# People: do you bother changing your clothes when going to bed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900 "2017-06-13T22:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/42 "2017-06-14T14:50:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I think Kramer did this on an episode of _Seinfeld_. It did not work out well. šŸ˜‰ Sorry, I should have credited Kramer. I thought any aficionado of the show would know since I referenced salad for dinner. That episode ended with Kramer serving the gang a salad for dinner and not telling them about the washing procedure until they were all half-way thru. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/43 "2017-06-14T15:13:36Z")
As an englishman Iā€™m finding this all very confusing. I would obviously not wear the same clothes to bed as I had worn all day. For the simple reason that I would not have worn the same clothes all day anyway. Donā€™t you people dress for dinner? A dinner jacket (tuxedo) if itā€™s at home or somewhere informal and white tie and tails if itā€™s somewhere more formal. If I feel like being a slob, I might sometimes keep my dinner clothes on during the evening, but I would wear a smoking jacket over them of course. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/44 "2017-06-14T15:24:45Z")
Okay, I read as much as I could takeā€¦ now I have to go take a shower. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/45 "2017-06-14T16:03:00Z")
Once when I was 13 I was home sick with the flu for a week, and since I wasnā€™t leaving the house I just wore my pjā€™s every day. Didnā€™t shower, didnā€™t bathe, just got up in the morning - sat around the house being sick - went back to bed in the evening. My mom freaked out when she realized I had no laundry that week. I realize now how fuckinā€™ gross that was. But I could never sleep in my daytime clothes, thatā€™s just weird. Maybe when I was a teenager and super drunk passed out but thatā€™s it. I agree with previous posters that the OP is likely suffering some form of depression. Dude you need to keep yourself and your clothes clean. ---
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/46 "2017-06-14T16:05:51Z")
I ā€˜botherā€™ changing clothes when I go to bed, and shower in between. To be fair OP didnā€™t say (that I saw) you wouldnā€™t take off and put back on the clothes around a shower. But even assuming shower in between, sleeping in your clothes is going to make you look likeā€¦youā€™re sleeping in your clothes. Youā€™d have to have pretty minimal social interaction for that to work well, IME. But, not going to an ā€˜officeā€™ every day for the same unrelated people to notice Iā€™m wearing the same thing as yesterday, I often wear the same jeans for a few days, shirts sometimes depending the weather, and I just air out my daily use gym clothes between wearings for around a week before putting them in the laundry. That works OK, particularly with todayā€™s ā€˜wickingā€™ athletic clothes, I find. No reuse of underpants without washing though. At a certain point itā€™s just convention, not actually ā€˜health hazardā€™ to wash clothes after every wearing no matter what. People have different habits that generate ā€˜ewwwā€™ or ā€˜neat freakā€™ from other people, over some range of practices. My assumption is everyday life in a developed country by people with a home and means to shower and wash clothes easily. Obviously that doesnā€™t apply to everyone in the world or anyone absolutely 100% of the time, but I think is a reasonable assumption for this discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/47 "2017-06-14T18:15:34Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > My wife and I, when traveling and car camping, actually enjoyed each otherā€™s smells the longer we went without bathing. Um, thanks for that little nugget of info. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/48 "2017-06-14T19:53:47Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > As an englishman Iā€™m finding this all very confusing. I would obviously not wear the same clothes to bed as I had worn all day. For the simple reason that I would not have worn the same clothes all day anyway. Donā€™t you people dress for dinner? A dinner jacket (tuxedo) if itā€™s at home or somewhere informal and white tie and tails if itā€™s somewhere more formal. > If I feel like being a slob, I might sometimes keep my dinner clothes on during the evening, but I would wear a smoking jacket over them of course. Interesting. BTW, give my regards to the Queen (Victoria, that is). šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/49 "2017-06-14T20:49:08Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > As an englishman Iā€™m finding this all very confusing. I would obviously not wear the same clothes to bed as I had worn all day. For the simple reason that I would not have worn the same clothes all day anyway. Donā€™t you people dress for dinner? A dinner jacket (tuxedo) if itā€™s at home or somewhere informal and white tie and tails if itā€™s somewhere more formal. > If I feel like being a slob, I might sometimes keep my dinner clothes on during the evening, but I would wear a smoking jacket over them of course. lol what? You put on a tux when you eat dinner at home? Surely you jest. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/50 "2017-06-14T20:56:08Z")
