socks in bed - classic or dud?

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today i woke up and realized i still had my socks on and was suddenly overcome with a wave of revolt. i scrabbled at my feet and quickly got them off and pulled the covers back up over me leaving just my eyes to see, and watch out for whatever the next calamity might be.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 11:58 (nineteen years ago)

Vile beyond measure.

― You've Had Your Chances (noodle vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

I always thought Socks seemed like a very sweet kitty. Y'all mean.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

I have big fluffy bedsox, which i wore for the first time last night. it's cold now.

p.s fuck all you haters (with cold feet)

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

Only if it's really cold.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

If it is cold then a fresh pair of socks before bed can be very welcome.

xpost

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

Hate being too warm in bed. HATE being in bed with somebody wearing sox.

― You've Had Your Chances (noodle vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:03 (nineteen years ago)

i thought this was shaping up to be a kitbashing thread, but maybe i'm not in the minority after all. hoorah!

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

If I go to bed wearing socks (which I often do in cold weather) then I am frequently consumed by the horrible feeling that something is eating my feet from the ankles down. Then they must come off. And I wake up with socks strewn all over the room.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

It is NOT SO BAD! I quite like the illicit feeling of "hee hee. I still have my socks on. BUT I'M IN BED! ahahahahaaha", and I roll over and chuckle hysterically into my pillow. Then it subsides, and then I wiggle my toes - and I've still got my socks on!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahaa!

I must admit though after an hour or so your feet start feeling bit claustrophibic and it is generally best to take them off if you're intending to actually sleep. Keeping them on for a NAP however is CLASSIC!

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

GOOD GOD, HOW MANY FEET DO YOU HAVE? er, xpost

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

I quite like the illicit feeling of "hee hee. I still have my socks on. BUT I'M IN BED! ahahahahaaha", and I roll over and chuckle hysterically into my pillow.

see, i just like having warm feet. whereas you're insane.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

< in bed with your sock puppets

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

being in bed with somebody wearing sox vs. being in bed with somebody who has BLOCKS OF ICE for feet! see i am conflicted.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:10 (nineteen years ago)

being in bed with somebody who has BLOCKS OF ICE for feet!

man the mafia have really gone soft!

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

The other person wearing socks can be kinda erotic. But they must be clean.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

You... disgust me.

No but seriously! Having socks on in bed seems like it could be the start of an adventure! Why do you have your socks on? Is it because you're about to get up in the middle of the night to follow some KIDNAPPERS? Or are you perhaps going to wake up everyone in your dorm to have a MIDNIGHT FEAST? Maybe you're going to run away to the big city with your possessions tied in a hanky (never made much sense out of that one). And - it's a little cosy too!

The feeling when you take them off, as well, is GRAND.

I wouldn't want to wear them all night, as I have a strange idea that your feet should BREATHE during the night - which is silly, as they do not have small lungs in each toe for goodness sake.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

x-post

I've had a few nights now when I've kept my socks on, otherwise the temptation to warm the ice blocks that are my feet on Chris's lovely warm person is too strong.

Usually I end up taking them off during the night because my feet overheat, but this hasn't happened.

Going off on a tangent we finally gave in trying to deny the inevitable and put the heating on last night, so maybe I won't get such cold feet.

― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

> I have a strange idea that your feet should BREATHE during the night - which is silly, as they do not have small lungs in each toe for goodness sake.

But taking off your socks once in a while is probably an excellent prevention for foot fungus.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:14 (nineteen years ago)

If it's really cold, I wear CLEAN socks to sleep - so comfy! But apparently I kick them off in my sleep anyway.

Having sex with someone wearing socks: COMPLETE AND UTTER DUD.

― Roz (Roz), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

Poll: after some time in bed, your feet are overheating so do you take off your socks using (a) your fingers or (b) your toes?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

My above was an xpost to Steve by the way!

I don't think I could do "it" with someone in socks.

May I suggest an alternative? LEGWARMERS! You just pull the bottom bit down over round your heel - foot and toes have space to breathe and wiggle about but you also get some lovely WOOLY WARMTH. Try it! Legwarmers!

Also, you look like a CHAMP.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

Any clothes you wear in bed get bedbugs in too.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

My above was an xpost to Steve by the way!

Hey what a man does in his own bed with his own sock puppets is perfectly legal, capiche?

