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My sister and I were raised from birth in a nudist home. Our entire family have been practicing full time home and social nudists since the 1950s. Our parents had found the positive values and benefits of family and social nudism and felt that this lifestyle would teach us self confidence, not to be judgmental, and to respect others for who they are and not for what they have.

At home nudity was the norm and encouraged for all everyday activities. We would each undress immediately after coming home from work or school, even if alone. Always being nude felt natural and normal. Except for the fact that we were all nude, our family behavior and dynamic was no different than that of most stable and happy textile families. Kind of like "Father Knows Best" but with naked people or "Leave it to Beaver" but you could actually see the beavers ( and dicks ).

Being nude for the majority of time and interacting with other nude people we learned to separate nudity from sexuality. In fact, over the long term, living nude is no more or less sexual than the textile lifestyle. As full time nudists we have a high degree of self control but are ready to be sexual at the appropriate times and places.

We learned that nudity does NOT equal sex and one must not confuse the presence of a nude person as some form of implied consent or invitation for sexual behavior. I do think that textile people tend see nudity as a sexual overture because they are not used to nudity in everyday situations and they only enter some state of nudity when engaging in sex.

Growing up in a nudist household we never saw our parents engaged in even mildest of sexual activities. That was considered a personal activity for loving couples to practice in private. I'm sure that they did enjoy each other sexually, but they did so in private or when we were away from home. The same applies for my wife and I and for my sister and her family. The ideal that was promoted is that any sexual activity should be engaged with the same level of discretion as you would in a conservative textile environment.

At the nudist camps or nude gatherings at other peoples' homes they were very conservative and the model of discretion. Kind of what was depicted in the popular nudist magazines of the day, everyone enjoying themselves while avoiding intimate contact. An occasional "A Frame" hello or good-bye hug, a peck on the cheek, and hand holding was all you could expect.

At home, with only our family present they were somewhat more demonstrative with their affections. Mom would always greet dad at the door with a big hug and kiss when he arrived from work. And there were times when dad would lovingly cup one of mom's breasts or butt cheeks while giving her the hello kiss. They were very discrete and did not linger in these actions and may not have realized that we had seen them. But those were signs of affection and were not meant for sexual stimulation. Kind of like a natural extension of the hello or "I love you" kiss. In fact, how many couples have done something similar over clothing, even at a night club or party.

By contrast, the dress and behavior codes at my future wife's home was a lot more open. They were also a full time nudist family, but the girls' parents had a much more liberal view of sexual behavior and demonstrations of their affections. That is a story that I will relate in a future post.