Sleeping attire/habits?

In My Humble Opinion
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I was going to make this a poll, but the combinations were too many.

Something store-bought and labeled “pajamas”?
Top and bottom or just one or the other?
T-shirt, tank or sleeveless undershirt? Long-sleeved shirt?
Shorts, long pants (sweat pants), panties?
Nightgown- long, mid-calf, shortie- sleeveless, long sleeves?
One or more of the above?
Something else?
Not a dad-gummed thing?

Is this different in summer v. winter?

Does your attire change during the night? For example, I usually go to bed in a nightgown, but wake up and take it off during the night, 'cause I’m too hot. Then sometimes I’ll get cold again and wake up and put it back on.

Do you sleep in the same bed with anyone regularly? Adult, child, baby, dogs, cats, something/one else? I sleep with two dogs who take up the half of the bed where a person used to sleep.

Are you a “quirky” sleeper? Have to have certain number/arrangement of pillows, light, covers, etc.

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If it’s warm enough, or too damn hot, I sleep in a pair of panties. I don’t sleep nekkid any more. I’ve done it enough times to know that it just isn’t as comfortable as wearing a pair of panties.

If I’m a bit chilly, I’ll put on a pair of knit pants. If I’m still chilly, a long knit nightie, either nylon or cotton. Still chilly? I wear a fleece nightie. I’ll usually wear the pants under the nighties, because my legs and feet get colder than my torso does. If I get too warm, the nightie comes off. The knit nighties are short sleeved, while the fleece nighties are long sleeved.

I’m a big, big fan of heating pads and/or hot water bottles during the winter, at the foot area. Especially if I remember to put them in the bed about half an hour before I go to bed. There’s nothing like climbing into bed and having a nice warm spot for my frozen feet.

I sleep on a king sized bed. My husband bought the thing, and then found out that it’s way too hard for him. He sleeps in another room, with up to four cats at a time, on a very soft queen sized bed. I can’t sleep on a soft bed at all, and because I have asthma and allergies, I’m not supposed to have cats at all, but I’ve compromised, and I just don’t let the cats sleep in my room. Since the bed is so huge, though…I’ve fallen into the bad habit of keeping a lot of books on the unused 2/3 of the bed. This means that once a week, I have to shuffle the books off the bed, change the sheets, and then sort through the books to figure out which go back on the bed, which go into the sellback pile, and which go on the shelves. I have half a dozen pillows on my bed.

I need some ambient noise (I use a radio) and some light, which is provided by leaving the bathroom light on and mostly closing the door. These requirements are another reason why Bill and I don’t sleep in the same room any more. He needs total darkness and silence.

I’m a segmented sleeper. This means that I sleep for a couple of hours, then I have to get up, usually because I hurt too much to sleep any more. I’ll be up for a few hours, then I’ll go back to sleep.

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Au contraire, this is an EXCELLENT habit! :slight_smile: I’m surrounded by books in my bed… not on the bed, because there’s not enough room, but in the headboard, on the table by the bed, in a box on the floor next to the bed. The number has diminished a little since I got a kindle. :wink:

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Oh, and I keep my Nook on the bedside table, where it’s plugged in. I read for a bit, and shop WAY too much.

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Even without the poll, this still belongs in IMHO, so I’ll move it thither.

twickster, MPSIMS moderator

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Year-round nude sleeper. Sleep alone. (yes, I’m bitter why do you ask?) I try to keep the bed area uncluttered.

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I always wear a big t-shirt and panties at the very least (no bra, uncomfortable). Whether I add PJ shorts or pants to that depends on the temperature. I sleep alone.

Very finicky sleeper. I have to have a fan going for white noise or I take hours to fall asleep, wake up every hour thereafter, and am exhausted the next day. Hotels are a nightmare unless I can figure out how to get the A/C to blow constantly. If the power goes out and the fan goes off, I wake up right away. It also has to be pitch dark, I need a cup of water nearby, and any kind of extraneous noise besides the hum of the fan (snoring, dripping water, TV, etc.) will drive me absolutely batty. I do not snore and I can’t sleep in the same room with someone who does. I also like two pillows at right angles to each other or no pillows at all. I need some kind of weight on top of me, so if it’s hot I’ll just use a sheet. Cannot sleep on my back, but stomach or either side is fine.