What is he, a farmer? Of course he dresses for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/51 "2017-06-14T21:03:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What is he, a farmer? Of course he dresses for dinner. What about English farmers? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/52 "2017-06-14T21:50:26Z")
As an Englishman I wear the same clothes all day, then put them in the laundry basket. I donā€™t wear pyjamas. The next day I put on fresh clean clothes. P.S. I find the OPā€™s idea of wearing the same increasingly smelly clothes for days on end revolting. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/53 "2017-06-14T22:00:50Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Um, thanks for that little nugget of info. Oversharing is frequently seen amongst the chronologically gifted, as the frontal lobes tend to get more disinhibited with age. Iā€™m not sure what the OPā€™s situation is, however. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/54 "2017-06-14T22:03:03Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Oversharing is frequently seen amongst the chronologically gifted, as the frontal lobes tend to get more disinhibited with age. I think heā€™d argue that itā€™s not age that has that effect on the frontal lobes but rather _increased worldiness_. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/55 "2017-06-15T00:17:14Z")
I once went 3 days wearing the same clothes continuously when the hubs and I did a portion of the Appalachian Trail. I will never do that again. As much as I enjoyed the hiking and the natural beauty, I couldnā€™t wait to get back to the hotel and shower. Even though we had baby wipes with us to freshen up a bit, with the exertion and the heat, we were pretty darn ripe at the end of our hike. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/56 "2017-06-15T02:00:40Z")
I sleep in my T-shirt and boxers. Shirts go into the laundry basket every night. Iā€™ll wear pants three days before itā€™s time to launder them. Unless Iā€™ve spilled something on them. Any sweaty or dirty work is done in work clothes. Usually old jeans. They get laundered after a day or two. For example, Iā€™ll wear the same work pants on a weekend. Mowing the grass, working in the flowerbeds etc. The pants go in the laundry basket Sun night. I shower and change my work clothes if weā€™re going out to dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/57 "2017-06-15T10:36:15Z")
My brother does this, well a bit. He regularly wears exactly the same clothes for four days or more and often crashes asleep drunk on the floor in the same clothes overnight. Then goes to work the next day. Yuck. He was enabled in all of this by never leaving home (heā€™s 50) and being molly-coddled by my mother all his life. His job is in a booth in a call centre so he gets away with it I guess. He smells BAD and his room smells BAD. Parents have both died now so sooner or later itā€™s going to bite him back I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/58 "2017-06-15T12:33:38Z")
I sleep in Jaymees , or sleep pants and t shirt for a couple nights. Donā€™t want to bring "pollutants " into bed. Same reason to take your shoes off in the mud room. Even during the height of the gout attack I got dressed. Makes you feel better , I find. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/59 "2017-06-15T15:36:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I donā€™t even take my clothes off when I wash them. That way I donā€™t have to shower. > > If I do shower, I find that I can combine washing my vegetables at the same time. I even had a garbage disposal installed in my shower drain. Salad for dinner tonight, guys!! The main character in The Accidental Tourist would put his laundry in the shower and stomp around on them while he showered to kill two birds with one stone. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/60 "2017-06-15T16:05:14Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > The main character in The Accidental Tourist would put his laundry in the shower and stomp around on them while he showered to kill two birds with one stone. Iā€™ve done similar things when on vacation and traveling lite. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900/61 "2017-06-15T16:42:45Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I guess if you turn the underwear inside out, itā€™s good for another day. I remember reading an article back in 2002 about a Japanese businessman who invented underwear specifically for traveling. At the time, apparently, it was common for Japanese businessmen to travel for 6 days at a time. So, this man invented underwear with three holes arranged in a triangular shape. (The underwear may or may not have had a flap of some kind covering each hole. I tried to find a picture, and, while I can find references to the invention, I canā€™t find a picture. You might say I canā€™t be arsed to search deeper. šŸ˜ƒ Feel free to continue the quest by searching for ā€œjapanese 6-day underwearā€, which led me to references about the invention, and which would also make for an interesting band name.) Anyway, the idea was that for the first three days, you would rotate the underwear around so you had a clean spot (in the front, I guess), and then on the 4th day, you would flip the underwear inside out and repeat the cycle. Kind of like lather, rinse, repeat, without the, uh, lather and rinse part. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-do-you-bother-changing-your-clothes-when-going-to-bed/788900.md?page=4)