# Redressing post-coital **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826 "2010-03-09T07:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/1 "2010-03-09T07:47:51Z")
So, after you make the best with two backs do you redress? Throw on the undies, wash up, stay stark naked? ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/2 "2010-03-09T08:22:16Z")
I said “I get completely redressed” but really, it depends. During the winter, when my house is FREEZING, I’ll put on PJ’s and a robe. During the summer, I’m usually good with a pair of panties and a T-shirt. I don’t know why, but I just don’t like sleeping naked. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/3 "2010-03-09T10:00:21Z")
I just put my boxers on. For some reason, I’m more comfortable wearing boxers than I am being naked. Even when alone. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/4 "2010-03-09T13:32:06Z")
If we just did it after climbing into bed to go to sleep, they we just stay naked. If we did it upon waking up in the morning, we get up, shower, and get dressed for the day. It’s rare that we have an opportunity mid-day to get our freak on, what with my job and the two kids and all, but in such an event, we get dressed so we can continue the day. So, the sex doesn’t determine the attire, the time of day does. So, other. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/5 "2010-03-09T13:34:34Z")
Depends. Where am I going and what am I doing? If I’m staying in bed, I stay naked. If not, well, I’m putting on whatever is appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/6 "2010-03-09T13:52:02Z")
I’m a guy. I go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/7 "2010-03-09T14:34:39Z")
_Spooon!_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/8 "2010-03-09T14:54:47Z")
I hate sleeping naked and prefer at least a t-shirt and panties. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/9 "2010-03-09T14:55:19Z")
Se **don’t ask** ’s answer. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/10 "2010-03-09T15:01:12Z")
If we are in my gf’s bed, she makes the rules and we stay naked. If we are in my bed, maybe pj pants. If we are at a drive in movie, concert, sporting event, the opera, an airplane restroom, etc then I get dressed. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/11 "2010-03-09T15:04:03Z")
What’s the point of putting clothes back on? Even if it’s in the morning, I stay naked until I have somewhere to go. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/12 "2010-03-09T15:12:40Z")
We generally get up and get something to drink, use the restroom, and he’ll go to sleep before me so I get dressed in my nightshirt and he’ll put on his shorts. We have a roommate so I can’t walk around naked like I’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/13 "2010-03-09T15:15:40Z")
I chose naked. I assumed that this was evening sex before sleepy-time. I sleep naked anyway. Unless it’s really cold. Then I wear a nightgown or something. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/14 "2010-03-09T15:41:15Z")
I put my underwear back on to sleep. I don’t like sleeping naked, especially since the kids sometimes crawl into our bed in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/15 "2010-03-09T15:44:41Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I put my underwear back on to sleep. I don’t like sleeping naked, especially since the kids sometimes crawl into our bed in the morning. This is why I get dressed. It seems like we’re up at some point every night - dog wants to go out, one of the kids has a nightmare, husband has a niggling feeling at 3 am that he didn’t lock the door, etc. It’s always something. Before I’m snoring, I’m dressed and my shoes are next to the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/16 "2010-03-09T15:56:29Z")
I usually put a shirt back on because my shoulders get cold in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/17 "2010-03-09T16:38:43Z")
Depends. If it’s bed time (like, sleeping time), I usually put on undies - I HATE sleeping without them. I have an irrational fear of my nuts twisting around if I sleep naked from the waist down. If it’s mid-day, I’ll usually also throw on a t-shirt. My standard around-the-house attire is undies and a t-shirt. My wife has to call ahead and warn me if company is coming, because I’m NEVER fully dressed at home… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/18 "2010-03-09T16:54:46Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I’m a guy. I go to sleep. Me too. I was once told that the definition of eternity (for a guy) is the time between orgasm and getting to roll over and go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/19 "2010-03-09T16:59:34Z")
As a few others have said, I tend to go to sleep immediately after sex. I’m usually naked when I do. If I lived alone and didn’t have places to be there’s a good chance I’d be naked or nearly naked all day. ---
**Author:** ![breaking-reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826/20 "2010-03-09T17:11:45Z")
Depends. If I’m at someone else’s place, and plan on getting out of the bed, I will usually throw on some undies and a shirt. If I’m at my own place, it’s probably half/half staying naked and throwing on a pair of undies and tank top. I’m a lot more likely to sleep naked when I’m alone than when with someone, though. Especially when it’s warmer. There’s something about skin to skin contact while sleeping that makes me uncomfortable/claustrophobic. As far as the washing up, if I plan on getting out of bed, then yes I usually wash up or take a shower. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redressing-post-coital/531826.md?page=2)