To think that people who wear PJs outside haven't actually slept in them?

My guess re wearing pyjamas in public is it is one of the trends towards being lazy and also lacking personal self respect. 'Sliders' aka sandals worn with socks are another example. Tracksuit bottoms so you can be in denial about increased weight.

I'd support any shop that refused to serve people in those circumstances, though sadly the shop workers would not be supported by their managers no doubt.

I've never gone out in pyjamas, but do sometimes wear them round the house. But in that case they're clean. I do sleep in pyjamas as well, but wouldn't just keep those on all day.

I’ve never seen anybody wearing pyjamas outside, unless it was a quick dash to get the bins out.

We did have a neighbour who kept going out in her nightie. She was mentally ill.

We definitely sleep in pyjamas in winter here. We live in an old cottage with a downstairs bathroom and I feel the cold!

I don’t wear them out of the house really though although have been known to muck out in them on Christmas day.

I dress in actual clothes for shops as that requires a drive and effort.

I do wear them as loungewear too though - like nothing better than pj’s on at 6pm in winter. Cosy.

Majority of us in Liverpool don't wear pyjamas out though. The people wearing it may be clean but it just looks dirty and makes me feel they might also smell unpleasant... Plus on the very odd occasion I've seen it, it's been awful wincyette/fleecy sets.

You're probably right. After all, the same thing has happened with sportswear, and jeans were originally work clothes for farmers, labourers etc. I've got pictures of my parents on the beach in the 1950s wearing clothes that are more formal than DH and I would usually wear at work in professional roles these days. Things change.
Thinking about it, there is no logical reason why I changed out of my "day" pyjamas to go to the supermarket yesterday. I put on a t shirt, a fleece and some jogging bottoms. There's nothing really different about them is there? I guess it's the idea that people would think I'm disgusting that influenced me.

There are pajamas for sleeping and loungewear for wearing when you just want to be comfy. they may look similar, but they have separate sections in the wardrobe in our house.

my actual pajamas are bamboo and super thin. I could not leave the house in them. I wouldn’t let anyone enter my house while I was wearing them. Catch the wrong light and they are no longer opaque.

I always sleep in pyjamas, only thin cotton ones though. Long sleeved in winter, short sleeved in summer. I don’t feel too warm and also I’d hate to not have anything on in the case of an emergency!

I get dressed as soon as I wake, and I wouldn’t wear lounge/ sportswear as casual clothes either. I only wear sportswear when exercising (and I don’t include walking in this).

I think the people who wear pyjamas out and about most likely have slept in them, as it’s no more difficult to put trousers and a top on.

Baffles me too! Why not just buy clothes that you find comfortable?

I always wear pyjamas to bed. If people sleep naked, I don’t understand why they would then put on pyjamas as if they were clothes, rather than, you know, clothes.

I sleep in pyjamas, usually legging style with a long top.

I have fleecy “pyjamas” with cartoon characters on that I would boil alive in if I slept in them, but I will wear them on a dog walk if it’s been a loungey day and that’s just what I’m wearing.

I think a lot of the pyjama wearers at hotel breakfasts etc have indeed slept in them though.

I bet they do.

Im curious to know why people don’t feel comfortable in normal clothes and then have to resort to pjs. Why don’t they just wear comfortable clothes anyway?

I tried to explain to my (southern) husband that the pyjamas and rollers outdoors thing was largely a myth but the first time I took him to town there were the girls in their jammies and rollers 🙄😅

as always it's 1/3

• people sleeping naked
• people sleeping in pj/night shirt
• people sleeping in pj/night shirt and pants

and no group can imagine doing what the other group does

and apparently some people (including clothes retailers) call pj 'loungewear'

Disgusting is a bit strong

Owning a dog is disgusting
Smoking is disgusting
Blowing you nose on your sleeve is disgusting
Going out in clothes you have slept in - less so

Do you take spare clothes on a flight in case you go for a nap?

At the moment my leg is in plaster and I have only got a couple of pairs of trousers that will fit comfortably over my cast so they are saved for going out and I am wearing pyjamas all the time otherwise. They're far more comfortable than anything else I have got. I do put different ones on during the day than the ones I've slept in though and generally sleep in thin cotton ones and wear thicker ones during the day. I have one really thick fleecy pair that I definitely couldn't sleep in as I would boil, but they are great for cooler days when I might otherwise need to put the heating on. I wouldn't go out in public in them though.

They've definitely slept in them. I put mine on in the evening to watch tv and relax, I sleep naked.

Working from home today and reading this while wearing my pyjamas that yes I slept in last night. Mainly cos I slept in and had to jump straight into my emails when I woke up and I've just stopped for lunch now! But I am incredibly comfy so not complaining! I will get washed and properly dressed after my lunch though as have actual face to face meetings later today.
I would never wear pyjamas out of the house though!

I wear proper pyjama bottoms with a vest top to sleep in, I can't sleep naked or even just in short, has to be long length pj bottoms.

I have house jammies and bed jammies
Only if its really, really cold do the house jammies make it into the bed
I don't go out in either

And, of course, whoever is wearing pyjamas out to the shops has likely slept in them. Its disgusting.