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Conference quark::mennotes-v1

Title:Topics Pertaining to Men
Notice:Archived V1 - Current file is QUARK::MENNOTES
Moderator:QUARK::LIONEL
Created:Fri Nov 07 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 26 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:867
Total number of notes:32923

40.0. "Do you sleep in the nude?" by SWSNOD::RPGDOC (Dennis the Menace) Tue Dec 02 1986 12:23

    What do men like to wear to bed?  When we were kids we probably
    all wore whatever pajamas our mothers bought us for Christmas, then
    as teenagers we started making up our own minds. 
    
    Climate and other conditions have a lot to do with it.  When I served
    in the Navy it was in warmer climes and I slept in my government
    issued skivvies.  Living in an old, cold New England house I now
    have a collection of nightshirts, flannel in Winter, and lightweight
    cotton in Summer.  The flannel ones tend to be longer.  I find them
    very comfortable and look forward to getting a new homemade one
    every year from my mother-in-law.
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
40.1clothesless whenever practical...KALKIN::BUTENHOFApproachable SystemsTue Dec 02 1986 12:5116
40.2RDGENG::LESLIEAndy `{o}^{o}' Leslie, ECSSE. OSI.Tue Dec 02 1986 13:153
    
    Yep. Wendy wears pyjamas however, and warms her cold hands and feet
    on me. Wakes me up quicker than an alarm clock.
40.3RDGE40::KERRELLTest drive in progressTue Dec 02 1986 14:223
yep, nude, Sandy keeps me warm,

Dave.
40.4In the rawPERCH::SCOTTTue Dec 02 1986 18:213
    Julia and I both sleep naked. very comfortable with a decent quilt
    over us.
    Roland
40.5CSC32::WOLBACHTue Dec 02 1986 19:315
    Even more cozy with a warm water bed, lambs wool mattress pad, flannel
    sheets, a comforter, 2 dogs and a fire in the wood stove.  Let me
    up for air, guys!!!
40.6But on special days (ho ho ho)SHEILA::CHEQUERRucki_ZuckiWed Dec 03 1986 07:022
    Little popeye jim-jam's
40.7Call the ASPCA!!RUBY::MCCONNELLWed Dec 03 1986 10:597
    re. .5  - two dogs and a fire in the wood stove?
    
    Do you use the long burning dogs or the ones that give off the pretty
    colors? 8-)
    
    Greg
40.8Altogether, now:TOPDOC::SLOANEWed Dec 03 1986 16:5612
    I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot.
    I wear my flannel nighty in the winter when it's not.
    And sometimes in the springtime
    And sometimes in the fall
    I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at all!
    
    Glory, glory, what's it to you?
    Glory, glory, what's it to you?
    Glory, glory, what's it to you?
    If I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at all?
    
    -bs
40.9it has its own heaterCEODEV::FAULKNERmy sharonaWed Dec 03 1986 18:471
    i wear my camaro to bed.
40.11Let it all hang out!FDCV13::CALCAGNIA.F.F.A.Wed Dec 03 1986 19:173
    
    English Leather!
40.12?2B::ZAHAREEMichael W. ZahareeWed Dec 03 1986 19:234
    
    Dare I say this note is on a "downhill slide"?
    
    - M
40.13RDGENG::LESLIEAndy `{o}^{o}' Leslie, ECSSE. OSI.Wed Dec 03 1986 19:402
    Yes you may.
40.14CSC32::WOLBACHWed Dec 03 1986 20:563
    And might I add that I have been chuckling all day over
    the responses!!  Keep up the good work, people!!
40.15<Au naturel..."BALZAC::ROGGEBANDA Suivre ===&gt;Thu Dec 04 1986 07:589
    Nothing at all! I do have some pajamas, but never use them and so
    invariably forget to pack them when I travel. It has been an
    embarassement on occasions, when I stay in a hotel. I usually have 
    breakfast in my room, and a couple of times, got woken up by the
    "femme de chambre" who did not have a passkey. I had to get up & 
    pull on some clothes quick while she got impatient at the other
    side of the door!
                    
