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to wonder why these women wear gym clothes all the time

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Bigboombangcrash · 24/05/2017 14:43

There are quite a few mums at my dc's primary who constantly wear lycra gym clothes. They drop off in them, pick up in them and generally seem to hang out in them all the time. From what I can see they don't actually do any exercise during the day so it puzzles me. Is it a comfort thing? I know it is none of my business and I don't know why I even care but I often wonder.

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SheSparkles · 24/05/2017 14:44

I sometimes put gym clothes on 1s thing even if I'm not going to the gym till the evening-it's very definitely a comfort thing

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AyeAmarok · 24/05/2017 14:44

I frequently see unhealthy looking people wearing gym kit while smoking outside the pub. It makes me Grin

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Kokusai · 24/05/2017 14:45

Because:

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Cakedoesntjudge · 24/05/2017 14:45

I do this with the good intentions of going to the gym straight after drop off but quite often end up being too lazy to go Blush

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MineralWater · 24/05/2017 14:46

I'm an academic. Nearly all my female students now seem to be permanently in sports wear. I think it looks stupid.

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araiwa · 24/05/2017 14:46

because they bought them but dont actually go to the gym and are just getting some use out of them. plus comfy

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ijustwannadance · 24/05/2017 14:46

Active wear when not exercising is currently a fashion statement thing.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 24/05/2017 14:47

They're comfy?

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FuckingSausageFingers · 24/05/2017 14:47

All my young, youthful relatives live in their gym gear outside work hours. I think it must be the in-thing. bit like adidas popper trackies when I were a lass

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SeagullGirl · 24/05/2017 14:48

I'm always in gym clothes and drop off and pick up because I cycle to work and get changed into work clothes when I get there...

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Pepsi13max · 24/05/2017 14:48

Comfy/know they loook good in them/maybe went to gym and didn't have time to go home first?

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SeagullGirl · 24/05/2017 14:49

"...at drop off...

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FreeButtonBee · 24/05/2017 14:50

It's so comfy! I lived in sports gear when on mat leave. Nice and stretchy, washes up a treat, doesn't stain, can bend and dash after errant toddler without exposing my knickers. Didn't do a lot of exercise but it's just clothes, innit?

Mind you, it was a bit of shock putting on my work clothes when I returned . Lycra can be a bit too forgiving...

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TheoriginalLEM · 24/05/2017 14:51

why do some people do the school run dressed like they are off to a dinner party? why do some wear their pyjamas? why do others where track suits?

none of these questions are important or anyone else's business but the wearer

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ILoveDolly · 24/05/2017 14:52

I am so glad the active wear video has been posted. It's comfy and if you have an 11am class, things to do before and after, plus drop off, what else to do but wear it?

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Empireoftheclouds · 24/05/2017 14:52

I think it's a bit odd tbh. I change at the gym. The comfort argument doesn't really work for me, leggings and t shirts are comfy!

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computerscream · 24/05/2017 14:53

You can't know they aren't going to the gym at 11am or something though

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JamesDelaneysHat · 24/05/2017 14:54

Ha! I've never seen the Active Wear video Grin

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FV45 · 24/05/2017 14:54

I work from home. If I'm exercising later in the day I won't bother to put proper clothes on, just a tracksuit and hoodie.

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QueenMortificado · 24/05/2017 14:55

I would wear my gym kit literally all the time if I could. To work, after work for drinks, to a formal ball.

It's just so damn comfy. No underwires of bras. Nice thick leggings that come over my muffin too. Long stretchy tops that cover everything. Trainers instead of heels.

Absolute bliss. Nothing is more comfy than active wear. Nothing.

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ILoveDolly · 24/05/2017 14:55

I know what you mean but I go to a class in a hall where there's no changing facilities really, but I don't like to go to the shops in leggings so i do try and find time to go home to change at some point.

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GreyVelvet · 24/05/2017 14:58

As everyone else said it's super comfy. I don't exercise that much but they're just comfy clothes!

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Oblomov17 · 24/05/2017 15:00

Active wear, whilst .... shopping/having coffee etc. I liked that clip when it first came out. It is funny.

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Olegjogalot · 24/05/2017 15:00

I've been home from work for about an hour and a half. Going out shopping for furniture in about 30minutes and I've just put on my 'sportswear'. Sports leggings, sports bra, tshirt and trainers. It's the comfiest thing I can get away with wearing outside.

I can just keep pretending that I've come straight from the gym!

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plantsitter · 24/05/2017 15:02

Someone told me she did it when she couldn't be arsed to wash her hair, as a way of looking like she was going for a run and would probably do it afterwards. Which she had no intention of doing.

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