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

x-post no idea how I take my socks off in the middle of the night as I never have any memory of it

― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:25 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Oh no, no legwarmers ever. ever. Although that's more of an aesthetic choice than anything to do with keeping my feet warm.

I never remember how my socks come off at night either.

― Roz (Roz), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

Why is it that women prefer men not to wear socks whilst having sex?

― ONIMO has fallen into changing screen name HELL (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)

this is a proper fucking thread. everyone here is mad as a fucking hatter, and every post is bulging with overenthusiasm. PNWJ.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)

fingers, definitely! using toes is almost as bad as the whole keeping-socks-on-too-long-in-bed problem to begin with! they never really come off smoothly that way - especially the first one, which must be finagled with an agility-inhibited sockfoot - and you feel like a berk.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)

gloves in bed - hott

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:31 (nineteen years ago)

it's all going wrong now.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:31 (nineteen years ago)

*turns off g-kit commentary option*

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

p.s fuck all you haters (with cold feet)

teh necrophiliac!

― tiit (tiit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

When it's cold, the best way to stay warm in bed is to put on a hat, natch. You lose 300% of your body heat through your head, so a wooly cap helps immensely in keeping your temperature up, especilly if you don't pull the covers up over your neck-knuckle. It also gives you a reason to hang onto that Phillie Blunts skully you haven't worn since 96.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:35 (nineteen years ago)

IT'S A BED! IT'S GOT A DUVET! THAT'S WHAT KEEPS YOU WARM!!!

― You've Had Your Chances (noodle vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

Socks to bed? Sweaty, unventilated feet? Leg hairs getting yanked out of their follicles mid-slumber? Lint packing itself into toenails? No fucking thank you!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

...300% of your body heat...

teh rotten math, very!

― tiit (tiit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

300% may be a slight exagerration. Probably closer to 216%.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

STILL rots teh socks off!

― tiit (tiit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

hats and socks in bed all round I say and nothing in between

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

Ek. I rarely if ever wear socks in bed. Maybe a t-shirt. No, not around my feet. I only wear clothes if I'm too lazy/sick to take my clothes off.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

I love wearing a hat in bed. That I'm clearly in favour of. Because I hate pulling the covers up over mine head, because then I cannot breathe. But I want mine head to be warm.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:43 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe its all the time I spend sleeping outdoors, but I can't stand a hot bedroom, It has to be cold outside the cocoon of hat, socks and duvet.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

I used to wear socks to bed in the winter all the time, simply because I wanted to be warm. Then at some point I was convinced by a girlfriend that this was madness, and now it feels really weird and uncomfortable to do so.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

Show of hands - who wears a parka and snow pants to bed?

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:46 (nineteen years ago)

what the hell are you people doing to your socks that sleeping in them disgusts you?

i love sleeping in socks and in the depths of winter i often go for a 3 sock option - knee high or over the knee under mid-calf high under ankle sock. cold feet = no sleep

a friend of mine and i have a long standing disagreement about sex with socks on - i say its preferable, she says its totally white trash.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

Big fluffy bedsocks are the only sort it is acceptable to wear in bed. Any others: ew ew ew.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

all you bed dwelling clothes wearers are muvafuckin kerazy. so sweaty. urgh.

and a hat ?! Barmy!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

*turns off g-kit commentary option*

wai 2 haet teh_kit?

tbh, i'd wear one of those old skool big stripey blue & white things and one of those hats with a bobble on the end. they pwn. and if anyone thinks it's dumb - i don't give a shit. i'm asleep.

anyway, i'll be going.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:52 (nineteen years ago)

im beginning to see the problem here. the sock haters have gross feet. consider a little pedial hygiene people!

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:53 (nineteen years ago)

I generally don't sleep in socks, but sometimes I love the feeling of having my socks only half on my feet in bed and polishing them together.

― Thomasina Kitten (coco), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:53 (nineteen years ago)

I hope none of you is leaving the heating on after you go to sleep.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

"neck-knuckle"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

Ed EcoCop you're wanted on the rolling transport thread.

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, sleeping with the heat set above whatever it is that keeps your pipes from freezing out to be punnishable by something a lot worse than having to sleep in dirty socks.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

My feet are entirely hygienic, people!

I have to admit, I judge people by their socks.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

i want to come back :(

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

what do you do if they're not wearing socks?

