I started out writing today's post thinking it was going to be about what time you put your pajamas on at night. This firecracker idea came out of my mother insisting that 2:30 in the afternoon is a perfectly respectable time to start thinking about going to bed. Therefore 2:30 p.m. is probably when you should put your pajamas on.
One of my sisters, Pink Tool Belt, on the other hand will not, NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES put her pajamas on before she has eaten dinner. To her, if your life has degenerated to the point where you eat dinner in your pajamas you may as well never take them off again. In fact you may as well stop brushing your hair and saying excuse me when you burp sausage burps. You have given up on any sort of civilized life.
Coming in from the diagonal opposite corner of crazy is my sister Fish Pedicure, who would live in her pajamas if she could, but would look perfectly civilized the while doing it because ... she irons her pajamas. With an iron. As if they're a cotillion gown.
Me? I don't really have any firm beliefs when it comes to nightwear other than the fact that I wear it.
(This is where my post on "What time do you put your pajamas on?" took a turn)
You see, my pajama research led me to a rather startling statistic.
30% of North Americans SLEEP NAKED.
As in, they do not wear a thing. Zero. No underwear, no flannel, no EEK, WHAT IF THERE'S A FIRE AND I HAVE TO RUN INTO THE STREET tee shirt. Nothing.
As you might have guessed, that number is higher for men than women so they're the ones bringing the average up. I don't think anyone is surprised by the fact that more men than women sleep naked. Men would ride roller coasters naked if they thought they could get away with it. Shop for toos, get gas, chat with the neighbours? Naked , naked, naked.
One thing I don't understand is if you sleep naked how do you get ready for a night of Netflixing? Do you get cozy and comfortable in your naked? You just take off your regular clothes and be naked? What if you have food delivered or decide to start Netflixing at 4 in the afternoon? Are there bands of humans wobbling around their homes naked Netflixing all hours of the day that I don't know about?
I can't even fathom this sleeping naked thing. Not at all. It would be cold, it would be weird and I feel like I'd need to wash my sheets WAY more often than I currently do. To me, not wearing pajamas robs a person of the 3 BEST parts of their day; the moment you think about putting your pajamas on, the moment you actually put your pajamas on and the moment you lay on the couch with your pajamas on.
Having said all this, you have not yet heard the MOST disturbing thing. There are some people out there who make fun of those of us who wear pajamas. And they're just as stunned by our behaviour. My reading led me to articles written by Millennials who apparently think a 2 piece pajama set is a quaint, geezer thing. Like making your way to bed by the light of a candlestick and sleeping in a long, cone shaped nightcap.
Why do Millennials think this? Because apparently ... according to some random study I found ...
65% of Millennials sleep naked.
I suspect it's because they lack the focus to be able to pick out a pair of pajamas. But that's just the guess of a geezer.
Of course now I HAVE to know how many of you sleep naked. And also, if you do wear pajamas, what time do you put them on? Are you a Betty, thinking the earlier the better? Or a Pink Tool Belt, where wearing pajamas before dinnertime indicates you've probably spent time in prison?
Me? I favour 2 piece pajama sets in white and I generally put them on around 7:30 or 8 p.m.
Have a good weekend!
Kim
I laughed as I read this since I had just woke up to use the bathroom and am naked. I always used to wear baby doll pajamas or long T-shirts until menopause. Night sweats just about killed me so that’s when I started the naked phase. Tried to go back to pjs but they twist and bunch up so now it’s naked forever! I always keep a robe handy and have short little T-shirt style dresses to wear around the house at other times. Normally that goes on as soon as I get home from work, between 6-7.
M J
😊For all the folks out there that haven’t slept naked, you are missing total freedom‼️ It’s similar to skinny dipping ~ WOW truly amazing feeling of freedom‼️ Try it ~ you might really like it😊 I turned 70 last year, loving life & sleeping in the buff‼️😂
glenda
I have a growing collection of 1950s and 60s slips that I wear to bed, have done for 20+ years. The boyfriend loves them and they don't get tangled up during the night. I get changed right before bed.
Sylvia
Great idea!
