# Bathrobes (Need Answer Fast!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196 "2009-12-14T06:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/41 "2009-12-15T03:01:43Z")
I normally sleep in just underwear; when I get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I slip into my robe, or else I’m frozen by the time I get back into bed! In the morning, it’s not unusual for me to put on the sweat pants I’m going to wear for the morning (nowhere public except for the bus stop) and my bath robe, while I get my coffee, and get **mudgirl** her oatmeal and hot cocoa. After my shower or bath, I towel off, but can never manage to dry off completely. I put on my bath robe until I’m dry enough to either dress for the day, or go to bed for the night. On a Sunday morning, I’m likely to put on my bath robe, a pair of sweat pants, and a pair of ‘fuzzy’ socks, and just slop around in the house like that all morning long. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/42 "2009-12-15T03:06:23Z")
I have two so far, and want more. I have one small child and another due soonish. It is something I can throw on over my pjs, and keeps me as warm as a blanket. I am planning on spending the first couple of weeks post-baby in yoga pants, bathrobe, and t-shirt. I didn’t use one until after I had a kid. Now it’s indispensable. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/43 "2009-12-15T03:25:54Z")
Apparently many people in this thread count “bathrobes” as identical to “robes”. To me they’re different: to be usable as a bathrobe, it’s got to be somewhat absorbent, usually terrycloth; after all, even if you’ve toweled off (which my mother doesn’t, when she’s got a terrycloth robe), you’re still moist. Most of my non-bathrobe robes wouldn’t have been usable as bathrobes, as they would have been drenched within seconds just from any strand of hair that escaped the towel turban. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/44 "2009-12-15T03:47:30Z")
I like them on the weekend when you’re in no hurry to get dressed and start the day. Sit around in your robe, drink coffee and read the paper. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/45 "2009-12-15T04:03:19Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > My immediate family used bathrobes when I was growing up, and my parents still do. I own one, but rarely use it for its intended purpose… Only my mother ever wore (wears) a bathrobe/housecoat. My father walked around the house either; fully clothed, in his underwear, or naked depending on the time of day/night or what he was doing (eg bathing, sleeping) or planning to do. When company/friends/relatives were over he’s _usually_ stick to the first two. Mom did buy me a bathrobe before I went to college, but I never actually used it (lived in a suite). As an adult I’ve devloped my father’s habits. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/46 "2009-12-15T04:25:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I now use it getting out of the shower. I only wear it for less than five minutes but in the winter it’s really nice even for those few minutes. This one is red and while it’s soft, it’s not fluffy. > > I have another robe which is uber-fluffy and which does not go near the shower. We keep our heat kind of low, 66 is the norm, so the rest of this time I wear this lovely robe and it’s so warm! Same here - a terry one for shower time (towel off, wrap myself up, and wander the bedroom for my clothes), and a fluffy one to keep me warm when I’m in my jammies and watching TV. I only use them in the colder months, though. My bedroom is **cold** in the winter, so I need the bathrobe to keep me from freezing to death before I can find pants. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/47 "2009-12-15T10:42:48Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > People actually get up in the middle of the night to eat more pie? No wonder BMIs in this country are out of control. My father and brother and I are all intermittent sleepers, we will wake up after about four hours of sleep, unless we’ve been heavily sedated. And by heavy sedation, I mean a lot of Demerol or something similar. Even with Demerol, I’ll have to wake up in the middle of the night to pee, unless I also have a catheter for urine. Usually, when I wake up, I’m pretty hungry, too, and I know from experience that I can’t sleep if I’m cold, have to pee, or I’m hungry. So usually I will eat some cheese and crackers…I generally don’t keep pie in the house. I’ll only have a single slice when I’m eating out. But go right ahead and keep jumping to conclusions. The exercise is good for you. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/48 "2009-12-15T17:30:18Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > But go right ahead and keep jumping to conclusions. The exercise is good for you. I get up in the middle of the night to pee too but I don’t snarf down hundreds of calories after doing so. My BMI is 21 and I work out regularly. I am well aware of the benefits of exercise and clearly _I_ am not the one who needs more of it. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/49 "2009-12-15T19:37:02Z")
