ew, i think sleeping naked is weird. i feel so exposed and vulnerable hahahaha. i always wear new underwear, but usually sleep in the same shirt cause i don’t really think i get dirty while i sleep.

haha I don’t know if there’s a right answer to this one! My boyfriend sleeps completely naked every night and walks around that way too – I think men are just more comfortable in their own skin in a lot of cases. I don’t put NEW clothes on to go to bed but I usually change into lounge clothes as soon as I get home from work, and then sleep in those.

Oh my!!! I TOTALLY argue the fire/safety side of this one. In fact, I’ve been known to go to sleep fully clothed with shoes on when there are tornado watches and likely warnings forecast for the night. The cost of the additional laundry is like insurance… not something I’m willing to sacrifice.

Huh, I have never considered the environmental implications of my nekkid sleeping! I only do it in the summer and I more often at least wear undies, but I like it!

I have never slept naked, but I could see there being reasons to. I saw on Dr. Oz that he was saying sleeping naked prevents skin irritation and so he suggested it, or something like that. I can’t quite remember it all because I was creeped out by the thought of Dr. Oz naked.

Also, I have to get up to go pee way too many times in the night and walking around like that would be a shocker to say the least.

I heard that you actually stay warmer sleeping nekkid than you do with clothes on…. like I was hiking once in New Zealand, sleeping on snow and this dude was nekkid in his sleeping bag (a friend!) and he said you actually stay warmer than if you have on thermals, a hat, socks, etc.

I’m confused…don’t you just have special clothes – aka “pajamas” – that you wear to bed?! Why would anyone wear the clothes they wore during the day to bed?! 🙂

I think you should try your husbands strategy.. it might work out better than you expect or maybe the solution is a compromise between the two (which would still reduce the amount of laundry but allow you to sleep how you feel comfortable each day)

I always wore pjs to bed until HUbbs & I got married. Now we both sleep naked and it’s fantastic! I hate when I have to where PJs to bed now. Try it for a week- you’ll love it 🙂

Fresh underwear are a must!

Funny discussion! My boyfriend always sleeps nekkid, and because of him, I do the same now, but not to save money/trees. 😉 But we only sleep nekkid at home, in hotels or so I do wear my PJ or at least undies if it’s really hot.
Before we got together I couldn’t imagine sleeping without clothes, but now I kind of like it. Just give it a try!

I can’t sleep naked, I get too cold, even in the summer. I actually can’t even sleep in a tank top because I get too cold. I need coverage. I never sleep in anything sexy (my poor husband!), I always sleep in pajama pants or shorts and a t-shirt.

Granted, it’s really subject to how cold the weather is (or how cold it is inside my house), but I prefer to sleep in just a pair of undies. I won’t go completely naked, but this seems to be a nice compromise. 🙂

I usually sleep in just underwear. No kids, and my dogs sleep on top of the comforter, and my partner sleeps either nude or in boxers. I don’t like to feel too constricted when I’m sleeping, so pants are a no-go. And sleeping naked is not really sexual for us – it’s just easier and more comfortable!

hahahah in florida i slept nekkid all the time because it was so dang hot and stuffy in my room! Up north now I have like 2 layers of clothes on and pretty much just wear the same pajamas for a week straight. Or switch back and forth between 2 t-shirts during that week

I don’t sleep naked very often. My fiance probably wishes I would. I don’t know why, really. I think it’s because I feel strange. I feel naked (duh!) with my pajamas. I will wear the same pajamas for three to five days, depending on weather, activity before bed, etc. But I never wear a bra or underwear — gotta let everything breathe, you know!

While I do understand the luxury in sleeping naked (we do it every once in a while) but I, too, worry too much about the “what ifs.” That and we have a baby who gets up during the night sometimes and it’s too much of a hassle to have to get dressed in the dark!

My husband and I both sleep naked. I hate wearing clothing to bed but I do when I’m a guest at someone’s house. Sleeping naked is freedom! Give it a try.

I can’t sleep naked either. It feels weird. What about sleeping in the underwear and/or t-shirt you plan to workout in the next morning. I do that most of the time and it saves laundry. Its not nearly as gross to workout in something you have slept in as it would be the other way around!

LOL! The fact that you used the word “nekkid” is cracking me up!

I agree with you 100%. Who cares how much laundry I accumulate, I don’t want to have to run outside naked if there was a fire or if I was robbed. The sanitary issue is legitimate, as well. No siree…I’ll stick with my PJ’s not my birthday suit!!

My husband practically insists that we both sleep in the buff but if I am home alone than I wear PJ’s (and sometimes in the winter).
I think that it is really healthy to sleep naked, especially for women. Sleeping naked has helped me accept the way my belly looks when I lay on my side or how my nude body looks in the full length mirror I pass on my way to the bathroom.

