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Why Are Adults Dressing as Infants? One Snuggle Suit to Rule Us All

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My husband joked that he loved dressing our baby in white onesies so much that he wanted to send him to college in them. Yeah, well? That doesn't seem so farfetched anymore.

Last Christmas, I noticed that Slankets and Snuggies were The Thing to get among my friends, so clearly adult onesies were the next natural step in lounge-around-the-house comfort, right? I mean, seriously, who can resist?

 

Have we all lost our minds?

 

Well, the guys at Forever Lazy thought we needed onesies when they created the Unilazy, as did the creators of the Hoodie-Footie.

Now, while BlogHer's own Julie Ross Godar (aka Honeybeast) put the Hoodie-Footie on her list of "Top 5 Romance Killing Valentine's Day Gift Ideas," it's obvious that these types of items are becoming more and more popular.

So, seriously: What's the deal? Are we regressing? Lazy? Or is it just that we're in some serious need of comfort to get us through these rocky economic times?

But more importantly, which of these would you buy -- or do you already own?

Personally, I might go for the Unilazy, but only because I love the color names. I mean, come on -- who can resist "Comatose Camo" or "Reddy for Bed"?

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Barrister 5 pts

I absolutely love my snuggie ( http://www.customsnuggie.com ). My kids got me a "world's greatest mom" snuggie for Mother's Day and it was the cutest thing in the world.

I have to admit that the snuggies ( http://snuggiehumor.com ) commercials are a little over the top - I would never be caught in public with one, but in the comforts of my own house, I snuggle up with the fleece blanket.

DeanaBirks 5 pts

Er...well, the onesie is quite similar to the leotards that used to be in style paired with jeans in the early 1990s. I loved those and would be excited to see them make a comeback.

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Maria Young 5 pts

I swear. Both of my serious relationships were with men that thought having an adult sized onsie would be the most awesome thing ever. But then they make fun of all the snuggies and what not. I won't lie though - if someone were to purchase me a snuggie, I'd wear it!

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Deb Rox 5 pts

I'm too claustrophobic for any of these. I think it might be a recessionary longing for comfort, or pushback from the get healthy media meme, or maybe a subliminal desire to have a uniform, to belong to the brotherhood of head-2-toe footies.But I live in Florida.  I'm not wearing a pseudo Superhero suit when a tank top is plenty to have on my back.

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic 9 pts

I'm jealous of your research. I really want to try all of these out just to understand the compulsion. I'll tell you what, even if I don't love them, I'll bet my cats will.

tjoselow 5 pts

Heaven help me, I actually incited some friends to test and evaluate the Slanket vs Snuggie in a Lounge Off, ( http://bit.ly/4mkwze ) interviewed the inventor of the Slanket, and generally took topic too far. Thankfully, I did not know about the Unilazy at the time - that would have opened up a whole other line of research. And probably exposed us to a whole new level of static electricity.