― ;_; (blueski), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh my god, Tom has this thing about socks in bed. I'm yelled at if I wear them (even though they're CUTE knee high or thigh high socks and not athletic whiteys for god's sake), and he won't stand for it. I thought he was really fucking weird because, with all of the roommates I've had and the men I've dated, I'VE NEVER KNOWN SOMEONE TO CARE EITHER WAY OR HAVE ANY KIND OF OPINION AGAINST IT. Now I see, to find these people, I needed to read ILX.

― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

You only have to have your heating on a couple of hours a day to stop your pipes from freezing, depending on just how cold it is outside, and besides, London rarely dips below zero (I realise other places do).

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

When my heating goes on it is set to go off a little before bedtime and a little before getting up time and off whilst at work, at very most. Less heating more smoking jackets, dressing gowns, jumpers, bedsocks and nightcaps.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

surely that is the purpose of heat, Ed? to keep you warm! I hate wearing anything in bed, tmi I know.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

what do you do if they're not wearing socks?

Then I judge them on that basis instead.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

Well, you'll be happy enough wearing nothing in bed, no socks or no nothing when climate change from your oil dependence heats up the world so much that any form of winter is a thing of the past.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

xpost

yes, but when you are wrapped in a cocoon of duvets what's the point of heating the air beyond (and all those other rooms without people in them at all).

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

Ugh, wearing anything in bed is dud (maybe boxers in certain circumstances).

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

SOCKS BEFORE PANTS SOCKS BEFORE PANTS SOCKS BEF...I'd like this to be one of those news scrolly things at the top of the thread. But to the question at hand...

...socks in bed are bundle-y and a little too close but still better than having feet so cold you can't sleep. In our groovy modern world that doesn't happen much anymore seeing as how we have things like central heating systems, but I have worn TWO pairs of socks to bed on occasion (not recently).

In summation: Socks in bed aren't classic but having feet so cold they feel like wet cement is a dud.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

what the hell are you people doing to your socks that sleeping in them disgusts you?

i piss and poo in them. seriously, it's just wrong wearing'em. i mean, why bother if you have a cover?

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

yes, but when you are wrapped in a cocoon of duvets what's the point of heating the air beyond (and all those other rooms without people in them at all).

So when you get out of the cocoon you don't turn into a block of ice! Also, close the vents in unused rooms, duh. At least this is what we do when running the A/C. Hardly ever use the heat as winter is almost non-exsistant here.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

In our groovy modern world that doesn't happen much anymore seeing as how we have things like central heating systems

cf. above and my thoughts on patio heaters

Much harder to do with a UK style water circulating central heating system, you have to keep certain radiators on or bad things can happen. The timer is there so the house is warm again before you get up in the morning and if you need to make a quick trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night, well, make it quick.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

ah, ok. ours doesn't have a timer but a temperature cut-off.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

I specifically keep socks on all day long, socks so tight that my ankle hairs start to hurt close to bed-time, because there is no better feeling than taking yr feet from being couped up like that directly into soft, warm bed.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:16 (nineteen years ago)

Not to be all OH NOES, MY SUFFERING IS MORE, but I did live in a very cold room when I was little -- there's no heat at all (except the updraft) on the second floor of the house. And children's body temperatures aren't as steady as adults' what with so much less mass to regulate them. There were nights I wore three layers of clothing and two pairs of socks and put a heating pad at the foot of my bed, because it's REALLY hard to sleep when your muscles are all drawn up and tense from cold.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

you people clearly dont have a supermodelesque skin and bones great dane in the house. here is a picture of what we had to do to ours, just to stop her shivering, last winter when we didnt turn the heating on early enough.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3584/brrrrrux5.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

you anti-heating people, that is

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

aww, at least your doggy looked cute all tucked in.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

Look at all my socks
Oh so many many socks
I can't even believe it
Can you imagine having so many socks
I can't even begin to count them all
Let alone even think about wearing them
So many socks
How did I get so many?
Where did they come from?
Hey!
Why do I have so many socks?

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

xpost x a grillion

No! Always pants (UK!) before socks!

(But this is off topic).

I still maintain legwarmers are brilliant! I wear them all the time at home in the winter! This year I am going to knit myself a new pair as a TREAT. Yeah, you heard!

And what is this MADNESS about socks pulling out your leg hairs?! Are you wearing socks made of hot wax?!

I must admit our house gets freezing in winter - no double glazing, draughts all over the place - I have pretty much sorted my room for this but the living room is still worst, ANYWAY - I have been known to sleep in house trousers/top/jumper and in these circumstances I think socks are definitely acceptable.

