Family nudity and personal standards of body modesty

[LifeIsGoodish]

In the privacy of our home clothing is optional when it's just us (me, dh, our 3 dc). 15yo dc1 has become protective of his body modesty, which I respect. If he chooses to cover up, or not want to be seen naked, that's fine.

However, I'm wondering whether I need to change my behaviour. He averts his eyes if he sees me naked or half-naked. I don't go into his room naked, but that's the only thing I've changed. Our bedroom doors are opposite each other, and so even if I'm in my bedroom he is likely to see me nude.

As a family, we generally leave our doors open. Ds1 has taken to closing his, but I assumed that was basically teenage-man-cave syndrome.

I'm inclined to go on as I am. Let ds1 respect my body-choices in the way I respect his. Yet at the same time I don't want to make him uncomfortable.

Any thoughts?

Round the dinner table? I suspect this is imagination run riot.

Nah, blu, who doesn't sit around the dinner table with their tits out?

Two pregnancies later and mine would be under the table so it's not like anyone would see them anyway.

If he's obviously uncomfortable then IMO you need to start putting clothes on in the communal areas of the house. A nude household is one thing when you're old enough to choose to leave but quite another when you're old enough to see certain body parts as sexual and get confused and uncomfortable but young enough that you're stuck there.

My mom was a nudist & my brothers just had to cope with it.
But OP, you sound more considerate. You see that your son is uncomfortable. Your son won't move out before long. I think it's better to be more considerate than my mother was.

Zombie thread, FFS. Why would you search out a thread about family nudity from several years ago just to post on it? That’s pretty creepy.

I think if he’s uncomfortable with it, you do need to respect that. There’s a middle ground, here, I think. You’re naked in your bedroom? Fine. In his bedroom? Not fine. In communal areas of the house? Probably get dressed because someone else would prefer it. I don’t think there’s any need to go to the other extreme, but it is kind and respectful to acknowledge his feelings about it.

We're closing this thread now - it's a zombie, reanimated by a troll.