socks and sleep

comeon

prediction: on 3, off 47

Well that's what i thought about the tucking-your-sheet-in-at-the-bottom poll!

I left out an option - put on new socks, just for sleeping. Someone here must do that.

anyone who wears their socks to sleep is fucked up. completely fucked up. exception being if you like live in the arctic or something.

My guess is that most socks slide off before sleep, once erection subsides.

This has been done before... I don't wear socks unless it's really cold & then I keep the previous day's socks on. There were some hygiene issues raised earlier, I think, but I don't go to bed, together or alone, to be hygienic.

you put on the PREVIOUS day's socks? do you file them away by day or something?

The night time is a time between times. You put on the previous day's socks by not removing the ones you have on.

WHOA.

Socks of the Day

Having said that, if I do take them off, it being insufficiently freezing in the night time, and then want some socks on next morning, before showering, I will put on the previous day's selection. I will have filed them on the floor.

I will have filled them on the floor.

fuxxed :D

I will put on a clean pair of socks if it's unreasonably cold.

I don't get why anyone wouldn't wear socks to sleep. Do people enjoy having cold feet? I've worn socks to sleep all my life and didn't even realize until quite recently that this was considered odd, but all these hataz need to get off my jock, you know?

Uh, I have this thing called blankets. I have pretty nasty circulation so I put an extra blanket over my feet as well (although this is a symptom of being an aspie too, look it up!).

I use a blanket and a comforter too, and putting an extra blanket over your feet is stupid, why not just wear socks?

There's no way I could sleep with socks on my feet. Nope. Even if I'm just having a quick kip, I take off my shoes and socks. Except on planes, where I just fall asleep regardless.

Quite the opposite for me, I don't think I could sleep comfortably without.

Unless you sleep as naked as the day you were born, I don't understand how you could view sleeping in socks as weird.

I could never sleep with socks on. I like my feet to be cold when I sleep and often make sure they're sticking out of the covers.

I like my feet to be cold when I sleep

MENTALIST

But hot feet = no sleep!

That is why socks are THE WORST thing to wear in bed. The worst! Especially in a sleeping bag.

I hate sleeping bags precisely because they're too confining and I can't stick my feet out! Wearing socks while using a sleeping bag would be madness!

Haha. I don't think I've ever had hot feet in my life. I have no circulation whatsoever. If you cut me, I don't bleed. More to the point cold feet = no sleep!

xp: sleeping bags are kind of awful

Hahahahaha in this whole wide world I never thought I would hear someone say they liked the feeling of bare feet sticking out the bottom of the bed.

prediction: on 3, off 47

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I can't sleep without socks. My feet feel weird and naked. And without fail, I always wake up if one of my socks falls off. And then I can't get back to sleep until I find it and put it back on.

That's the thing! It's the only article of clothing that's really prone to roll up or fall off, possibly interrupting your sleep. I guess it's a point of view thing, really. If I'm around home during the summer I take off my socks when I take off my shoes and tend to think my natural state is sockless, not socked.

My natural state is socked and shoed. I take my shoes off to sleep, I take my socks off to shower. Otherwise I keep my feet protected against the elements. On second thought, I think I'm just flat out uncomfortable with the prospect of feet.

when it's hot (9 months) I sleep with my feet out of the covers
when it's cold (1 month) I sleep with clean socks
those other two months can go either way

sidenote: I hate going to people's houses where they expect you to take off your shoes. My feet are private, thank you. I wouldn't tell anyone coming into my place that they have to take off their pants.

pants = American definition

when i fall asleep drunk wiht socks on and wake up in the middle of the night i feel so disgusting

honestly i think taking off one's socks at the end of the day is one of life's great pleasures. to deny oneself that is just masochistic.

BUT THEN MY FEET WILL NAKED EWWW

(sorry. This thread has made me realize I have feet issues.)

(sorry. This thread has made me realize I have feet issues.)

sleeping with socks on is so gross! s1ocki otm

dirty, sweaty socks, yes - but putting on fresh, clean (warm even better) socks is such a great feeling.

