# What Do You Wear When You Sleep? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188 "2009-11-03T18:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 3, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/1 "2009-11-03T18:50:18Z")
I go commando. Wearing underpants when I sleep bunches up my nuts in uncomfotable ways. :eek: And if I attempt to wear socks when I sleep, I get the feeling that a little gnome is holding a flame thrower to my feet. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/2 "2009-11-03T18:57:09Z")
I also sleep naked. Even if it’s really cold I’ll just add more (thicker) blankets. I’ve been doing this since I was at least 12, possibly earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/3 "2009-11-03T19:38:38Z")
naked when in hotels or home when the kids are either gone for the night or very unlikely to come in or ask me to get up. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/4 "2009-11-03T20:11:03Z")
I know tons and tons of people who sleep naked but I simply can’t, my shoulders get cold. I must at least wear a shirt, and I generally wear panties, too, though I can do without them. NEVERNEVERNEVER socks. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/5 "2009-11-03T20:15:56Z")
I think that most men like to sleep naked. I’m female, however, and I like pyama bottoms to keep my thighs from clinging. And a shirt or pyama top to keep my arms and shoulders warm. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/6 "2009-11-03T20:19:42Z")
big tee shirt, underwear, socks in winter. Sometimes if it’s really cold, lightweight knitwear drawstring pants as well. The times I tried sleeping without a shirt and/or undies I felt very, very exposed and vulnerable. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/7 "2009-11-03T20:23:05Z")
Even though I often sleep in 100 degree weather, I’m always wearing a t shirt, sweatpants and socks. In the winter, I’m more likely to be wearing a long sleeve T shirt or a hockey jersey with the sweatpants. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/8 "2009-11-03T20:27:30Z")
I sleep naked in summer (unless we have guests) and in sweatpants and a T-shirt in winter. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/9 "2009-11-03T20:36:16Z")
I’ve tried sleeping naked before, and…I dunno, I just don’t like it. It makes me feel all exposed, no matter how many blankets I pile on top of me. I can sleep with a t-shirt and panties on, but mostly I do the whole PJ bottom, t-shirt top thing. Panties, but no bra. No socks, either, unless I’m camping outdoors and it’s cold. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/10 "2009-11-03T20:37:39Z")
Nothing. The only time I wear anything at all is panties when Aunt Flo’s in town, and whenever I have/am a guest, and then I tend to wear a long nightshirt. And boy, do I dislike having to wear anything. I used to wear a nightshirt in the winter (I understand completely about cold shoulders), but I guess I ended up getting better at keeping myself bundled up with just blankets. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/11 "2009-11-03T20:41:31Z")
Starkers, unless I’m staying at someone’s house or a hotel. Then I wear boxers. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/12 "2009-11-03T20:48:55Z")
Nekid. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/13 "2009-11-03T20:51:11Z")
Pajama bottoms and T-shirt. Shorts and T-shirt in summer. No way could I sleep naked. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/14 "2009-11-03T20:51:56Z")
I picked other because I use eyeshades ([yes, with butterflies!](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bdJx8FN8L.jpg)). That’s all I wear though so mostly naked. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/15 "2009-11-03T21:02:48Z")
Just me and the boxer-briefs. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/16 "2009-11-03T21:03:20Z")
I wear long (midcalf) T-shirt like things from Lands End. No underpants, no pjs, no long sleeves–all that stuff gets tangled up when I toss and turn. Socks if it’s cold because my feet cramp up. I would really rather go with nothing and up the ante on the covers if it’s cold weather (I like the bedroom cool) but one of my friends once had a fire in the middle of the night and he and his family had to escape with the clothes on their back. Literally. After that I went with the long T-shirt… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/17 "2009-11-03T21:09:37Z")
Nada… I move a lot at night and getting bound up in clothing and bed linens is a sure-fire way for me to wake up in a _REALLY_ bad mood. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/18 "2009-11-03T21:13:20Z")
Female, and I just wear underwear. And that’s just in case the house catches fire in the night. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/19 "2009-11-03T21:29:11Z")
Boxers. Had no idea so many people slept in the buff. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/20 "2009-11-03T21:32:34Z")
I can’t wear pyjama bottoms though - they ride up and drive me batty. I don’t really like having anything around my legs to start with. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188.md?page=2)