They were dancing in the nude, playing pinball in the nude and sipping cocktails in
the nude at the latest party of the Chicago Sun Club. That’s the area’s only nudist
club, and when members get together, they let it all hang out. Why? I love the
nature. There’s something about having the whole body exposed to the air that I
enjoy. As you can see, I’m tanned all over and I’m That’s under my watch,
of course. Unfortunately, here there’s a limited amount of sun, so members of the
Chicago Sun Club content themselves with winter activities like buff bowling, a sock
hop, where of course socks are all they wear, and your basic Saturday night party,
where in membered homes, everyone is asked to bring a towel to sit on for
sanitation. The big thing about nudism, of course, is the outdoors, so these are
just Parties you go to to put up with Chicago’s winters But the the best part of
nudism is in the summer months when it’s warm and funny Nearly all of the club
members joined as a couple with spouse or close friend and in most cases It was
the man’s idea if you want to put it into vulgar words He wants to see nude
women, you know, so he goes to this thing and he discovers it doesn’t have near
the excitement that he expected But you find something else, a relaxation, a new
style of life, a freedom. That’s what happened to Art, a 60 -year -old from Arlington
Heights, who had to talk his wife into going to their first nudist campground. My
wife said, “Fine, but I’m not going to take my clothes off.” We went to a
campground, and after about a half hour of life, everybody’s looking at me.
I feel very conspicuous with my clothes on, I better take them off so she did and
became one of the crowd and we’ve been one of the crowd ever seen. And for Art
and his wife, that’s been 30 years of relaxation and fun as a nudist, but that’s
not to say fun as in hanky -panky. We do not have sex parties, I mean people do,
I mean it’s basic, whether nudist or non -nudist, but this group at least,
and nudism in general is not sexual. It’s human. It’s so human that nudists say
they don’t pay much attention to the state of fellow nudist bodies. All insist
that’s not why they joined the Chicago Sun Club. We all like to look at the good
looking bodies but we all accept each other and accept ourselves for what we are in
terms of bodies and the thing you look at most is the suntan. Those who have
bathing suit marks don’t pass the test as true nudists. They’ll pay for spending
sunny days with clothes on by reaping the scorn of fellow club members. After all,
there’s no place in a nudist club for a clothes horse. Most members say an added
benefit of being a nudist is getting away from those who believe clothes make the
man. Clothes set up as standard. The person is wearing a Brooks Brothers suit.
You figure that there are some sort of professionals making at least $35 ,000,
$40 ,000 a year, you know. Those kind of barriers and those kind of pre -set ideas
about what people are or how much money they make are broken down because people
aren’t wearing clothes. – And when the clothes are peeled away, nudists often find a
different sort of person. – When you get together with people routinely who take
their clothes off and feel comfortable nude as well as dressed, The parties where
they’re not nudity are a little stilted and a little stiff compared to the nude
parties. If all of that sounds good to you, you can contact the Chicago Sun Club
in Chicago Heights to go swimming, partying, or dancing in the nude.
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