Before I lived with the boyfriend I thought sleeping nekkid was weird. Then when I lived with him it was actually very freeing, I live in Chicago and it wasn’t cold at all (and I am ALWAYS cold). Now that I’m living alone again, it seems weird for me to sleep nekkid (and I LOVE pajamas!) so I’m usually in pjs I wear them a week, sometimes less if I feel grungy, and then throw them in the laundry. But really, I say do what is most comfortable for you. This is your sleep we’re talking about. You want the most restful sleep you can get, you can’t make up for lost sleep, it’s just lost. Do what is best for you.

ha! thanks for the comical distraction this morning!… 3 more hours to kill before my interview. (note: do not schedule out of state interviews in the afternoon if you’ll just be giving yourself lots of extra time to get nervous) 🙂

looooooooooooooove naked bedtime! i also have what i call naked Sundays sometimes… :O) we’ll just leave it at that 🙂

I can’t sleep totally naked (undies, please!) but I do tend to pull my jammies off some nights. My boyfriend says this is because I’m OCD, but I like calling it quirky. If my shirt wrinkles slightly under me, or my pants ride up my legs it drives me bonkers. I’ll have to either strip down or change my clothes.

I sleep in all various stages of dress and undress, depending on my mood. Most of the time I prefer to wear a light little nightgown or sleep shirt and no underwear. I am most comfortable sleeping without underwear and do it most of the time if I can. I don’t know if that sounds weird or not, but thats what I like.:)

Those are interesting statistics! I wouldn’t have guessed them.

I almost always go naked because I can’t get comfortable if I have much on when I sleep. I change positions too often and can’t stand the bunching, pulling, and constriction. To avoid getting too cold in the winter I take off my lounging clothes after I get under the covers, and put them back on before getting up again the next morning. When I have to wear something (company/traveling, etc) I chose a t-shirt and undies. My boyfriend sleeps in boxers to avoid ‘sticking’. 😉

I have heard the same advice about letting your skin breathe to avoid irritation and yeast infections, and I like to give myself a break from the elastic bands.

It is all about personal preference, but I say don’t knock it till you try it.
What I sleep in varies from nekkid, to undies, to undies and a T, to full on pajamas.
Try setting a side a t-shirt and bottoms to wear for sleeping, and wash them every 2-3 or 3-4 days, or whenever you wash your sheets. Then you are only wearing them for when you sleep.

sleeping naked is the only way to sleep! i’m glad you brought this serious debate to our attention – it’s a topic about which i’m clearly very passionate. try it once…although, having dogs who also sleep on the bed does throw things off a bit. i don’t know why, but i was always very conscious about being naked in front of my dog!

Nekkid sleeper over here. With the fan running, and the window partially open, even during Oregon’s cold winter months. What can I say- I can’t stand being hot, which is why I can’t do flannel pajamas or sheets. In your case, I would take a shower before bed, and then change into fresh undies, but have a few specific pajama tanks or shirts to rotate through.. and then because you’re clean from the shower the night before, you’ll have no need to change into fresh undies the next morning. If you’re scared of being exposed in an emergency have a robe laying nearby. I don’t you’re in the wrong for not sleeping naked, but I do agree with hubby that it’s (way) excessive laundry- that’s water, soap, energy, and time, there.

Um, yeah, no thanks…
I get really cold at night (usually wear a shirt, pants, and socks, even in the summer! Unless it’s super-hot, in which case, tanktop and shorts.), and I tend to kick my blankets off, so… that would be awkward. Plus right now my “bedroom” is a corner of the house, and in order to get to our sump pump and stuff, you have to go through my corner. One of my parents did that the other morning while I was half-asleep.

I don’t change my jammies out for a LONG time. I wear the same ones for weeks. It’s the same for pants and sweatshirts–Mom has always told me I can wear those at least twice before I throw them in the laundry. If they’re not stained, keep wearing them! Sometimes I wear the same pair of jeans for a week. That might be too many days, but if I have to work that evening, I change out of jeans. Unless it’s Friday.

I don’t like the thought of sleeping with no underwear. I had to go without underwear after swimming one time (family vacation when I was eight or something) and HATED it. So I’m wearin’ underwear no matter what.

That does seem like a lot of laundry for two people, but my family has more than that! We’re four of us (plus the exchange student, who does her own laundry), and I never remember to bring my laundry hamper upstairs. I did my own laundry yesterday because I was running out of clean clothes. The hamper was FULL and kinda hard to carry. Oops!

