# Naked Around the House **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339 "2005-08-02T18:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/41 "2005-08-03T12:39:05Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Planning on coming out of your shell, **CandidGamera**? šŸ˜ƒ Good one! ---
**Author:** ![MissDisaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@MissDisaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissDisaster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/42 "2005-08-03T12:42:16Z")
Not totally naked, no. When I get home from work I normally peel off my work clothes and run around the rest of the night in a t-shirt/tank top and undies. Sometimes before bed I just have undies on for a while. The boyfriend gets cold easy, I get hot easy. Itā€™s normally warmer than Iā€™d like in the apartment, so Iā€™m usually the one running around half-naked, while heā€™s fully clothed. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/43 "2005-08-03T12:44:24Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > There are things I donā€™t want to be seen doing naked, and same with him. It just wouldnā€™t be attractive. [Seinfeld]Thereā€™s good naked and thereā€™s bad naked.[/Seinfeld] ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/44 "2005-08-03T12:50:47Z")
Add me to the naked whenever possible list. This time of year (even in the UK) itā€™s warm enough for me to strip off when I get in at night - my gf just thinks itā€™s funny now. Iā€™d like to be naked more often, but we also have a neighbour issue - plus our living room looks onto a road - wouldnā€™t want to cause accidents. I was renovating the kitchen in the nude a few weeks ago, but was forced to put shorts on when tile-cutting - those little shards are sharp! ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/45 "2005-08-03T13:08:15Z")
Sometimes I will lounge _au naturale_, especially in this heat: I like to avoid getting dressed for work as long as possible. (I cannot eat naked, though. That seems weird to me.) My girlfriend is often naked for hours after getting home from work because sheā€™s hormonally overheated 20 or 30 times a day and, well, she likes it, I guess. No public-health problems have arisen. I will say that in this apartment itā€™s hard to overcome the feeling that people might be looking in, because the windows are big and not usually curtained. The front windows face the river and are 10+ stories in the air ā€“ well, there was that police helicopter shining its spolight in on us that one time, but thatā€™s the exception ā€“ and the back windows face the airshaft, and the other windows in the airshaft are hallway windows with shower-door glass and are not see-through (and are usually open only a few inches). Actually, the GF and I tested the view once and you can only see into the apartment from the hallway if you open the window by the elevator, go on your knees, and be lucky enough to catch someone (a) right past the bathroom door or (b) on the western 30% of the sofa. It seems silly curtaining the windows against such remote circumstances, so we donā€™t bother. I donā€™t know if this is the case in other crowded cities, but I think many people in high apartments in New York just sort of donā€™t care whether anyone is looking in or not even if their window sface other windows because the circumstances are so anonymous. For that matter, one could probably see into the bedroom with a decent telescope from a tall apartment in Edgewater, NJ, but Iā€™m sure those people have plenty of sights to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/46 "2005-08-03T13:54:51Z")
Every time I see this thread title, I think of the Talking Heads. As for the OP, nobody wants to see me naked. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/47 "2005-08-03T14:06:12Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > As for the OP, nobody wants to see me naked. You might be surprised; it depends on how much they love you. For instance, I am a very large woman. Weā€™re not talking ā€˜Kate Winslettā€™ large; weā€™re talking ā€˜Kathy Bates at her biggestā€™ large. Iā€™ve always been quite big. Nonetheless, my husband finds me wildly attractive and loves to see me naked. Go figure. My point is this: when you find the right woman, she may very well want to see you naked, no matter what your physical flaws. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/48 "2005-08-03T15:41:53Z")
I move around the house nekkid on a fairly regular basis. I love to clean the house in the nude. My husband is a bit more reserved and wears sleep shorts and a tee most of the time for lounging. We both sleep naked, though. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/49 "2005-08-03T15:43:18Z")
When my wife and I were living alone, we were naked around the house all the time. Several months ago, however, we took over a very large farmhouse (6 bedrooms, over 3000 sq. ft) and co-located both of our businesses and invited the rest of my band to live with us. So now itā€™s boxers most of the time for me. But the advantage to living on a decent sized farm (400+ acres) is that I get to do **everything** in boxers - from hanging out in the yard to watering the garden. Couldnā€™t do that in the cityā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/50 "2005-08-03T17:00:46Z")
