I haven’t owned slippers since I was maybe eight years old. Not that slipper styles have improved much. I found myself in horribleshopfromhell this afternoon, trying to figure out which pair I liked the most. Or less least. Or at all. Trying to put an emotional value to a possible purchase. Trying to imagine my cold feet slipping into the toweling warmth. Failing.
My life is over! I nearly bought Stokies. Might as well buy a pair of those grey padded soft shoes that old people wear, and a pair of brown slacks with a high waist- you know, the ones which sit somewhere between your manboobs and your navel.
I’ve never paid much attention to nightwear. In South Africa (if you aren’t here- if you are, then you know this) it is usually so hot in summer that a man can get away with some shorts, maybe a t-shirt if it’s really chilly. In winter, we don’t have central heating, so it gets very cold (the very being relative to where you are reading this). The temperature can plummet to three degrees Celsius in Cape Town. (Yeah, I know, I’m a lightweight). I grew up in Scotland/Canada and England, so I do know cold.
My favourite pyjamas as a boy were sort of like a modified Elvis Karate suit- a bed-ghi. These were cool. Many’s the evening I spent prancing around the lounge, feinting powerful kicks at the settee, and slicing open-handed arcs through the air onto my younger brother. Pjs were part of life. I’d have a bath, put my pajamas on. Easy.
For some reason I now associate pyjamas with very old men, or children. I could tell you what Neen wears to bed, but perhaps she’d rather I don’t. I usually wear the horrible t-shirts you get given at conferences or launches (the ones they insist on producing in sizes XXXL to GLOBAL. And some shorts, or, in winter, a revolting pair of tracksuit pants with elasticated cuffs.
Why is it that men think they can get away with not bothering to wear something stylish, heck, maybe even sexy, to bed? Is there such a thing as hot pyjamas? I’m seriously considering buying pyjamas- last night I wore a t-shirt with a picture of Andre Brink, the author, on it. He’s about 75 years old, so it was just not a hot look.
I have no idea what other men wear to bed- Don’t co-sleep with many. I feel isolated, unsure of myself. What do you think a man should wear? This is not a sexually-driven post, purely form versus function, the function being sleeping.
My life is over! I nearly bought Stokies. Might as well buy a pair of those grey padded soft shoes that old people wear, and a pair of brown slacks with a high waist- you know, the ones which sit somewhere between your manboobs and your navel.
I’ve never paid much attention to nightwear. In South Africa (if you aren’t here- if you are, then you know this) it is usually so hot in summer that a man can get away with some shorts, maybe a t-shirt if it’s really chilly. In winter, we don’t have central heating, so it gets very cold (the very being relative to where you are reading this). The temperature can plummet to three degrees Celsius in Cape Town. (Yeah, I know, I’m a lightweight). I grew up in Scotland/Canada and England, so I do know cold.
My favourite pyjamas as a boy were sort of like a modified Elvis Karate suit- a bed-ghi. These were cool. Many’s the evening I spent prancing around the lounge, feinting powerful kicks at the settee, and slicing open-handed arcs through the air onto my younger brother. Pjs were part of life. I’d have a bath, put my pajamas on. Easy.
For some reason I now associate pyjamas with very old men, or children. I could tell you what Neen wears to bed, but perhaps she’d rather I don’t. I usually wear the horrible t-shirts you get given at conferences or launches (the ones they insist on producing in sizes XXXL to GLOBAL. And some shorts, or, in winter, a revolting pair of tracksuit pants with elasticated cuffs.
Why is it that men think they can get away with not bothering to wear something stylish, heck, maybe even sexy, to bed? Is there such a thing as hot pyjamas? I’m seriously considering buying pyjamas- last night I wore a t-shirt with a picture of Andre Brink, the author, on it. He’s about 75 years old, so it was just not a hot look.
I have no idea what other men wear to bed- Don’t co-sleep with many. I feel isolated, unsure of myself. What do you think a man should wear? This is not a sexually-driven post, purely form versus function, the function being sleeping.
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