wearing socks in bed

[bobk]

my wife says that if i wear socks in bed that i will wake up more tired than if i don;t wear socks in bed ,anyone heard of this sock thing ?

[Ashley]

I personally think she is saying that to stop you wearing them - probably because she doesn't like the smell or feel of them! But if I'm wrong, then someone please please explain how this could possibly be true!!!

Although if she keeps telling you that - and you believe it - then it could well have a psychological effect on you rendering it true!!

Who knows?

[turquoise]

Apparently, i've heard that wearing socks to bed helps you get to sleep faster, but i'm not sure if it's true or not. I find it uncomfortable to wear socks whilst sleeping, although i've only tried it once, i had to take them off.

[turquoise]

sorry, i don't know if you'll wake up more tired when wearing socks to sleep.

[Morrisonker]

hehe, sounds like a ploy to get you to stop wearing them.  It's strange, I love having my feet all entangled with my boyfriend's at night.

 

Or it could be something to do with you getting warmer at night and when you wake up the heat stays with you for longer, which keeps you cosy and sleepy, thus taking longer for you to wake up.  Maybe?

[natalie_1982]

I'm not surprised!  It's hardly very hygenic or attractive is it?  Why do you wear socks to bed?

On the ocassions that I have dropped off with my socks on, even if I'm just dozing on the sofa, somehow I manage to wake up with no socks on!  Maybe that's why you get more tired because during your sleep you use lots of energy trying to get your socks off!

[nicola_red]

I almost always wear socks in bed.  I think the people who say it's gross must earn more money than me and so be able to afford their heating bills!  Last night I had 2 pairs on and my feet were still freezing.  I am always tired in the morning, but I doubt socks make any difference to that, I just stay up too late.  Maybe the myth is cos you're more likely to wear socks in the winter when it's colder and so it's also darker which makes it harder to get up in the morning...just a thought.

[Ashley]

Some good arguments here......

but no, i'm not buying it :) - still think it's a cunning ploy against you mate

[FP]

Have tried wearing socks in bed when my feet are cold but I just can't bear them and have to take them off.  Hot water bottle is much better! 

Socks in bed are hardly romantic, but then neither is a hot water bottle!

[smudge]

When it's really cold, I wear sox, gloves & a woolly hat in bed - only joking! I usually wear sox until my feet warm up & then can't wait to take them off. 

I used to use a hot water bottle, but there's nothing worse than waking up to a cold one! Someone bought me a little square fleecey covered electric blanket & it's so nice to cuddle up to, especially if you have a tummy ache! 

[one_mad_cow]

I hate my man wearing socks in bed, and even more so when he wears them during love making!!!

[smudge]

Perhaps you should encourage him to wear them on his feet instead then! lol

[Ashley]

Hahahaha - comedy genius.

[beamer]

I'm tall and my feet stick out of the bottom of the bed. In winter my room gets freezing and cold feet keep me awake so I wear socks in bed. I've experienced no unwanted side effects from doing so other than not bothering to change them when i get up to go to work.

I'd just like to add i put on a clean pair each evening. err... and take them off when i get in the shower.

Come to think of it - there's only maybe a maximum of about 30 minutes out of of every 24 hours when i'm  not wearing socks. Wow, i'd never really thought about it! I'm gonna start buying some more luxurious varieties!

[secretspirit]

I've never heard of that and I have a pair of bedsocks specifically for bed. If I don't wear them I get leg cramps and wake up in agony so I'd prefer to be unsexy!

[helliebobs]

I always go to bed with my nice warm Totes socks on - sometimes I get too hot and take them off but sometimes, if i've had a really good nights' sleep then I wake up with them still on. A lot of the time I wake up with them off - I must take them off in my sleep. Hubbie hates it though!