I very much appreciate the overall direction of this forum, in that everyone has supported the truth that our spouses/partners are individuals who deserve respect and autonomy in these personal choices.  I liked the food reference from a.b.y.a. C.   My wife thinks too much black pepper is 'hot.' That's as close as she'll ever get to hot sauce or salsa.  I put hot stuff on everything I can that is suitable.  She has to be Gluten Free and is made ill by the minutest exposure. I am not.  I have firearms and I enjoy range shooting. She won't touch one.  All those things aside, our values when it comes to what is important, are right on track with one another. We don't differ the slightest in the things that are essential. What I'm getting at is, if you wouldn't force-feed your spouse something that they profoundly dislike or would make them sick, then certainly, you love them too much to brow-beat them into sharing your recreational lifestyle against their personal nature. My wife's lack of interest in social nudity is not an insult to me.  She will be naked in front of me without shame or hesitation. She'll come out of the shower and walk through the house to put dirty clothes in the hamper and get out clean ones. I compliment her appearance when naked, and she smiles her appreciation for my recognition. This works for us.

When I first knew Steve I said that Westerns and Sci-fi films don't interest me and that sitcoms are boring. He said that it depends on the ones you watch. I have since learned that there are some great westerns and Sci-fi films if you are open to try them. Yesterday for example we watched the powerful and thought provoking "The Big Country." We also watched the last episode of "Frazier" after being addicted through the entire 11 series box set.

What I guess I am saying is that although I sat through and was bored by westerns, sci-fi and sitcoms in the past I never really looked at the bigger picture and really tried to enjoy them. They all seemed equally uninteresting - how wrong I was. Our sons likewise used to be against the idea of watching silent or black and white films. Though now they cannot get enough of Laurel and Hardy and after watching the first six Johnny Weismuller Tarzans were deeply dissapointed that the second box set of six is too expensive to justify purchasing. They may be used to the computer generated effect driven films of today but still get caught up in a Universal Horror of the 1930's.  

Naturism may not appeal because of preconceptions, but maybe if someone really opens their eyes to it and gives it a go they may find that there is more to it than they first believed and when done right it is thoroughly enjoyable and more importantly very enriching.

“. . . when it comes down to it, the reason we do it is simply because it feels good!  Of course you might not understand this until you do it for yourself and if you have never considered Naturism before but your partner is asking you to give it a go, please do as they ask because although I was reluctant at first, the day a warm breeze caressed my naked skin, it became apparent!  There’s a feeling of freedom, liberation and confidence.  You’re doing something you’ve been told not to do all your life: social nudity!” - Roni

From personal experience I must concur with the others saying "you can't". She or he can only decide for themselves that they enjoy Naturism.  

My ex-wife of a twenty five year marriage started out as a Naturist but over the years lost interest to the point that she became somewhat intolerant of my own participation in the lifestyle. It was a primary reason we eventually divorced.  

My present partner (10 years and running) is very anti-Naturism. Her opposition increased the more she came to realise how my belief in Naturism affected the way I wanted to live. I think at first she regarded it as an occasional holiday eccentricity, which to begin with she even participated in when we were alone together, for example in the garden pool or a hot tub. Now she pointedly refuses to meet me half way and even covers when coming out of the shower, which she never used to. It's like she's trying to set an example in the vain hope that it will rub off on me.  

The weird thing is I am expected to be less Naturist in hers and her family's company than I would expect to be with people I don't even know.   

It took little persuasion for her to use our simple garden pool in previous summers, so I will try to set that up again. Plus maybe invest in a hot tub. I think I merely half joking, told her costumes are not allowed in my pool and she didn't argue the point. Even though our garden is overlooked by immediate neighbours.   

I live in hope (but not much) and wish all those with reluctant neighbours the best of luck. Re-compiling a lifetime of faulty programming is a daunting almost impossible task.

It sounds a little hopeless, but don't give up.  Here's a thought by John was Elwood:

“My wife [is] becoming more and more nudist with me.  Our first experience was when I researched Little Beach before we got to Maui.  She was nervous as a cat . . . but once we got there and I got naked and we swam together, she went topless and said that it was fun.  Soon after, we went to an open house at a local resort about an hour away from home though, and she was topless again . . . What changed her the most was our old house in the country.  When we'd go out there for weekends to work on it, I slowly encouraged her to get out of bed (we sleep nude) and to go out on the porch to have coffee and breakfast, and then to go in and get dressed and start working.  Reluctant at first, but after about the third or fourth time, I didn't even have to ask her or remind her.  When we moved into this house, the back yard was already screened pretty well from the neighbors, and ‘naked coffee’ almost every weekend has been pretty nice.  I joked with her one Saturday morning back in May about participating in World Naked Gardening Day . . . and to my pleasant surprise, she got up, completely naked, and started deadheading one of her hanging baskets! . . . My advice is to . . . gently encourage her to join in like I did my wife.  Taking her to a far away resort also sounds like a good option. I've heard plenty of stories in here of ‘changed lives / changed wives’ at a tropical resort, and they're the ones who want to go back and to get completely naked again.”