    				Philippe.
40.16Sheets? Blankets? What are they?RDGE28::SADATMornington Crescent!Thu Dec 04 1986 13:166
You have to remember that over here in Europe most of us use duvets, having 
dispensed with the old sheets, blankets etc years ago. If you've got a good
duvet, nothing else is necessary, winter or summer! (Except perhaps in the very 
coldest weather, or when extremely sick...)

T.
40.17?ERLANG::DICKENSnervous hackerThu Dec 04 1986 15:192
    What is a duvet ?
40.18RDGENG::LESLIEAndy `{o}^{o}' Leslie, ECSSE. OSI.Thu Dec 04 1986 15:294
    Otherwise known as a 'continental quilt', a duvet is a bedcover
    stuffed with 'down' or, more usually, high-tog manmade materials.
    
    We've had one for years and wouldn't swap it for a dozen sheets.
40.21RDGENG::LESLIEAndy `{o}^{o}' Leslie, ECSSE. OSI.Thu Dec 04 1986 20:331
                    Soap and water? No. Dry cleaning only.
40.22RDGE40::KERRELLtest drive in progressFri Dec 05 1986 08:154
>                    Soap and water? No. Dry cleaning only.


Sh*t, I thought they were disposable!
40.23When in Rome...TRCO01::HOBBSGet It On Video!Sat Dec 06 1986 18:243
    I'll take the Duvet, and the INN in Germany...
    
    ...and forget the pajamas!
40.24MY .02MORGAN::BARBERTue Dec 09 1986 19:076
    Depends if I have company in the same condition ;-)
    
     Normaly sleep in my shorts other wise only in grey flannel vs 
     english leather.
    
                            BB
40.25VINO::KSTEVENSI don't want to be NormalWed Dec 10 1986 06:531
Yep.
40.26NudeVAXUUM::DYERIt's Bedtime for BonzoThu Dec 11 1986 07:492
Nude nude nude nude nude.
 <_Jym_>
40.27RDGENG::LESLIEreeling in the flickering lightSat Dec 13 1986 11:225
    
    
    Well, thats the end of the nudes.
    
    Now for the weather forecast.
40.28Two dogs in a wood stove?TRCO01::GAYNECappucino anyone?Wed Nov 18 1987 16:503
    re. .5  - two dogs and a fire in the wood stove?

    Why do you put two dogs in a wood stove?
40.29CSC32::WOLBACHWed Nov 18 1987 18:396
    silly, to hold up the logs!!  (haven't you ever heard
    of "fire dogs"?)
    
                         ;-)
40.30CSC32::KACHELMYERDavid L. Kachelmyer, VMS-SPACEWed Nov 18 1987 23:115
    ...and that must be why both her dogs are black!  ;-)

    All that soot, y'know.
    
    Kak
40.31CSC32::WOLBACHThu Nov 19 1987 14:065
    So, Dave, have YOU answered the question yet???  ;-)
    
                    DK
40.32You already know...CSC32::KACHELMYERDavid L. Kachelmyer, VMS-SPACESat Nov 21 1987 00:135
    RE: .31
    
    Deb, you've been over to my place and know for a FACT that...
    
    I don't have a fireplace and don't own a dog!  ;-)
40.33I do..NEXUS::MORGANContemplating a Wheaties HellSun Nov 22 1987 02:521
40.34you've all got a lot of nerveCOMET::BERRYnope, that ain't Star Trek.Sun Nov 22 1987 11:277
    
    Sleep in the nude ???
    
    
    "It's the ONLY way to CUDDLE !!!  ;^)
    
    -Dwight
40.35Yep!FDCV13::CALCAGNIA.F.F.A.Sun Nov 22 1987 13:101
40.36STING::BARBERSkyking Tactical ServicesTue Nov 24 1987 13:283
    
    Absolutely , positively, fer sure fer sure, cuddling in the nude
    is the only way to do it properly.
40.37?????ELMO::COWERNThomasWed Dec 02 1987 11:489
Well,



can you keep a secret? 