I’d say whatever you’re more comfortable with. But I do think that’s a little too much laundry… =\

Personally I sleep in my underwear and I continue wearing the same ones I have on. Even doing that the laundry is mostly mine because my husband wears the same outfit all day at work and I change at least once after I work out.

I can sleep “natural” in the summer, but it’s too cold in the winter. I think you should compromise and perhaps wear the same pj’s two or three days in a row and then switch? I don’t think it’s gross at all to continue wearing the same thing. Do you also wash your towel every time you shower? I don’t do that either to save on laundry!

So are you options sleep naked OR sleep with a new shirt and underwear? there is no option to just not change?

Generally i go wear PJ’s or a shirt and shorts to bed but wear them multiple times in a week since i only sleep in them.

You only have to get a cold dog nose to the bum ONCE before you never try it again. I won’t sleep nekkid cause all 3 of my animals sleep with us. I do have a funny story. I recently went to New Orleans last weekend and shared a hotel room with friends. One is nakie sleeper….and coincidently…a sleep walker… Not a good combo. So there were a couple times I would be startled awake by a completely naked lady in my room…then chase her down the hall to get her back to the room…. 🙂

During the summer I definitely sleep naked, maybe underwear only. And in the winter I like the t-shirt underwear deal, but I can usually wear the same thing 2-3 nights before I feel the need to wash it. Oh and no matter what I ALWAYS have to wear socks to bed, even in the summer – weird, but my feet always get so cold!

Hah NOOOOO I have a double this year, my roommate would probably freak out if she woke up and i was butt naked lol. And when I’m not living in my apartment, I’m living at home..why hello Mother/father/17 year old brother coming to wake me up in the morning, surprise!

this post completely made me laugh out loud…at work. oops. my husband has slept naked from the first day we were married. i on the other can. not. do. it. i always like to wear a clean shirt and undies too!

Clothing is not optional for me since we share a bed with the pooches most of the time and that would just be creepy.

Unfortunately (veerrryy unfortunately), I accidentally discovered that my father in law is an “in the buff” sleeper several years ago. I will never wander into their kitchen to get a glass of water after midnight again. The vision of him standing there in his birthday suit eating chicken wings will haunt me for the rest of my life. I didn’t think that he saw me but the next day he announced “guess I should start wearing pajamas when we have house guests”. Oh dear god.

Funny. I’m with your hubby. Reduce the laundry washing and save the environment. Sleep in the buff.
In an emergency, the fire fighters or police will be there with a blanket to cover up 😉

Assuming Kristien is sleeping nekkid, the chance of middle of the night baby-making is significantly increased…and that will totally blow the budget.

I love sleeping naked occasionally but usually I’m like you, fresh night clothes are the best!

These comments are TOO funny. I’m actually way more grossed out by the idea of letting your pets sleep in your bed than in any clothing/no clothing sleeping options. I mean, eww.

I wash my sheets at least every week no matter what. Fresh sheets are too nice to pass up!

I sleep naked 95% of the time – the only time I don’t sleep naked is when I am just too darn cold and need an extra layer. Clothing feels so restricting in bed, I roll around and I hate hate hate to have clothing wrapped up around me tightly!

Funny enough, my sailorman is actually more likely to sleep in pjs than I am. He only sleeps naked about 50% of the time!

It depends on the night, but I find sleeping naked very liberating. When we have overnight visitors it’s a no, and obviously we’ll reconsider when children enter the situation. And I always have clothes readily available in case of emergency.

I say try it because it can help improve confidence in your body image…

Sometimes I’ll sleep naked, but usually I need to wear panties. Feels kinda weird without it! But shirtless is totally fine for me. At most I sleep in a tank top and underwear, but I’m fine with sleeping in the same ones I’ve been lounging around in after work.

I am very much a pajama girl myself. I am NOT comfortable sleeping nekkid… But I go through ALOT of laundry, especially in the summer.

You see, I work with horses outside in the morning so I get sweaty and dirty doing that. So that dirties jeans, T-shirt, sports bra and undies (that I wore to bed) and socks.

Then I clean the bar for my second job. That is a scrub top and pants with a new bra(sports bra) and undies because the other ones were sweaty and new socks because the other ones were covered in dirt.

THEN I change into workout pants and a workout shirt, with the same bra and undies and usually socks.

then I either shower and put real clothes on to go out to dinner or hang out with the bf. Jeans, shirt, bra, new undies again, socks optional at this point.

Then my pj’s. Tshirt, sweatpants, sports bra and undies (that I’ll wear in the morning).

So that’s a bunch of laundry!! The only way I get around it is sometimes I’ll re-wear my scrubs or “going out” clothes because it’s usually just to dinner or to the store, and I’ll wear my pj’s a few times. But always clean undies and a clean/dry bra. 🙂

But if your not comfortable sleeping nekkid nothing will change that. I can’t stand sleeping topless because everytime I move I wake up… I gotta keep my girls under wraps!