Put me down with \*\*YogSosoth \*\*- I don’t understand them at all. If I want comfy loungy clothes, I wear comfy loungy clothes. I’m in them more often than not on nights and weekends. Never understood the need for a robe. I’ve thought they were cool in the catalogs, of course, but I just have absolutely no need for one. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/50 "2009-12-15T20:00:46Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I get up in the middle of the night to pee too but I don’t snarf down hundreds of calories after doing so. My BMI is 21 and I work out regularly. I am well aware of the benefits of exercise and clearly _I_ am not the one who needs more of it. **hajario** – this thread is about robe habits. Attacking someone else because of an offhand comment about snacking is a jerkish thing to do. Warning issued. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/51 "2009-12-16T14:10:00Z")
I don’t see how hajario jumped to any conclusions. Lyn specifically said “Use your robe when you get up to eat pie”, Haj said “That’s not very healthy” then Lynn says “I’ve got a sleeping disorder! And I only eat a little cheese and crackers, fucker!”. Strange warning. Anyhoo, I have an elaborate formula I go through whenever I decide whether to wear robe. In basic English it boils down to whether I’m going to meet anyone on the way to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/52 "2009-12-16T16:12:39Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I don’t see how hajario jumped to any conclusions. Lyn specifically said “Use your robe when you get up to eat pie”, Haj said “That’s not very healthy” then Lynn says “I’ve got a sleeping disorder! And I only eat a little cheese and crackers, fucker!”. Strange warning. Seriously. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/53 "2009-12-16T18:25:31Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I don’t see how hajario jumped to any conclusions. Lyn specifically said “Use your robe when you get up to eat pie”, Haj said “That’s not very healthy” then Lynn says “I’ve got a sleeping disorder! And I only eat a little cheese and crackers, fucker!”. Strange warning. Oh come on how. In what language does “Use your robe when you get up to eat the last slice of pie in the fridge” imply that anyone in the discussion eats pie? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/54 "2009-12-16T20:11:10Z")
Well, to get back to the OP a little. . .I guess there _is_ a difference between a “robe” and a “bathrobe”; I have a regular robe. It’s fuzzy (kind of fleece-like) and warm, and I wear it in the mornings over sweat pants, before I get dressed for the day. I also put it on when I get up to use the bathroom at night and don’t want to get cold. But my hubby’s robe is a _bathrobe_, meaning it’s terry cloth, thick, and absorbent. I only shower maybe twice a week, when my hair needs washing (the other days I take a bath); when I take a bath, I take _my_ robe and some sweat pants/lounge pants in the bathroom with me to slip on when I’m done. When I shower, however, I often steal my hubby’s robe, because I can just lightly towel off after the shower, then the robe does the rest. I’ve also been known to “steal” his robe when he’s not home, and it’s the first thing my hand falls on in the early morning or the middle of the night! ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/55 "2009-12-16T23:12:52Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **hajario** – this thread is about robe habits. Attacking someone else because of an offhand comment about snacking is a jerkish thing to do. > > Warning issued. Wow. Is that for real? Kynn makes a comment, Haj answers it, they have a short exchange that amounts to nothing and Haj gets a warning? For THAT? Off to ATMB… ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/56 "2009-12-16T23:43:41Z")
Wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/57 "2009-12-17T05:10:38Z")
To derail this topic from the discussion of pie-eating habits for a moment… I usually sleep naked or in my undies. My bathroom is outside, and as I live in a row of two-storey terraces, all my neighbours have a view into my back-yard. A terry-towelling dressing gown is a lot easier than looking for a pair of tracksuit pants, especially at three in the morning. It’s also a boon when I go downstairs for a shower that I don’t have to bring all my clothes and get fully dressed in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196/58 "2009-12-17T06:04:15Z")
One of my friends keeps several fluffy white terrycloth robes for guests to use when we decide to go for a swim at night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathrobes-need-answer-fast/521196.md?page=2)