To go buff or not to go buff: Dressing room etiquette revisited.

[wildeyed]

I know we have discussed this issue before, but this is a slightly different situation and I wanted some opinions.

Recently I joined a new gym. They have a whirlpool, which I adore. There is no policy posted about nudity in the whirlpool, and I have seen people go both ways, buff and in a bathing suit. I usually choose to go buff. I do not swim, so changing into a bathing suit to sit in the whirlpool for ten minutes seems like an unnecessary effort. Problem is, there is a group of older women who tend to use the whirlpool at the same time I do. I think they are getting out from a water aerobics class. One 'let slip' that some were uncomfortable with my nudity in the whirlpool. Do I either wear a bathing suit or skip the whirlpool, or do I keep going buff? This is an adult women only dressing room, so no issues about corrupting little boys and the like.