So can I.. ;-)
40.38NEXUS::MORGANContemplating a Wheaties HellSun Dec 06 1987 03:563
    REply to .37; Thomas,
    
    Coward! B^)
40.39Correction..ELMO::COWERNThomasTue Dec 08 1987 15:1310
> Note 40.38 by NEXUS::MORGAN "Contemplating a Wheaties Hell" >
> REply to .37; Thomas,
    
> Coward! B^)

  No, it is CowERN, not cowARD! ;-)
40.40I do...............BHUNA::GMITCHELLWest Cauther JuniorsSun Dec 02 1990 22:472
40.41NakedCSC32::GORTMAKERwhatsa Gort?Mon Dec 03 1990 06:453
    As a jaybird.
    
    -j
40.42But I wear Channel..YUPPY::DAVIESAShe is the Alpha...Mon Dec 03 1990 11:173
    Yup.
    
    'gail
40.43The only way to go.SWAM3::ANDRIES_LAand so it goes ...Mon Dec 03 1990 14:403
    Ever since I was fifteen ...
    
    LArry
40.44Remembering when I had a 'problem' with this...CYCLST::DEBRIAEthe social change one...Mon Dec 03 1990 15:0212
    
    	You people must live in the warmer clim'es. :-)
    
    	I tend to do it less in winter when it gets really cold at night.
    	Though even then I prefer just night shirts to help keep my arms
    	warm. This is coming from someone who once thought it was a Catholic 
    	sin to sleep in the nude when I was a child. :-)
    
    	Geez... there were so *many* 'sins' back then. :-)
    
    	-Erik ["not eating your broccoli" sin was the worst one]
40.45SWAM3::ANDRIES_LAand so it goes ...Mon Dec 03 1990 16:194
    Erik, throw away the Boston Catecism, sleep nude, be free! :^)
    
    LArry
    the-guy-with-13-years-of-Catholic-school-education-under-his-belt
40.46hands above the coversVAXUUM::KOHLBRENNERMon Dec 03 1990 16:2512
    Sleeping in the nude is ok, as long as you keep your 
    hands above the covers...
    
    Just kiddin'...   But one time when I was about 14, I stayed
    over my friend's house (for the first time).  We were in his
    room, I think, and I was on a cot or a roll out bed or something.
    We were in our pajamas, about to go to sleep, and he noticed that
    I had my hands under the covers.  He then said that his mother
    always told him to sleep with his hands above the covers (and
    he did just that).    Sigh...  We were both good Catholic boys...
    
    Bill
40.47Always...PARITY::DDAVISLong-cool woman in a black dressMon Dec 03 1990 16:408
    re:  .44  
    
    I live in a suburb north of Boston, and believe me it is not a "warmer
    clim'e"!!  And I still sleep nude...always have, probably always will.
    Once you get used to it it's the only way!!
    
    
    -Dotti
40.48SWAM3::ANDRIES_LAand so it goes ...Mon Dec 03 1990 17:186
    Re: 46.
    
    Bill, that's the saddest story I ever heard.
    
    LArry
    hands-always-under-the-covers
40.49BOSOX::HENDERSONWhere it's windy and foggyMon Dec 03 1990 18:428
Yep...have for about 15 years and probably always will now.  One time during
a cold spell in NH I tried sleeping with pajamas..couldn't handle it.  If its 
*real* cold, I'll just toss on another blanket.




Jim
40.51None for me plaese.ROULET::JOERILEYTue Dec 04 1990 07:249
    
    I've slept nude for twenty some odd years now, it's the only
    way to go.  I live in central Mass. so it's deffinatly not a 
    warm climate, last time I needed pajamas for a short stay in 
    the hospital I had to buy some, less than a week after I got 
    home I didn't know where they where anymore, and next time I 
    need some I'll have to buy another set.
    
