AIBU - pants at night

[FinallyFreeFromItAll]

So reading the bedding thread there seems to be the suggestion that some people don't wear pants at night. This is seriously a pearl clutching moment for me.

So AIBU to ask - doesn't everybody wear pants at night, whether or not they sleep otherwise naked or wear PJ's? And wouldn't your sheets or PJ's need more frequent washing if you don't wear pants at night?

Don't any of your pantless wonders ever wake up to find yourself scratching your 'unwrapped' nether regions though? Not saying I do but at least I have underwear on as barrier.

Think of what could be under your fingernails while you sleepily scratch your nose and then touch the sheets while you move around in sleep- eewwww.

How can you not wear underwear but not change bedding/pjs every night

I don't think I've ever woken up to find myself scratching- maybe the pants make things itchier? But also I wouldn't be horrified by the idea of touching my minge then touching my sheets or my face. What's wrong with minges?

Witsender I hate sleeping in knickers, so uncomfy! I always find the dog in and twist round etc.

You what now?!

ThankGodItsAlmostSpringTime how mucky are your regions?!

I've never woken up mid fanjo scratch either

This thread is brilliant!

Sleep naked, I thought everybody did I just thought it was a thing. I'd get way too hot in bed with my husband otherwise his like a heater

Don't wear pants at night, I wash sheets every week but duvet cover every 4 weeks, that's why I have a top sheet, so I don't have to wash the duvet cover more.

Clean pants for bed and a t shirt here... teenage kids and I don't think they'd appreciate the sight of me naked heading for the loo And for sex.. the fun is having them removed!

Plus bed socks if it's chilly....

YABU to call them pants

But I was raised that pants was the unisex term which referred to both knickers and boxers. Whereas knickers is only the female underpants. Is that not right?

Anyway I think the pants rule is as needed by men as women.

Do people put on clean pants for bedtime?

YES!!! Pants should not be worn for longer than a day or a night - that's just grotty. Although exH wore the same ones - I didn't like it.

What ghastly ectoplasmic fluid are you expecting to gush forth all night from your fundament?

First off congrats for the funniest post on the thread. Secondly nothing gushes. However I would never, ever wear pants for longer than a day or a night, without washing them, so if your not wearing pants then surely you should be washing whatever else comes into contact with that area, just as frequently. If not why do we wear pants at all? Surely they wouldn't be required in the day either?

Regarding sex and pants - You just yank em down or pull to the side. Surely that's a no-brainer?

regarding the "airing" of vaginas - do you "airers" lay there with no covers and legs spread? If not I don't see how your vagina can be anymore aired than those of us wearing 100%cotton gusseted pants whilst sleeping under a duvet?

Oh and what the hell is this about poo crumbs?!?!

That's got to be made up or people not wiping properly. Surely?

How can you not wear underwear but not change bedding/pjs every night

Quite easily. I can send instructions if you need.

I don't understand why people don't get the difference between wearing closely fitting knickers and being covered by a duvet with regard to fanjo airing. It's like not wearing knickers under a skirt. Yes your fanjo is not exposed to the elements but neither is it closely covered by material.

Anyway, what you do or don't wear in bed is your own business.

Poo crumbs are what is expelled when you fart. Some people on MN seem to live on continuous fear of them. The rest of us are more realistic.

Pipbin - really???

Re. Poo crumbs

I wonder if those afraid of poo crumbs keep their toothbrush covered in the bathroom and put the lid down when they flush?

Poo crumbs are nothing when faced with a loo flush poop explosion. Micro poops everywhere

OP you seem slightly obsessed with pants/knickers - why do you care how long other people wear theirs for? Or where they wear them?

rideme part of your labia was ripped OFF?

No, it detached at the top section.

But Finally, surely, your pants are in direct contact with your nether regions whreas bed sheets aren't? Or are you wrapping yourself in the bed sheet in such a way that they are always touching

I'm wondering now, all of you who are going with pants, are you changing the whole bed each time you have sex too? (You know, you will be naked in the bed, have body fluids all over etc) And do you change them just after sex and before going to sleep too??

Just as it's important for people to realise the limitations of their fundaments with regard to gushing I think it's also a matter of some urgency that we all grasp the fact that our bumholes do not issue a fine pepper-spray of microscopic poo particulates all night. They just don't.

My Mum always used to say "your winky needs to breathe at night"

Ergo, no pants!

I have always thought it's healthier to sleep without.

love maybe they have a waterproof sex sheet or something

Regarding sex and pants - You just yank em down or pull to the side.

Classy!

No pants unless I'm on my period. Unless you have an incontinence problem, I don't see how anything gross gets on your sheets???

Tbh, unless you have a hideous sexual infection, I wouldn't have thought what comes out of your vagina is any more disgusting than what comes out of your mouth, nose, eyes or ears overnight... So - who wears a breathable face cover, then, in order to protect their pillow, and stop their fingers from accidentally entering those particular orifices for a scratch in their sleep?

What about sitting on the edge of your bed pantless people?

And the op who was posting from the sofa naked. Do you do it in hotel rooms? That's why I always remove the bed runners and cushions. Can't bear the idea of naked people all over them and they are never washed.