Modesty - Shyness

[KennyD]

I am just wondering how shy and modest everyone is . I've lived with roommates for years . We've always sat 'n went around after dark in our underweare wheather it be Boxers or Briefs etc ..
My new roommate NEVER comes out unless he has pants or shorts on . A couple of friends stayed over awhile back and the three of us even went into the game room and shot some pool in our undies ... BUT ; the roomie was totally dressed.
Then we went in to watch a movie ... he remained dressed until he went to his room to go to bed ...
My friends all thought it was weird that he'd be so shy and uncomfortable ; I don't know what to think ... it is his choice to remain dressed ... Any thoughts ?

 

[cocktales]

I bet he comes from a family where it was NOT allowed to either show or even talk about uh, SEX!!!

You gotta admit that it's NOT the norm for everyone to run around in their undies; but hey, we all like it!

Normal?

Sorry, got caught up in that trap again......

I think it's great that all of you are comfortable enough with each other to let it all hang out!

 

[trawler69]

I generally prefer to be dressed, but with really good mates I am not that bothered, even naked is fine. As for shy, I am in fact much more shy than most people think. Enforced sociability I am good at, It is part of my job, I deal with people well and they respond to that, but in a domestic situation I tend to avoid people as I can't see why they would want to socialise with me. I think up every excuse not to go out and when I have no excuses I just say "Thanks but I don't think so, you know me!"

Sad but true.

 

[twardmo]

yeah i stay dressed too, unless there is a liberal amount of alcohol involved, but otherwise i'm pretty modest (you know what they say, "modest is hottest).

 

[justsimon]

I'm pretty much always dressed.

 

[blackbeltninja]

I have a friend who's so modest he won't even go outside his room in his pyjamas. I don't think even his parents have seen him in a pair of boxers only and he's almost 22 now.

Ironically, when he joined my gym earlier this year he bought a pair of white boardshorts to swim in... they went completely see-through when wet, so everyone there saw everything (well, through to his underwear, anyway) that first time. Needless to say, he's swum only in black boardies since.

As for me, I'm the one who suggests we go streaking about halfway through any social engagement, so I guess that rules out modesty...

-d-

 

[Aussieguy01]

Im shy and bashful lol , i always make sure im dressed in the company of others , but then again im a shy person

 

[bigbott]

When it comes to my body I suppose I am shy / modest about it. Though I am not hung up about it. I guess I just don't do around with no cloths on.

Perhaps its the way I was bought up. Not leaving my room until I was fully dressed etc. Going to university and living in halls changed that a little. If I have to get naked in a changing room I do. I just don't go out of my way to be naked or undressed. It depends on the situation.

Last year I went away with my ex and he persuaded me to walk around the hotel resort in just swimming trunks. I was not very comfortable. But he argued there was no reason for me to cover up my body. I tried to explain that is just how I am.

 

[BrandonSBCA]

Too shy for my own kind.

 

[KennyD]

To answere a couple of questions ... My roomate is 19 years old .... and take note that Nothing ever "hangs out" .. lol ... Even though I am 57; I can easily pass for mid 30's ....

 

[shyboy]

naked or in underwear infront of others....? never

 

[JJFlame]

I run around in my undies all the time in the mornings, my parents never say a thing. Boxer briefs and a t-shirt is my usual pajamas. My parents have always been very open minded about things, they weren't put off at all about my being gay (weird how I drag this topic into it[lol]). I guess I lucked out and hit the parental lottery. lol In fact, they don't even mind that my boyfriend spends the night over here(a lot). But he NEVER walks around my house in his undies like I do, understandable I guess.

 

[Lefty]

well,

i do keep a robe by the front door.

hey...our fellow creatures on this planet don't wear textiles and i don't feel i should either unless its for warmth or a visitor is really shy/modest. no, i don't have a mr atlas body and i'm not hung like a porno star. just don't have that 'gene' that says you need to cover up all the time.

for gosh sake people, its just skin.

 

[Christopher123]

The only people I've ever run around naked in front of was my boyfriend and my brother. Most of the time, like in summer, I just wear a pair of shorts and no shirt and in winter I wear just sweats (bumming around the house). Oh, and I'll walk around my house sometimes in my underwear. I live with 2 roommates, both females. They don't care. They're weird anyway, lol.

But no, I wouldn't walk around naked in front of them.

 

[Theyoungman]

I stay dressed, but of course I'm only 18 and still live with family, so I can't give you much feedback.

He is probably shy, modest, or just doesn't like to walk outside of the room without being clothed... I would feel the same way.

 

[scrubs]

I generally prefer to be dressed, but with really good mates I am not that bothered, even naked is fine. As for shy, I am in fact much more shy than most people think. Enforced sociability I am good at, It is part of my job, I deal with people well and they respond to that, but in a domestic situation I tend to avoid people as I can't see why they would want to socialise with me. I think up every excuse not to go out and when I have no excuses I just say "Thanks but I don't think so, you know me!"

Sad but true.

OMG, you have pretty much described me. I recently have been forcing my self to go out and be more social.

 

[Swellegant]

I am and have always been terribly shy about my body... even when I was a baby. My mother reports that I used to start screaming the moment she took off the diaper and wouldn't stop until it was back on. Probably one of the main reasons I was potty-trained at nine months, as soon as I could walk.

I remember having an hysterical attack when I started kindergarten and they did that little craft project where they trace an outline of you onto a sheet of butcher paper and you decorate it to look like you... well, the teacher said she was going to draw and outline of my body, and I thought she meant sans clothing, and it took her over an hour to calm me down.

At camp I would lurk around the bath cabin for hours waiting for it to be completely empty before I could take a shower. And when we had to change for gym, I always hid in the bathroom stalls to do it. Nobody in my family has seen me in less than a baggy swimsuit since I was five.

Though I got accustomed to being nude around other people when I was fucking around in early adulthood, I never got comfortable with it. It still takes an act of will for me to leave my room without clothes on, even when the house is empty. And getting into a swimming pool is almost impossible.

I've always admired people who could just walk around naked or in their underpants. I had a roommate who was like that (it helped that he looked good naked, of course, something I've never quite managed), and I tried very hard to be like him. But to no avail: one cannot fight one's nature.

 

[herenthere]

I'm not at all modest..
I run around the house in my briefs, but I do have a few pair of those silk like
fancy boxers that I sometimes out on....

 

[kurtwild]

im not shy at all infront of my friends or roommares.

 

[jockboy01]

yeah, I don't think there is anything weird about staying dressed. I know I do most of the time and I never hang out with anybody in my underwear only. I do the shirtless thing sometimes but that's it. If normal is defined as more people do it than the opposite, I would venture a guess and say that clothed is normal and underwear is abnormal.