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Going out shopping in your PJ's and slippers

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AppleWhiskers · 08/12/2024 16:29

That's the third time this week, a sighting across 3 towns, nice seasonal tartan numbers with sturdy animal slippers Grin

Best one was in Booths, a family of three resplendent in matching jammies. imagine the pearl clutching at that!

Still, what does it mean exactly? I thought this had died off years ago. If it's happening up here in Booths, maybe it's coming to a Waitrose near you further south any time now..

I don't currently drive so I don't have the luxury of choice, it's rainproof up to the eyeballs up here in storm Darragh.

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Jellycatspyjamas · 09/12/2024 08:24

People are going to wonder if you can't be arsed getting dressed can you be arsed washing yourself or brushing your teeth, etc?

To be honest I don’t think about other people’s motivations that much. If someone wants to wear pyjamas to drop off kids etc it’s really none of my business - I tend to think they’ve had a bad morning/bad day if anything. It doesn’t impact me to see someone’s tartan pjs at all.

Needmorelego · 09/12/2024 08:22

@CyranoDeBergerQuack "can't be arsed to do anything".....
Lets see. Currently I am wearing a nightie and pj bottoms. In a while I will change out of those and put on a freshly washed clean pair of pyjama bottoms. I will add a top. Probably a regular t-shirt but I have t-shirts and pj tops that I actually don't know which is which as I can't remember which section of the shop I got them in.
I will then take my disabled daughter to school.
Then do a bit of supermarket shopping.
If I have time I will go home (her SEN school is around a 30/40 minute bus journey away so I don't always go home). If at home I will do housework etc. Maybe some crafting. Maybe some reading.
If I don't go home I might take the opportunity to get exercise by doing a walk (this is the only time I get to do that).
Shall I go on? That takes me to about lunchtime.
But apparently I am LAZY because I choose to wear lightweight loose soft trousers in public 😱😱. Oh the horrors.
😂😂😂😂 these threads are hilarious.

CyranoDeBergerQuack · 09/12/2024 08:05

Needmorelego · 09/12/2024 07:59

@CyranoDeBergerQuack what affect does it actually have on you? What does it prevent you from doing?
Come on.....give actual examples 😂😂

It doesn't prevent me from doing anything - nor did I say it did.
It's just the don't care/selfish 'I don't give a fuck about my appearance or what other people think, and if I pass that onto my kids, so what' attitude that stinks. It's a reflection of a lack of effort, which makes one think that if they cannot be arsed to get dressed they cannot be arsed to do anything else

Needmorelego · 09/12/2024 07:59

@CyranoDeBergerQuack what affect does it actually have on you? What does it prevent you from doing?
Come on.....give actual examples 😂😂

CyranoDeBergerQuack · 09/12/2024 07:56

Lazy feckers
No respect for themselves or the effect they have on society

Sunnyflow · 09/12/2024 07:53

Copperoliverbear · 09/12/2024 00:08

I walk my dog in the dark in my pjs and slippers but that's it.

You wear your house slippers in a potentially wet and muddy and poopy park?

CatNoon · 09/12/2024 06:58

What bothers me about it is it feels unclean. Either from being out and about outside in clothes meant to be kept clean for bed, or it’s dirty being out in clothes you’ve been sleeping in. Either way that’s what bothers me, not the look of it. And as for slippers, they are indoor shoes meant to be kept clean from outside dirt, so wearing them out to the shops is 😱 to me.

curlycurlymoo · 09/12/2024 06:45

It's vile. So many people don't bother taking any pride in their appearance these days and it's just getting worse. I don't agree with it. However. I did see someone a young girl, in a supermarket
But she said she'd just come out of hospital and needed stuff which I thought was fair enough.

getahhtmapub · 09/12/2024 04:12

People think it's terribly kooky and like to think it shows that they don't give a fuck about your social contract and the rest of us are just sheeple by putting on actual clothes.
I've noticed that the people who do this are not the kind of people who actually offer society anything beneficial so they have to make their mark somehow.

natalieplusone · 09/12/2024 03:43

I saw a woman with pjs and pink heart, large fluffy dressing gown on in asda once

ByHardyAquaFox · 09/12/2024 00:16

Revolting.

Copperoliverbear · 09/12/2024 00:08

I walk my dog in the dark in my pjs and slippers but that's it.

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 23:35

@Wisterical thank you 😍
(it's making me laugh to be honest....)

Wisterical · 08/12/2024 23:34

@CitizenZ I doubt @Needmorelego needs me to stick up for her but you can just fuck off with your bullying shite.

henlake7 · 08/12/2024 23:33

It's just wrong. Maybe if you aren't getting out the car or have a coat and shoes hiding your jammies then you can get away with it, otherwise it's Judgement City from me!
Maybe you are wearing lovely brand new nightwear but the connatations are you can't be arsed dressing like a normal person. People are going to wonder if you can't be arsed getting dressed can you be arsed washing yourself or brushing your teeth, etc?
First thing I do in the morning is walk the dogs, I always seem to find the time to chuck on a pair of leggings and sweatshirt somehow.

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 23:33

@CitizenZ yeah.... you've got me.
I just eat all day and when I run out of food I don't bother to change out of my stinky PJ's to head to the supermarket to buy more food.
Eat eat eat. That's all I do.
😂😂😂😂😂
At least I mind my own business about what clothes people choose to wear.

mitogoshigg · 08/12/2024 23:18

It's weird but then I was watching the one show and a guest had one what looked like silk pyjamas (with shoes not slippers I should point out). I do think categories of clothes have been a bit mixed up with this trend for lounge wear and being comfy but slippers should be for indoors.

I don't even own nightwear so I'm definitely not going to be part of this trend!

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Onebaldandonehairy · 08/12/2024 23:16

I literally live next door to Aldi, but I still slip some clothes on. ( I wish I was brave enough to rock up in my jammies)

Gingerbee · 08/12/2024 23:08

user1471554720 · 08/12/2024 17:34

What type of a shop is Booths. I have heard of Boots chemist but not Booths

A supermarket. It is a bit like Waitrose use to be, before they started selling their essentials range.

Happyearlyretirement · 08/12/2024 23:08

Omg, if I saw that in my local Booths or even Aldi’s I’d think caravaners or holy day park nearby t locals.

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 23:07

@CitizenZ oh yes.... why hasn't that occurred to me 😂😂😂
I'm not going to give you details of my health and I am not going to say what I actually think of your comment because last time I did similar I got a weeks suspension from the site 😂😂😂😂

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Justleaveitblankthen · 08/12/2024 22:56

Agree that it's attention seeking.
Around here, it goes hand in hand with wearing your hair in curlers all day Saturday and shouting very loudly that you will hit your child if they don't shut up 🤨
I judge them.

TeenLifeMum · 08/12/2024 22:51

I drive by a primary school on the way to work and the mums are all in pjs. DDs are in secondary now but primary was more a Boden/Joules uniform for mums so I find it really weird. Most of us did school run then on to work. I’m guessing the pj mums aren’t off to work. I judge. It’s not hard to get dressed and comfy clothes don’t have to look like pjs. Competitive lazy parenting isn’t something to be proud of.

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