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Is it weird that I don't understand peoples' fascination with open showers? I had them in high school, but never since. I kind of like having some privacy, myself, though I would be willing to use open showers if I found myself in a situation where that was all that was available.
 

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Is it weird that I don't understand peoples' fascination with open showers? I had them in high school, but never since. I kind of like having some privacy, myself, though I would be willing to use open showers if I found myself in a situation where that was all that was available.

It's safely erotic to see other men in a relaxed, non-sexual atmosphere showing off their naked bodies. It's a very informal atmosphere where you can just " get a peek" as the other men soap themselves down, all in your view. And maybe you can get a glimpse of someone getting a boner. harmless fun.
 
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Is it weird that I don't understand peoples' fascination with open showers? I had them in high school, but never since. I kind of like having some privacy, myself, though I would be willing to use open showers if I found myself in a situation where that was all that was available.

I don't think it' weird that you don't understand it, and this comes from a guy who is obsessed with them. Why is this? I don't really know because I was terrified of them and hated them until about 30 years ago. I guess for me it's because it was where I first felt like one of the guys. I have bonded with countless guys while naked in them over the last 30 years. I find that guys' guards come down when they are naked, and that they are more sociable. I have become closer with guys I knew before and then showered naked with later because we had been at our most vulnerable together. I have often questioned why I feel so passionately about open showers. I think this is the reason why. Before becoming athletic, I never got along with guys and had a terrible relationship with my older brother and father. I always longed for that close bond with other guys. A couple of times I thought I found it only to later be let down and disappointed by them (that's a whole other thread). To me, the open shower is the great equalizer. Your social position, job, wealth, etc doesn't matter. You're just one of the guys. I don't know if this makes any sense to others or not. Maybe it's just me.
 
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I don't think it' weird that you don't understand it, and this comes from a guy who is obsessed with them. Why is this? I don't really know because I was terrified of them and hated them until about 30 years ago. I guess for me it's because it was where I first felt like one of the guys. I have bonded with countless guys while naked in them over the last 30 years. I find that guys' guards come down when they are naked, and that they are more sociable. I have become closer with guys I knew before and then showered naked with later because we had been at our most vulnerable together. I have often questioned why I feel so passionately about open showers. I think this is the reason why. Before becoming athletic, I never got along with guys and had a terrible relationship with my older brother and father. I always longed for that close bond with other guys. A couple of times I thought I found it only to later be let down and disappointed by them (that's a whole other thread). To me, the open shower is the great equalizer. Your social position, job, wealth, etc doesn't matter. You're just one of the guys. I don't know if this makes any sense to others or not. Maybe it's just me.

Overly private behavior in any public environment is a sign of rejection or exclusion. It is much like having someone speak around you in another language so that you don’t know what is said.

My previous GYM had both an open shower area and some of the individual shower closets with frosted glass doors.

I was highly amused to see some guys use the individual showers as a sign (in their own minds) of modesty and character. Fact is there were a lot of guys getting blowjobs in those closets from a couple of trainers who worked there.

After learning what was going on I always suspected anyone using a closet shower.

I often wonder what the towel dancers using the closets would have done if they knew what many of us suspected was going on behind those frosted doors. They might have done themselves a favor just using the common shower area and letting it all hang out like the rest of us.



A form of towel dance that isn’t a rejection.

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Is it weird that I don't understand peoples' fascination with open showers? I had them in high school, but never since. I kind of like having some privacy, myself, though I would be willing to use open showers if I found myself in a situation where that was all that was available.

I understand your comments. I was scared about the idea of them for years even though I knew "jocks" took them. When I finally showered openly I was like "not so bad" and it wasn't sexual at all so I didn't even think about anything other than "get through this"

Open showers aren't a thing to be feared. It's not the eye candy some may think. I saw some decently attractive guys and some who weren't at all. Just go with the flow and I'm sure you dick isn't the smallest in the world, nor is it likely the biggest.
 

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I don't think it' weird that you don't understand it, and this comes from a guy who is obsessed with them. Why is this? I don't really know because I was terrified of them and hated them until about 30 years ago. I guess for me it's because it was where I first felt like one of the guys. I have bonded with countless guys while naked in them over the last 30 years. I find that guys' guards come down when they are naked, and that they are more sociable. I have become closer with guys I knew before and then showered naked with later because we had been at our most vulnerable together. I have often questioned why I feel so passionately about open showers. I think this is the reason why. Before becoming athletic, I never got along with guys and had a terrible relationship with my older brother and father. I always longed for that close bond with other guys. A couple of times I thought I found it only to later be let down and disappointed by them (that's a whole other thread). To me, the open shower is the great equalizer. Your social position, job, wealth, etc doesn't matter. You're just one of the guys. I don't know if this makes any sense to others or not. Maybe it's just me.
Similar path here. When I was young and closeted, I both fantasized about and feared open showers because I knew that I would not be able to control erections and my sexuality would be revealed, yet I also longed for the male bonding that went with casual nudity. College was a great transition toward overcoming the fear part of it. We did not have open showers in the dorms, but had towel hooks on the wall across from the stalls, which everyone used except for a few prudes who hung their towels over their stalls. This enable me to be naked in front of other guys on a daily basis, but for shorter bursts where I could control that issue. I became more brazen about being further and further from the comfort of a towel, hanging it on the hook as soon as I entered the bathroom whether or not a stall was available (something that about half of the guys would do). It felt incredibly manly to be able to engage in banter with my dormmates, showing off that I'm not inhibited about having my penis completely uncovered. I eventually worked my way up to open showers, with the towel increasingly further away. Now I work out at a gym with an open shower and towels available in the wet area, so I just lock up my stuff and walk naked to the shower, no towel in hand. While I've long since conquered the unintended erection issue, I still find it exhilarating to be naked with other guys and still feel incredibly masculine to show off my inhibition about other guys seeing my penis.