Possible Clues:

• Female garment near male garment
• Bed dress
• Bedwear
• *Teddy kin
• The late shift
• She gets close to it and not with it, by the sound of it, in bed
• Shift of retirement is almost secure
• Strange thing that is worn by some retired people
• Almost not, by the sound of it, so wearing in bed
• Loose garment that's a close match?