# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/61 "2010-07-22T16:05:45Z")
I slept clothed up until maybe two years ago. Back then, I just couldn’t fall asleep when I was naked. Either it would be too cold or just weird. Then I read a thread similar to this and decided to give it a serious try. After a week or so, I was able to sleep comfortably in the nude. Since it was summer time, I kept sleeping that way. Once winter rolled around, I tried sleeping with some clothes on but they kept riding up or sliding down. I just couldn’t deal with it and have no idea how I was ever able to sleep with clothes on. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/62 "2010-07-22T16:25:46Z")
Starkers, usually without blanket. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/63 "2010-07-22T19:25:39Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > I used to sleep nekkid, but then the missus and I had kids, and that was that. This is my answer (though I don’t have a missus). When my son goes to spend a good chunk of the summer at his father’s house I have a list of things I look forward to; watching R rated movies before his bedtime, cooking foods he hates, and sleeping au naturale. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/64 "2010-07-22T19:35:23Z")
Is it that big of a deal for your kids to see you naked? Just asking out of natural curiosity. I don’t really want to start some sort of argument. 🙂 Tr0psn4j, A twenty-something man ---
**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:** [July 22, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/65 "2010-07-22T19:52:40Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I slept clothed up until maybe two years ago. Back then, I just couldn’t fall asleep when I was naked. Either it would be too cold or just weird. **Then I read a thread similar to this and decided to give it a serious try**. After a week or so, I was able to sleep comfortably in the nude. Since it was summer time, I kept sleeping that way. Once winter rolled around, I tried sleeping with some clothes on but they kept riding up or sliding down. I just couldn’t deal with it and have no idea how I was ever able to sleep with clothes on. (bolding mine) Why? No judgement - I hate sleeping in clothing. I’m just wondering why someone would go out of their way to mess with their own comfort zone for something like this, so I’m genuinely curious what your motive was. Call it academic curiosity about how other people’s brains work. But it made me wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Is\_it\_safe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6de8d8/32.png) [@Is\_it\_safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Is_it_safe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/66 "2010-07-23T04:17:24Z")
Married, both sleep naked ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/67 "2010-07-23T04:39:04Z")
Sleep in pajama pants, almost always. My legs are hairy enough that its too itchy to have them rub together. Depending on temperature, I either wear a t-shirt or nothing on top. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/68 "2010-07-23T05:51:33Z")
Never. I tried it once, but that was the night that my moronic then-housemate got punched in the face and had half a can of beer poured down her shirt by the worst mugger ever, resulting in me running naked, clutching a library book, into full view of our perverted middle-aged neighbor. That somewhat turned me off to an idea I was already lukewarm on, and now I live in a bedroom that has windows, so it’s not necessary due to heat. (It’s, uh, an uncomfortable moment when that first flash of adrenaline that your housemate’s screams cued wears of, and you suddenly realize that your glasses are not the only thing you left in your bedroom.) ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/69 "2010-07-23T11:38:37Z")
> [@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 sleep nude but my Earthquake Bathrobe is always hanging on the corner of the bed head for just such an eventuality. All the big earthquakes that have happened here in the past fifteen years - I’ve been naked when they happened! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/70 "2010-07-23T13:03:58Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Is it that big of a deal for your kids to see you naked? > > Just asking out of natural curiosity. I don’t really want to start some sort of argument. 🙂 > > Tr0psn4j, > A twenty-something man In our household, it’s not that big of a deal. We try to teach “acceptable nudity” vs. “unacceptable nudity”. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/71 "2010-07-23T17:08:38Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > (bolding mine) > > Why? No judgement - I hate sleeping in clothing. I’m just wondering why someone would go out of their way to mess with their own comfort zone for something like this, so I’m genuinely curious what your motive was. Call it academic curiosity about how other people’s brains work. But it made me wonder. Because being uncomfortable naked in my own room seemed irrational and I wanted to try and fix it, just like I would try and fix my arachnophobia if I was afraid of spiders. But also, the last two summers were really hot here in California and we don’t run the air conditioning at night. Even in that heat though, I can’t sleep without a blanket on. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/72 "2010-07-23T17:13:07Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > I think when people ask “Do you sleep butt booty nekkid?”, underwears actually do count as a “no.” But, YMMV, apparently. I wish the thread were so titled. Depends. I usually just go to sleep the way I am at the moment. Usually at home I’m in a tee and underwear, so when it’s bed time, I just brush my teeth and knock out in what I’m wearing. Sometimes I’m just out of the shower and haven’t bothered to put anything on, so I go to bed nude. At times it’s cold, so I’ll put something on, and at others it’s hot, so I’ll remove the clothes that I’m wearing. I picked “sometimes.” ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/73 "2010-07-23T17:18:08Z")
Naked. I live alone and am naked a lot. I love being free and in the nip(in private, I wouldn’t do the nudist thing). ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/74 "2010-07-23T17:53:16Z")
In my Jockey shorts. Keeps the pecker tracks off the sheets. (I’m old!) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/75 "2010-07-23T18:00:39Z")
I wear boxers to bed for the same reason I wear them during the day: to protect my pants/sheets from my ass. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/76 "2010-07-23T18:11:14Z")
Voted “yes,” though technically I’m a “usually,” but that wasn’t an option and “sometimes” sounds less often than usually to me. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/77 "2010-07-23T21:03:12Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > Yup. Well, generally I’ve got underwear on, but that doesn’t really count. If you wear underwear, you’re not nude, just topless. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/78 "2010-07-23T21:06:56Z")
When I’m home, almost always. The exceptions would be if it’s extremely cold (not likely where we live), if I’m sick and feel a need to ‘bundle up’, or sometimes if we have overnight guests (in case I need to get up in a hurry for some reason and don’t want to scare people). If I’m at someone else’s house I usually leave my boxers on. If we’re in a hotel, it depends; if we’re traveling with our son I’ll leave something on just so he doesn’t have to look at me. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/79 "2010-07-23T21:22:06Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > When I’m home, almost always. The exceptions would be if it’s extremely cold (not likely where we live), if I’m sick and feel a need to ‘bundle up’, or sometimes if we have overnight guests (in case I need to get up in a hurry for some reason and don’t want to scare people). > > If I’m at someone else’s house I usually leave my boxers on. If we’re in a hotel, it depends; if we’re traveling with our son I’ll leave something on just so he doesn’t have to look at me. Yeah, at a friend’s house I’ll sleep with a shirt and my pants on. Pretty much just take off my shoes and socks. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202/80 "2010-07-23T21:42:38Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Is it that big of a deal for your kids to see you naked? > > Just asking out of natural curiosity. I don’t really want to start some sort of argument. 🙂 > > Tr0psn4j, > A twenty-something man A passing glance of a naked person walking by wouldn’t be a big deal. If I forgot to bring the new bottle of conditioner into the bathroom and I’m already undressed I wouldn’t get dressed to go get it. But we don’t interact with one another directly when one of us is naked. If something occurs during our usual sleeping hours that requires me to get up and go to him it’s usually a situation where I wouldn’t be confortable just standing around his room naked, or going to get him a glass of water naked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-in-the-nude/547202.md?page=5)