My sons no longer want to see me naked. In fact my oldest hasn’t wanted to see me naked for a very long time. It makes me sad because it’s like they are all grown up and the innocence of our bond is gone.
“Mum can you, like, cover yourself up?”
And with those words I realised my little boy was gone, forever.
I didn’t grow up in a nude house, like celebrity Kate Hudson, 36, who now has two sons of her own – Ryder, 12 and Bingham, four. She says she’s more comfortable being naked, as mother Goldie Hawn always was and says it may have something to do with being a dancer.
I’ve had to change our entire morning routine because of this. Very inconvenient, especially not being able to do nude runs to and from my bedroom.
Here’s how the showers used to go in my home each morning before my son vetoed my nakedness. I’d get up and jump straight in, then as I rinsed the conditioner out of my hair I’d call out for Philip to jump in as soon as I got out. No big deal. It worked. It was efficient. Often as I dried myself we’d have a talk. Then he’d jump out and call for his little brother to hop in.
Since my son decided my nudity was no longer acceptable I have to get up EARLIER. I have my shower, turn it off, do all my bathroom things, put on a robe and then call for him to come and have a shower. Then I leave him alone to offer him some privacy.
Privacy, from his own mother.
But apparently it’s okay for him to spend 20 minutes doing his hair in front of the mirror in the nude. “How about putting your undies on first,” I suggested this morning, not that I’m offended by his cute little body. It’s just not fair if he gets to be naked and I don’t.
“No I can’t Mum. I’m still drying in the air,” he explained before coating himself in Lynx (to the point of suffocation).
Now his little brother is picking up on his older brother’s sentiment. He prefers me to cover up but he says it with less outrage, in more of a token way. He often doesn’t notice if I am half-dressed because I’ve just jumped out of the shower.
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Haha. Families.
In my house I'm the prude-mum with masses of people who think it's cool to use the toilet with the door open, or who walk out from their room naked to start an in-depth conversation about a book character, and then look at ME weird when I shade my eyes to answer them.
I know someone with teen sons and a tween daughter. She also has breast implants, a permanent Brazilian and a 'tramp stamp' tattoo. She insists on parading around naked even though her sons have asked her not to, even though she tries to tell them porn isn't realistic and can be damaging if overexposed, even though her oldest son punched his friend who kept calling her a MILF. She wears her sex appeal like a badge of honour. It validates her sense of self-worth... but I think it comes at a cost myself.