Laurel, here is a story to match up with yours - my parent's, "park home", only has one spare bedroom. In christmas, the coldest time of the year, my grandmother clearly takes the spare room. Where does this mean I stay? In the awning. Yes. It's a semi-permanent thing so there's some GLASS to keep me from the elements, but nothing more. Radiator and ALL MY CLOTHES were being worn at that point and STILL I was turning blue. This will probably happen again this christmas, in which case I will attempt to sleep on the sofa. Why didn't I do that before? Goodness knows.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

Does your great dane wear socks to bed?

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

sorry about my enthusiasm back there - it's just that when i find a thread that matches my level of intelligence and fervor for irreverent discussion, i like to jump all over it.

sorries, i'll try to contain myself next time and actually stay on topic.

but yeah, bedwear ftw.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

We make sure the heating is off at bedtime, but the heating is key in making sure my feet don't get like blocks of ice during the evening.

This thread is quickly dividing between those who suffer from bad circulation and have freezing cold feet (and those who have to suffer with partners with the same) and those who always have toasty warm feet.

If you have iceblocks for feet then they aren't going to be sweaty, are they?! And if they warm up then you kick the socks off in your sleep, so the only reason to object to wearing socks in bed is aesthetics.

― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

I prefer the Procrustean solution -- half the time socks are moot.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

socks in bed only when sick, and even then they migrate to points unknown in the middle of the night. a pair of slippers next to the bed is great for the cold mornings.

― patita (patita), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

i have no control over the heat in my room, so if it's not on high, yes to socks, and if it is, no socks. simple as that.

― Maria (Maria), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

i have no heating in my room, so socks are justified in my case, i hope?

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

i haven't read this entire thread, but what i have read has really surprised me! i can't believe how repulsed some of you really seem by the thought of wearing your socks to bed! i wear my socks to bed every night! and, i also used to even have an extra blanket i used just for my feet! i mostly really just cared about whether my feet are warm or not when i'm trying to sleep! you're all crazy!

! ! !

― blood bitch (blood bitch), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

starry do you really mean AWNING??

gosh.

p.s. patita is on to something with this "slippers" invention

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

Socks are ridiculous.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:48 (nineteen years ago)

***SPOILER ALERT***

In times of extreme cold duress, I have worn - not just socks - but TOE socks in bed.

***END SPOILER***

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

ok that's not ok.

― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

i like you just the way you are.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

it probably helps with hands-free removal however

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

okay, can anybody seriously answer the question, what's wrong with wearing socks in bed? I really don't get it. I sometimes wear socks, other times I don't. I did last night, as it was cold. It has never even occurred to me that doing so might constitute some apparently anti-social and/or evil practice. What the hell is going on?

― askance johnson (sdownes), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

anti-sox either have gross sweaty feet and assume everyone else does OR they assume bedsockers wear the same socks theyve been wearing all day to bed and dont shower. which is pretty gross.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

If it's really cold, I wear CLEAN socks to sleep - so comfy! But apparently I kick them off in my sleep anyway.
Having sex with someone wearing socks: COMPLETE AND UTTER DUD.

I completely agree with both statements.

― shorty (shorty), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

But wearing the same socks you've been wearing all day to bed AFTER showering is worse, katharine.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

I never wear socks during the day 5 days out of the week because I don't wear pants so I didn't consider the idea that people might be wearing 14 hour old sweaty socks. That being said most people go to bed in 14 hour old sweaty underpants so I'm not sure that's really that gross.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

What are you, Ally, some kind of hippy child, walking around sock and pantsless most of the week? Don't you get cold?

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN MIGUELITO

Having sex with someone wearing socks: COMPLETE AND UTTER DUD.

oh c'mon. its gold.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

Are those goofy man-thongs with animal faces the toe socks of underpants?

xpost, yeah, COMEDY gold

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

OK dudes saying this thing about socks, take the image out of your mind of sweat socks and sweat pants and now imagine the person you are dudding is wearing stripey knee socks, knickers and a t-shirt. STILL A DUD?

You all have major ruleage going on on this thread.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

I think mostly the issue is that sleeptime is the only big block of time when one's skin gets to be FREE, FREE AS THE COLLOQUIAL BIRD and experience direct touch of sheets, air, other foot, etc, without being covered up. This is a big deal! Nerves need stimulation! Dead cells need to be able to shed and fall off and not be trapped against live skin! A pair of clean socks (ie not the daytime pair) solves that problem, obv, but so does NO socks.

