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Subject: Beachwear Author: Ross [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 08:17:23 04/23/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 82.132.238.243 Growing up I spent alot of my childhood naked as that's just what the norm was but a stand out memory would be i didn't even own any kind of swimming trunks for the beach until I was around 12 years old. Up until then whenever we visited a beach I was expected to and I did just remove my clothes and happily played on the beach naked for hours at a time. I'll add this wasn't the same for my sisters who all by ages 5ish had a swimming costume and were offered a Privacy towel so they could change into it. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Arturo [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:42:45 05/02/25 Fri Author Host/IP: 89.97.114.105 If the beach was secluded my parents kept me without a bathing suit all day [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Lisa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:25:18 05/03/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 148.252.157.106 My childhood was pretty much the same. On a quite beach with less than ten or so people around, I would play nude up to the age of nine. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: question for Lisa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:58:18 05/03/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 82.48.208.117 > >My childhood was pretty much the same. On a quite >beach with less than ten or so people around, I would >play nude up to the age of nine. Where are you from Lisa? I'm italian. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Lisa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:02:06 05/03/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 148.252.157.106 >> >>My childhood was pretty much the same. On a quite >>beach with less than ten or so people around, I would >>play nude up to the age of nine. > > >Where are you from Lisa? I'm italian. Wales [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Ross [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:08:35 05/03/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 88.97.161.18 > >My childhood was pretty much the same. On a quite >beach with less than ten or so people around, I would >play nude up to the age of nine. Regardless of the number of people, busy or quiet I was stripped naked to play on the beach and surrounding areas upto age 12 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: scamptoo (to Ross) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:43:29 05/03/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 24.57.206.80 >> >>My childhood was pretty much the same. On a quite >>beach with less than ten or so people around, I would >>play nude up to the age of nine. > >Regardless of the number of people, busy or quiet I >was stripped naked to play on the beach and >surrounding areas upto age 12 Back in the early 1950s it wasn't unusual to see boys up to the age of 12, and sometimes 13/14 depending if they had not yet reached puberty, completely naked at the beach or back yard pool. It was thought that the more they got their bodies exposed to the sun that the healthier they would be. How things have changed since then, and how now too much sun is not a good thing. . [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Adam [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:34:20 05/30/25 Fri Author Host/IP: 192.145.117.141 I was a boy. I wore briefs to beach and took them off once blanket was laid out. On way home I was often naked. Where I grew up were a lot of girls on street as playmates. They often play nude or in panties with me. Some girls did not wear swimwear at beach either. It really depended on moms preference. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Adam [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:33:06 06/10/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 > >My childhood was pretty much the same. On a quite >beach with less than ten or so people around, I would >play nude up to the age of nine. I did same thing till 14 or so. My mom insisted boys go naked as no sense making a mess. It was just a gift you give your mom so easier to take care of growing up. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Arturo [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:08:58 05/03/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 82.48.208.117 Nowadays kids arent kept without their bathing suits on the beach mainly, I think, for fear of pedophiles. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Tor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:12:59 05/04/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 5.182.32.135 I was nude on Beaches until 12 to 14 as well. I did not think much of it as this was norm for boys in Florida at one time. If younger boys in group I always joined them to no objection. Park rangers never said a word either. Girls never did or stopped around 8 or 9 to best of my memory [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Arturo [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:03:58 05/05/25 Mon Author Host/IP: 82.48.208.117 It's true, girls start wearing swimsuit bottoms between the ages of 6 and 8. It may seem like an unfair double standard but parents are fine with it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Oliver [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:33:46 05/06/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 174.242.136.130 >Growing up I spent alot of my childhood naked as >that's just what the norm was but a stand out memory >would be i didn't even own any kind of swimming trunks >for the beach until I was around 12 years old. Up >until then whenever we visited a beach I was expected >to and I did just remove my clothes and happily played >on the beach naked for hours at a time. >I'll add this wasn't the same for my sisters who all >by ages 5ish had a swimming costume and were offered a >Privacy towel so they could change into it. My parents were sure, until age 12-13 for boys Sun lotion is enough for beach clothes [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Milena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:30:08 05/07/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 174.242.136.130 >Growing up I spent alot of my childhood naked as >that's just what the norm was but a stand out memory >would be i didn't even own any kind of swimming trunks >for the beach until I was around 12 years old. Up >until then whenever we visited a beach I was expected >to and I did just remove my clothes and happily played >on the beach naked for hours at a time. >I'll add this wasn't the same for my sisters who all >by ages 5ish had a swimming costume and were offered a >Privacy towel so they could change into it. My brother Marvin got his first swimming trunks after his 12 only but I had swimsuit on beach after my 7. