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family changing rooms and nakedness......

154 replies

allthreerolledintoone · 10/02/2010 10:37

i took dd and ds swimming the other day and spotted a family changing room which was good because ds is too young to go himself and i wouldnt want him to. Anyway obviously there were other families mummys and daddys etc in there and showers and changing cubicles etc. well after swimming i jumped into the showers with the kids and focusing on my business when i turned around and noticed the women next to me was innocently showering but completely naked. Anyway i came out of the shower to get my bits on the bench and the womens husband was also completely naked he's the oblivious to anyone else giving hiself a good old towel rub as if he were in his own bathroom at home.

Well i didnt know where to look or what to make of it tbh.Part of me thought well good on them for not being shy about their bodies but then i felt uncomfortable with another mans bits on show right next to me. Dd was mortified and so i quickly hushed them into the changing cubicles. I know its is hard to matain your modesty when getting changed but surely it can't be right to have it on display in a family area? what do you think?

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pagwatch · 10/02/2010 17:12

I am trying to respond but I cannot get past the moment when the op gets out to 'get her bits on the bench.'

When did she put them on the bench? Or is she going to put them on the bench after shwoering? Do they detatch? Must they be dried seperately and is it entirely sanitary ? I don't even want to contemplate the theft threat - can you imagine the insurance forms?

I cannot fully consider the subsequent gropings until I am clear on these points.

pigletmania · 10/02/2010 17:17

Oh Rhubarb . I think that people are more concerned with swinging cocks because its of the opposite sex and soemthing we do not have ourselves and are a bit alien. Pagewatch i think the op meant bits as being shampoo, towel etc not detachable fanjo and tits

Morloth · 10/02/2010 17:19

Wouldn't it be great if they were detachable though? You could have different ones for different occasions.

WeddingDaze · 10/02/2010 17:26

Urm, for what occasion would you need a different fanjo?

Morloth · 10/02/2010 17:31

You could get a nice big stretchy one for pushing the babies out. Perhaps a tidy little hair free jobby for bikini work and so on and so forth...

Boobs too, great big ones for low cut dresses with bodices, nice little perky ones for swimsuits, ones with good long nipples for breastfeeding.

It is possible I am now thinking about this too much.

BalloonSlayer · 10/02/2010 17:33

Yes I'd like three please:

  • Nice big one for childbirth
  • Nice small one for sex
  • Hairless one for highdays and holidays
pagwatch · 10/02/2010 17:44

I quite fancy a high day or holiday. The choice of fanjo would just be a bonus.

pooexplosionsareimproving · 10/02/2010 18:07

have we come full circle back to pags flowery cunt fanjo again?

megonthemoon · 10/02/2010 18:08

I was going to try and comment in a "well if you want me to respect your wishes not to see nakedness then i expect you to respect my wishes to not to have to tie myself in knots trying to dry myself at the same time as keeping my ample bosom/arse/fanjo covered up with a measly hand towel" but I got side tracked by detachable bits and wondered if the best thing would be if we all have tiny detachable boobs/arse/fanjo/moobs/todgers as appropriate that we could wear purely for swimming purposes so we can all do aforementioned towel contortioning without anyone seeing a scrap of flesh then the OP would have nothing to be horrified about.

It's a swimming pool. People are taking off skimpy lycra, washing and putting on less skimpy (we hope) clothes. Somewhere along the way, towels will slip, bits of flesh will be revealed. You've got to expect it, but you don't have to look at it.

(I speak as someone who is a bit of a naturist at heart and has been known to strip naked on beaches when 6 months pregnant, so hell I probably was the woman in the shower )

pagwatch · 10/02/2010 18:18

That is going to follow me forever isn't it?

There I was berating my lack of stalker and i actually have one - a flowery fanjo

pigletmania · 10/02/2010 18:20

Thats good a big one like a bucket and a huge hole for childbirth, a tight little one for sex, and a facy one for wedding and occasions

WeddingDaze · 10/02/2010 18:45

Count me in, think of the different clothes you could wear according to boob size, and there would be no excuse for camels hoof!

Any political paty who includes reasearch for this gets my vote.

tyler80 · 10/02/2010 18:57

I think it's quite bizarre to have signs up saying not to shower naked. I hate the current trend for pools to have poolside showers only, I want to have a proper wash afterwards, not to have to go home and wash again, what a waste of water.

It's the complete opposite to Scandinavian countries where it is compulsory to shower (in the communal showers) and wash naked before you get in the pool. They even provide a diagram that shows which bits to concentrate on washing :-)

Scandinavians who come over here think we're disgusting for not showering before getting in the pool.

Having said that, it's still separate male and female changing.

Ivykaty44 · 10/02/2010 19:08

There is certainly a problem with naked bodies in the UK.

Go to germany and swim suits are frowned upon in some pools...let alons the changing areas

Rhubarb · 10/02/2010 19:15

I'd love detachable bits! I would have huge tits down to my ankles for swimming (no need for swimming aids see?) and a huge hairy muff for frightening small children with and prudes.

I'd also make sure that there were hairs growing out of my arse too.

OP, were not tempted to drop the soap and ask the nice man to pick it up for you?

girlafraid · 10/02/2010 20:08

people naked in a changing room, whatever next?

shocking, absolutely shocking

sprogger · 10/02/2010 20:24

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hewasmytwin · 10/02/2010 23:19

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pinkmagic1 · 10/02/2010 23:36

I personally wouldn't have too much of a problem. This was a family unisex changing room after all.

juneybean · 11/02/2010 04:21

I see the threads moved on haha however I went swimming the other day and the cubicles were all full of school girls, so I had to get changed in the communal bit, twasn't fun lol just wrapped my towel round me at the more naked bits.

probono · 11/02/2010 04:46

Modesty isn't just about you not wanting to be seen: tis about respect for other people.

This is very disrespectful.

probono · 11/02/2010 04:48
pigletmania · 11/02/2010 09:08

Im all for showering naked in the swimming pool and changing naked providing they provide separate male/female changing and showers and shower cubicles.

gramercy · 11/02/2010 09:35

This thread reminds me of when dh took ds aged 3 swimming for the first time.

Later that day Grandma said to ds, "I hear you went swimming. Tell me all about it."

Ds (eagerly): "Well, I saw hairy willies, long willies, bums, and even a hairy back !"

JaneS · 11/02/2010 09:48

Rhubarb, brilliant!

I just feel sad reading this thread that if I stripped off at my local pool, all that would happen would be the teenage girls trying not to gasp too loudly in unison at the sight of so much stretchmark and cellulite on one body! I should wear a cossie saying 'it'll happen to you too one day!'.