Do you sleep in the raw? What nightime rituals do you do?

Summer, light weight pajamas. Winter, when it's really cold, flannel pj bottoms with t-shirt. Usually let dogs out, crawl in bed and play a word game on my spare phone. When dogs come in, turn off lights and (hopefully) go to sleep. Prefer cooler air with window open couple of inches for some fresh air unless it's summer when we always have high humidity. I have to get up a lot some nights if Daddy Elf starts wandering or when my mother would get sick or my RLS kicks in (no pun intended). Gotta have ceiling fan on. Light on computer monitor, printer, house phone charger, clock drive me crazy though.
 

hollydolly said:
I don't wear anything but Channel number 5 or equivalent to bed...

i would die of heat stroke if I wore PJ's or strangle myself to death if I wore a nightie..

usual ritual is..

Glass of water on the bedside cabinet , meds for first thing in the morning when I wake..
earplugs ( I live in the country but traffic and hubs snoring next door is still a problem , I need total silence)
Blackout blinds all the way down.

Go to bed when I'm tried, I'm a night owl retired , hubs gets up early for work... (5am) he's in another room

I always read.. always, unless I'm too ill... . Either a hardback or my ipad or kindle...
never take my phone upstairs to the bedroom, always leave it downstairs turned off..

Always place a cushion between my knees before I turn the lamp off (due to lower back problems)

never have the heating on in the bedroom..I'd feel like I was suffocating, and my house is so warm that I usually only sleep with one thin duvet style blanket or quilt... rarely ever have anything more than 5 tog on my bed even in the depths of winter..
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Look out of your window tonight, Holly, I'll be there with me mandolin, serenading....;)
 

Has anyone ever used those foot gloves, they're like a sock glove (good for arthritis) only the tips of your toes pop through.
I wore a pair to bed once, but my feet soon felt like they were on fire, so I poked my feet out from the covers and woke up with what seemed like 'frost-bite' in me tootsies.....:LOL:
 
Light soft PJs. Or above-the-knee no-frills soft light nightgown (so I'm warm and secure but don't get tangled up). Or soft t-shirt/loose light drawstring bottoms. And I always go commando (slang version)🤭
 
my ritual is snuggle down -and on goes google news to catch up on the daily grind' on my mobile = and then make sure my bed rug is over my duvet zzzzzzzzzzzz
 
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This thread may have nailed my sleeping issues, Have always slept in the raw till about a year ago when the boys (Lennie & Carl) started sleeping with us, and now with Lennie gone, I haven't got the heart to kick out Carl... But can't sleep in the raw with him, cuz he gives me a Huge rash... But slept in the raw as long as I can remember... The best thing you can do for your body... The best... I'll stand by all the Ladies doors, hold out my arms, and collect all your jammies...

Every night for the longest time has been a different ritual to fall asleep, and only sleep maybe 3 or 4 hours if I am lucky...
 
I usually get ready for bed about an hour before I'm ready to turn in. Watch a little mindless television like old sitcoms with the hubs until I'm sleepy and then head off to bed. I'm earlier to bed and much earlier to rise than he is.

Summer and winter I sleep in boxer type shorts and a comfy cotton XL or 2X tee-shirt (daytime size is medium). My perfect sleep temperature is 66, hubby's is about 74. Bedroom AC is set at 77 with a ceiling fan going in the warm weather. A side fan also blows directly on me alone.

The couple of months that it's cold, our bedroom heat is set at 65.
 
i wear t shirt vests , and shorts....
my heating in the house goes off at 7pm every night,
my radiator is turned off in the bedroom anyway,
i go to bed around midnight,
with my bottle of water, plus i open a window ....
 
In the winter, sweat shirt and sweat pants in bed.....I keep the thermostat at 60* F. In the summer, PJ bottoms only.
Every night I read in bed, usually fiction and I eat a 7 oz milk chocolate bar that I've broken into bite sized pieces first.
Bedtime is 10:00 to 10:30 and lights out is about an hour later.
 
When I was married (37 years ago), she slept in a nightie & I slept in shorts.
I just remembered something that really gave me a big laugh - & I looked forward to it every night: We had a Siamese cat that also slept on the bed. When my ex moved her legs in her sleep, the cat would grab her leg with both front paws & kick her with her back paws. My wife would mumble, "Stop kicking me" in her sleep, & I'd LOL.
 
Plug in my phone in and turn it to vibrate
Make sure my water bottle is on the nightstand
Brush my teeth and pee
My Pj’s have been on since I got home...I always change into my touch-me-nowhere clothes pretty much as soon as I walk in the door.
Turn on the tv and turn out the lights while Ron pees and brushes and ditches all his clothes.
Lay under the covers propped up with pillows and my legs draped over Ron’s, play games on my phone while Ron watches tv.
When I feel like I can go to sleep I ditch the pj’s, throw all but my sleeping pillows on the floor, and snuggle next to Ron who throws off so much body heat he’s my own personal furnace!
Whoever is the last awake turns off the TV.
 
I will say this- many of you tell enough info on yourselves to help a burgular rob and assault you without problems. Way too much info😵
 
RedAlert said:
I will say this- many of you tell enough info on yourselves to help a burgular rob and assault you without problems. Way too much info😵
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Hmmm, unless they are nerdy hackers, how will they find out who we are and where we live? In my case all they will find to steal is $40 in my wallet and my 5 year old Hyundai, not worth all the hassle of looking me up.
 
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