# Any adult men under 50 wear thin pajama outfits these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715 "2007-09-27T19:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/1 "2007-09-27T19:11:44Z")
You know, the cotton or cotton blend, very thin material, pants & button down shirt kind of [pajamas](http://www.davenportandco.com/images/ds5087.jpg)? I don’t know of anyone. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/2 "2007-09-27T19:14:20Z")
Nekid sleeper here. Haven’t owned PJs since my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/3 "2007-09-27T19:20:03Z")
Ditto. In the winter months I wear what I guess can be considered pajama pants for lounging around the house, commando, with a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Change into them when I get home from work. But for sleeping? Skin on sheets. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/4 "2007-09-27T19:21:46Z")
Uh…no. But I do remember loving my zip up slipper foot pjs as a kid. It appears they have them in [adult](http://www.pajamacity.com/) sizes too! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/5 "2007-09-27T19:22:54Z")
No, asking my wife to sew me a pair of pajamas from a pattern so I can wear them when I smoke a pipe in bed would pretty much guarantee me a very poor night’s sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/6 "2007-09-27T19:24:58Z")
I like pajamas with feet when I was young. However, I used to get really upset when I would wear holes in them an mamma had to cut the feet off. It is probably for the best that they don’t make many men’s pajamas with feet although I heard talk that they were going to make adult underoos but I never saw any. Boxers with or without a t-shirt are the only game in town now. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/7 "2007-09-27T19:25:34Z")
Fifty one, Sweatpants. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/8 "2007-09-27T20:00:50Z")
47 Yep, both summer and winter-thickness pajamas ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/9 "2007-09-27T20:02:04Z")
I was going to point out that my dad wears them on the rare occasion that he’s in the hospital. Then I saw you said under 50. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/10 "2007-09-27T20:04:49Z")
My husband likes the plaid-flannel-pants and t-shirt thing. Personally, I always thought it would be cute to have matching pajamas like the ones the OP linked to…Lucy & Ricky always wore matching pairs. My husband would never stand for it, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/11 "2007-09-27T20:05:01Z")
i’m wearing some right now, though I admit I don’t know what the material is. I just know it’s comfy! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/12 "2007-09-27T20:51:35Z")
I’m female but I did have a few sets (gone now, I wore them out and never bought new ones… and they were mens). I’m 24… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/13 "2007-09-27T21:06:53Z")
30, haven’t worn pyjamas since I was something like 10. For a few years, I slept in my underwear, but I can’t stand that, now, and wear sweat pants/shorts. Sometimes a t-shirt, if I’m stuck on the couch, or I intend to only sleep for a short time. But usually not. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/14 "2007-09-27T21:10:09Z")
I don’t think it’s possible to even buy a pajama set anymore – I’m actually looking, and all I find are bottoms. Sigh. No, I’m not under 50. ---
**Author:** ![gatorman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@gatorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/15 "2007-09-27T21:15:12Z")
LOL Actually, I do use pjs sets like that on occasion! I’m near 30. Especially when its winter… I get them from my grandparents, who, ever since I was 5 years old, always gave me a new set every other x-mas (t-shirts in between) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/16 "2007-09-27T21:38:12Z")
When I was still single, I slept in men’s jammies - I found them much more comfy than women’s styles. But now that I have my sweetie to keep me warm, I don’t need them. He will lounge around the house in flannel PJ pants in the winter. But there are not regular jammies here. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/17 "2007-09-27T21:48:04Z")
In the warmer months I sleep in a t-shirt and gym shorts (no zipper!). I sleep in flannel pajamas when it’s cold. I wear the lightweight pajamas like mentioned in the OP in the fall, early winter, and late spring when it’s too cold for t-shirt and shorts, but too warm for flannel PJs. Last winter I don’t think I ever got out the flannels - it didn’t get cold enough. I’m 47. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/18 "2007-09-27T22:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] I don’t think it’s possible to even buy a pajama set anymore – I’m actually looking, and all I find are bottoms. Sigh. [/QUOTE] [Macy’s](http://www1.macys.com/catalog/index.ognc?CategoryID=16295&PageID=16295*1*24*-1*-1&kw=Pajamas%20%26%20Robes&LinkType=EverGreen) and [JCPenney](http://www.jcpenney.com/products/C030296.jsp) and I’m non-pj girl myself unless it’s really, really cold. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/19 "2007-09-27T22:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] You know, the cotton or cotton blend, very thin material, pants & button down shirt kind of [pajamas](http://www.davenportandco.com/images/ds5087.jpg)?I don’t know of anyone. [/QUOTE] Why do you want to know? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715/20 "2007-09-27T22:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] I don’t think it’s possible to even buy a pajama set anymore – I’m actually looking, and all I find are bottoms. Sigh. No, I’m not under 50. [/QUOTE] The Vermont Country Store has several different kinds of [pajamas,](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=861) , some separates, some sets, if you haven’t looked there. I like cotton knit pajamas myself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-adult-men-under-50-wear-thin-pajama-outfits-these-days/420715.md?page=2)