Naked Men Talking: Steve
In the conversation, we talked formative beach experiences, bucket-list aspirations, and his search for community.
For our podcast, Naked Men Talking, I caught up with Steve.
In the conversation, we talked formative beach experiences, bucket-list aspirations, and his search for community.
Listen to an audio version of the podcast on Spotify or watch a video version below.
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What was your relationship with your body like when you were growing up?
Around ten or so, I got fat - that kind of changed everything. I was very much covered up all the time and didn't want anybody to see me.
Things changed again when I started fooling around with boys. I was fooling around with the kid upstairs - his family belonged to a beach club. There was a men's part - you would go in there and all the older men would all be naked.
I was going through puberty at that time - all these feelings were racing around my body.
In those days, I used to ride the bicycle everywhere. There was a beach not far from me - next to the beach were these dunes. One day, I decided to walk my bike into the dunes - there were a bunch of naked men in there.
I had a lot of shame about it - I let I let that man touch me, I touched him, he had an orgasm, I had an orgasm. I would go home and would say to myself, I'm never going back there. Of course, I went back there.
How are you exploring your naturism these days?
It's a lot different because of where I live. I don't live in a warm climate. It's around the house, and in my yard, and there are a lot of hiking trails around here. I do like my naked hiking in the summertime.
You're posting naked photos on Bluesky - would you describe yourself as an exhibitionist?
Totally. Bluesky is new to me. I'm happy if I get a compliment or an emoji.
It would be nice if I could find a way to have a little community of people.
During the pandemic, there was a plethora of stuff available out there - I had the whole world available to me. Then, it all went away. I'm trying to build a little world of my own.
Do you have any bucket-list nudism or exhibitionism experiences?
I would have loved to be able to do porn at some point in my life. That was always a fantasy of mine.
I can't believe the amount of people who are fucking and videoing it and putting it on the internet. Back in my day, that kind of thing never happened.
I fancy myself being a slut. I want to be a slut. Why can't why can't I be a slut? Could I really do that? I don't know.
I'm submissive but I've never been with a guy who's really dominant. I don't know how far I can go.
Given the journey that you've been on, are there any insights or lessons that you wish that you'd learned earlier? Anything that you wish that you could tell your younger-self?
To be more bold. To just do it - I tend to overanalyse things and that just creates inertia. Sometimes, you do need to jump in. and try things.
Gareth Johnson
Gareth Johnson