# What do you sleep in?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 17, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474 "2005-02-17T03:38:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/1 "2005-02-17T03:38:35Z")
Inspired partially by the thread about whether or not women typically wear lingerie for everyday purposes, and partially by the fact that:
Recently my BF informed me that when he doesn’t (ahem) have any particular reason to disrobe before bed, he just sleeps in whatever he wore that day. First thought: I’m going to have to break him of that habit. Second thought: I wonder if this is a common habit…
I myself range from my birthday suit to shorts and a tank top/T-shirt. Usually just underwear. I can’t sleep in pajama/sweatpants because they get twisted around my legs and pushed up above my knees and generally make my night unpleasant.
Anybody else feel like sharing?
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/2 "2005-02-17T03:40:38Z")
Nuthin’ baby, absolutely nuthin. 😉
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### Author:  [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/3 "2005-02-17T03:42:38Z")
if my t-shirt that day is still clean, that. and underpants. ;j
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/4 "2005-02-17T03:46:32Z")
Whatever I happen to have on when I decide it’s time for bed. Including shoes, depending on how tired I am. Less often, I don’t wear anything.
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### Author:  [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/5 "2005-02-17T03:46:46Z")
Socks. I hate cold feet. And one week a month, undies. (Hey, you asked.)
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### Author:  [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/6 "2005-02-17T03:49:09Z")
Heavenly peace.
And, uh, boxers.
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### Author:  [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/7 "2005-02-17T03:55:10Z")
Commando
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/8 "2005-02-17T03:56:09Z")
A bed.
Notice I didn’t specify _my_ bed. 😉
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### Author:  [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/9 "2005-02-17T03:56:54Z")
No clothes for me. I sleep nude every night without exception. I often cook breakfast and watch the morning news nude as well.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/10 "2005-02-17T03:59:15Z")
nude or the clothes from the day I went to sleep
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### Author:  [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/11 "2005-02-17T04:00:06Z")
Boxer-briefs. Usually not socks, but occasionally (I have carpeting, and when I wander into the kitchen in the morning socks tend to make me slip).
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/12 "2005-02-17T04:03:09Z")
Depending on temperature:
pajamas with T-shirt and boxers underneath
T-shirt and boxers
nuthin’
We’re starting to get into T-shirt and boxers weather.
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### Author:  [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/13 "2005-02-17T04:08:47Z")
Fair number sleeping bareback, I see.
Me, I can’t stand it. Having the little Loopy flailing about willy-nilly leads to discomfort without fail.
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### Author:  [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/14 "2005-02-17T04:11:51Z")
I’ve got to have my underwear on. You see, I’m a very light sleeper and I toss and turn a lot. And when the tip o’ the tentacle touches cold bedspread, it instantly wakes me up. Same reason I can’t wear boxers – the fly never stays closed enough.
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### Author:  [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/15 "2005-02-17T04:22:57Z")
I wear a tank top and sweatpants. I can’t wear socks, I’ll get too warm and wake up in the middle of the night. Or I’ll take them off when I’m sleeping and I’ll find them across the room or up by my pillow when I wake up. Oh yeah, and my retainer. I got my braces off about two years ago but I’m not planning on having my teeth move back. That would require them to turn around again, and it was painful enough turning them the right way in the first place.
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### Author:  [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/16 "2005-02-17T04:57:38Z")
Pyjamas. At this time of the year I wear my light cotton summer ones and if it’s a warm night I’ll often wear only the shorts. In winter, I go for my flannelette pyjamas.
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### Author:  [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/17 "2005-02-17T05:07:45Z")
Nada. Neither hubby or I wear clothing to bed (unless we are sleeping at a relative’s house or something). Also don’t wear clothes around the apartment unless we’re expecting company.
/Ms Cyros
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/18 "2005-02-17T05:09:00Z")
Nothin’
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### Author:  [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/19 "2005-02-17T05:40:37Z")
I’d like to get away with nothing all the time, but girls can’t do that.
So, nothing, most of the time, and boxers sometimes.
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### Author:  [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-sleep-in/290474/20 "2005-02-17T05:50:39Z")
Most of the time I don’t wear anything to bed, but that’s also because I prefer it to be cold in the room I’m sleeping in. Clothes just makes me warmer. But, sometimes I’ll fall asleep in a t-shirt and boxers, or if I’m very lazy/tired, yeah, wearing whatever I wore during the day.
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