas](#): > > I’m fairly comfortable being naked. It does depend on the circumstances. I’m fine being naked while my house keeper is here working around the house. She seems ok with it. > When traveling I usually sleep nude. I’ve had house keeping come in while being naked, to clean, I usually just caution them that I am not wearing anything, sometimes they leave sometimes they don’t. What’s the opinion of others… I’d be curious as to what they think. I think that you’ve resurrected two old threads on nakedness today. Is there something on your mind? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541/100 "2017-02-01T22:24:19Z")
Holy Double-Zombie, Batman! We all put our clothes back on At Least a year ago… “Yes. Good thing Albert packed those modesty lead-shielding eye protectors in out utility belts…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-being-naked-in-front-of-others/515541.md?page=6)