# Do you wear shorts or pants at home? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010 "2007-12-06T08:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010/61 "2007-12-07T01:33:11Z")
Seriously? People change when they get home? I mean, I’m never exactly dressed to the nines when I go out, but I wear jeans and a medium-nice t-shirt (at worst) every day, from right after I shower until I go to bed. Sure, I’ll take off a tie (on the extremely rare occasions I wear one) in the car on the way home, but that’s all. Weekends, I’m wearing the same as I do weekdays. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010/62 "2007-12-07T01:43:32Z")
Being retired, I can wear pretty much whatever I want when I get up, so it’s usually shorts or sweats and a t-shirt. I live in a ground-floor apartment which faces the front of the building, so walking around in my underwear or naked is not an option unless I want to keep my blinds closed and run up my electric bill. When I did work (or when I come back from shopping or whatever now) I generally changed into shorts or sweats when I came home. I see no reason not to be comfortable when I’m by myself. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010/63 "2007-12-07T04:25:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Naked is FREEDOM!!! Word. My nickname at home is ‘‘O Pantsless One.’’ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010/64 "2007-12-07T04:27:08Z")
I’m not wearing any pants! Typically boxer shorts, because I live with some apartmentmates and the boys dont like drafts. ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010/65 "2007-12-07T05:20:20Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] Seriously? People change when they get home? I mean, I’m never exactly dressed to the nines when I go out, but I wear jeans and a medium-nice t-shirt (at worst) every day, from right after I shower until I go to bed. Sure, I’ll take off a tie (on the extremely rare occasions I wear one) in the car on the way home, but that’s all. Weekends, I’m wearing the same as I do weekdays. [/QUOTE] I am a short order cook. When I come home I stink. So when I get home everything has to come off. Not saying that they wouldn’t if I worked in an office. Besides I am doing my part to save the environment by cutting down on my laundry. As for being cold, my apartment usually between 68-82 (yeah my thermostat is that bad). If it gets cold I wrap a blanked around me or maybe put on sweatshirt. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010/66 "2007-12-07T14:44:36Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] Seriously? People change when they get home? I mean, I’m never exactly dressed to the nines when I go out, but I wear jeans and a medium-nice t-shirt (at worst) every day, from right after I shower until I go to bed. Sure, I’ll take off a tie (on the extremely rare occasions I wear one) in the car on the way home, but that’s all. Weekends, I’m wearing the same as I do weekdays. [/QUOTE] I dress casually at work (chinos and a tailored t-shirt) but the pants are still too constricting at home. I can’t really relax on the couch in pants or jeans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-shorts-or-pants-at-home/429010.md?page=3)