Do Your Teenage Boys Still Wear Pajamas?

Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:DH, DS 17 and DS 14 all sleep 100% nude. DD 15 and I wear either pajamas or long shirts.

I think it is pretty normal for men and teenage boys to only wear birthday suits to bed. Unless you’re a boy under 10 or a man over 60, pajamas or any sleep attire on guys just scream nerd, dweeb, geek, spaz, dork etc.


Do you and DD never sleep completely nude, though? I’m just failing to see why there’s this cultural double standard between males and females when it comes to what they choose to wear or not wear in the privacy of their own beds. I know men who regularly sleep in at least something, and I know women who regularly sleep in absolutely nothing, and I think what the majority of the population sleeps in probably varies based on different circumstances throughout the 365 nights of the year.


I don’t think it’s a double standard. But from reading this thread it does seem like women are much more likely to wear at least something and even more likely to wear a shirt.

I wouldn’t describe it as a double standard though—to me that phrase describes the expectation of different behaviors for different different people given the same circumstances. Other than whoever you’re sleeping next to, no one else even knows what you decide to sleep in—much less has any say in it.


I agree. I certainly can't speak for every one but my impression is that boys/men generally wear less to bed than girls/women do. That also fits with my own family, my DH and DS (15) both sleep in the nude while DD (17) and me always wear some sort of sleepwear to bed.


Same with my family. Expectations comes from experience.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:What about christmas pajamas? Do you buy those for your sons either to lounge or to sleep in?


I did years ago but DS never wore they so it was just a waste of money and now he would think they were too childish anyway.


Yes I think many teen boys feel that way.
Anonymous
Definitely not…ours stopped around age 6
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