In my post about the "Seventeen Year Itch" episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210," I mentioned that when Jim changed into his pajamas, he kept his underpants on inside the pajamas.
Struck me as odd (other than as a way of preventing the TV audience from seeing Jim's junk). But reader Annie asked in the comment section if it is "standard for guys not to wear underpants with pajamas?" She added: "My husband's not a pajama guy (Texas is way too hot for that), and I guess I never thought about it in general."
So I'm asking: What is the proper approach to pajamas, and sleepwear generally? Please try to phrase your answers tastefully.
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Back when I still wore long, winter pajamas (as a kid, teen, etc.), I don't ever remember wearing underwear underneath them. Maybe if it was REALLY cold that night, or if I was really tired and didn't want to bother removing them, but for the most part, no.
Presently, "pajamas" are a pair of boxer shorts, and a T-shirt by the side of the bed if my son wakes up in the middle of the night, since I doubt he really wants to see my flabby stomach. So I guess that technically, since I'm wearing boxers, my pajamas and underwear are now one and the same, and no underwear underneath. That just sounds very weird (yet obviously making perfect sense for network television, which makes me wonder if Ozzie and Harriet or Jim and Margaret Anderson just had their pajamas on underneath their clothes at all time, thus ensuring no skin showed whatsoever if they ever had to change like that on-camera).