Canadians (Americans): Guestr from Canada in Germany ... different culture

[Timmim14]

Hey,
I am Tim, 15 years old from Germany. I spent the last couple of summers in Candada and realized some things are quite different. Next week a from Canada will come to stay with my family for a couple of weeks.

He will spent most of the time with me. But I am in a gym and we usually shower after working out, with some friends I'll go to a public sauna once every week. In my summerbreak we will be attending a summercamp with only one big shower room and no stalls.

I know the culture towards nudity is very different in the Americas than it's here in Germany. How can I explain all this to him, so he can really understand it?
e.g. being nude in front of others in the showers (gym and camp) or in the sauna or at a lake. and the worse part, in Germany almost all boys shave off their pubes and pits. Last time I saw him, he wasn't shaved, so were all friends at our canadian camp.
Should I talk to him before we go and tell him to shave of he does not want to be the odd one. At the ame time after 6 weeks he will be the odd one back at home...

How do my canadian and american fellows here feel about that?
Thanks for your help.
Tim.

[Soxman97]

I would not bother some people here shave some don't I don't shave I would mention it to him so he knows but would not say that he has to only if he feels more comfortable doing it I'm from America if you have any questions send me a question on visitor posts

[Catholic Guy]

I would tell him what people are like where you are from and he might want to think about it if you will be spending a lot of time naked, you don't want to ruin his trip by feeling awkward so tell him and he can chose, I think I Canada and the USA they are often naked in group showers and things like that so it's not a big deal

[hockeyfan]

Many places in Canada, (where I live) only have open showers. Don't worry about that.

As far as shaving I. Would just explain that many ppl in Germany shave. If he wants to fit in for six weeks he can. Or he can hope others respect his culture, as he does theirs.

[JamesSuperBoy]

I guess if he feels awkward you would miss the gym and sauna - that just leaves the camp situation and you can as Richard ^ above says allow him to chose and respect these choices.