Hubby sleeps nekkid all the time. I sleep nekkie a few times a year, usually after a night out on the town. Otherwise, I sleep in jammies and tank tops, but wear them a few nights before I wash them. Do you have a clothesline?? I’ve found that to be a good way to save energy. Funny topic!

So funny! This exact topic was on Rachael Ray this morning! She asked the guest if she slept naked and she said she didnt because of a fire.

I sleep nekkid 😉

I do the same thing, I like a fresh, clean shirt and undies before bed.

It depends on the time of year. In the winter i get cold and wear more clothes. 🙂 Usually just undies though.

I have LOVED reading these comments – some of them are so funny!!! I am like you, I don’t sleep naked but the boyfriend does and highly suggests that I do, too. 🙂 I sleep in a t-shirt and shorts that I wear for a few days and then wash… I can see how laundry might pile up if I wore a new t-shirt/shorts combo each night, though!

No on nekkid–same reasons as you plus I tried it once and was so cold! I wear the same t-shirt to bed every night for about a week and then wash it. It’s only worn while asleep. I despise any type of clothing on my legs while I’m asleep though. Do you use a clean towel every time you take a shower? Or reuse one. That’d be another good debate!

look at all the comments!!

i do not like people laying in between the covers with clothes they have worn out and about (sitting in public places then sliding into bed=germs to me) but I do wear regular tshirts and pj bottoms to bed (or just my undies and the shirt) but i will wear them again for a couple of days then wash them.

i can imagine you have a lot of laundry with your workout stuff, your everyday clothes AND your bed clothes…seems like a bit of a waste….do you use fresh towels every day?

i side with the husband!

Burlington VT is so fun…I wish I lived closer, I’d love to have lunch

I don’t sleep naked. I love my PJs 😀

You know what dirties your sheets faster? Having two little dogs run around under them! Just kidding that was the cutest video ever. I agree that sleeping with clothing of some sort on is more comfortable. But I do think wearing something new every night is a bit wasteful, but then I HATE doing laundry and rewear tops and jeans at least twice before washing them, baring spilling food on myself. I figure if I take a shower everyday I’m ok. I wear the same jammies for about a week with no underwear. Oh I should add I do wear clean undies everyday!

I sleep in a t-shirt and basketball shorts- completely unattractive, but hey, no one is there to see me. 😉

I used to change my PJ’s EVERY night, but once I started having to pay for laundry, I change my PJ’s about every other day.

I think your argument is the best though- especially since you are doing the laundry!

I always wear clothes and I change my tshirt and underwear that I wore that day too before I go to bed! Id rather feel clean when I sleep, maybe it makes me think I’ll sleep better?

This is so funny. I never really consider what I wear to bed. Just whatever, or nothing, or some stage of undress.
That is soooo much underwear though! I hate wearing underwear…pretty much anytime. You should forego it at night and enjoy the freedom.

I’ve found my underwire bra to be waaaaaay too restricting.

Also, what’s an underwire?

Boxerbriefs only for me. Naked feels weird.

Caitlin, I know you love House Hunters but have you ever seen the British Program Location, Location, Location (or it’s spinoff-also annoyingly titled “Relocation, Relocation, Relocation”)? It’s like a British version of HH so you and your hubs might like it. We get it here in Canada on HGTV but not sure about the states….

Not sure if someone’s mentioned this already, but I heard that it’s not healthy to wear underwear to bed. Apparently you’re supposed to let yourself “breathe” if you know what I mean 🙂

Love #242 🙂
Ben has converted me to a nekkid sleeper. At first it was weird, but now I think clothes are suffocating.

I don’t like sleep with no clothes, that make me feel too cold, exposed and vulnerable.

I am with you on the clean underwear and PJ’s each night. I grew up doing that as a kid, so it would be weird not to. I will wear PJ’s again if we are traveling for making room for more important things in the suitcase. And the sheets thing…I get skeeved out my dirty sheets and wash them once a week if not more.

I also create way more laundry then my husband. He always comments on it, too. I work out 6 days a week and wear pajamas, and go through 2-3 pairs of underwear a day – and he doesn’t. I always joke that I am cleaner them him 😉

I feel so alone…I sleep in sweatpants, fuzzy socks, a tshirt, sweatshirt, AND sometimes a hat. with a large comforter, and blanket pulled over my head. Lets just say liveing in michigan winters with a stupid heating system isn’t fun.

I only sleep nekkid when my man sleeps over…it makes him happy and does make you feel closer. Sometimes I sneak a pair of my undies when he’s fast asleep 🙂