    Joe
40.52yep, you bet!OLYMP::BENZService(d) with a smileTue Dec 04 1990 08:161
40.53It's fun having something to take off, sometimesDOOLIN::HNELSONEvolution in actionTue Dec 04 1990 10:533
    I tend to wear just a polo shirt, during the cold weather.
    
    - Hoyt
40.54PEKING::BAKERTToo HOT to handle,too COOL to be BLUETue Dec 04 1990 13:065
    allways...
    
    even when it's in the - degree range...
    
    I hate to feel restricted..
40.55UndercoverDELREY::UCCI_SADon't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark!Tue Dec 04 1990 13:565
    No sir........PJ's required when you live in earthquake country.
    
    I wouldn't want to have to try and dress during an 8.0.
    
    Sandie
40.56Always, except in hospital... ;^)SUPER7::BROWNJust another statisticTue Dec 04 1990 14:001
40.57;'} don't ask me how I know! ;'}PEKING::AMANNPAnd the Majorettes marched in.Tue Dec 04 1990 15:568
40.58PEKING::BAKERTToo HOT to handle,too COOL to be BLUETue Dec 04 1990 17:005
    ok , ok  sorry apart from when P.A is led next to me after I have crashed out
    ata party on the floor !
    
    
    Tracie.
40.59among other thingsSUBSYS::NEUMYERsun your bunsWed Dec 05 1990 12:525
    
    
    	Yes, in any weather.
    
    ed
40.60mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmKURMA::CPATRICKHEART OF MIDLOTHIAN F.C.Wed Dec 05 1990 14:061
        Always....
40.61Lets play tentsBHUNA::SWRIGHTChi Mi,n TirWed Dec 05 1990 16:551
    Watch out for the bed tents..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
40.62SWAM3::ANDRIES_LAand so it goes ...Wed Dec 05 1990 18:373
    Bed tents?  Is that like that sixth grade term "pup tent"?
    
    LArry
40.63CalvinsKHUMBU::SEVIGNYAnd time can do so much...Wed Dec 05 1990 19:435
    
    
    Boxers are the only way to go.  Comfortable, hygienic, and sexy.
40.64For what it's worth...WORDY::GFISHERWork that dream and love your lifeWed Dec 05 1990 20:111
Most of the time in the nude, sometimes in boxers.
40.65PEKING::BAKERTToo HOT to handle,too COOL to be BLUEWed Dec 05 1990 20:141
    heheheheh all these men with boxers....yum scrumm
40.67DASXPS::HENDERSONWhere it's windy and foggyWed Dec 05 1990 20:239

:^)





Jim
40.68;'}PEKING::AMANNPAnd the Majorettes marched in.Thu Dec 06 1990 07:495
    re.65
    
    That's what you always say Peachy!
    
    Paul.
40.69UnisexYUPPY::DAVIESAShe is the Alpha...Thu Dec 06 1990 11:1315
    
    A slight tangent....
    
    I came across a sewing pattern in a magazine yesterday. It was for
    a kimono/bathrobe sort of thing, boxer shorts, and a camisole.
    All in the same pattern pack, and all *unisex*.
    (Not that I'm thinking of making my SO a camisole, I should clarify..)
    
    What I liked was the idea of boxer shorts as "nightwear" for both
    genders - and the couple modelling them looked great in them.
    But then, I may have been a little distracted by the guy in the
    boxers ;-)
    
    'gail
40.70Tap PantsMCIS2::WALTONThu Dec 06 1990 14:489
    'gail,
    
    	The womens boxers are called tap pants.  They are available in 
    lots of styles and fabrics from most lingerie shops, or department
    stores. 
    
    	They are wonderful....
    
    Sue
40.71Mmmmmmmmmm!PAKORA::IJOHNSTONThu Dec 06 1990 15:004
    I think they are wunderful too!!!!!
    
    Ian 
    ;^)
40.72SWAM3::ANDRIES_LAand so it goes ...Thu Dec 06 1990 15:247
    Amazing how this string has risen from the dead.
    
