Things people do that annoys you in the gym.
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JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.3 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.5 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
It's not about societal norms as much as it is a complete stranger captain morganning me or my gym bag.
In HS/JHS/basic training, It's people I know, at least by name if not friends.1 -
It drives me nuts to see someone put a couple of sprays of antiseptic on a paper towel at the start of a gym session, then wad it up,and carry it around from machine to machine and wipe every machine down with it. All they're doing is spreading whatever germs from machine to machine. Use the antiseptic spray properly or don't bother at all.1
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jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.7 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I was in the Army, too, and spent a number of years showering without privacy. So nudity doesn't bother me, but still, I think the locker room and showers should be about changing/showering and then exiting the area. I think people who just stand there naked for long periods of time socializing without progressing to get dressed are getting some sort of enjoyment about it and it is creepy.8 -
nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
WOW... screaming pigbeasts :huh:2 -
People who just stand there obviously staring at you while you're trying to figure out how use the weight machines1
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nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
I have been working out at a Planet Fitness since December and have never witnessed the "lunk alarm" activated. Then again, I usually work out at 5am, which may be outside of the typical lunk's exercise window.
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Bry_Lander wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
I have been working out at a Planet Fitness since December and have never witnessed the "lunk alarm" activated. Then again, I usually work out at 5am, which may be outside of the typical lunk's exercise window.
I've been going there for over a year and at all times of the day and night and I swear it isn't even hooked up. It's just there for show at my gym. Nobody gives a crap about lunks. It's just like all the other chain gyms I've gone to, only cheaper and more convenient.0 -
Bry_Lander wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I was in the Army, too, and spent a number of years showering without privacy. So nudity doesn't bother me, but still, I think the locker room and showers should be about changing/showering and then exiting the area. I think people who just stand there naked for long periods of time socializing without progressing to get dressed are getting some sort of enjoyment about it and it is creepy.
I've literally never met these people you speak of. Well I have, but on nude beaches where you'd expect that sort of thing (not my lifestyle, just a film shoot).
People that dry their hair with no shirt on? Sure. People who apply lotion in the nude? Yep. People who pull their pants on while asking me how the traffic was on my way in? Indeed. But not people who socialize for long periods while naked. Everyone is pretty much on a mission.0 -
Motorsheen wrote: »*kitten*''ots who swing their sweaty towel while walking past. Sometimes it touches you. Putting the sweaty towel on the weights. So if you want to use it, you end up touching the towel or the weights it was on. Is it so hard to put it on the floor without causing obstruction? I feel like sticking my foot down their back side.
good lord, man
I've read all of your posts on this thread..... what kind of Neanderthals frequent your gym?
there's gotta be a different gym, sans dbags, where you can train.
The gym I go to, newly opened last year. Was able to get a good discount.0 -
There was a woman in my locker room today who wore a towel over her boobs. Not wrapped all the way around the way most people do - she draped the towel over them and let it hang. She hung her towel on her boobs. Her boobs were large and perky enough to hold up the towel by themselves. She walked around like that for a while, and the towel never showed signs of slipping off.
I wasn't annoyed, just amused and more than a little impressed.
And it made me think of this thread.13 -
This one doesn't so much annoy me as I just find it comical: The extreme amount of jealousy in certain women at my gym. They see certain ladies who are in incredible shape and wearing some form fitting workout clothing and because they're insecure with themselves and/or no one wants to see their frumpy a## in those clothes, they have to put those women down. I hear it constantly. The whispering and rude comments. I know there have been times when the people they're referencing have heard them too. I strongly admire them for not paying any attention to these women and continuing being themselves and striving for excellence.4
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HooperDrivesTheBoatChief wrote: »This one doesn't so much annoy me as I just find it comical: The extreme amount of jealousy in certain women at my gym. They see certain ladies who are in incredible shape and wearing some form fitting workout clothing and because they're insecure with themselves and/or no one wants to see their frumpy a## in those clothes, they have to put those women down. I hear it constantly. The whispering and rude comments. I know there have been times when the people they're referencing have heard them too. I strongly admire them for not paying any attention to these women and continuing being themselves and striving for excellence.
I've never seen or heard anything like this, but I believe you that it happens. Sounds pathetic to me. I'm pretty fit and I know I look good. My peers (middle-aged) are mostly pretty frumpy. I'm confident, but I'm not arrogant about my fitness and I don't disparage or mock people who aren't as fit. It's really nothing to me if somebody hates me for being something they're not. If I heard a disparaging comment I wouldn't feel bad for myself. I'd feel bad for them. Their meanness and insecurity is not my problem, that's on them. It's just kinda sad for them, though. It doesn't make you look any better to tear someone else down. It's quite the opposite, actually.
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Racking free weights in locations other than their designated location + doing Bicep curls in the squat rack0
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HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Bry_Lander wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I was in the Army, too, and spent a number of years showering without privacy. So nudity doesn't bother me, but still, I think the locker room and showers should be about changing/showering and then exiting the area. I think people who just stand there naked for long periods of time socializing without progressing to get dressed are getting some sort of enjoyment about it and it is creepy.
I've literally never met these people you speak of. Well I have, but on nude beaches where you'd expect that sort of thing (not my lifestyle, just a film shoot).
People that dry their hair with no shirt on? Sure. People who apply lotion in the nude? Yep. People who pull their pants on while asking me how the traffic was on my way in? Indeed. But not people who socialize for long periods while naked. Everyone is pretty much on a mission.
If you go to your local community rec center I think you will find that there is no shortage of naked elderly men milling around the locker room who are absolutely not on any type of mission.7 -
Bry_Lander wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Bry_Lander wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I was in the Army, too, and spent a number of years showering without privacy. So nudity doesn't bother me, but still, I think the locker room and showers should be about changing/showering and then exiting the area. I think people who just stand there naked for long periods of time socializing without progressing to get dressed are getting some sort of enjoyment about it and it is creepy.
