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Do you sleep naked?

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SMAfan39 · 07/12/2023 00:55

Was chatting with my friend and I mentioned how I sleep naked, she found this completely shocking which I found quite funny tbh 😂 so just wondered if I’m in the minority or not.

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Rinkymcdinky · 07/12/2023 08:03

Even in summer I wear pj bottoms and a long sleeved top. Last night I wore a jumper over and bed socks.

Netcam · 07/12/2023 07:59

BooBooBaloo · 07/12/2023 07:41

I used to for years, until a friend asked what I'd do if someone broke in or the house caught fire and you needed to get out quickly

I know the chances of those two things happening are slim but I couldn't shake the thought and I've always worn something since, even just pants and a vest

If absolutely necessary, run out naked, hardly going to be arrested for it under those circumstances and imagine a neighbour might pop out with some clothes for us.

RampantIvy · 07/12/2023 07:57

She thinks I’m crazy because I sleep with an electric blanket on but have my fan blowing on my face for example

Seems like a waste of resources.
I'm too cold in winter to sleep naked. We don't keep our heating on overnight. I just wear a nightie though. I find pyjamas too warm.

Netcam · 07/12/2023 07:56

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 07/12/2023 06:47

I sleep naked. I get very cold during the day as I’m underweight and for some reason not wearing clothes seems to transfer the heat to the duvet and blankets and I get warm. When I’m with DP we are often naked just so we can have a really close cuddle (skin on skin doesn’t just work for babies and parents) and again, so he can transfer some heat to me. He will just hang around naked in the day if there’s no chance anyone will see him as well. This country has a strange attitude to nudity.

Agree we have a strange attitude to nudity.

DH always sleeps naked and I usually do.

We have a lovely warm wool duvet and wool mattress topper too, so don't need clothes in bed, even when it's cold, and it's nice to snuggle up together.

I sometimes wear PJs if it's really cold, just so I'm not freezing when I get up to wee in the night, which I always do. Or at the point when it's starting to get colder but we haven't switched over from the summer duvet yet.

CoalCraft · 07/12/2023 07:53

I sleep naked when it's hot but not otherwise; I like to be warm!

DH never sleeps naked, even on the hottest nights he's still in his pyjama shorts. My parents on the other hand always sleep naked regardless of the weather.

I did have a friend at school who thought it was disgusting I didn't wear knickers under my pyjama bottoms 🤷

Twiglets1 · 07/12/2023 07:53

People saying what would you do if you sleep naked but had to get up quickly in the night - I just have a dressing gown hanging on the back of the bedroom door. It’s not an insurmountable problem.

Eliza121 · 07/12/2023 07:53

I usually do, if I do wear anything to bed it's a tshirt or a bottoms, my bottom and top half are never covered at the same time, I get too hot

Anyotherdude · 07/12/2023 07:51

I wear pj’s only when it’s really cold - otherwise it’s just too hot!

passiveaggressivenonsense · 07/12/2023 07:48

SMAfan39 · 07/12/2023 01:03

*to the gig. We’re great friends and have such a laugh together but we’re so different, I’m always shocking her with things that are completely normal to me. She thinks I’m crazy because I sleep with an electric blanket on but have my fan blowing on my face for example. It was her reaction to it that just made Me laugh, she was completely aghast 😂

Maybe think about global warming and your energy consumption and put some pyjamas on instead !

gotomomo · 07/12/2023 07:48

Yes, unless camping. Don't like wearing clothes at night

Itsallsostressful · 07/12/2023 07:47

I wear pants but nothing else. Get very hot sleeping beside hubby! He's in boxers or occasionally naked. I do have my jammies for floating round the house in the morning and evening 😊

Bagwyllydiart · 07/12/2023 07:46

Yep, always

theduchessofspork · 07/12/2023 07:43

Always, both of us.

I feel restricted and uncomfortable wearing clothes in bed.

IrritableVowel · 07/12/2023 07:42

I can't settle if I am naked.
Also I am often cold even in pjs

I usually have pjs, socks and maybe a hoody going to bed. Socks and hoody might come off during the night if I get hot

BooBooBaloo · 07/12/2023 07:41

I used to for years, until a friend asked what I'd do if someone broke in or the house caught fire and you needed to get out quickly

I know the chances of those two things happening are slim but I couldn't shake the thought and I've always worn something since, even just pants and a vest

RaininSummer · 07/12/2023 07:37

Your friend's reaction is what seems quite odd to me. Very prim. People tend to sleep in what they find comfortable depending on temperature and the annoyance factor of clothes which bunch up in bed.

LadyGrinningSoul85 · 07/12/2023 07:34

I used to, but I don't like to anymore.
After 9 children, I have a lot of issues with my body and even if I'm sleeping alone I don't like to see it 'In all it's glory'.
My husband does though, I have zero issues with nudity, but I just can't bare to see myself naked anymore.

Neonttasselll · 07/12/2023 07:33

Yes I really struggle in pj's! I can sometimes manage a pj top!

Boymum2104 · 07/12/2023 07:32

Used to before I had a baby & had to keep randomly getting up in the night 😅

HerbalBovril · 07/12/2023 07:31

Tell me you don’t have kids crawling into bed with you without telling me you don’t have kids crawling into bed with you 😂

Rowgtfc72 · 07/12/2023 07:31

Slept naked since I was 13 but keep pjs by the side of the bed.
Dd was horrified to hear we both sleep naked and asked ' what if your bums touch in the night?'

RockStarship · 07/12/2023 07:30

I used to sleep naked all year round because I would get too hot in bed in most types of nightclothes and the types that didn't make me over heat would twist around me. However, I stopped doing that when I had my first baby because I didn't want to get up in the night naked to feed a crying baby. I've now got to an age where I've completely gone the other way and for autumn, winter and most of spring I sleep in a sweatshirt with a weighted blanket 🤣

Tisfortired · 07/12/2023 07:28

Only if it’s really hot, like a PP I don’t want to be getting up settling DC in the night starkers or fumbling about for pyjamas. I usually wear knickers and a Tshirt. I also have a fear of either the house being on fire or a burglar getting in and having to deal with either of those situations naked.

C1N1C · 07/12/2023 07:25

We're getting to that droopy age. I'm not going to discourage my OH from wearing them, although I might have in the past :)

Tacotortoise · 07/12/2023 07:23

Yep. I think we are in the minority though, most people seem to love their pj's.

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