# Sleep In The Nude? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202 "2010-07-19T08:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/41 "2010-07-19T21:55:57Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > I’m in San Diego and we’ve had a ton of earthquakes lately… we’re all expecting the BIG ONE any day now… so, in the interest of earthquakes, I sleep in pajamas. Just in case. I don’t live in earthquake country, but I think this is a large part of why I’m not comfortable sleeping nude. I feel unprepared for the unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/42 "2010-07-19T22:19:29Z")
Yup. Well, generally I’ve got underwear on, but that doesn’t really count. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/43 "2010-07-19T22:19:48Z")
I prefer to sleep in the nude, and am fast enough upon being woken that I have managed to cover myself on the event of a little one coming in. That being said, my “wife” stopped sleeping nude years ago, and in response to that I have started sleeping in my undies the last few years. Not sure what I will do in the future though. Do to this shift, I marked “other”. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/44 "2010-07-19T22:22:30Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > Yup. Well, generally I’ve got underwear on, but that doesn’t really count. I think when people ask “Do you sleep butt booty nekkid?”, underwears actually do count as a “no.” But, YMMV, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/45 "2010-07-19T23:05:07Z")
Normally, I’m completely nekkid, but every once in a while, it’s so cold that I don a baggy t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/46 "2010-07-20T00:06:04Z")
Years ago I went though a phase where I slept naked, but it didn’t last because my arms and legs got itchy for some reason and it’s no fun lying in bed unable to get to sleep because I’m constantly scratching. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/47 "2010-07-20T00:25:24Z")
I sleep with something on, because the dogs tend to point and laugh if I don’t.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/48 "2010-07-20T00:27:27Z")
Depends on the season. I wear the minimum necessary to keep warm. Unfortunately I get cold fairly easily, so I’m in flannels, slipper socks, thick comforter, the whole nine once winter rolls in. As soon as it’s reasonably warm though, I’m happy to take it all off. I don’t normally bother to actually take off my underpants, but if I happen to shower shortly before bed, I won’t bother to put any on, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/49 "2010-07-20T00:45:15Z")
I hate, hate, hate wearing anything to bed. I only do it if I absolutely have to. I’m someone that gets cold easily and I don’t care what the temperature is, I’m sleeping nude. That’s what heaters and comforters are for. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/50 "2010-07-20T02:02:55Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > …I’m sleeping nude. I can attest to this. By the way, can you leave the gap in your curtains just slightly wider tonight? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/51 "2010-07-20T04:06:40Z")
I am a step or two above being a Never-Nude like Tobias on Arrested Development, so I always wear something to bed – in the summer it’s a T-shirt and pajama pants. (And a bra – I cannot stand to go bra-less.) ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/52 "2010-07-20T16:44:40Z")
Yes and hell yes. ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/53 "2010-07-20T16:56:24Z")
I’m a nudie. Only wear stuff when I must, like around rag time. When I’m sharing a room or staying at someone’s house, I wear a tank top and panties, but I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/54 "2010-07-20T22:03:19Z")
I slept in the nude in college. I don’t know why I stopped, but I can’t go to sleep that way anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Hazel_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/55 "2010-07-21T01:17:04Z")
Typically PJs, but very little if it’s extremely warm. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/56 "2010-07-21T05:22:46Z")
I tend toward underwear, sometimes with a t-shirt. Right now our A/C is iffy and the weather is strange so I’ve taken to an oversized nightshirt thing, but I’ve eschewed all sorts of covers. It’s hard to find balance. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/57 "2010-07-21T08:54:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I sleep in the nude, and get overheated if I’m covered by anything, even a sheet. My partner, on the other hand, needs to be wearing some kind of shirt, pants and socks, plus blankets, comforters, dogs and cats. I can tolerate the cats, that’s about it. Tell the truth - you just like the pussy to be near at hand right? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/58 "2010-07-21T09:06:38Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I sleep in boxers. It’s always felt weird to me to sleep totally nude. I even put boxers back on after sex. > > Plus, we have too many kids in and out of the bedroom, and it’s quite common for the little ones to get in bed with us, so it’s not really an option. Why not? I always sleep naked, the only time I don’t is when I am expecting to get up in the middle of the night and might meet MIL in the hallway. My dick is under control and is not going to jump up and beat the random 5 year old that wanders into the bedroom…those pussies that sleep on the bed however… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/59 "2010-07-22T14:08:26Z")
Been sleeping in the nude since around puberty. My junk starts to get hot and sweaty, and twisted about since I toss and turn a lot, if I wear underpants to bed. My parents were shocked, _shocked_, when they found out about it. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/60 "2010-07-22T14:59:20Z")
Always, it feels uncomfortable wearing stuff. A bit like having a bath with your socks on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202.md?page=4)