# Pets and nudity **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075 "2009-08-02T18:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/41 "2009-08-04T15:39:31Z")
I don’t care if they see me naked, but I don’t let the pets stay in the room when we have sex. Cats _stare_, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/42 "2009-08-04T17:13:06Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I don’t care if they see me naked, but I don’t let the pets stay in the room when we have sex. Cats _stare_, you know? Yes. And the dogs want to join in on the wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/43 "2009-08-04T18:07:38Z")
Oh, the cats LOVE to go to the bathroom with you. If you leave the door not quite latched Dewey will open it and keep you company - he likes to get in your lap, which makes it hard to read. Stokie is too stupid to open the door, so he just sticks his paw under it and waves it around trying to get it to magically open. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/44 "2009-08-04T18:58:50Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I’m not 100% comfortable with my dog staring at me while I masturbate, but I don’t give a damn if she sees me naked. This. Although I don’t have a problem with him watching me fooling around with my girlfriend in fact I’ll even ask him for advice on licking or doggy style. Luckily he just lays there and doesn’t try to get involved unless it’s in the morning and then he is annoying until I let him out to pee. ---
**Author:** ![MagicXylophone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MagicXylophone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicXylophone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/45 "2009-08-04T18:59:12Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I don’t care if they see me naked, but I don’t let the pets stay in the room when we have sex. Cats _stare_, you know? This. Creeps me out when I have pets watching me doing anything sexual. My ex-girlfriend had a bird in her room that would watch us intently whenever we were, um, fooling around. Weirded me out to no end. ---
**Author:** ![MagicXylophone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MagicXylophone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicXylophone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/46 "2009-08-04T19:00:15Z")
In the words of the immortal Keanu Reeves, “Woah.” ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/47 "2009-08-04T19:44:14Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Oh, the cats LOVE to go to the bathroom with you. If you leave the door not quite latched Dewey will open it and keep you company - he likes to get in your lap, which makes it hard to read. If given half a chance, my Rupert will run over and burrow into the pants/underpants puddled around my ankles, then stare up at me from his new lair. It’s slightly disconcerting, never mind the cat hair in the underwear. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/48 "2009-08-04T19:57:56Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I don’t care if they see me naked, but I don’t let the pets stay in the room when we have sex. Cats _stare_, you know? That’s why I bought a king-size bed. We can be having fun on one side of the bed, and the cats sit there staring . . . way over on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/49 "2009-08-04T21:01:49Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > A guy I knew in high school had a little dog that liked to follow people into the bathroom. He’d have some friends over for a little party, and that dog just … went with you to the bathroom. Very politely, but very firmly, insisted on escorting you in. Then he’d sit there, staring intently, while you peed. When you were done - if you could go normally, with a dog just … staring … at you like that - he would calmly and politely escort you back out of the bathroom. It was weird. Aww. Do you escort him outside to pee? He’s just returning the favor. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/50 "2009-08-04T22:01:57Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > Aww. Do you escort him outside to pee? He’s just returning the favor. Well, it wasn’t my dog, so I never escorted him anywhere. But that’s actually a really smart theory. Never thought of it before! Our cats watch nonchalantly when Mr. Horseshoe and I go at it together, too. I figure, we watch them sometimes when they’re wrestling with each other, so I try not to let it bother me. Their stares don’t seem \*too \*judgemental. For cats. Also, I’m always amused at animals who poop out in the middle of a yard, but look around uncomfortably to see if anyone’s watching. If I catch their eye, I can almost hear them thinking, “Why is that weird human staring at me go to the bathroom?” Well, y’all do it to us! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/51 "2009-08-04T22:51:47Z")
**From SeaDragonTatoo** > [@](#): > > I’d never get anything done! If I’m home, I’m wearing panties and a t-shirt, and less if it’s hot. Isn’t this the place for the obligatory photo link? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/52 "2009-08-05T00:12:47Z")
> [@MagicXylophone](#): > > This. > > Creeps me out when I have pets watching me doing anything sexual. My ex-girlfriend had a bird in her room that would watch us intently whenever we were, um, fooling around. Weirded me out to no end. “Why does your parrot keep screaming ‘Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!’?”😃 I don’t get naked around my dogs, just in case of an inadvertent clawing. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/53 "2009-08-05T02:41:28Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > …Isn’t this the place for the obligatory photo link? Yes, I think so. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/54 "2009-08-05T04:56:29Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Well, it wasn’t my dog, so I never escorted him anywhere. But that’s actually a really smart theory. Never thought of it before! Much smarter of the dog, if true. He must take relieving oneself very seriously, if in his mind no one can undertake it unsupervised. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/55 "2009-08-05T06:17:47Z")
This was a theme in the pseudo-documentary “Best in Show”. The obnoxious yuppie owners of the Weinerhimer were convinced that they damaged her by having sex in the same room with the dog so they took her to a doggie shrink. As it turned out, the dog wasn’t the one that needed counseling. That type of thing certainly hasn’t ever bothered me. I am not overly modest among most people let alone family members and pets. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/56 "2009-08-05T13:30:37Z")
I do the dick-slappity-slappity sideways shimmy in front of my dogs when I get out of the shower. They manage to look both bored and offended at the same time. But then they are both \>10years old. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/57 "2009-08-05T19:24:28Z")
I pretty much assume that my cats don’t care one way or other about the appearance of the Hairless Monkey Food Bringers. Nor would the dog. And I actually shower with the lovebird. So…not an issue. But I don’t want any of them around while me and my husband are…nekkid.\* \*You know, naked and up to something. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/58 "2009-08-05T19:30:16Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Also, I’m always amused at animals who poop out in the middle of a yard, but look around uncomfortably to see if anyone’s watching. If I catch their eye, I can almost hear them thinking, “Why is that weird human staring at me go to the bathroom?” Well, y’all do it to us! 😛 Which is why, when I walk my dog, I turn my back at strategic moments to give her some privacy.😛 In the past, sometimes I wouldn’t, and she’d look up at me with these eyes that seemed to say “Do you MIND?” ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/59 "2009-08-05T21:20:40Z")
My cat bit my nipple once when I was naked. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075/60 "2009-08-05T21:26:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My cats don’t like it when I’m naked, but I think that’s more because they don’t have anyplace to lay down when I’m unclothed. > > Well, that and aesthetics. I had a cat that would not jump on stomach if my shirt was off or my legs if I was wearing shorts. She would knead my shirt with her claws and knew not to try doing that to bare skin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-and-nudity/505075.md?page=4)