Explorer79 wrote:Calico, those were exactly the observations of my wife on our first trip as she transitioned from being apprehensive about casual nudity to "I totally get it now".
Personally I'm not of the nudist mindset whatsoever. I'm niether for it or against it in principle, I don't really care either way. At home I never think "I wish I was naked right now". However at Desire I'm nude most of the time other than eating etc.. and it's all because that's what the vibe is, when in Rome.... The social interactions are what it's all about for me, the more the merrier.
The concept is basically that if enough people of a group change in a meaningful way then the dynamic of the group itself will change. This is basic human nature and is not exclusive to Desire or anywhere else. In the case of Desire, having enough people be nude is a contributing factor, likely a requirement for the Desire experience. At something like Naughty in Nawlins it's that almost everyone is lifestyle. Either way the concept is the same, a shift in the balance will produce a different experience.
Let's say a vanilla resort is full of normal clothed vanilla folk. Then, 50 naked people show up. Does the vibe change? Of course it does.
If less people being nude at Desire was not a change in a meaningful way then you could be the only one nude at the resort and have the same experience as if all were naked. This is obviously absurd.
There's nothing mysterious about Desire when it comes to all this, it is still human interaction at the core level. People don't all of the sudden start acting like a new species overriding millions of years of evolutionary programming. People have been forming groups from the beginning. The magic happens when most of the group is of like mind. Desire simply provides an atmosphere that facilitates positive human social interactions provided that the hive is similar enough.
If some number of people are clothed, the group is no longer of like mind therefore a divide naturally happens and the vibe then changes as it has become two things, not one.
Taken to the next level if subgroups start to form and continue to divide it doesn't take long before it ends up being like any other vanilla place. To me this is the underlying concept that makes the Desire experience different, it has nothing to do with nudity, that is merely the vessel that artificially takes us out of the normalized human experience and it's also why it doesn't take much to upset the careful balance. What we all are enjoying is not the normal human experience. This is the magic of Desire.
exactly... all said, the different guests going to Desire: 1) being a part/contributing to the vibe/party atmosphere that we all have and are enjoying or 2) going with the intent to be on the side lines to enjoy as much of the vibe without contributing and enjoy watching (with their clothes on). Good analogy of 'when in Rome'. Don't show up at a beach volleyball game in suits and gowns or a gala ball in beach clothes. As long as Desire is different than other like kind resorts and it remains a good business model of clothing optional resort for them. (their sales slogan "come and watch and be watched"), it is what it is. ,L
Lets' end this thread