Kae
I wear leggings and a t-shirt, as I hate the way jammie legs ride up (same for nighties, the way they end up round your waist). I don't wear nightwear in case there is a fire, as the sight of me in leggings is perhaps worse then me naked. I wear nightwear because I live in perpetual winter and, so, it is too cold to go without.
Jammies usually don't go on until I'm ready for bed, unless I have an evening bath, which isn't often. I live in the Scottish Highlands and people come to your door more often than when I lived in the city. For that reason, and having been caught once too often looking like a dishevelled mess, I shower and change fairly quickly in the morning.
MrsChrisSA
Soooo, I am not a millennial.
I don't wear PJ's unless we are going away with friends.
My dressing gown is always on the end of my bed in case of fire etc. (though I guess I would still be naked under that..............)
Have always seldom worn PJ's but when I went through menopause I ditched them alltogether.
I must say though that I do love beautiful PJ's but what's the point? I have two sets for going away and find pants and tops much more acceptable than a nightie if you are away with a lot of people!
As I work in a coporate environment and tend to potter around at home when I get home, I do have shorts/track pants and t-shirts that I will change into when I get home but they get ditched before I go to bed.
Eileen
I put on pjs when I go to bed. Two piece and fuzzy in winter, lightweight short gowns in summer. My husband sleeps aux natureal. I feel uncomfortable to not have pajamas of some sort, I need that layer of something to maintain even body heat I guess. My husband is always far hotter temp wise so I can see why he doesn’t want them.
Christine
Hi Karen
A roommate taught me that it’s perfectly acceptable to change into “lounge wear” as soon as you get home. She was a teacher so she was home at 4pm. The”lounge wear” consisted of flannel pajama pants and button up shirts. It made us feel much more classy, like we were eating canapés and drinking champagne instead of cheap wine and microwave popcorn. We each had many pairs. We would then change into our sleeping ones to go to bed.
These days I change into a sleep shirt and robe when my kids get theirs on. 7:30pm.
It’s bedtime somewhere!
Christine in BC
Kate
I wear a tee shirt to bed plus socks in winter, no socks in summer. As our summers are hellishly hot and humid, I’ll often end up ditching the tee, but not the panties. Tee shirt goes on after my bath, which I take right before going to bed.
In my 30s I had a flirtation with 2-piece silk PJs. Loved the look and feel, but too much fabric to sleep in.
Sachi
Over here in the tropical island of Sri Lanka, it is usually too hot for PJs. I sleep in the rattiest oldest comfiest shorts and tanks I own. And right before bed too. I shower and put on my night things on and I am completely and utterly done for the day/night. Can't sleep naked (have tried to) because even the softest sheets feel like sand to my skin. Can't do nightdresses because they always roll up. ugh. I have a collection of robes and old shirts I put on the first thing in the morning because it is a bit chilly and also because I am weirdly modest even in my own house. How did this topic become so interesting? *confused emoji*
Karen
This post has taken on a life of its own, lol. ~ karen!
Kim
There is nothing better than changing into my pajamas (that are very similar to your photo) and every evening between 7 and 10pm depending on the time of year, but usually after I've eaten dinner since I tend to get lazy once I'm wearing them so the dinner dishes would'nt get cleaned up. I wouldnt even think of sleeping in the nude- totally disgusting ..and cold!
Tina
I’m am a very active sleeper. My brothers called me The Thrasher. Despite that, I wear a long (below knees) t-shirt type nighty. No undies (gotta let that BREATHE) and no socks! In the summer it’s a long tank top. And I don’t get tangled. I’m aware when I turn over and just grab all the layers and everything turns.
Today I spent the entire day in my nighty. I was painting faux frames on my walls, in which to hang some sculptures and I didn’t want to get paint on clothes. After I was done, I took my shower and got a fresh nighty on.
Therese
Both my husband and I sleep with something on - pj's for him, usually a night gown for me, of some kind.
I wash sheets once a week. The dog sleeps with us and I have a top blanket on that gets washed more frequently as needed.....
We are 55 and 60. :).