I wish I were less picky, it would make life a lot easier. College actually made it worse, paradoxically. I shared a hotel room with my mom once and she started snoring and 3 hours later I was in tears because I just could not sleep with it.

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I wear pajama pants and a tank top from about 35 seconds after I arrive home from work until it’s time for bed at which point I take off the pants. I sleep with one husband, two largish dogs and 4 pillows that are mine. I used colour coordinated pillow cases to identify my pillows vs his :slight_smile:

I have over the years slept in everything from fuzzy layers to keep warm in a very old and draft building to nothing at all. Right now it’s on the light side since the dogs are not only large but affectionate and furnace like.

I frequently wake up with one dog on each side of my legs, usually with one paw each reached over so they can touch each other. Cute but circulation impairing.

As for room conditions I used to be able to sleep through anything. I spent my last semester of high school living with my cousin in her apartment over the bar she worked in and could sleep while the bar was open. Now my husband has converted me to dark and quiet so we have blinds and blackout curtains on the window which reduces the street noise too.

I love sleep and I would like more please.

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I have an assortment of cotton PJs I wear. Some with shorts and tanks, some with longer pants and Ts, some flannel for the winter.

I used to sleep nude but since I had my son I:

a) am freezing all the time
b) have to get up in the night to check on him

so now I wear a PJ type deal so I don’t freeze. I sleep with my husband and my dog. I have to have very soft sheets because my skin is kind of sensitive, but other than that I’m pretty low key.

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Mostly a nude-sleeper, unless it’s really cold and then I’ll wear a T-shirt and maybe socks (sex-aayyy :stuck_out_tongue: ) Usually the husband + an assortment of cats + hormone storms provide MORE than enough heat!

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I usually sleep in an oversized shirt (I hate sleepin in clingy things) and panties. Sometimes, I’ll sleep in just the shirt. Rarer, I’ll sleep nude. Just depends on my mood.

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Pajama pants/shorts and a tank top or cami. I don’t wear bra/panties with my pajamas, too restrictive.

Pajamas are cotton or flannel depending on time of year.

I sleep with Suburban Plankton and usually one dog and a cat or two.

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boxers and a t-shirt.

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Normally I’ll wear shorts and t shirt, or pajamas. I never sleep nude, ever. Hate it!

I’m not a great sleeper so I like to have various things around to help - ear plugs, lavender scents, ipod, books, water.

And I LOVE hot water bottles too. If my boyfriend isn’t staying over, I have one. If he is, he’s the hot water bottle :slight_smile:

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T shirt, year round, unless it’s hot then nothing.

My girlfriend, however, wears pyjamas, a t-shirt and a tank top, AND woollen socks, even in summer. It takes some considerable effort to get her naked, and after the purpose for her nakedness is concluded she then has to put the entire lot on again. :confused:

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Nude, nude, nude. Ever since childhood I’ve hated the sensation of night clothes wrapping around me as I switched positions, I simply cannot fathom how anyone stands it. I hate it so much that I even sleep that way in communal sleeping situations (such as when I slept in a room with 3 other women when in Afghanistan.) I simply wear easily doffed/donned clothing under the covers, take them off there, and then put them on in case a nocturnal trip to the bathroom is necessary, which, thanks to my three spawn, it always is.

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I prefer proper pajamas. I have several sets of matching tops and bottoms. In the oppressive blistering heat of summer it is usually something sheer or light; during winter I move to flannel or thicker waffle weave.

I can sleep wherever I lay my head. Although I prefer PJs, I can sleep in clothes fully dressed. I can go with or without a pillow, I don’t really care about soft v hard, and I’ve napped with my head on a wooden desk. I’m pretty easygoing. Guess you could say I’m prone to sleeping around! :slight_smile:

I sleep with my SO. We typically stick to out own sides of the bed, and I usually wake up in the same position I fell asleep in.

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I’ve been sleeping naked year-round ever since I was a child (just like every other male in my family). I’m currently single, my dog sleeps in my room, but not in my bed. The last time I wore anything in bed (a pair of boxers) was a high school field trip where I had to share a bed with a straight boy. We both ended up kicking our underwear off and he was surprisingly not freaked out over it.

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Underwear (boxer briefs since we’re going all full disclosure) and loose-fitting -old- T-shirts.

Once a T-shirt can no longer respectfully be worn in public it becomes a night-shirt until it disintegrates into nothingness. I’ve a few night shirts that have got to be close to ten years old.