# Ask the nude sleeper anything! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323 "2010-10-16T07:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/41 "2010-10-17T06:06:32Z")
> [@Chakra Nadmara](#): > > “And he’s down for the count! Freudian Slit has defeated Chakra Nadmara by knockout in this welterweight title bout for Sleep Hygiene Champion of the World!” I just knew this thread was gonna get weird. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/42 "2010-10-17T09:35:45Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > > [@etv78](#): > > > > No clothes: alive and cold/scared neighbors beats dead and dignified everytime! > > So when the police arrive with the fire trucks you’re arrested for indecent exposure? :rolleyes: :dubious: They do tend to pass out blankets to wrap up in … ---
**Author:** ![PennyGaunjworth\_of\_chicago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PennyGaunjworth\_of\_chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PennyGaunjworth_of_chicago)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/43 "2010-10-18T01:54:41Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Does sleeping in only a snuggie count as nude sleeping? that would be sleeping in a reverse bath robe 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/44 "2010-10-18T02:01:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > The point is I’M ALIVE! And I’m nekkid too! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/45 "2010-10-18T02:05:37Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > So when the police arrive with the fire trucks you’re arrested for indecent exposure? :rolleyes: :dubious: I’m pretty sure that “I didn’t want to die” would be accepted as a necessity defense. [Necessary - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/46 "2010-10-18T02:19:16Z")
When did you start sleeping au natural? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/47 "2010-10-18T02:56:26Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > When did you start sleeping au natural? Wow, wondered when this would come up! To answer, just before my 14 birthday (I’m a 32 y.o. March baby) Was weird “role playing” (sorry, best description), would pretend I was a woman giving birth, grew out of that, never returned to clothed sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/48 "2010-10-18T03:20:45Z")
I would feel self conscious, even though I sleep alone. By the way, I was not nude while giving birth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/49 "2010-10-18T03:41:32Z")
My question: were you aware of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538469) before? (Mine is the last post in it, in which I confirm I’m a fellow nude sleeper. > [@Markxxx](#): > > What about bed bugs :)?? Actually, speaking as a nude sleeper still battling the problem (persistent little cusses), I never got bit once. I definitely caught them in my bed lots of times, but never got a bite. Several of my friends who also battled them never got bit either - I guess it varies from person to person. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/50 "2010-10-18T05:34:17Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > Actually, speaking as a nude sleeper still battling the problem (persistent little cusses), I never got bit once. I definitely caught them in my bed lots of times, but never got a bite. Several of my friends who also battled them never got bit either - I guess it varies from person to person. It’s quite possible that you’re just not sensitive to their bites–a fairly high percentage of people show no visible effect. If they’re in your bed, they’re probably not just enjoying the scenery. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/51 "2010-10-18T16:14:48Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Wow, wondered when this would come up! To answer, just before my 14 birthday (I’m a 32 y.o. March baby) Was weird “role playing” (sorry, best description), **would pretend I was a woman giving birth** , grew out of that, never returned to clothed sleeping. what the fuck ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/52 "2010-10-18T16:19:27Z")
No, no, no, the fucking comes before the birthing. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/53 "2010-10-18T16:22:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Wow, wondered when this would come up! To answer, just before my 14 birthday (I’m a 32 y.o. March baby) Was weird “role playing” (sorry, best description), would pretend I was a woman giving birth, grew out of that, never returned to clothed sleeping. With me it was much more mundane. At about 13 I found that my tossing and turning was occasionally tearing the seams in my PJs, so I stopped wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/54 "2010-10-18T17:18:20Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > what the fuck Hey, when it comes to the realm of fantasy, nothing’s too out there. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/55 "2010-10-18T18:38:02Z")
I dated a nude sleeper who would insist upon me nude sleeping as well. Only bothered me during the winter when it was really cold, then I would grab whatever clothing I could find on the floor and put it on if I woke up cold. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/56 "2010-10-18T18:38:08Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Ever heard of bathing? On the off chance that you’re not being willfully obtuse, I will see if I can shed some light on the “filthy sheets” comment. I would venture to guess that most non-nude sleepers still wear a minimal amount of clothing - underwear, maybe a t-shirt - such that a failure to routinely bathe would result in filthy sheets for them as well. The key to effective non-nude sleeping is not complete coverage, it’s strategic coverage. Put another way, where filth is concerned, not all parts of the body are the same. Particularly, the crotch and asshole harbor concentrations of filth under even the most painstaking hygiene regimes (absent a shit, it only takes a few hours for an asshole to smell like, well, ass). The average non-nude sleeper keeps these parts covered by articles of clothing (_i.e._, underpants) that are, if not laundered daily, at least not worn for days on end. The nude sleeper, on the other hand, exposes his or her sheets to ass for days at a time without a laundering. This is the functionally equivalent of wearing the same pair of underpants everyday for a similar duration. The ick-factor only increases if there is an intermittent shit. These are the facts. As a nude sleeper, your sheets smell like ass after a couple of days. Maybe not the part up by your nose. But give a good whiff to the region right about where you grind your bare ass for 7-9 hours a day. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/57 "2010-10-18T18:45:50Z")
> [@whole\_bean](#): > > This is the functionally equivalent of wearing the same pair of underpants everyday for a similar duration. The ick-factor only increases if there is an intermittent shit. These are the facts. As a nude sleeper, your sheets smell like ass after a couple of days. Maybe not the part up by your nose. But give a good whiff to the region right about where you grind your bare ass for 7-9 hours a day. Incorrect for the fact that in wearing the same pear of underpants every DAY (read, DAY time), one is walking and moving and sweating. During sleep, at NIGHT, the body relaxes; there is considerably less muscle movement, sweating, etc. Everything slows down – including sweating and bodily excretions – so one’s sheets are not going to get nearly as filthy with day-to-day use being naked as compared with one’s underpants. And as an experiment, I just went and smelled my sheets (which I changed about five days ago and have now had upwards of 30-hours of use). And they don’t smell much at all – not like the underpants I wore for ten hours yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/58 "2010-10-18T18:58:23Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > what the fuck I have NO Earthly explanation! I was )an still am) a little weird! ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/59 "2010-10-18T19:14:07Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Farting with my bare ass into the sheets would gross me out. This is the sole reason I wear shorts to bed. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323/60 "2010-10-18T19:32:46Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > And they don’t smell much at all – not like the underpants I wore for ten hours yesterday. Compare to my sheets, which havent been changed since last Wednesday and don’t smell _at all_ of ass. We obviously have different standards. “Not much” smell of ass is too much smell of ass for me. Also, let me straighten something out. I sit in an office chair all day. I park in a covered garage at work and home - it’s cool. I don’t sweat during the day, I even use powder, and yet, my underpants still smell like crotch and ass. That’s why I limit my ass’s and crotch’s contact to toilet seats and underpants and give 'em good lathering once a day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-nude-sleeper-anything/557323.md?page=4)