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Arturo to Milena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:25:34 05/07/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 82.48.208.117 > >My brother Marvin got his first swimming trunks after >his 12 only but I had swimsuit on beach after my 7. What did you think of this double standard? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Mile a to Arturo [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:28:35 05/07/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 174.242.131.144 > >> >>My brother Marvin got his first swimming trunks after >>his 12 only but I had swimsuit on beach after my 7. > > >What did you think of this double standard? It was usual then for boys be naked on beach, although, girls much younger than they wear swimsuits. Of course, it was double standard but all parents did so [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Arturo to Milena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:31:19 05/09/25 Fri Author Host/IP: 89.97.114.106 >It was usual then for boys be naked on beach, >although, girls much younger than they wear swimsuits. >Of course, it was double standard but all parents did >so What is the age difference between you and your brother? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Tor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:55:38 05/10/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 5.182.32.17 I certainly grew up same way! I was told boys being naked in summer was a gift you give the girls. If any other boy did I was told to join them. till even 14. We would even ride in car naked to beach back then. Another boy I grew up with younger than me would not wear clothes at home all summer. I would join him often. His siter was my age but I never felt embarrassed. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Ronald to Tor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:08:22 05/13/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 174.192.10.196 >I certainly grew up same way! > >I was told boys being naked in summer was a gift you >give the girls. If any other boy did I was told to >join them. till even 14. We would even ride in car >naked to beach back then. > >Another boy I grew up with younger than me would not >wear clothes at home all summer. I would join him >often. His siter was my age but I never felt >embarrassed. It wasn’t unusual when on beach naked boys play together with girls in swimsuits until at least 12-13. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Tor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:14:29 05/13/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 It was pretty lenient for boys in Florida in 70s, but customs on beaches varied a little bit. We would often go around cape Canaveral on lagoon or ocean side and it was always relaxed. One mom I went with had two boys and a girl. If I went with them boys were always naked all day. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Milena to Curious [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:34:25 05/07/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 174.242.131.144 I saw my brother naked at home after than his 12 numerous times when dad spanked him or mom bathed until his ar least 15-16. Nobody thought that he need more privacy and he wasn’t concerned be seen naked by me [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: curious (to Milena) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:40:58 05/07/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 24.57.206.80 >>Growing up I spent alot of my childhood naked as >>that's just what the norm was but a stand out memory >>would be i didn't even own any kind of swimming trunks >>for the beach until I was around 12 years old. Up >>until then whenever we visited a beach I was expected >>to and I did just remove my clothes and happily played >>on the beach naked for hours at a time. >>I'll add this wasn't the same for my sisters who all >>by ages 5ish had a swimming costume and were offered a >>Privacy towel so they could change into it. > >My brother Marvin got his first swimming trunks after >his 12 only but I had swimsuit on beach after my 7. Were you disappointed that he got to wear swim trunks at 12 and you could no longer see him playing at the beach naked? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Sean [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:51:39 05/20/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 5.182.32.154 I grew up same way. I was always naked in summer growing up. As far as I know it started at Y in summer where small group of boys in rust belt signed up for summer swim and rec classes. It is hard to believe by todays standards but we did swimming and rec hour naked too. I made friends with one boy and his mom would pick us up and sometimes take us to beach on weekends. Boys would go nude on beach up into first year of puberty. I was plainly told to go nude on beach always and loved it. I always wanted to go. Far as I know maybe half boys under 10 were naked sometimes. We never covered erections and got a little red. The girls were wide eyed at first and got used to it fast. Some were obviously not allowed to go with us as well. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Arturo [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:14:45 05/20/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 89.97.114.106 It seems most people are American or British, and have very old memories...has anyone seen children playing naked in recent years? