# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/83 "2013-04-30T18:27:36Z")
I used to sleep naked and then I had kids. Now I wear a nightgown, no undies. ---
**Author:** ![woodyofdallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@woodyofdallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodyofdallas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/84 "2015-06-23T16:45:54Z")
I travel quite a bit, I don’t pack anything to sleep in. I prefer nothing. At home, most of the time nothing, I have a GF that likes to wear a T shirt but nothing else. The sex seems to be more spontaneous. I used to be married and slept in boxers, and wife slept in a gown. Sex was not as spontaneous as it is now. Just my thoughts, and opinion of course. Some people say they cant sleep in a hotel nude. Don’t know why, but I do stay at high end hotels, so I’m pretty sure everything’s clean. Any more comments? ---
**Author:** ![woodyofdallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@woodyofdallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodyofdallas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/85 "2015-06-23T16:47:35Z")
There was a poll as to what you wear to sleep in. I would be curious as to the age and sex of the responses. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/86 "2015-06-23T16:58:45Z")
> [@woodyofdallas](#): > > Some people say they cant sleep in a hotel nude. Don’t know why, but I do stay at high end hotels, so I’m pretty sure everything’s clean. Any more comments? I’d think it would have to do with what might happen if there were an emergency where you had to get out fast (fire, earthquake, etc.), or, for the particularly paranoid, concern about cameras stashed in the room (hey, it happens–don’t know about hotel rooms, but I’ve heard news stories about people hiding cameras in dressing rooms and public restrooms, so theoretically it’s possible). ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/87 "2015-06-23T17:11:46Z")
I wear either a super soft old tee shirt or the top only from a pair of pajamas. I prefer my legs bare but under the covers, and usually stick my feet out from under the covers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/88 "2015-06-25T02:28:13Z")
BK (before Kids) Hubby was always naked, and sometimes I was, sometimes I wasn’t. Depending on temperature, fooling around, whatever. AK (after Kids). I always have at least a shirt on. Because they come into our room. it used to be every single night. both of them. Now it’s just several times a week, not every night, But I will have to get up, and I prefer not to do it nekkid with the kiddos. Throw in the MIL, and it’s just, yeah, no. T-shirt always on. Hubby on the other hand, is still nekkid. So now it works out that I get to get up with the kids, because he’s nekkid and can’t get up and walk around the house. I smell a rat. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/89 "2015-06-25T05:02:37Z")
Neked sleeping Zombies. Meh, WTF. I usually sleep neked, sometimes I leave the undies on. In the colder weather I may have a tshirt or singlet on, I haven’t owned pajamas since i was a little kid and I never sleep in socks. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/90 "2015-06-30T19:20:04Z")
Nightshirt / nightgown. I’ve tried sleeping in the altogether and just don’t like it. Socks: In winter, I’ll often have socks on for the first hour or so of the night, then pull them off and drop them on the floor by the bed. On laundry day, we have to grab the pile of socks from there. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/91 "2015-07-01T03:03:03Z")
Usually just underwear although sometimes during the winter I’ll add a t-shirt as well. Exception being motels/hotels when I usually go gym trunks. We sometimes have friends drop by to visit and we’ve had to evacuate a couple times. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/92 "2015-07-01T03:25:12Z")
Full set of pajamas. _eyes naked people suspiciously_ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/93 "2015-07-01T05:14:15Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Full set of pajamas. > > _eyes naked people suspiciously_ Suspiciously or surreptitiously? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/94 "2015-07-01T11:21:45Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Me too. 🙂 I’m surprised at the people who say they normally sleep naked, but not in a hotel or at a friend/relative’s house. The hotel thing is just strange, but what’s the big deal if you’re in somebody’s guest room? 😕 I see your point if you’re sleeping on a couch or some cot in the living room. After having been through a couple fire alarms in hotels wearing something in the hotel isn’t so strange - having to fumble around a strange room looking for attire when the place might be burning down is not fun. I have also had housekeeping barge in unexpectedly. Likewise with the guest room thing - apparently not everyone believes in knocking first. Anyhow, female here, normally sleeps naked except for panties during That Time of the Month. Unless we have guests or, as noted, I’m sleeping in a hotel. These days, I usually wear a t-shirt when I need to cover up, and longjohns if more warmth is needed. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/95 "2015-07-02T00:53:37Z")
Jockey shorts and a CPAP machine. SEXY ! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188/96 "2015-07-02T00:55:57Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Suspiciously or surreptitiously? 😃 I was gonna go with succulently… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-when-you-sleep/516188.md?page=4)