Marna
I love that someone mentioned babydoll pjs! I loved them as a teen and into my early twenties. Naked often until kids, then mostly pjs, then twitched to pj bottoms long or short depending on the weather, and a tank top. Since having kids or working, I didn't have time to lounge around, so got dressed as soon as I got up, don't put on pjs until ready for bed. (never the kind of person to walk around naked and I often go outside for various reasons, or people often come to my door, hate being in pjs if I have to answer the door). Love that everyone shared! :D (I'll be 69 in a few weeks, but still feel 25, except my body doesn't agree which sucks!)
p
babydolls are so extremely cute and I love them at 57!
the swing of the dress hides belly fat and they show your legs
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Ian Anderson
Hell no! Pajamas are the devils underpants! When you turn over in bed they stay mostly were they were and you end up strangling various parts of your anatomy :-(
Regular clothes until bed (what happens if someone calls and you're in your 'jammies?), although lately I have acquiesced to a pair of sweatpants (for evening wear only you understand) and believe me, I'm very afraid that it is the beginning of the end...
Grant
Dude your so on point.
Tim
Sleep naked it provides visuals for your partner
Tine from Denmark
I SLEEP NAKED (most of the year).
I’m a little bit hurt when somebody writes ” Sounds disgusting and gross”.
I shower in the afternoon before I start making dinner – thats where I get out of my ”workclo-se” and into my joggingsuit or something like that.
I don’t like the thought of going to bed with a hole day of sweat, stress and dirt….…and I think it’s healthy when the part og you ”down there” get som air.
Every weekend I change our bedsheets – thats what I have learn from home (i’m 53) and I just Loooove fresch bedsheets.
Some nights in the winterseason i might take on a t-shirt, but then it gets too hot and I take it of during the nigth.
Alena
Tine,
I don't sleep naked and I really hated that comment myself. I fail to see what's gross about it, do the people who think it gross also think having sex naked is gross?
danny
according to dermatology, it is best not to take more than 2 showers a week, so the natural oils in your skin do their job. unless you are sweating playing sports, cutting grass, or other sweaty things.
Shauna
Undies only. I wish I could wear pjs to bed— it seems sophisticated and would save me from occasional bad dreams about ending up naked outside in an emergency— but I turn over a lot while I sleep and if I wear anything it gets uncomfortably twisted around me. If you bathe and change sheets regularly, I don’t see why skin against your sheets is any more unhygienic than skin against your daily clothing. (Or do most people wash everything they wear after every wearing and I’m a gross weirdo for wearing things multiple times? 😬). I have traditional pjs for lounging, a long set for winter and a shorts/short sleeved set for summer. They go on in the evening at whatever point my waistband and bra start bugging me.
Kim
These comment make me want to try sleeping naked (once the children are older and no longer migrate to my bed at night still)
I think I would need a hell of a lot of blankets though. I believe this “you stay warmer naked” as much as “people sleep better with the heat off” nonsense. I can’t sleep if I’m cold. Heat on, a million blankets on, comfy pajama pants (no underwear. Underwear are super uncomfortable in bed) and a sweater.
And socks. That I pull off halfway through the night.
I’d like to try one of those long cotton gowns though.
Though your pajama pics reminded me I used to always buy the two piece pajamas. I think I am going to go on amazon and buy a new pair now! I love their button up goodness. Also even though I’m not technically a millennial (because it has something to do with advent of technology/internet/whatever) I am still around that age, so I am going to now go quiz all my friends to see if they sleep naked.
Also 8/9 pm pajamas on.
Luanne
I was surprised by the 30% statistic. I have comfy sweats I wear when I watch TV. If I watched Netflix in bed, I wouldnt wear pj's. But if I can convince someone to have a toga party in the living room, I'm quite happy not wearing pj's. I dont know who would answer the door to pay for the pizza in that event.
Mary Anne
Naked, always naked. I put on jammies when I get up and keep them on until I really, really, need to get dressed. I also put a different pair of jammies pants on at night for lounging around in. My hubs sleeps naked too. Clean sheets on your bare skin is one of the perfect things in life. Ahhhh.....