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Sean [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:18:52 05/26/25 Mon Author Host/IP: 192.145.117.56 Yes a bit, our neighbors son runs around naked in summer. He only has one other neighbor. I never say a word about it though. Their daughter would play topless too. I never owned a swimsuit till much later. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Joe [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:48:32 05/27/25 Tue Author Host/IP: 71.179.1.15 My memories are from the 80's in the UK, so maybe a little later than some, but we (mix of boys and girls - mainly girls) played naked in our back gardens in summer and sometimes outfront on the quiet cul-de-sac we lived on. Two of the families were naturist and holidayed naked anyway, and I think they influenced the rest of the small neighborhood. I also never owned swimming trunks until 14/15. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Sean [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:57:30 05/29/25 Thu Author Host/IP: 192.145.117.237 I was about same really. I was delayed swimwear as younger boys in group did not wear them either. Toplessness was common then too. If boys were naked or girls topless I always went nude. Sometimes I was only naked boy in AM on beach though. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Adam [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:11:31 06/11/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 Two girls nearby had a small pool and they always swam nude in summer. I was told to go nude too. At about 9 they started wearing swimwear but since other younger boys did not I just did too till 13 or 14. I just started staying nude at home too around 9 and mom encouraged it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: RyanT [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:02:59 07/04/25 Fri Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 I read through messages and had same experience as Lisa, Rossa, and Milena. Our group was 3 girls and 2 boys and boys never wore swimwear as unnecessary for boys under puberty. In private backyards girls swam naked till 9 or so too, then stopped. I did not own swimwear and always went naked on beach past puberty. It was 70s though so not a big deal. I would also walk to campground showers naked in AM too. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Lisa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:06:17 07/05/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 148.252.158.120 It was a fun time. The beach my parents took me too was rarely busy and I only fully undressed if there were less than about 20 or 30 people there. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Ross [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:05:25 07/05/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 88.97.164.116 Nice, I.was just expected to be nude on the beach until around 12. I do also remember being nude at the campsites on weekend holidays away and yes walked around thw campsite naked to the showers, toilets and even to the site shop [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: RyanT [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:48:20 07/05/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 185.187.171.190 Us two boys were naked on beach and backyards and lakes all summer. I hit puberty at 13 and stayed naked another year or two anyway if quiet beach. When under nine on improved beaches we would all rinse of sand in women's room as I could not go to men's room alone at that age. Girls went nude till same age as Lisa if quiet beach as well. Sometimes they wore the boys sports briefs for swimming too to keep their clothes clean. . Sometimes we were only naked boys on beach but people would not sit next to you if it bothered them on huge empty beach. Other times kids joined us. Another boy our age played with us but had shorts on. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: April [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:35:24 07/05/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 79.56.17.104 My family went to the lake, and I was naked until I was 10. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Lisa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:48:14 07/05/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 148.252.158.120 Would you like to chat on email? x [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: RyanT [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:43:13 07/06/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 92.119.19.231 >Would you like to chat on email? x few others now grew up this way I am open if interested: ogden@cheerful.com [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: spelvin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:43:39 08/23/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 72.78.201.247 >I >would also walk to campground showers naked in AM too. What kind of camp? A boys' camp, a coed camp, or a family camp? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Jumbix [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:35:21 07/26/25 Sat Author Host/IP: 94.53.25.26 Heloo to ALL ! I'm new here, this is my first post I'm from Romania and during my childhood, till I was 10 - almost 11 years old I was always let naked on the beach (textile beaches) by my mom who always insisted to do like this because she was convinced that was much more healthy for me. This was happened during The'80 and Early '90s on The Black Sea Seaside. Usually there was always tons of naked kids on the beach, but mostly was preschool ones, till around 7 years old - both, boys and girls. Since I was was 8 I was pretty aware that almost all the kids around my age already started to wear a swimming suit and I started to become really shy and embarrassed epecially because other cousins from my extended family had also already started to wear swimsuits except the toddlers ones. It wasn't uncommon at all to see naked kids on the beach, even at around 8 - 9 or even 10, but they were always just a few, so sometimes I was the only one in my beach area... My mom always undressed me or put me to undress