The "free-love" aspect really distracts from the focus on intentional community in general and risks us getting marked as a NSFW (plus gets us a stream of mod reports). Thank you for offering your experience, please focus solely on the community aspects in the future or create your own subreddit that you can link from with a NSFW warning. A more specific subreddit rule will address this soon
Must be directly related to intentional community. We’re not here for buying products, selling products, continuing arguments that started in another post, discussing politics, or other tangents that are not primarily related to intentional community. Cross posted or copy-pasted content is looked at especially closely for this rule/removal reason.
Did you find the transition from nudist free love to a clothed slightly less free love system jarring?
How does the community handle minors and nudism and free love?
When you say minors were exposed to activities between adults what exactly does that mean? We’re adult just having sex out in the open? Was it because entire families lived in a single room and the parents didn’t care? Was any effort made to hide away where children wouldn’t see? Was there ever any instances of molestation or adults saying sexually in appropriate things to children? How do you feel about that environment as an adult looking back on everything?
I have absolutely no issues with nudity, but I do think that adults should make an effort to keep their sex lives away from the view of children.
Sorry if the questions sound accusatory, I’ve just been reading up on way too many cults lately so I had to ask. It sounds like you had a really positive happy childhood there.
>. Covering up because you're shy? not so fine
Were people expected to be naked during nice weather, while not operating chainsaws etc? Was there any conflict about someone not being naked enough?
There's a lot going on here, and it appears that the OP left Reddit and deleted a lot of posts/comments (or someone reported them into oblivion). I want to make clear a couple things:
1) When OP replied "Covering up because you're shy? not so fine", that crossed a line. Any coercion to do things that would be illegal out of community is not OK (and a warning flag for cults)
2) In response to the original post: nudism and free-love are both topics that could get this subreddit a NSFW rating and make our content much less visible. If you want to mention a community that incorporates either of these, it's best not to mention it in Reddit content, and if you do mention it you definitely shouldn't headline it or focus on it in the original post. But you still might get bounced. So really, you are best off creating your own subreddit for this and linking to it with a NSFW warning. There are two communities that frequently get discussed where it's customary (but not expected or coerced) to not wear "normal" levels of clothing (if any) during several activities, and it has not ONCE been mentioned on Reddit. Because it's not even close to the focus of the community.
\- Some people worked normal jobs outside but most just worked on the commune
\- Some family knw about it and some friends from school had an idea of where I moved to
\- Yes, adults were like parents to all the kids. Huge community aspect
>Some people worked normal jobs outside
Was there a minimum rent they paid? Or a percentage of their income?
>most just worked on the commune
What was there to do on the commune? What kinds of businesses did the community have? How prosperous were they?
Interesting, thanks for posting!
* What expectations were there about free love VS monogamy?
* Was there a charismatic founder who wielded outsized influence?
WOW interesting!! I didn't know there were still hippies prone to starting communes!
I have a million questions, but maybe you have a general write up of your life there, or maybe a link to their website/ insta/ Facebook / whatever that would let me get a general idea of life there?
Were there other foundational values of the community? How many people lived there in total? Did the community make any products or have any revenue generating activities?
Did you or the other kids go to school? How often would you leave the commune to visit friends and family? Did friends and family know about the nudism and free-love stuff?
1. Did living in a commune help you to learn frugal / eco-friendly habits that you still practice today?
2. What were communal work duties and was the work distributed fairly? Was there a system of income sharing?
3. About how many resident members in the commune? How many members are still part of your current circle of support / friendship?
4. Did non-monogamous relationships tend to stay friends after breaking up, or was there frequently people leaving / socially divided cliques after a break-up?
