A little bit about me. As a nudist my relationship with clot..

A little bit about me. As a nudist my relationship with clothes is utilitarian, they serve a function but I don't typically get any joy from wearing clothing. That isn't to say I have no clothes that I like, it's just that in general I find clothes to be awkward and uncomfortable. I believe this is due to an undiagnosed sensory processing issue, likely linked to other autistic traits that I have. For most of my life, any time I found myself alone at home and I knew I wasn't expected to be anywhere or do anything, I would be naked and while that was satisfactory for those periods of time, it didn't solve the overall issue I had with clothes for the times that I was required to wear them. I would be constantly stretching the collars of my shirts because they would be touching my neck or sitting on my shoulders wrong, it wasn't pleasant. I never mentioned it to anyone out of fear of bullying (which I already recieved enough of), and I secretly wished I could wear skirts like the girls at school, they always looked so comfortable and sat away from their legs. It wasn't until relatively recently, maybe in te last 4-5 years that I have been comfortable enough and surrounded by enough supportive people to start wearing skirts at home. Skirts have really changed my life in a big way. I have always been confused by people who gender clothing, why over the centuries different cultures have worn all combinations of pants, skirts, dresses, shoes, etc but now, in the modern day western world there is such a strict adherance to "Girls wear skirts and Boys wear pants". Clothing should be about comfort and expression, not archaic gender roles. Christmas of 2019, one of my partners persuaded me to wear a skirt out in public for the first time. After a lot of patience and encouragement, I finally managed to build up enough courage to do it. We went to a local Christmas garden and had a wonderful time, I got some odd looks but nobody confronted me and mostly people focussed on the beautiful scenes around them. I am still not ready to go shopping or go out to eat in a skirt but occasionally I will be confident enough to check the mail while wearing one. Baby steps.