Sometimes we’re outdoors for hours at a time and no one comes over to us at all–not friendly people, not creepy ones, no one. (That’s when it feels the most like we’re truly in New York, where half a dozen nearly naked women attract no notice whatsoever. Delightful!)
But sometimes we just attract conversation like a magnet–or (blush) seek it out ourselves. At our last visit to the park, this woman came up to say she was from Portland, Oregon, and loved what we were doing. We made her day, she said. Could she and her friend from Belgium take a picture with us? Of course we said yes, though we were secretly disappointed that they both chose to keep their shirts on while they did so.
Then two guys from Argentina chatted with us (they, at least, went topless…but they’re guys, of course they went topless). Then a man came over and said he’d seen us in the park one day the summer before, and showed us a photo on his cell phone to prove it. What are the odds? A year later, and we happen to be there again, and so does he?
But perhaps the afternoon’s best moment came when we noticed two guys playing frisbee near us and one of our members decided she thought one of them was cute. Normally she might say hello, chat a bit, maybe even exchange phone numbers if things went well…but she couldn’t do that topless, could she?
Well, why not? So off she went to say hello, bringing a friend along for moral support. Judging by the smile on everyone’s face, we made their day, too.
If the rest of the afternoon was more conventional, it was no less fun, and probably a bit livelier fun for our brief (and pleasant) interactions with the folks around us. Before you ask what the difference is between these interactions and the ones we’ve complained about in previous posts, it’s very simple: these were friendly. Everyone was polite, good-natured, warm. No one just hovered and stared. In other words…normal, decent human interaction. Kind of easy isn’t it?
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Congrats to the ladies for exercising their freedom to be top free. Also kudos to the young men for being respectable and gentlemanly toward these two ladies. This interaction was as it should be, nothing sexual intended by any involved. How much nicer would it be if we could all go to the park and be totally natural with each other, doing so in public places would be a bonus. As it my husband and I are mostly confined to going to a favorite nude resort and hanging out with friends. We would love to go naturally to a local public park and make new friends on a weekly basis. If that were possible we feel there would be far less stress in this world.
Christ I need to hit Central Park more often.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:26 AM, The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Ficti
Love to be there to enjoy the sun
” Before you ask what the difference is between these interactions and the ones we’ve complained about in previous posts, it’s very simple: these were friendly. Everyone was polite, good-natured, warm.”
That means you’ve changed, gotten very comfortable with yourselves, and the ‘reflection’ of this is seen in the people around you. Bravo!
I don’t know that we have changed…we’ve always been comfortable when people are friendly, polite, or civil, and uncomfortable when they are creepy, rude, or predatory.
Given you had a pre-launch copy of ‘Getting Off’ by Laurence Black (?), have you managed to blag some copies of the new novel by JK Rowling to read? You’d have curiosity from passers by for your book reading not your topless sunbathing.
It’s Lawrence Block, not Black…and no, we haven’t gotten any advance copies of the new Rowling book. (Somehow I doubt topless women are the main audience her publisher is aiming for…)
Why so shy when greeting the guys? If your goal is to normalize toplessness, there’s no reason to act self-conscious. No tan lines and proud of it!
It’s not about being topless…who isn’t shy when saying hello to someone you think is cute?
cool, but I don’t think anyone would wanna see this fat chick shirtless 🙂 (me)
Oh, don’t say that Becca! Going topless outdoors is not about providing pleasure to people watching, it’s about OUR pleasure. You should join us sometime and see what it’s like. 🙂
You would be surprised how joining in with a great group like this would build your personal confidence in your body. Be proud of who you are. Grow to own it !!!
Freedom, good. Sunburn, bad. That said, my late mother used to sunbathe topless (bottomless?) on our flat roof near the Potomac River, but she got tired of all the Navy helicopters diverting over the house.this was in the 1960’s!