I tell ya what they told me.
A) you already have a waterproof breathable membrane
B) your only wet on the outside. (Strictly speaking this one is false)
Point A is the one I'm going with now...
Actually- addressing your tent/ raingear - in my experience (gotta love that one) things in the tent (assuming its occupants are alive) get a pretty decent coat of condensation. Not drying wet clothes overnight would certainly reduce this. I can't remember off the top of my head how much water you give off exhaling all night... Bringing us to point a
The Waterproof breathable membrane- doesn't know if its condensed vapor or beads of sweat or rain that it isn't allowing into your body. They are all just wet- and back to B, but only on the outside.