I'm curious about that, too.
She's somewhere around 33, I think. This daughter has been a difficult one. She had refused to speak to her mother for more than 12 years, re-establishing the relationship just a couple of years ago. She hasn't been welcoming to me, distant at best. I don't know where she is at now. There are a lot of tenuous factors and complications. The healing has been slow, DF amazingly patient. So, the nudity is just a piece in a larger adjustment. It may get to professional help, I dunno. Casual body freedom might be the easy part. She is open to alternative health, woo woo stuff and may have understanding of the body in a less conservative way. I'll post if it becomes interesting, or should I say enlightening...or I need suggestions in a helpless state.
Will DF put her foot down early, or let things slide, hoping that her daughter gets on her own soon enough? I'll wait to see and encourage her to make boundaries and expect respect in the meantime. It is important that their relationship continues to heal and blossom. I certainly don't want to mess up their progress. I suppose that in the least, she will be informed, as DF and I come out of the closet naked and she'll have to accept that in her concept of mother. She seems to desire that her mom fits an image that is in her mind that a mom should be. Then better case scenario, perhaps it might bond us all like a nude therapy and end up on a hike. It's always good to liberate a convert.
When starting to write of this, it has kicked off a great deal of thought about what needs to be done. Sometimes, all that I can do is realize that I'm on a ride and powerless to grab the steering wheel without wrecking the car. Maybe I can hold the map and help them with the navigation. They don't know where their going either.
On the other hand, things might work out for her in Puerto Rico. She's been there about six months, likes it and really wants to stay, if she can. It is doubtful, however.
Jbee