right from the moment when we opened our blanket on the beach, but inside our summer resort, if our hotel was really close to the beach, I was made to walk naked or bottomless (usually JUST a T-shirt, to protect my shoulders from sunburns) from the hotel to the beach. Much worse was that during the day, being on the beach my mom always wanted to buy something from the beach promenade (water, food, ice-cream) and we walked together or send me alone on that kiosks and stalls who was all around the beach promenade... I was always really ashamed to walk around nude or bottomless, especially since my cousins was always in their swimming suits since they wasn't toddlers anymore... After I reached 11, I started to wear swimming suit (speedo /slip) but till I was almost 13, when we prepared to go home, I was always made to undress it and to wash it among with the beach toys and the other things, and if some outdoor beach showers was avaible I was sent (nude) to wash myself before to dress back my street clothes, so , every day on the beach, for the last 20 minutes or so, I was naked again... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Matteo [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:53:29 07/27/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 93.66.2.194 I'm 14 and a half and I've never worn a swimsuit to the beach. I have swimsuits in my closet, but I only wear them at the pool, where they're mandatory. There's a nudist beach near my house, and obviously I'm not ashamed of being naked there (almost everyone is naked). But when we travel, we often go to regular beaches. My parents wear swimsuits there, but they leave me naked, and I'm ashamed. Even though I'm still very young, looking no older than 10 or 11, my nudity stands out: in Italy, on regular beaches, all children over 4 or 5 wear swimsuits. Luckily, I sometimes hang out with my cousins, who are also always naked at 8 and 11. My parents tell me I'm lucky not to have started puberty yet, so I can be free and happy on the beach. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Thomas. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:50:51 07/27/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 My experience was more like Jumbix. I did not have embarrasment as I was used to it. I was told openly boys dont need one and not make a mess of sand and wet clothes. I would always go with a boy 2 years younger or 5 years younger. I would always join them naked on beach and since I did. Boys did that often back then and other times we were only people naked on beach. When puberty started I would wear swim breif and usually take it off anywayif place was quiet. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Matteo to Thomas [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:37:50 07/28/25 Mon Author Host/IP: 93.66.2.194 Hi Thomas, so you weren't ashamed of being the oldest naked kid on the beach? What do you mean you still undressed after puberty? To change into your swimsuit at the end of the day or throughout the day? Up to what age were you doing this? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Thomas [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:14:11 07/28/25 Mon Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 Well things were different and not like today. A naked boy on beach was just no big deal. Some girls did too. One girl in our group did if she wanted. I had a best friend my age, and two younger boys in group. We also had three girls in group. Boys were required to go nude and even though oldest I still did. It was not a big concern. We would walk to showers and parking lot nude but that is about it. Teen girls and women would suntan topless but not walk around much like that. I usually went with younger boys and watched them swim. Beach was very large and you could sit privately or join others. We often played with other kids. Beaches in Florida were not as scrict especially for boys due to heart. I would see same kids play all the time.I dont remember erections or puberty being a big thing. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Matt [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:37:02 08/10/25 Sun Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 I had similar experience long time ago. Under 12 we would go to a beach through a wooded trail with lots of mosquitos that opened to a windy beach about 1.5 km long. It was often empty or less than 20 people there. Our group of kids played naked. As others mentions girls stopped at 9 or 10 and boys stopped at 12 or 13. My mom did not want a bunch of sandy wet clothes and had me always be naked for entire beach day. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Aaron [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:58:11 09/24/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 I had girlfriend my age at 10 and her mom took us to beach last minute and I was wearing cut off jeans and dirty sneakers. Beach was mostly empty and her mom took to area with other kids. Other boys my age and younger were all naked. After about 15 minutes I took off my shorts too and played with boys while they set up blankets. I would always go naked at that beach without being asked. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: spelvin (to Aaron) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:50:15 09/24/25 Wed Author Host/IP: 72.78.201.247 I'm glad you had a girlfriend at the age of 10. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I think every growing boy needs a girlfriend, every growing girl needs a boyfriend, every growing boy needs to show, and every growing girl needs to look. So you had two healthy essentials that every growing boy needs. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Beachwear Author: Trent [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:19:17 11/03/25 Mon Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31 I went naked on beaches too. Since I started doing it at 5 I never questioned it. I stripped at car and walked past red picket erosion protectors. Like Lisa, place was often empty so I felt relaxed. I did not stop at 12 but likely 15 or so. I think standards were relxed as topless women were common at time. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]