# Curtain Closure (poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176 "2021-02-04T02:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/1 "2021-02-04T02:37:47Z")
Why do you close your curtains at night? If more than one answer is correct, please choose the answer that is the primary reason. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/2 "2021-02-04T02:55:04Z")
Keep out the excess light for better sleeping. (I’m not understanding the “protection” mentioned in the polls unless you mean nudity and modesty? But I’m assuming you didn’t mean “protection from the light of streetlights and folks’ overly bright yard lighting”, yes?) ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/3 "2021-02-04T02:58:01Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’m not understanding the “protection” mentioned in the polls unless you mean nudity and modesty? But I’m assuming you didn’t mean “protection from the light of streetlights and folks’ overly bright yard lighting”, yes? I guess either one counts. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/4 "2021-02-04T03:08:10Z")
I leave them open so i get the morning light streaming in my window. I’m not all that far out in the country, but i don’t really care if someone peers in. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/5 "2021-02-04T03:13:40Z")
I don’t move my curtains. I’ve got light colored linen curtains so they let the light in. One window, this time of year, gets blinding sunlight off the snow, so there’s an additional blackout curtain on that window. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/6 "2021-02-04T03:46:43Z")
We don’t have curtains, just blinds. And we rarely adjust them for any reason. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/7 "2021-02-04T03:47:53Z")
I sleep naked. My white skin hasn’t seen the sun in over 30 years. I would feel horrible responsible if someone was to get glare blinded by the sight of me and have an accident or something. Plus, I want to keep the early morning light out so the cats won’t wake up and demand breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/8 "2021-02-04T03:49:36Z")
I don’t have a single curtain in my house, and I have 18 windows. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/9 "2021-02-04T03:50:53Z")
Most of the windows in our house have blinds rather than curtains. For the most part, those are set at a half-open level (i.e., covering the top half of the window) all the time. In our bedroom, we’ll close the blinds completely at night (more for blocking light than for privacy), and then open them up in the daytime. Now that I’m working from home, the bedroom has also become my de facto office, and I like having the natural light. Our family room is the one room that has curtains; those, too, are usually open, unless it’s really cold out, at which point, closing them can help keep it a little warmer in that room. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/10 "2021-02-04T03:55:01Z")
We close them to keep the light out. I chose “Other”. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/11 "2021-02-04T04:11:15Z")
I rarely close curtains at night, though visitors (remember having visitors?) sometimes do. I do live so far out in the country that it doesn’t really matter, but voted other, partly because I often left most of them open when I lived in town, and partly because I often close them during the day: in the summer to keep the heat out; in the winter only when the sun’s shining in at the wrong angle and making it hard to see what I’m doing. Oh, yes, and in the spring if there’s a bird trying to brain itself against its reflection in the window. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/12 "2021-02-04T04:17:27Z")
Privacy/modesty, plus light-blocking in the bedroom, which has a so-delightful view of a parking lot with quite bright lighting at night. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/13 "2021-02-04T04:29:47Z")
Why didn’t you include what to me is the obvious answer: To keep out light. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/14 "2021-02-04T04:31:17Z")
I don’t close them at night. I leave them closed during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/15 "2021-02-04T04:56:33Z")
We have blackout curtains that we close every night, because light wakes me up. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/16 "2021-02-04T05:18:08Z")
Doesn’t seem to be an option for _ **I don’t close mine.** _ I live in a highrise far enough from other buildings to not care. Bedroom shade stays low to allow later morning sleep. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/17 "2021-02-04T13:22:56Z")
Privacy in the bedroom; in the living-room, holding back cold air coming off the windows in winter (I leave them open in the warmer months). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/18 "2021-02-04T13:45:59Z")
I chose ‘live so far out in the country it doesn’t really matter’, except I don’t. It’s just the closest answer that makes sense. I live far enough from the street with enough trees and bushes around the property that no one can get close enough to see in without triggering the canine alarm system. Plus, I don’t really care. There’s nothing I can do that wouldn’t make you a worse person for wanting to watch in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/19 "2021-02-04T13:58:57Z")
mixed curtains, i have cats and on the 10th floor. the bedroom has roman shades, one is fully down, the other is about 3 inches up so the cat can look out. the kichen/dining area has half the window covered, again so the cat can look out. the living room has half window as well. guess why… koritza is a climber, and would tear the curtains down if she couldn’t look out. all windows fast east. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176/20 "2021-02-04T14:38:14Z")
Seven of our of the windows are floor to celling 4 feet wide. Passive solar home. Besides those 7 windows we have… 8 more that are not as big. We have curtains on the two big ones in our bedroom because a full moon can be very bright. None of the others have curtains or blinds. With where we live, we aren’t worried about anyone peering in. I’ll know about someone in my driveway before they get out of their car. They are most likely lost/need help. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-closure-poll/932176.md?page=2)