I've literally never met these people you speak of. Well I have, but on nude beaches where you'd expect that sort of thing (not my lifestyle, just a film shoot).
People that dry their hair with no shirt on? Sure. People who apply lotion in the nude? Yep. People who pull their pants on while asking me how the traffic was on my way in? Indeed. But not people who socialize for long periods while naked. Everyone is pretty much on a mission.
If you go to your local community rec center I think you will find that there is no shortage of naked elderly men milling around the locker room who are absolutely not on any type of mission.
This is definitely the case. Many old guys have lived long enough to be comfortable in their bodies. I can't be mad about that.
EDIT: Also many old guys go to the rec centre/gym specifically to socialise, and don't have jobs. There's no rush! When I'm old I'm going to helicopter my johnson around the locker room while talking about sports and fibre, guaranteed.
(Also, not suggesting that you don't know these things, just adding some info to your post!)7 -
Bry_Lander wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Bry_Lander wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I was in the Army, too, and spent a number of years showering without privacy. So nudity doesn't bother me, but still, I think the locker room and showers should be about changing/showering and then exiting the area. I think people who just stand there naked for long periods of time socializing without progressing to get dressed are getting some sort of enjoyment about it and it is creepy.
I've literally never met these people you speak of. Well I have, but on nude beaches where you'd expect that sort of thing (not my lifestyle, just a film shoot).
People that dry their hair with no shirt on? Sure. People who apply lotion in the nude? Yep. People who pull their pants on while asking me how the traffic was on my way in? Indeed. But not people who socialize for long periods while naked. Everyone is pretty much on a mission.
If you go to your local community rec center I think you will find that there is no shortage of naked elderly men milling around the locker room who are absolutely not on any type of mission.
This is definitely the case. Many old guys have lived long enough to be comfortable in their bodies. I can't be mad about that.
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But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I don't understand being weird about nudity, either. It's the natural state of the human body. I walk around naked all of the time and only "warn" my 13 year old son that I'm "coming through the house naked" just in case he has some weird, teen issues that I'll need to correct.
But locker rooms are FOR being nude. And from what I've noted, the people most likely to stay nude/be the most nude are the much older ladies who give zero *kittens* what anyone thinks. And I think that's awesome. I mean... if a person is sensitive to nude bodies, why are they in a locker room??
The talking I totally get. Not because of the nudity, just the socializing is annoying.
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... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol11
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I walk around naked all of the time ].WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »I walk around naked all of the time
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jseams1234 wrote: »... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol
Just being weird about nudity in general. I've always taught him that he shouldn't confuse normal nudity/body parts with sex because that's how kids end up with negative, shameful, body issues and sexual hang ups. And yes, if me passing by nude is more than "annoying" to him, it's an unhealthy mentality that would need correction.
It's not like I'd sit around with lady-bits out all day. But I shower with the door open, dress/undress as I'm roaming the house, etc.
He just ignores it/isnt phased by it. Which is exactly what nudity should be viewed as: normal/common/no biggie.6 -
WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol
Just being weird about nudity in general. I've always taught him that he shouldn't confuse normal nudity/body parts with sex because that's how kids end up with weird, ashamed, body issues and sex hang ups. And yes, if me passing by nude is more than "annoying" to him, it's an unhealthy mentality that would need correction. But he just ignores it/isnt phased by it. Which is exactly what nudity should be viewed as: normal/common/nothing.
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WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol
Just being weird about nudity in general. I've always taught him that he shouldn't confuse normal nudity/body parts with sex because that's how kids end up with negative, shameful, body issues and sexual hang ups. And yes, if me passing by nude is more than "annoying" to him, it's an unhealthy mentality that would need correction.
It's not like I'd sit around with lady-bits out all day. But I shower with the door open, dress/undress as I'm roaming the house, etc.
He just ignores it/isnt phased by it. Which is exactly what nudity should be viewed as: normal/common/no biggie.
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heidishmidi wrote: »WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol
Just being weird about nudity in general. I've always taught him that he shouldn't confuse normal nudity/body parts with sex because that's how kids end up with weird, ashamed, body issues and sex hang ups. And yes, if me passing by nude is more than "annoying" to him, it's an unhealthy mentality that would need correction. But he just ignores it/isnt phased by it. Which is exactly what nudity should be viewed as: normal/common/nothing.
ie collecting National Geographics for the nudes
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heidishmidi wrote: »WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol
Just being weird about nudity in general. I've always taught him that he shouldn't confuse normal nudity/body parts with sex because that's how kids end up with weird, ashamed, body issues and sex hang ups. And yes, if me passing by nude is more than "annoying" to him, it's an unhealthy mentality that would need correction. But he just ignores it/isnt phased by it. Which is exactly what nudity should be viewed as: normal/common/nothing.
ie collecting National Geographics for the nudes
hahaha....
wait.
that's weird ?
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Motorsheen wrote: »heidishmidi wrote: »WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »... you think your son perhaps not wanting to see his mothers junk a weird teen issue that needs to be corrected? lol
Just being weird about nudity in general. I've always taught him that he shouldn't confuse normal nudity/body parts with sex because that's how kids end up with weird, ashamed, body issues and sex hang ups. And yes, if me passing by nude is more than "annoying" to him, it's an unhealthy mentality that would need correction. But he just ignores it/isnt phased by it. Which is exactly what nudity should be viewed as: normal/common/nothing.
ie collecting National Geographics for the nudes
hahaha....
wait.
that's weird ?
drat.
Uhh. Yeah. I got rid of mine months ago.
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