To think staying in your pyjamas on stay at home days is minging?

Secreting and smelling bad aren’t the same thing, though.
Women with a menstrual cycle usually have various different secretions throughout the month that aren’t smelly or shameful, but still necessitate a change of knickers/pyjamas from one day to the next.

I never have a single day when I don't leave the house - I would get cabin fever. I am a minger but I don't stay in PJs all day - more like my smelly horse clothes

Unless those people are wearing underwear under their PJs (which no one does surely?) then yes I agree. It’s no different from waking up and staying in the same knickers for another 24 hours.

Omg, the only time I’m not in pyjamas is when I have to leave the house. Why would I be even a tiny bit uncomfortable at home?
I doubt anyone on their deathbed regretted they wore pyjamas too often

Not using minging, grim language.

Of course you can, in private.

Hahahahaha

Im in my nightdress from last night because im home until the late afternoon. I do t smell and im not sweaty. I showered before bed at 1am and put on clean nightdress. So today im
not getting dressed until late afternoon but im working on projects in the house. I don’t feel dirty or slovenly. I do feel lucky that I have a relatively easy day though. It’s a treat for sure

My kids are autistic. When they were young we had at least one pyjama day every holidays and it was something they really looked forward to. It was a bit of a safety net for them, knowing that they wouldn't have any unexpected demands placed on them. We stayed at home all day and played with lego, made pillow and blanket dens, read books, did baking, craft etc. Very happy lovely days.

If I'm doing housework on a Saturday morning I'll sometimes stay in my PJs before getting dressed later. I have to take the dog for a walk at some point though, so I do always get dressed sooner or later.

Is anybody here in Liverpool? Decades ago when I lived there, there was a phase of having daytime PJs that people would get changed into (including underwear, hair and make up) and wear out of the house on errands and going shopping and so on that they would have previously worn a tracksuit for. Would love to know if that's still a thing there!

I tend to stay in my PJ's unless I'm leaving the house, so would do housework in them/remote work/admin etc.
We don't get changed on Christmas day until we have a walk after lunch either.
I don't sleep in PJs though so all of mine are used as more of a lounge suit type affair.

Family life is so busy.

If we get a rare free day at home for movies and popcorn and games and generally lovely time together, I'll happily wear PJs all day and DS will do so gleefully (but then ask for clean ones at bedtime).

I would also add that I have some very nice, fairly expensive PJs and loungewear that I don't sleep in and these would absolutely be out like a shot on a blessed PJ day. DP also has PJ bottoms etc that are never worn to bed.

I see no reason to look down on people for enjoying uncomplicated, comfortable joy where they can get it!

Mental hygiene...?

What about moist? Can we say that? 😃

I think it improves my daughter's behaviour during the week if she's kept consistent with a morning routine at the weekends. I might stay in PJs a bit later than usual at a weekend (e.g. eating breakfast in them) but then after breakfast we all wash, get dressed and get on with other things. I need the routine for myself too. I start feeling rubbish and a bit low if I'm not washed and dressed.

I do, however, often get us all into sweat pants / a comfy hoody as soon as we come home from a day out and we're not going anywhere else. I like being comfy at home, but I also like a good solid routine.

Please stop using words like minging and grim.

Mental hygiene is important.

Unless ill we tend to get changed into comfy clothes when having a day at home. Me and DH usually gym wear style clothes and the kids trackies/leggings and t-shirt.

I just feel a bit dirty if I haven't got up, dressed and washed for the day. Sometimes it might not happen until 10am (weekend).

We often have pyjama days, bath during the day and new pjs. I buy ‘lounge wear’ pyjamas for myself as I spend most days in them - get home from work at 7am and do school run then shower and sleep til school pick up, I wear lounge wear and a sleep bra during the day in case I need to answer the door or take in deliveries.

It's not a choice I would make, because I wouldn't feel great about it. Even if I'm ill I try to shower and get changed if I can just because it makes me feel better. But I wouldn't concern myself with what other people are doing on their days off in their own home.

I think those carrying a bit of extra weight tend to get a bit clammier from what I've noticed. I've got a colleague who's on the larger side and she's always the first to complain when it gets a bit warm.

Not saying that nastily - said colleague is very well turned out and looks like a plump size model. She just noticeably feels the heat more than the rest of us.

Yeah - I can't have PJ days because it makes me feel like I'm off school ill. I just can't do it! I'm in my 30s and that's still how it makes me feel. I have to be very, very ill to not bother getting dressed.

But on the other hand, if you're the kind of person who's fine with staying in PJs, nobody's going to die, are they.

Assuming you're all clean people, wearing PJs for shock horror ONE day isn't going to harm.

I don't know how some of you would have coped growing up in the 40s/50s/60s with one bath a week shared between a family of 10.

EDIT: Also, for people going on about being in "your own filth", what the bloody hell do you do to be that filthy?!

My ex suffered with depression and wouldn’t get dressed or leave the house even on a beautiful day. He missed so much of life. Doctors tried to get him to leave the house every day . Don’t set yourself up for this

You're got it back to front, though. Staying in doesn't cause depression, depression causes staying in. You're right that forcing oneself outside can be therapeutic, I suffer from periods of depression and I try to get out as many days as possible and it does help, but sadly sometimes it's just not within the ability of a person who is stuck deep in depression to go through even the most basic motions of everyday life.

Nobody in our house wears pyjamas at night. We put them on if we're walking around, or having breakfast before showers.

For me it kind of affects my quality of sleep if I don't put some clothes on, like I've not really woken up all day. Plus I can't do anything apart from sleep and bathe without a bra on, and once I've put a bra on I might as well get dressed. PLUS I always get the child dressed and it would be a bit confusing if I then didn't dress myself.

I do wonder if the people that go on about the hygiene side of it just erm, secrete more? It's the same as people who go on about showering twice a day and whatnot. When other posters point out that they've never had complaints about the way they smell, it's always 'oh other people smell you, they are just too polite to say'. Well no, I don't smell if I don't shower twice a day. My underwear never smells, my feet don't smell and neither do my armpits 🤷‍♀️. I don't smell when I wake up on a morning. So I do wonder if some people just 'secrete' less than others? Our bodies are all different after all.

Anyhoo, I don't like being in pj's all day and I dont like the kids being in them all day but we do all have our comfies so its the same thing really. Shorts, joggers, legging with tshirts, vests and hoodies. We can be in them all day if we are just pottering around the house and garden. If we have to nip out anywhere we can go out in them. I certainly don't put make up on everyday or style my hair. I just put it up. Me and OH sleep naked. Kids sleep in old (clean) shorts and tshirts mainly. They wear them more than once as we all shower on an evening so they don't get mucky or smell.