Also, socks during sex is a NO NO NO. I have seen men say they like occasional socks on women for extra sorority-girl/school fantasy points, but apart from that (already dubious) category, a thousand times no. Sex is comic enough as it is.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

you know, I seriously doubt any guy would turn down sex just b/c the chick was wearing socks. I mean, come on.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Daytime socks! I don't wear socks!! DILEMMA.

xpost Sam OTM I mean that is just ridiculous.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Problem is, you say "socks" to a Britisher and they immediately think...

http://www.man-sandals.com/sandals-images/flip-flops-pictures/mens_birkenstocks_socks_2.jpg

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

Gaaah no no no

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

Whoooah, who said anything about turning down sex?? Socks are easily removeable, I promise. Only takes a few seconds.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

Sam is right. I'm sorry, ladies, but I'm not going to be paying much attention to your feet during the sexing. That said, as Kate points out, there really are some contraceptive sock-wearing looks, aren't there.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:1U1zNf0w6NywlM:http://jeremy.zawodny.com/hnrsproj/graphics/z-and-socks.jpg

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

I suppose it also depends on one's own sexual tastes. Any man sexing with me damn well ought to have been paying attention to my feet. But that might be TMI... ;-)

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

ally's right - knee-highs and higher rock in bed or out

my dead skin cells come off every night and morning when i use that stupid loofah pompom looking thing in the shower

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

I am definitely in favour of the bedtime attire Ally prescribes.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

a good duvet means never having to wear socks to bed! i suggest king size for burrito-like insulation, even for two people.

i love wool socks though for around the house, with slippers. yes, laurels is right - all day we are covered and bound directly by fabrics. (still a fan of bedtime boxer shorts and tank tops though. and my mom keeps giving me flannel pajama pants for christmases, so hey, they are worn. it is cold in my place in winter, even with the heat on :( )
hueg xpost

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

a good duvet means never having to wear socks to bed! i suggest king size for burrito-like insulation, even for two people.

so OTM...

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

when i use that stupid loofah pompom looking thing in the shower

those are bacterial breeding grounds!

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

I have fucking ice cold feet, all day, every day. But I never feel I need socks in bed....

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, I don't like slippers with socks. That feels very wrong to me. But I have big fluffy sleep shippers anyway. I like to feel the wool of the slipper against my skin.

But I have actually realised during the course of this thread, that I like my feet to be a bit chilly when I am sleeping - sometimes I will stick them outside the slumberdown.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

slippers + socks are a no no for me as well, I mean personally. Just uncomfortable 9 times out of 10.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

those are bacterial breeding grounds!
that could explain A LOT!

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

wait, i think i wear socks in my winter slippers b/c i need new winter slippers :( but also i think i read somewhere that with certain slippers, the sheepswool kind, which is what my dying slippers are, you are supposed to wear socks?

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

xpost:
eep, so what kind of convenient exfoliater are we to use in the shower?

not xpost:
this reminds me that my great grandmother told me that you always have to sleep naked "to let your butt breathe".

― patita (patita), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha
butts need air, freedom!

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

i think those shower poof things are fine as long as you rinse them well and replace them regularly. washclothes, i think, breed more bacteria. you can use inexpensive body scrubs for exfoliation too.

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

i mean, like those apricot scrubs or salt scrubs

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

You can also soak scrubby things in bleach or vinegar solution periodically, to kill bacteria. I think it only takes like half a capful of bleach for a mixing bowl-sized bowl of water (which is about what I estimate you'd need to cover one of those big puffs).

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

what laurel says. Washclothes are actually better as long as you only use them once and wash in hot water between uses. Same as dishclothes vs. sponges.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

horrendous. NEVER acceptable.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

yes! vinegar is a winner
xpost to laurel in laurel and robyn agreeing shocker

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

Of course! You can stick dishcloths or sponges into the microwave, though, and kill off the undesirables that way, but I'm not sure whether shower puffs have, for instance, a metal staple in the middles...? So I thought vinegar was better.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

cold feet = no sleep

So so true.

If it is super cold, I wear handknit wool socks.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

I only wear black Gold Toe socks so that *I never ever waste time pairing them*.

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and I would never wear them to bed!

