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By: Amber Lipson

What do women REALLY do inside their pajamas? We wanted to know, too, so we asked a cross-section of women across the country to find out. Below are the top eight responses. Some will surprise you, some will delight you and others will give you fantastic ideas of how better to spend your 'pajama-time':


Number 8 - Grooming Once ensconced inside their comfy chenille robes or funky boxer shorts and tanks, women take care of themselves: plucking, shaving, waxing, buffing, painting and smoothing. Most women report these feminine maintenance activities are performed alone and the simple tasks offer a sense of serenity and peace.

Number 7 - Loving That's right, women are looking for love when inside their pajamas. Whether it's a sexy lingerie number or too-tight boy shorts, women know how to get the attention of their partner.

Number 6 - Cuddling There is nothing quite like snuggling inside a nest of so-soft cotton to warm the insides and outsides. This is the time that women catch up on their cuddling with children and spouses. While reading goodnight stories to kids or nestled between blankets intertwined with little legs and feet, moms can express the love and intimacy they feel towards their families that they are too busy and harried during the day to truly enjoy.

Number 5 - Cooking Many women wait until they toss off their day clothes and don their pajamas to cook a late dinner, bake cupcakes for this weekend's bake sale, pack a child's lunch and prepare food for the action-packed weekdays to follow. Even when the preferred pajamas are ultra-hip and cool, the simple acts of baking and cooking give every woman a sense of nostalgia, of domestication, of caring for those they love.

Number 4 - Watch Television A woman's leisure time is precious, so most women, when they watch television, choose selected programs that provide a well-deserved escape from the real world usually inside ultra-soft robes and slippers.

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