# Dopers: do you sleep better in the nude - or in nightwear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785 "2007-04-04T23:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/41 "2007-04-05T03:35:35Z")
Just briefs. I can’t sleep naked, with the equipment flopping around and pressing against the bed into odd positions, etc. I haven’t worn pyjamas since I was about 9. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/42 "2007-04-05T03:50:59Z")
I never slept naked until I started dating my boyfriend a couple of years ago… he insisted we sleep naked, so I started sleeping naked all the time. But then we moved back to VA from CA, and it was winter and _cold_ so I have been wearing PJs all this winter. But the weather is getting nicer again, so I have been sleeping naked again. I should say though that I have lots of pajamas and nightgowns, I love them! As soon as I get home, the clothes come off and the PJs go on. Then they come off when it’s time for bed. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/43 "2007-04-05T03:55:00Z")
I’m pretty much like **Antigen,** though I do actually like going barefoot. I don’t like being naked unless it’s necessary, though. I wear a t-shirt and boxer shorts if it’s warm, or regular pajamas if it’s cold. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/44 "2007-04-05T04:01:32Z")
My boyfriend sleeps naked and keeps trying to get me to do so but I have to wear at least a tank top or t-shirt and panties. I have long hair and if I don’t have something else covering my back my hair tickles me like crazy. Um … and that’s also why I have to wear panties, so the hair down there doesn’t tickle me. No, it’s not that it’s really long, I just seem to be overly sensitve to things tickling me. I’m always itchy but strangely less so when certain parts of me are covered. In the winter I cover up even more. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/45 "2007-04-05T04:13:00Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] My boyfriend sleeps naked and keeps trying to get me to do so but I have to wear at least a tank top or t-shirt and panties. I have long hair and if I don’t have something else covering my back my hair tickles me like crazy. Um … and that’s also why I have to wear panties, so the hair down there doesn’t tickle me. No, it’s not that it’s really long, I just seem to be overly sensitve to things tickling me. I’m always itchy but strangely less so when certain parts of me are covered. In the winter I cover up even more. [/QUOTE] You’re a chick? Wow, I learn something new everyday. You could be a gay guy with long hair, but I doubt it. No guy would say panties. dahfisheroo-another female poster with an androgynous name. And panties. ---
**Author:** ![Emeria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Emeria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emeria)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/46 "2007-04-05T04:13:36Z")
No clothes, unless circumstances necessitate. I used to wear pajamas or the like to bed and when I stopped, I thought, “how did I ever do that before?” I find it so much more comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/47 "2007-04-05T04:14:03Z")
Hmmm. I’ve slept in boxers ever since I got out of boarding school (where pajamas were required, and definitely recommended given that we were likely to be awoken by a drunken sixth-former headbutting a fire alarm at 4am). However, the surprising dominance of the naked set in this thread means I’ll have to do some experimenting tonight… ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/48 "2007-04-05T04:14:10Z")
I didn’t realise that many other people slept in the buff. \>.\> ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/49 "2007-04-05T04:24:11Z")
I collapse into bed fully clothed. Of course, the cat has a taste for human flesh, so that’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/50 "2007-04-05T04:40:06Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] MUm … and that’s also why I have to wear panties, so the hair down there doesn’t tickle me. [/QUOTE] :dubious: What is this “hair down there” of which you speak? I vaguely remember something like that from the long-ago past… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/51 "2007-04-05T04:41:03Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] You’re a chick? Wow, I learn something new everyday. You could be a gay guy with long hair, but I doubt it. No guy would say panties. dahfisheroo-another female poster with an androgynous name. And panties. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’m a chick. The username always makes people think I’m male, but I identify strongly with the cartoon coyote and love the name. Unfortunately, even if I used my real name people would still be confused as to my gender. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/52 "2007-04-05T04:45:24Z")
I’m the first second page nekkid sleeper. ---
**Author:** ![Elen\_Luyddog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Elen\_Luyddog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elen_Luyddog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/53 "2007-04-05T05:02:03Z")
Nude ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/54 "2007-04-05T05:12:31Z")
Buff for me since a very young age, Mom used to keep me in PJ’s (Ninja Turtles etc). But Dad’s always been a bit of a nudist (Aussie boarding school ilk), and doesn’t mind cooking you breakfast starkers. I guess when I was 8 or 9ish I figured it was the thing to do. I try my best not to wearing anything to bed, house guest or house guesting (call me gross, I don’t mind). My younger brother wears boxers though… I keep a robe hung on the door for late night visitors (college res). Usually don’t have a sleeping on the junk problem, though I do have some lucid dreams that inevtiably end in stumbling around the room wrapped in all my sheets. Hurrah for nudity. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/55 "2007-04-05T05:18:44Z")
Sometimes in the winter, I sleep only in fur. It is decadent, I know. But there’s no pleasure in wearing them in public anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/56 "2007-04-05T05:19:40Z")
Only when I’m naked. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/57 "2007-04-05T05:22:48Z")
It depends. I bought some gorgeous lingerie that makes me feel good to wear when I was in the States, which I wear when I want a pickme up, otherwise tshirt and knickers, or if it’s really hot, nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/58 "2007-04-05T06:51:29Z")
I can’t say that I sleep any better or worse dependent on what I am or aren’t wearing. I almost always wear shorts and a t-shirt at least, just because I don’t have to run out of my house naked if there’s a fire or emergency, nor would I want to have to take the time to get dressed in such a case. (I’ve only ever really slept nude after getting out of the shower and falling asleep after lying back down.) I suspect that any difference between nude or not nude only has anything to do with rebeliousness. Personally I’ll opt for prudent. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/59 "2007-04-05T12:34:53Z")
I’ve been sleeping nude for about 20 years, and my wife started doing the same soon after we began dating. Recently on a whim I bought her a really nice nightgown- more for wearing around the house after changing out of daytime clothes- but she occasionally wears that to bed, no panties. That’s fine with me too- although it’s appropriate for wearing around the house, it’s also sexy to see her in it and it’s short (mid to upper thigh), so there are no access issues. If I’m running a fever with chills, I’ll wear lounge pants and a t-shirt to bed, but usually end up bathed in sweat in the middle of the night and one or both of them will come off. I’d prefer to be naked at home all the time anyway, but I don’t want to totally freak out the kids. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785/60 "2007-04-05T13:01:06Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] You have a model of undies with an integral butt-plug? :eek: [/QUOTE] 😃 No - it’s just that when you fart, specks of fecal matter can escape and I’d rather it be trapped by my boxers than spread on the duvet and sheets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785.md?page=4)