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

I wear handknit wool socks

gaaah, if I could ever get through a sock pattern maybe I would too!

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Last night, I wore socks in bed, just to spite this thread. I wore nice loose ones so I didn't get the ankle-eating sensation. It was GORGEOUS. I'm going to do it again tonight.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

yay!

actually, I wore some loose chenille socks to bed but overheated in about 30 minutes.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

I slept with my socks on last night, but I also had on my shoes, and was on the couch, so I guess it probably doesn't count.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

If it's as cold as it was last night, I might dig out my bed-hat as well.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

used to wear earplugs and a knit cap pulled down to the tip of my nose (covering my eyes and ears). it was nice. like sleeping underwater.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

i also slept with socks on last night but i also woke up wearing an oxford shirt, sweater, pants, belt, etc. i actually woke up 6 minutes before my alarm clock went off because i rolled over and gouged myself with my keys which were still in my front pocket (along with wallet and ipod).

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

you got that much space in your pants?

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

This thread tempted me to take my socks out of my armoire and start storing them in my bed.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

yes i can fit an ipod and keys in the same pocket.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

AND A WALLET

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

wallet was in right front pocket, keys & ipod in left front. folding money and change in back pockets.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

I hear you can get socks for ipods too.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

massive dud. burrowing preferred.

― youn (youn), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

If I don't wear socks during the winter my feet are too cold for me to sleep, so classic I guess.

― 31g (31g), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

i feel really uncomfortable wearing socks in bed, all constrictred and toes-jammed-together (not that i'm some crazed wearer of too-small-socks, there's just less of a sense that my toes can wriggle wherever they want, I guess?) - but then my feet get really cold! and i can't manage to keep a hot-water-bottle still at my feet! but then i put on oversize bedsocks and even those feel wierd and wrong and not-for-sleeping-in! what is a girl to do. :(

― ampersand, hearts, semicolon (cis), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milkyway-Orion/6124/tdn/logo.gif

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

Ahem. Major major dud. But I don't really care if other people wear socks to bed. I just personally feel unnecessarily encumbered by them. I mean, what's next? Shoes? Overcoats? FOR GOD'S SAKE.

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

but then my feet get really cold!

Tracer OTM. Cats work, too. Get a cat, and get A) a box of shit in your house, and B) no more cold feet. It's a trade-off, I admit.

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

An adjunct to this thread:
Pajamas: Classic or Dud?

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

alas my cat is totally standoffish and consistently refuses to sleep on my feet (though she will steal the hot water bottle if it strays). she is wise to my heat-leeching ways.

― ampersand, hearts, semicolon (cis), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

You need a stupider cat, obv.

― joggin' with the devil (kenan), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

I can't sleep *without* socks on. If a sock falls off in the middle of the night, I WAKE UP!

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

The only time I wear socks to bed is when I'm wearing shoes in bed, which is when I'm just too drunk.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Thursday, 26 October 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

i am a very cold person so i literally need socks. my feet are freezing cold as i type and i have thick socks on. i even used to sleep with a winter hat on. (i am one of those poor circulation types)

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Thursday, 26 October 2006 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, in cold weather, I loves me some soft, clean, fuzzy socks to wear to bed.

I can't just pile on a duvet because for some odd reason, my thighs are burning hot, calves are okay, and feet are icy in the winter. For the past couple of years I've been living in places with cold winters but no central heating, so I wear a cashmere turtleneck and silk undershirt to bed with panties and cosy socks. I love going to bed, especially after a hot bath in the winter.

Socks on a lover probably wouldn't bother me, but I've never encountered anyone wearing socks to bed. I don't wear socks to bed when sexing, but that's probably because whenever I do, the room climate is too warm for socks.

― Melinda Mess-injure (Melinda Mess-injure), Thursday, 26 October 2006 03:30 (nineteen years ago)

ill give it a try, tonight

I wore socks in bed last night but was too hot after half an hour, so I took them off (with my toes!)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 26 October 2006 08:48 (nineteen years ago)

Last night, I had to take the socks off when I went to bed, as they were too tight and constricting and were doing the ankle-biting thing. I think this has to do with how much I've had to drink, and also how much walking I've done, as my feet swell.

― Going Through The Motions (kate), Thursday, 26 October 2006 09:25 (nineteen years ago)

so I took them off (with my toes!)

YOU CAN TAKE OFF YOUR TOES???!!!