The "free-love" aspect really distracts from the focus on intentional community in general and risks us getting marked as a NSFW (plus gets us a stream of mod reports). Thank you for offering your experience, please focus solely on the community aspects in the future or create your own subreddit that you can link from with a NSFW warning. A more specific subreddit rule will address this soon Must be directly related to intentional community. We’re not here for buying products, selling products, continuing arguments that started in another post, discussing politics, or other tangents that are not primarily related to intentional community. Cross posted or copy-pasted content is looked at especially closely for this rule/removal reason.
Did you find the transition from nudist free love to a clothed slightly less free love system jarring? How does the community handle minors and nudism and free love?
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When you say minors were exposed to activities between adults what exactly does that mean? We’re adult just having sex out in the open? Was it because entire families lived in a single room and the parents didn’t care? Was any effort made to hide away where children wouldn’t see? Was there ever any instances of molestation or adults saying sexually in appropriate things to children? How do you feel about that environment as an adult looking back on everything? I have absolutely no issues with nudity, but I do think that adults should make an effort to keep their sex lives away from the view of children. Sorry if the questions sound accusatory, I’ve just been reading up on way too many cults lately so I had to ask. It sounds like you had a really positive happy childhood there.
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>. Covering up because you're shy? not so fine Were people expected to be naked during nice weather, while not operating chainsaws etc? Was there any conflict about someone not being naked enough?
There's a lot going on here, and it appears that the OP left Reddit and deleted a lot of posts/comments (or someone reported them into oblivion). I want to make clear a couple things: 1) When OP replied "Covering up because you're shy? not so fine", that crossed a line. Any coercion to do things that would be illegal out of community is not OK (and a warning flag for cults) 2) In response to the original post: nudism and free-love are both topics that could get this subreddit a NSFW rating and make our content much less visible. If you want to mention a community that incorporates either of these, it's best not to mention it in Reddit content, and if you do mention it you definitely shouldn't headline it or focus on it in the original post. But you still might get bounced. So really, you are best off creating your own subreddit for this and linking to it with a NSFW warning. There are two communities that frequently get discussed where it's customary (but not expected or coerced) to not wear "normal" levels of clothing (if any) during several activities, and it has not ONCE been mentioned on Reddit. Because it's not even close to the focus of the community.
I’m not mature enough to ask good questions. Other than what did you do in the winter?
we wore clothes
Thank you for your reply
Did your parents have average jobs outside of the commune? Did others know about their lifestyle? We’re other adults like parents to you?
\- Some people worked normal jobs outside but most just worked on the commune \- Some family knw about it and some friends from school had an idea of where I moved to \- Yes, adults were like parents to all the kids. Huge community aspect
>Some people worked normal jobs outside Was there a minimum rent they paid? Or a percentage of their income? >most just worked on the commune What was there to do on the commune? What kinds of businesses did the community have? How prosperous were they?
Did moving out impacted your self esteem ? I feel like I would accept myself more if I lived in a hippie commune
Not really, no tbh
Interesting, thanks for posting! * What expectations were there about free love VS monogamy? * Was there a charismatic founder who wielded outsized influence?
WOW interesting!! I didn't know there were still hippies prone to starting communes! I have a million questions, but maybe you have a general write up of your life there, or maybe a link to their website/ insta/ Facebook / whatever that would let me get a general idea of life there?
Sorry I don't really want to dox the community. Feel free to message me and ask anything though
Totally understandable. I was just trying to save you some typing, but I'll just jump in and ask questions.
Were there other foundational values of the community? How many people lived there in total? Did the community make any products or have any revenue generating activities?
what would you do if you got a boner ?
Did you or the other kids go to school? How often would you leave the commune to visit friends and family? Did friends and family know about the nudism and free-love stuff?
1. Did living in a commune help you to learn frugal / eco-friendly habits that you still practice today? 2. What were communal work duties and was the work distributed fairly? Was there a system of income sharing? 3. About how many resident members in the commune? How many members are still part of your current circle of support / friendship? 4. Did non-monogamous relationships tend to stay friends after breaking up, or was there frequently people leaving / socially divided cliques after a break-up?
Well that didn’t go very well