"when i fall asleep drunk wiht socks on and wake up in the middle of the night i feel so disgusting"

yes, but my headaches and general fuckedupedness make me keep them on :(

You non-sockers probably have feet that stay within forty degrees of the prevailing temperature, don't you?

what are you implying.

That my feet are cold if it's 85 degrees?

why?

The answer depends largely on whether or not I'm in a National Forest.

I have no circulation whatsoever. If you cut me, I don't bleed.

-- The Reverend, Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:16 PM (Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:16 PM) Bookmark Link

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I actually went to the doctor recently and they had to poke me multiple times because they couldn't get any blood out of my veins.

the reverend has discovered that we are all lizards!

FLEE!

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the reverend has discovered that we are all lizards!

FLEE!

-- Tracer Hand, Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:41 PM (Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:41 PM) Bookmark Link

That does explain a few things.

so why don't you sleep in your shoes if you like them so much, Rev?

mmm.

thoughts?

Good idea, I hadn't thought of that.

From the tucked or untucked sheets thread:

I tuck them in when I make the bed in the morning. Then once I get in bed for the night, I untuck the sheet by pulling at it with my feet so they can hang out in the breeze. I have a physiological condition that I refer to as "hot foot". Having them covered makes me extremely uncomfortable.

-- kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

I couldn't have said it any better. I bet KKvG never wears socks to bed either.

No socks. Tucked-in sheets. Extra blanket up to the knees if that latitude is chilly.

no socks.

and those fitted-toe socks that dice-k wears = foot rape

socks come off for bed. shoes come off for indoors.

pants come off for booze.

socks are for winter

and not for bed unless you have crappy heating and live in quebec :/ i am all abt the bare feet freedom but am sometimes oppressed by cold

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I actually went to the doctor recently and they had to poke me multiple times because they couldn't get any blood out of my veins.

Oh God I get this all the time, on average it take 2 appointments to get anything out of my veins and the nurse at our health centre has given up on me before and sent me to the hospital just for a sodding blood test.

I also wear socks in bed, I've never wondered if the two things were related before, but now...

i wear socks in bed, but i put on a pair just before sleep and throw 'em in the wash in the morning. socks are such a great pleasure to me that i change them 2-4 times each 24 hour cycle

I sleep nude, and socks would just be ridiculous. But since I wear socks during the day, I like to change them as often as possible. When I was biking to work, I was wearing three or four pairs of socks a day, and it was heaven.

i put on a pair just before sleep and throw 'em in the wash in the morning.

i change them 2-4 times each 24 hour cycle

When I was biking to work, I was wearing three or four pairs of socks a day

this seems incredibly wasteful and decadent!

do you have monogrammed kleenex as well?

Oh God I get this all the time, on average it take 2 appointments to get anything out of my veins and the nurse at our health centre has given up on me before and sent me to the hospital just for a sodding blood test.

What does this mean, really? You have thick blood? Nurses/docs always have difficulty taking blood but because I have very shallow (?) veins. Once a nurse just sent me to another floor (with specialized nurses for taking blood tests) cause she couldn't do it.

I take my socks off. I don't find it "gross" if you keep'em on. I mean, shit, if you have cold feet, why not keep'em on instead of taking'em off and feeling uncomfortable?

This reminds me that I have to learn how to knit socks.

i put on a pair just before sleep and throw 'em in the wash in the morning.

i change them 2-4 times each 24 hour cycle

When I was biking to work, I was wearing three or four pairs of socks a day

this seems incredibly wasteful and decadent!

-- Tracer Hand, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i dont know, this sounds pretty normal to me. i change all of my clothes at least 3 times a day - work clothes, after work clothes, pjs.

without reading, i'm betting this thread proves, once again, that ilx is no place for the sane.

I put on a new pair of socks just for sleeping. I wear them for about four nights straight and then wash them. I always kick them off anyway but can't fall asleep without them.

i always thought people who wear socks to bed just have really poor circulation, cold hands and feet. I can't stand wearing socks and shoes.

I usually can't fall asleep unless I wrap scarves around my ankles and tie them together.

my mom sleeps with a bar of soap next to her feet and claims this wards off foot cramps. this is a true story.

as for me, no socks.