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 26 October 2006 11:32 (nineteen years ago)

It saves reaching.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 26 October 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

YES!!!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 26 October 2006 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

two of our three cats take turns sleeping on/at my feet at night. the problem with this is one of them has a foot fetish and spends a good part of the night nibbling my toes and the other bites my feet like a viper if i move an inch in my sleep. i usually wake up in fetal position at the top of the bed.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 26 October 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)

my cat sleeps with me on my pillow! But since he's around 18 pounds it's like having a third person in a double bed. no wonder I'm so grumpy every morning.

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:05 (nineteen years ago)

one of them has a foot fetish and spends a good part of the night nibbling my toes and the other bites my feet like a viper if i move an inch in my sleep.

ROFFLES

Mädchen, tu n'es pas seulement photogénique mais profondément originale aussi.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

let me translate: madchen, you are deeply photogenic because you look like an original aussie.

my french is top notch.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

No, no, no, Katharine. It's, "You are only photogenic maize deeply orginal aussie." It's something I saw on a t-shirt in Tokyo once.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

I never take mine off during sex....by that point I'm not wanting to waste the naked and plus my feet are kinda gross

― III IV V (Bo Jackson Overdrive), Sunday, 14 June 2009 05:02 (seventeen years ago)

_OOO_O

― my god, it's full of straws! (k3vin k.), Sunday, 14 June 2009 05:11 (seventeen years ago)

I can't sleep without socks unless it's super hot outside. But I'm a cold person, I wear sweats when other people are wearing tank tops and shorts.

― ti's girl on the outside (musically), Sunday, 14 June 2009 05:14 (seventeen years ago)

well one thing you can do is stop stuffing ice cubes in your underpants

― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Sunday, 14 June 2009 05:22 (seventeen years ago)

Whoever in the bed cares most about this decides. I had a girlfriend who hated to take off her socks and show her toes and I was not going to say she shouldn't.

But then I dated this other person who said, "Take your socks off!" and I did. I don't even know what I was thinking then because I don't wear socks to bed.

― bamcquern, Sunday, 14 June 2009 06:39 (seventeen years ago)

How about...each person does what they feel most comfortable with. Crazy, I know.

― ti's girl on the outside (musically), Sunday, 14 June 2009 07:02 (seventeen years ago)

ew i hate touching ohter people's socks ewwwwwww

― harbl, Sunday, 14 June 2009 10:25 (seventeen years ago)

I did take them off once in the last few months...it wasn't bad...but I prefer to keep them on...

― III IV V (Bo Jackson Overdrive), Sunday, 14 June 2009 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

harblol

― velko, Sunday, 14 June 2009 17:41 (seventeen years ago)

I own an expensive sleeping bag which I sleep in while on multi-day hiking trips. I always wear socks when I am in it, to reduce the amount of soiling to the insides.

Sleeping bags filled with goose down are difficult to wash and easy to ruin - most professional cleaners are unfamiliar with them and ruin them, too. Ergo, classic for me.

― Aimless, Sunday, 14 June 2009 18:34 (seventeen years ago)

dry cleaners managed to blow out the seam on one of the baffles of my down bag :(

― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Sunday, 14 June 2009 18:45 (seventeen years ago)

also, w/r/t this thread's question: colloal dud

― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Sunday, 14 June 2009 18:45 (seventeen years ago)

collosal

― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Sunday, 14 June 2009 18:45 (seventeen years ago)

oh forget it

― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Sunday, 14 June 2009 18:45 (seventeen years ago)

But then I dated this other person who said, "Take your socks off!" and I did. I don't even know what I was thinking then because I don't wear socks to bed.

― bamcquern, Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:39 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

was this me? i do hate socks in bed

― s1ock doctrine (roxymuzak), Monday, 15 June 2009 07:04 (seventeen years ago)

bedroom talk

― velko, Monday, 15 June 2009 07:06 (seventeen years ago)

six months pass...

wearing a polo neck in bed...

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Saturday, 9 January 2010 22:02 (sixteen years ago)

I nearly finished bed socks for my mom. YAY.

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 9 January 2010 22:21 (sixteen years ago)

this might be my most jel thread ever!

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 10 January 2010 11:15 (sixteen years ago)

keep your socks out of my bed unless they are thigh high and sexy.

― Nate Carson, Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:07 (sixteen years ago)

yeah socks in bed surely only while sexxing?

― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:07 (sixteen years ago)

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