Have you been in a hot tub with naked people?

[LoZoccolo]

That question about hot tub ettiquite got me thinking - sure all these people stepped up and said you should leave it open to not wearing a swimsuit, but then I'm thinking, these are the only five people or so that have been in a hot tub with naked people maybe. So everybody vote cuz can't nobody see your vote this time.

This is not a sex thread, but some kind of a sociological study yeah.

NOTE: "PEOPLE" means more than one other person. Three or more people in the tub total.

[Misunderestimator]

1. Yes

I have no problem with nudity among friends.

[LoZoccolo]

3. Yeah see but you were like one of the five!

Can't nobody see your vote this time.

[HEyHEY]

2. Nope- the security guard spotted me behind the tree before I made my move

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. You mean today? No, not yet.

But I will!

[Aristus]

5. Not yet.

Maybe someday. *sigh* B-)

[neuvocat]

6. I've been in one with near-naked people.

That's pretty all that happened though, nothing really scandalous.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

7. Uh

I've been in a hot tub naked with another naked PERSON but not people, alas.

We weren't quite drunk enough last time.

[LoZoccolo]

8. Yeah see it's "people", orgiastic-like.

Boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever doesn't count.

[Misunderestimator]

10. Oh well, now, orgiastic-like is a totally different thing...

I've never done that. I'm a strictly a one-on-one kind of girl.

[LoZoccolo]

11. Well no you know what I mean.

See like I knew people were gonna be like "well we had all these naked people but it wasn't sexual". I knew I shouldn't have used that word!

I mean like, more than one other naked person at all.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Yes, it's the only way to 'tub'

:D

[are_we_united_yet]

12. Was I

supposed to take my clothes off?
:shrug:

[LoZoccolo]

14. Dude the only reason they didn't...

...was because you didn't. They were waiting for you. Now they're all pissed at you and junk!

[Bucky]

13. I'm assuming you mean more than ONE other... & non sexually tubbin'

I've hot tubbed nekkid, but only with a special other du jour. I think your question is looking for something a bit more spiritual and a bit "less huh-huh-huh."

[LoZoccolo]

15. Yes, more than one other. n/t

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

16. Ooooh!!!

Then nevermind, I haven't. Only nasty tubbin with one other person. All other tubbin was bathing suited.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. They were naked under their swimsuits.

Does that count?

[LoZoccolo]

18. BAH YOU HAVE FOOLED AROUND LONG GENOUGH!

I will now release the BUSH* JOKER FACE OF DOOM!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. AAAAAAaaaaagggggghhhhhhhhhh!

Mercy!

[athena]

20. You should clarify in your first post

that you mean "people" as in "more than one person". Otherwise you might get skewed results as a result of people not reading the whole thread.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

22. Or maybe a person not reading the whole thread?

Naked.

[blackcat77]

21. I'm from Indiana. The mere THOUGHT of such a thing...

...would cause a raid from the morality police.

[LoZoccolo]

23. But you can buy firecrackers which BLOW YOUR FINGERS OFF!

Actually I'd like to stop down there sometime for some!

[mairceridwen]

24. I will never understand

the desire to be naked with people in a nonsexual context (hottubs, saunas, skinny dipping)

I feel like it's a way of trying to show up more modest and/or insecure folks with these contrived attempts at appearing freespirited, when really you just appear naked

For some reason, I see nudism as more legitimate, because it's like a whole belief system. I still wouldn't do it, but it makes more sense.

[ze_dscherman]

36. In some cultures it's just the natural thing

Saunas in Germany are mostly mixed, and everyone is naked. Kids included. And no, it's not a sexual thing. For those who are prudish, there are men-only or women-only times set aside.

Also, nudist beaches are pretty un-sexy as well. Everyone whistling or turning his head after a gorgeous girl (or guy) would be frowned upon. BTW, skinny dipping is a nice thing, because one doesn't have to bother with cold bathing suits or swimming trunks.

[mairceridwen]

37. I know fins are really into the sauna thing

I think I mean more youngish americans who just want to be seen as a freespirit and just annoy me

If it's built into the culture...that's different.

what's so difficult about cold bathing suits? just take it off when it gets cold and annoying

[mark414]

25. let's just say

i have strange friends

[UdoKier]

26. Yes, but it was an onsen in Japan...

Totally non-sexual vibe - especially since the baths are divided into male and female...




This photo appears to be mixed-sex "konnyoku".

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. And I attended a public bath in Japan every night for a year

There's nothing like bathing with your neighbors!

[spinbaby]

42. I loved the onsen

Does that count as a hot tub?

[tigereye]

44. onsen sound really neat

I wonder why Americans are so prudish... we are obsessed with sex, but often afraid of nudity, and at times, the culture as a whole appears to be horrified by the thought of sex that isn't commercialized or porn.

[Nightowl_2004]

27. Yes, and...

the rest of that story is Top-Secret...

[ForrestGump]

29. Only with one other person (at a time)

Non-platonic. By which I mean that we weren't exactly reading Plato at the time.

[tibbir]

30. Not in a hot tub

but in my extremely much younger days I went skinny dipping in the Gulf with my then husband and a male friend. Totally platonic, just wanted to be bad.

[Trish]

31. wasn't nekkid

but WAS at a party with some prominent politicians and had some groping......kinda freaked me out.....
:shrug:

[LoZoccolo]

32. In order to do a proper sociological study I need the morning crowd.

:kick:

[guitar man]

33. No

But I've been in one with plenty of "nekkid" people. :)

[arwalden]

34. Yes... And They Were All Homosexuals...

and LESBIANS!! Not a single straight person there.

-- Allen

[hunter]

41. Yes, what is it with you guys?

I live in California, I own a hot tub, and whenever I start cleaning up after a really good party, my hot tub will be full of naked homosexuals.

[Terran]

35. So, what was the original question?

Whether everyone in the tub must be naked if some are? I think not. My one experience with multiple people in a hot tub was me, my partner, and our neighbors, two other gay guys. And one of them was too shy to take his swimsuit off. The rest of us chided him gently for it, but it was no big deal; we weren't there to have sex, we were just hanging out--this was at a lovely vacation house on the northern Cali coast.

[LoZoccolo]

38. Yeah, that would be a "yes".

Doesn't matter if someone was there with a bathing suit too.

[redqueen]

39. Yes

[liontamer]

40. yep

[skygazer]

43. Sure

And I've been to nude beaches and I've played strip poker with a group of friends and I've gone skinny dipping and it's all been non sexual.

I enjoy the freedom of being sans clothing but I don't go around naked in places where I'm going to make anyone uncomfortable.

In my experience, the more embarrassed a person is by being nude, the more attention they get. Those who walk around in perfect comfort are pretty well unnoticed.

It's all pretty ridiculous when you think about it. Go to any beach in California or Florida and you'll see people wearing very little. What's really the difference between a string bikini or a thong and nothing at all?

[tigereye]

45. yeah good point

we are all almost naked, anyway.