I usually can't fall asleep unless I wrap scarves around HI DERE's ankles and tie them together.

my mom sleeps with a bar of soap next to her feet and claims this wards off foot cramps. this is a true story.

Wau.

I usually don't wear socks - sleeping or not sleeping

i always thought people who wear socks to bed just have really poor circulation, cold hands and feet. I can't stand wearing socks and shoes.

-- Yerac, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:32 AM (Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:32 AM) Bookmark Link

Exactly, exactly, exactly.

otm xp

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my mom sleeps with a bar of soap next to her feet and claims this wards off foot cramps. this is a true story.

And you also believe her when she told you a stork brought you to her house?

more importantly, her mom believed the stork story.

er, his. sorry brownie.

honestly i think taking off one's socks at the end of the day is one of life's great pleasures. to deny oneself that is just masochistic.

SO OTM.

So much so that I do not deny myself the pleasure prior to leaving for work - I typically take my shoes off and switch to flip flops in the parking garage. I realize that this makes me similar to a girl who wears flip flops to work, only to change into "work shoes," but they have a good thing going.

Damn, its only 15 min until I take my socks off. Never again will my feet be confined...until tomorrow!

socki otm throughout entire thread

putting on fresh socks >>>> taking off old socks

i always sleep with shoes and socks on i cant stand to be bear foot

i would never sleep with someone who wore socks to bed, even if he was the last man on earth. sorry, brian.

I pretty much have socks on 24/7 from December through March, except when I'm in the shower.

I always take my socks off, unless I drank too much, in which case who knows.

I feel pretty bear foot today

ugh fuck socks, gotta let them puppies breathe

OFF ONLY

if i go to bed w/ socks on i can't sleep til i take them off and throw them in the direction of the laundry bag. throwing is the best part.

^ correct. unless i'm hammered or am sick - the socks needa come off.

naps are exempt usually.

my apt is so cold i wore two pairs of socks to bed last nite :((((((

generally i like bein barefoot as much as possible

then 2nd pair i wore like earmuffs just fyi

my feet are always cold when i go to bed and sometimes it keeps me up for a while but still, no socks. last time i tried it i woke up and felt like my feet were in a fire. on top of that it's gross and sweaty-feeling D:

hot-water bottle by feet >>>>> any other option

yeah clammy toes: dnw

no wait someone else's feet by feet >>>>> hot-water bottle by feet >>>>> any other option

that if their feet are cold?

with long nails?

or worse what if their feet have socks on them?!?!?!

oh shit

well not being a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable i dont own a fukken hot water bottle and im def not sweating in my apt at this point but tbh i agree - i h8 having to wear socks at all at home never mind in bed

also someone elses cold feet is the real dnw

ok well if i'm the little spoon and they've got massive nails that might be a kicker but a) their feet don't have socks otherwise I'm not coming to bed a la harbl and b) if their feet are that cold I'll throw in a HWB

oh lololol Lamp's first point

thankig

oh god, who really cares if somebody sleeps with socks or not?? I DON'T GET WHY THIS IS AN ISSUE

ew i hate touching ohter people's socks ewwwwwww

― harbl, Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:25 AM (6 months ago)

the funny thing is that brian english works long shifts as a circus clown

he is trained to ride a bicycle

I think dust/dirt/particles tend to stick to clothes more than skin so I prefer to not allow socks to cast these contaminants amongst my 800 thread-count sheets.

if that's true wouldn't bare feet contaminate your sheets more?

oh i see n/m

i literally can't sleep without socks unless it's midsummer. my sheets look ok though.

if you have cold feet it means you have poor circulation

man up and get some bloodflow, homie

I ordered some but it's on backorder until April. Til then, socks'll have to do.

see the badger, be the badger

by the way it's raining today and my shoes have holes in them and my socks are wet and this is terrible.

yes, i have incredibly poor circulation! my feet go numb all. the. time. not much to be done about it except wear slippers in the house, wool socks in the winter, and socks in bed!

sorry your socks are wet, that is terrible.

haha I was being tongue in cheek. I also have terrible circulation :| thinking it's to do with poor flexibility - I've never been able to touch my toes

wish I had a fireplace in my office tbh

hey i'd be bitching all over the place for real if my socks were wet