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I Was Propositioned By A Naked Man

While my husband sat on the beach

Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave
The Haven
3 min readSep 7, 2022

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The beautiful sea view © Susie Kearley

I was walking along the seashore on the Isle of Purbeck with my husband when he stopped and said, “Let’s go back”.

“Why? I’m enjoying it,” I said.

“They’re not wearing any clothes over there!”

I looked across to where he was pointing and indeed, I could just about see that the folks on the beach up ahead appeared to be nude. Well, it wasn’t a particular surprise. I knew part of the beach was a nudist beach. We’d accidentally stumbled across a group of naked people on another occasion. But this time, my husband was more alert to the situation and he didn’t want to continue.

“It doesn’t matter,” I said. “You don’t have to look at them!”

“I don’t know where to look!” he protested.

“Just look at the sea!” I suggested.

“Some of them are in the sea!” he said, waving his hand in the direction of a couple in the sea. “I’ll stay here and wait. You walk on a bit, if you want to.”

So he sat on the beach, while I continued up the shore. I looked at the sea as I walked along the waterside. The people in the water were submerged.

I reached a spot where the waves lapping the shore were beautiful and the clouds in the…

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Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave
Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave

Written by Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave

Freelance journalist UK. Published in BBC Countryfile, The Mirror, Britain mag etc. Covers writing, health, psychology, memoir, current affairs, & environment.

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