Unless Iā€™m in bed or in the shower, I have shoes on. And with the shoes come socks. And since Iā€™m putting on shoes, I might as well get dressed. Not that I donā€™t flash a bit of skin. I rarely wear a hood or anything. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/51 "2005-08-03T17:19:35Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Every time I see this thread title, I think of the Talking Heads. > > As for the OP, nobody wants to see me naked. Letā€™s take a quick poll here - who wants to see **Johnny L.A.** naked? ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/52 "2005-08-03T17:41:56Z")
Put me in the usually boxers category. Iā€™ll lounge naked for a bit after a shower or to sleep, but I find sitting to be more comfortable with boxers on and thus usually wind up wearing them around the house. (Even with AC, I tend to sweat where I touch furniture for any length of time - I am a human furnace) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/53 "2005-08-03T17:49:56Z")
I just donā€™t feel comfortable without underwear - my breasts get in the way, and sitting on the chair with nothing in between is just yuckyā€¦ I put my panties in the wash every day, you knowā€¦ much easier to wear panties than carry a towel. One reason I like oven places and oven weather is that I can wear a bra and short-shorts around the house (the ones called ā€œshortsā€ by europeans, covering the butt, the whole butt and nothing but the butt) and not much more outside. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/54 "2005-08-04T02:49:52Z")
Sorry, **Johnny** - itā€™s not looking good for you to need to streak this thread. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/55 "2005-08-04T12:22:43Z")
Some of us just arenā€™t in demand whhile in the buff. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/56 "2005-08-05T00:04:05Z")
Hells yeah. In the winter I wear sweatpants and hoodies to hang around, in the summer I wear as little as it takes to feel comfy (no AC). Lately, this means peeling off most of my clothing when I come in, or if my shirt is scratchy etc. My boyfriend doesnā€™t mind. Next year Iā€™m moving in with someone Iā€™m NOT sleeping with, and will need to change my habits. Considering that I lived with my parents up until a year ago as was so constrained I couldnā€™t even sleep naked (my mom pops in when Iā€™m sleeping) I should adjust okay. But Iā€™ll miss it! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/57 "2005-08-05T00:52:49Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Sorry, **Johnny** - itā€™s not looking good for you to need to streak this thread. Hey, Iā€™ll second \*\*norinew \*\* - when you love someone, you \*like \* seeing them naked. You donā€™t have to be attractive, the other person sees you as beautiful. Hands up those of you who either have model-beauty ( **AFG** , you canā€™t play because you do) or have SOs who have model beauty? As **Lynn Bodoni** says, we all have the same skin. Some of us are a bit different, but still itā€™s the same thing. It doesnā€™t mean I want to see **Johnny L.A.** walking down the \*street \* in the buff, but if I was in love with him, things would be different. I might go naked more often, except I sweat a lot, like **EarthStone777**. And I really donā€™t want to sweat all over everything. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/58 "2005-08-05T01:41:29Z")
This is a naked apartment. Both hubby and I strip off as soon as we walk in the door and donā€™t get dressed again until we need to go out. First, itā€™s hot in here. Weā€™re on the third floor of our building and even in the midst of a Canadian winter, itā€™s warm. Second, no one can see in. Weā€™re in a relatively secluded area and I have curtains anyway. Third, clothes are never as comfortable as naked. For a while, a friend was living with us. I found it pure torture to have to be dressed all the time, and to try to find a robe in the dark every time I needed the bathroom at night. Eventually, weā€™ll have to wear clothes again, I suppose. Itā€™s just the two of us here for now, but weā€™re expecting in September. Whenever the baby seems to become self-aware, weā€™ll make changes. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/59 "2005-08-05T02:58:05Z")
Nooo, I think not. I share the house with two fifty-something parents. There is no way any of us is walking around nekkid. If Iā€™m the only one staying home during the day, I might spend the day in my PJs or nightie ('cos Iā€™m lazy like that), but thatā€™s as far as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339/60 "2005-08-05T05:06:32Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Letā€™s take a quick poll here - who wants to see **Johnny L.A.** naked? Iā€™d have to take a look! I love looking at nekkid men! All shapes and sizes! šŸ˜› [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-around-the-house/315339.md?page=4)