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Warmskin
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Posted - 12/17/2008 : 8:45:39 PM
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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, MagicDucky, I didn't know I had a response.
If I'm in #2 mode, I believe I have all the privacy I need inside the stall, where I am surronded by four walls. I know that having a woman in the adjacent stall would bother perhaps most nudists. My thinking (?) dwells on the fact that the digestion tract is non-sexual, as is the function of a bladder. Of course, we want separation from others when we are relieving ourselves. I suppose it's just a matter of whether the outside doors or the stall doors are the point of needed separation. Probably, the outside doors to each respective restroom is favored by both.
I guess I'm comfortable with stall doors being the line of demarcation. Maybe that's a frontier that most people don't want to explore.
In a lot of way, I do miss the AF. Where else could you get up, go to the chow hall, and have breakfast for next to nothing. I loved my job I had with them, and we definitely did not work all 8 hours a day. If the commander only knew what we were up to!! You could truly see the world in the military, and the cost was on them. Free dental and medical. Not bad!
"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." James Madison
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balataf
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Posted - 12/18/2008 : 05:32:20 AM
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Really, so far, this thread has all been about bathrooms in institutional settings only.
I grew up with my Parents and a Sister, altho when I was a teenager, we also had her young Son. During those years we had a completely open bathroom policy. This ws accentuated by the fact that several of us, most notably my Father, would soak in the tub for up to two hours, reading while whoever needed to use the facilities did so. This open pattern was adopted by my Wife and continued as we raised two Sons (now grown.) While my older Son's Wife knows of our nude existance, weather permitting, she has not joined in herself, altho she has not shied away from seeing my Wife and Myself at times.
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olwino1
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Posted - 12/18/2008 : 11:13:26 AM
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The hot springs spa I go to here in California has two showers outside where people just shower quickly before entering the pools . This is done to shower off any oils and creams so not to spoil the clean waters . There are also two showers behind cafe doors for those that want more privacy . As far as toilets go ... all are behind closed doors and who would not want it any other way .
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tigerlady45
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Posted - 12/20/2008 : 09:18:21 AM
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My husband and I belong to Turtle Lake Resort in MI and we have both co-ed and seperate bathroom areas. We have outdoor showers for a quick rinse off before getting into the conversation pool or a quick cool down in summer. In the club house we have 2 bathroom areas, one has co-ed showers and the other has stalls with curtains. For the toilets one bath area is for women and the other one for men. We do not see the problem in showering together, most people come in and say how are ya and do their business.
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smoothy
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Posted - 12/20/2008 : 2:42:24 PM
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My first experience at a nudist resort was in Rhode island. I cannot remember the name of it now. I was taking a shower getting ready to go home. I had not thought about it, but the shower was an open area with several shower heads. I was all lathered up and feeling good when two young women came in and started to shower. We had a nice conversation while we showered and then left. If someone had told me I would be taking a shower with strange women before that I would have thought they were crazy. Now it seems normal. Maybe because it should be normal.
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bnbngeorgia
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Posted - 12/30/2008 : 12:02:39 PM
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The nudist camps we've been to all had coed showers and unisex toilets. The toilets were private stalls, which took care of the privacy issue. The first time in the showers felt a bit unusual but was no problem for either of us -- just wash what needs washing, but don't linger!
Outside the USA, a lot of things are different -- in positive ways for the most part. Nudist areas, for instance. One eye-opener was when traveling to South Korea. All of the public restrooms we encountered are unisex. Toilets all had doors on the stalls, but there were urinals for men. Women walked by men at the urinals to reach the stalls and there was no issue. It's all what you get accustomed to!
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traisjames
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Posted - 01/15/2009 : 10:10:13 PM
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If I am going I don't really care if there are stalls or not...everyone goes at somepoint, its natural.
