I think I must be about the same age as TheBreeder--I was born in '64 so I grew up in the age of naked swimming at the Y and had fairly liberal parents who, while not nudists, were not modest about nudity either. I also went through a modest stage in my early teens but was always kind of into nudity and started sleeping in the nude at around 14 or 15 I guess. In college, I was a dance so I was always semi naked and touching other sweaty semi naked guys and girls and it was totally not a big deal. When I was 19, I went to a nude beach for the first time--in Mykonos, Greece--and I loved the freedom of being naked outdoors with other people around, some nude, some not, but with no judgment or shame. Over the years, I had a string of roommates who were pretty uptight about nudity, as I find most Americans to be. Once I started living with lovers or by myself, I started spending most of my time at home in the nude. For the last several years I've lived alone and work out of my house, so I am typically naked all day unless I have to go out of the house or have to meet with clients. I'm always amazed at how much people get freaked out by nudity, especially men with other men. I'd love to chalk that up to homophobia but actually I find straight guys tend to be a less concerned about casual nudity among other men than gay guys do. It seems that gay men look at two men being naked together as a necessarily sexual situation and if they're not into you sexually, they don't want to "invite" contact by being naked. It's kind of sad. And I agree with AlwaysOpen--for me nudity has nothing to do with being "hot" or having a perfect body, it's just about being natural and not trying to impress anyone with your 6-pack abs.