    Is it kosher for us night nudiest (to borrow some NYC slang) to sleep nude
    in someone else's bed.  When I've been an overnight guest in friends/
    relatives homes, in some cases they look askace, hygiene I guess.
    
    LArry
40.73IAMOK::MITCHELLI thought t'was the parking brakeThu Dec 06 1990 16:237

	I only sleep in the nude if I'm sleeping on silk
	sheets, otherwise I wear a silk nightgown.


	kits
40.74Sleep nude-too embarassedCSTVAX::RONDINAThu Dec 06 1990 16:3418
    Couldn't help laughing as I read some of these comments as I tried to
    picture myself getting up in the middle of the night to comfort
    children, usher them to the bathroom, or just sit and rock them, and
    doing so all in the nude.  
    With children in the house and the need to do the above most every night,
    jammies and a robe are a necessity.  Otherwise I would freeze to death
    or embarass myself and kids. Besides, thunderstorms and bad dreams
    usually someone to stand by the bed and request to move in with mom and
    dad.
    
    Me sleep in the nude? Can't right now.  Besides, what would happen if
    you died in your sleep, imagine your embarassment.
    
    On a practical matter, if house catches fire, estimates are that you
    have about 2 minutes to get out.
    
    Paul
40.75or "hug person" that is ;-)KHUMBU::SEVIGNYAnd time can do so much...Thu Dec 06 1990 16:388
    
    
    I forgot to mention the "hug pillow."  No sleep can be had without it. 
    Until I discover how to remove my arms at night, I need the "hug
    pillow" to keep my arms off my bare chest.
    
    Marc
40.76Bathrobe to 'night nudist' rescue...CYCLST::DEBRIAEthe social change one...Thu Dec 06 1990 16:5415
    RE: .74
    
    >picture myself getting up in the middle of the night to comfort
    >children, usher them to the bathroom, or just sit and rock them, and
    >doing so all in the nude.  
    >
    >On a practical matter, if house catches fire, estimates are that you
    >have about 2 minutes to get out.
    
    	<said in my best Ms. Manners voice> "My dear fellow, that's what
    	bath robes handily placed beside the bed are for, my goodness." :-)
    
    	How else does one do the Saturday morining bed -> bathrobe ->
    	shower -> bathrode -> bed ritual otherwise? :-)
40.77WAHOO::LEVESQUENo artificial sweetenersThu Dec 06 1990 17:084
>    Me sleep in the nude? Can't right now.  Besides, what would happen if
>    you died in your sleep, imagine your embarassment.

 You wouldn't notice.
40.78DASXPS::HENDERSONSon of a gun gonna have big funThu Dec 06 1990 18:1614
When I was married and my kids were younger my parading around nude in the
middle of the night was no problem...they weren't embarrassed by nakedness
and neither was I.  It was normal.  Even as they got older they were used to
seeing me naked and to the best of my knowledge it did not cause any problems.

After their mother and I were divorced, and they began the biweekly rituals of
staying in my apartment, they seemed to be a bit uncomfortable, so I discontin-
ued the practice.  But to the best of my knowledge they were never embarassed
nor was I.  I only wish now that I had exposed them (so to speak) to naturism
then.



Jim
40.79STAR::RDAVISAm I a crank?Thu Dec 06 1990 20:3315
40.80a diny ken whit it means..KIRKTN::KANDERSONthe immaculate collectionFri Dec 07 1990 08:263
    what does SO mean??? silly one,sweet one,sex object????????
    
    Katrina
40.81hi...RAVEN1::PINIONHard Drinking Calypso PoetFri Dec 07 1990 08:513
    ....Significant Other.
    
                          Capt. Scott ;-)
40.82YUPPY::DAVIESAShe is the Alpha...Tue Dec 11 1990 08:2511
    
    RE: tap pants
    
    Oh yeah - we have those, and I like them too. Though we tend to call
    them French knickers....
    (I can already hear all you U.S. people snickering :-)
    
    It just never occurred to me to use them as night attire.
    But then, guys can look great sleeping in boxers - so why not?
    
    'gail