I sleep in my BVD’s
or naked, pretty much all the time. Oh, I can deal with Pajamas once in a while, but in the winter we either have cotton or flannel sheets, and since I sleep like an eggbeater, the added friction of the PJ’s causes the sheets to bundle up around me.
In conversation last night with Partner, he pointed out this trouble as well, since he also loves to tuck and wrap, and he says “Nothing quite like going to bed in PJ’s and waking up wrapped up like a mummy, dimly aware that 2/3 of your carcass is hanging off the bed an instant before you plummet face down into some present the dog left for you, unable to break your fall with your hands because they are cocooned in there with you.
Then I reminded him of the additional excitement of leveraging yourself to your feet only to have to do the Morticia Adams walk to the crapper so you could pee, and then you had to unwrap yourself so you COULD pee, and then come back and remake the bed, and get in it, now fully awake.
And nod off just in time to hear the alarm go off.
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The last time I wore PJ’s to bed I was nine years old. I got tangled in the pants portion nearly un-manning myself. It hurt so bad I couldn’t even yell.
I’ve slept in my BVD’s since. Not going through that horror again.
Gerry
I fully relate to this post. Which will be TMI for some, but oh well.
I agree with you guys. It helps that I don’t really get cold. I’ll be comfortable sleeping in my skivvies, while my wife is wearing flannel pants and a hoodie right next to me. Not sure how she does it.
Herself has rolled her eyes and made barbed comments but will admit that I’ve found a pretty good solution to the problem of two people who tend to self mummify at night.
During the summer I cede all rights to the bed linens in favor of a fleece sleeping bag. One of those $12 dollar jobs you can find at Wal*Mart. For winter’s howling cold? My 30 degree rated Coleman bag with a liner I stitched up from a cotton sheet.
I can roll like a hotdog on the warmer at the Kwik-E Mart and stay nice and snug with fairly easy egress.
BGM
BVDs or less.
Separate top sheets and blankets and opposite work / sleep shifts solve the cover-sharing and room temperature issues with SWMBO.
Satin sheets and satin pj’s. You’ll spin like a blueprinted crankshaft in good bearings…
You realize, of course, what a complete stranger to your blog reading this post might conclude about the bedroom habits of you and male “partner?” IYKWIMAITYD NTTAWWT… ;-)
Partner is my confidant, travelling companion and erstwhile bail bondsman. The term “partner ” is an homage to the Eastwood/Marvin relationship in “Paint your Wagon” he’s the tall good looking one and I’m the fat old drunk.
Also, because “friend” is how your mom introduces your gay lover to her bridge club and your “buddy” is someone who goes downtown, gets two blowjobs, and brings one back for you.
And Dog: The satin sheet thing is OK, but you just about have to throw in pitons to have sex, otherwise someone is going to hit the headboard at speed. Plus, I do tend to be sweaty, which exacerbates the whole nad-strangulation- effect.
Just don’t get caught sitting by the fireplace wearing flannel onsies, while you mincingly sip your hot chocolate with both hands on the mug. LOL
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
And then there’s the Charlie Horse at 4AM and you’re swaddled like Baby Jesus in the sheets and can’t get unwound fast enough to get up. And you land, screaming, on top of the pile of junk left beside the bed with a clatter like St. Nick hitting the roof at Mac 3.
I too spin like a top from time to time. Depends on whether the electric blanket gets left on. If I sleep alone it is not so much an issue, but what is the fun in that?
Same here, flip and flop way too much with a bad back trying to find that ‘one’ comfortable position… Usually 30 minutes before the alarm goes off!