From the guy with his eye on the sky
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Warmskin
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Posted - 01/16/2009 : 01:06:35 AM
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I have to agree that any type of co-ed bathrooms, whether showers only or complete co-ed bathrooms, it did feel strange on the first use of them. Before going to nudist resorts, I obviously wan't used to strange women using the showering area when I was there. However, I got used to is right away once the novelty of it wore off. Everyone was in the shower for one reason; to clean off their skin, whether it be to get off the chlorine from the pools or tubs, or to get clean before going into the same. Give yourself a chance, and you can get used to anything that is not harmful. Even going to a nudist resort the first time takes some mental adjustments, and so it goes for any type of co-ed showers with or without co-ed toilet facilities.
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto." Thomas Jefferson
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LanceAt- -
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Posted - 01/19/2009 : 10:19:55 PM
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Warmskin, above, said it all, really.
- - has coed showers, and I think they're appropriate. People are simply showering. Big deal!
As to coed toilets, I've never used them. That would take some getting used to, but, again, big deal, really.
People have bodily functions, right? So, what's the mystery? There is none. You can get used to coed bathrooms if need be ... quickly and effectively.
Peace.
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capecodjack
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Posted - 01/19/2009 : 11:13:11 PM
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I remember a cruise in the Virgin Islands in the 80s. My wife went to shower in a marina in Tortola and was surprised when she was joined by 2 younger women from another boat. They said "Hi" and proceeded to disrobe and join her in the shower. She went with flow and had her shower and marveled at their unconcern with the circumstances and said it didn't bother her. I'm still hoping to get her to visit the local naturist venue. Many years ago before Castro was the leader in Cuba I was on a cruise with the US Naval Reserve to Cuba. On the waterfront most of the watering holes near the waterfront were dives. We used to call them "buckets of blood". Their facilities were unisex to the 9th degree. It was usually a large romm with a hole in the floor next to the wall and everyone was in there together
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Warmskin
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Posted - 01/20/2009 : 01:23:24 AM
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One could approach all this from yet another angle. I'm not sure if this is valid or not, so please correct me if it is.
I offer two choices, although quite unusual when paired together.
- One would be a nudist resort, where there is a fully co-ed bathroom, showers, stalls, and all.
- The other choice (although it is for military only) would be separate men's and women's bathrooms, except with no stall walls -- that's what some military bathrooms can be like (except in the Air Force, of course).
Which one would you choose to use? It's an interesting choice, and mind game.
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. Thomas Jefferson
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LanceAt- -
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Posted - 01/20/2009 : 3:16:31 PM
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To warmskin:
Interesting set of options. I'd go for the former every time. Gimme the nudist resort!
Yours truly was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in August of 1975. I remember that baloney with no stalls and all. Forget about it! That was sufficient and necessary then ... when we were all young, macho and full of ourselves. In the mellowness of middle age, who needs it!
How about that? Peace.
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Frank2233
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Posted - 01/21/2009 : 10:20:23 PM
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First time at a nudist resort, I same holds true. out door showers and bathroom behind stall doors for privacy, took my wife longer then myself to take a shower with outhers after the end of the week she was just as open as I to shower in the open with others.
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HabaneroSting
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Posted - 01/23/2009 : 07:29:52 AM
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Open showering seems to be generally acceptable to most people when they get used to it. Using the bathroom is typically a private act and not a matter of being nude with most people, so stall doors are typically desired.
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robroy560
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Posted - 01/23/2009 : 1:03:10 PM
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When you have to go you have to go. I personally have no issue with unisex restrooms, although I never used one. The closest experience I had was standing at a urinal doing my business when a female janitor came in. She got started and I told her it's ok. We both have business to take care of.
I can see people being okay urinating in a restroom without a stall. But defecating is something most of us would like a little more privacy with - no matter where we are.
As far as showering, my wife and I first showered in front of strangers of both sexes at Haulover. We had no problem; you just saw the same people naked on the beach.
quote: Originally posted by HabaneroSting
Open showering seems to be generally acceptable to most people when they get used to it. Using the bathroom is typically a private act and not a matter of being nude with most people, so stall doors are typically desired.
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