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Would you let your 25 year-old son see you naked?

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pattypan Wed 20-Dec-17 12:13:02

I realise this is a slightly odd question but it has not come from nowhere but because Birds of A Feather Star Linda Robson said yesterday that she lets her son so he can see what real women look like. While I applaud the idea of the normalisation of women rather than the airbrushed celebrity look that is pushed in the media, I can't help thinking this is rather distasteful. Am I wrong? www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/linda-robson-lets-25-year-11721558

Bridgeit Wed 20-Dec-17 16:09:20

Can't decide who would be most traumatised ,me or my 30 years plus 'boys'?

Christalbee Wed 20-Dec-17 16:15:33

I don't walk around naked and never have. Don't feel the need, as we all know what we've got under our clothes in varying combinations. I do love my body but only when i'm on my own or with other half. Never with son, who is 40 or Daughter 33, or even grandson who is 5. They would all think I had completely lost it and run for the hills!! as others have already said. lol! What point is she trying to prove??

Christinefrance Wed 20-Dec-17 16:18:20

I'm with Nannylovesshopping I don't have sons but wouldn't even want to scare my enemies with the sight of me in the nude.
I envy people who are less prudish than I but I can't change now.

grandtanteJE65 Wed 20-Dec-17 16:45:00

To me it depends on the age of the children involved. I never minded being naked in the bath with my small children, nieces etc. nor do I mind changing with other women and girls at the swimming baths, but I would feel uncomfortable if my 40 year old daughter in law walked into our bedroom while I was naked, or I into hers. I wouldn't want to see my son in his nothingness now either.

Last time I took a class of twelve year old girls to the public bath, it didn't bother me that they saw me naked while showering, but with all the hoo-ha these days about inappropriate behaviour between adults and children, I kept strict custody of my eyes, in the sense the mother superior of my childhood would have approved of.

Chewbacca Wed 20-Dec-17 16:47:34

It would embarrass my DS and me. Why would I want to do that?

aggie Wed 20-Dec-17 16:53:49

Ugh ! New bathroom mirror ! Even with steam , no glasses and half awake it was enough to scare the horses ..... so definitely a big no from me confused

shysal Wed 20-Dec-17 17:01:12

Noooooooo!

IngeJones Wed 20-Dec-17 17:31:11

My house is too cold to walk around naked.

vampirequeen Wed 20-Dec-17 17:33:31

Noooooooooo! I don't have a son but I certainly wouldn't walk around naked in front of him if I did. My daughters have never seen me naked.

BBbevan Wed 20-Dec-17 17:39:42

I think I wouldn't let anyone other than DH see me naked . But if I got a job as an artist's model, that would be another thing altogether.

MissAdventure Wed 20-Dec-17 17:40:44

Another thing IN the altogether? wink

BBbevan Wed 20-Dec-17 17:47:32

I did that deliberately Glad you noticed * MissAdventure*

TerriBull Wed 20-Dec-17 18:13:07

Good God no! no! no! There came a time back in the dim and distant past when they became embarrassed with their own nudity certainly before late childhood, when I remember the younger one bursting into our bathroom whilst my husband shaving in his underpants, and he had the nerve to say "shouldn't you put some clothes on, no one wants to see you in your underpants" damn cheek! Privacy prevailed after about 8 or so if I remember rightly.
When I take my young granddaughter swimming she bags one of the cublicles, she at 7 demands complete privacy whilst I am left to get on with it in the communal changing area grin

TwiceAsNice Wed 20-Dec-17 18:18:47

I think there comes a time when your child of t.he opposite sex shouldn't see you naked. However I have no problem with my daughters or granddaughters seeing me naked and vice versa.

MissAdventure Wed 20-Dec-17 18:23:17

I know of a home with four sons, whose stepmother (she had been with their dad for years) used to walk around naked. They all laughed behind her back at how droopy her boobs were, and found it quite disgusting.
They were all quite surprised to find out that not all breasts were as saggy as hers.

harrigran Wed 20-Dec-17 19:01:08

No never, not in front of anyone whatever the sex.

Nelliemoser Wed 20-Dec-17 19:03:18

NO! My 40 yr old son is not seeing me in the nude. Poor lad it could traumatise him.
But the thread is about us mothers showing themselves naked to their sons not the other way around.
I have seen my son naked many times but probably not since he was about nine. I guess he is a bit bigger and hairier. Probably balder as well. wink .

NemosMum Wed 20-Dec-17 19:21:35

No! It's child abuse - whatever age they are! grin

Sennelier1 Wed 20-Dec-17 20:02:56

My children saw me naked in our shared bathroom a lot of times when they were....well....children. They tended to run in and out whenever I was taking a bath ? Now they're adults, and I don't see any reason why they should see me naked, so no, not to my taste. It's different with women, I recently shared a fitting-room with my daughter-in-law.

Moocow Wed 20-Dec-17 20:04:34

With my daughters it's different though as they are not ones for covering up. But what if you found your son needed to become your carer? Wouldn't it be easier in the long run if we all stopped feeling the need to cover up/ avert our eyes?

Skynnylynny Wed 20-Dec-17 21:44:19

My youngest daughter has to help me get dressed so has seen me naked lots of times. Neither of us consider this to be odd but I suppose if it wasn’t necessary then it wouldn’t happen.

OldMeg Wed 20-Dec-17 21:49:06

No way!

Smithy Wed 20-Dec-17 22:03:46

I can't bear the sight of me naked in the mirror, so why would I inflict it on anyone else.
I did once work with a lady who had adult son and daughter at home, and they thought nothing of walking round the house in the nude. (The son's pals were on a waiting list to have overnight stays!)

MaggieM Thu 21-Dec-17 02:54:47

or even grandson who is 5

That reminds me of the time my 4 year old granddaughter came into my room shouting nana, Im here. Id just had a shower and was wrapped in a very short towel. I gave her a cuddle etc then bent down to put my pants on. The towel rode up and my rather ample bum was very clearly on show. It traumatised her and she ran out the room shouting to her mum and wee brother who were just on their way in - clickly, clickly, nana's bum is coming.

I still have moments of random laughter just thinking about it 10 years later.

BlueBelle Thu 21-Dec-17 04:36:34

I would not be naked in front of any of my adult children, my son would be damaged for the rest of his life and so would I

Sennelier are you normally naked in the shops changing rooms ??? ??