Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Dryrobe W****r

414 replies

CareerChange24 · 07/02/2025 15:48

Am I being unreasonable that I’ve discovered there is a Facebook page taking non consenting photos of lone women and children in dryrobes and mocking them. Or am I a snowflake? I wear one. Whilst I know they aren’t a stylish choice. It’s the most practical thing I’ve owned in years. I would be furious if someone took a photo of me and uploaded it

OP posts:
Thread gallery
6
MissJoGrant · 07/02/2025 18:54

I've noticed loads of people wearing them at the football.

ODFOx · 07/02/2025 18:54

What is the difference between a dry robe, a big warm waterproof coat and one of the waterproof oodies please?
I don't do waterspouts so I have no reason for a dry robe, but they aren't big enough to get changed under are they? So what is the purpose? Thanks

Youngheartsalittletogetherness · 07/02/2025 18:53

HarperStern · 07/02/2025 17:58

I would never stop taking pictures if I had to take pics of every person I saw in a dry robe (live in a seaside town). Coincidentally I saw a chap in a humdinger of a wolf fleece this morning and noted to myself that I hadn't seen one in ages. What is the new wolf fleece, I wonder?

I saw one with the wolf howling up towards a dream catcher.

Jennyathemall · 07/02/2025 18:53

Porcelainpig · 07/02/2025 18:49

Maybe people don't give a shit about appearances though. Some people wear things for practicality. I look ridiculous in mine as I'm small and it's too big for me, and i only wear it if it's pelting it down (my OH has taken it as his coat). I don't give a shit about looking classy in a classic trench coat it it's hammering down and blowing a gale.

And who the fuck dresses up for the school run?!

Show quote history

Not the people wearing dryrobes that’s for sure…

BreezyScroller · 07/02/2025 18:53

Sherararara · 07/02/2025 18:36

I totally judge people wearing outside of the original purpose - so basically all the mums on the school run thinking they are being fashionable but actually they look atrocious. Just looks like a tent and is not a good look on anyway shape or form. It tends to be the larger lady who wears them and maybe they think it’s a better look? Trust me it isn’t.

I am size 8 and 5.10. I don't think I am "massive" but I couldn't care less what people think about my coat!

I am not dressing for you 😂

I bet if you put a photo of you in your coats, we will have a lot to say too. You. must be so bored if you have nothing better than judging people on the school run!

Wemaybebetterstrangers · 07/02/2025 18:50

It is the best investment in clothing I have ever made

Yes!! As a person who lives by the sea who swims and walks my dog.. in all weathers .. yes it is..

ValentineValentineV · 07/02/2025 18:49

I’ve just had a look at did have a chuckle at a dog wearing a little matching dry robe.

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 07/02/2025 18:49

I think it's quite funny. I'm a DRW. I wear one after sea swimming, and often also wear fleece lined Crocs so I'm a double whammy.

If I wear one in public, anyone is entitled to take a photo of me. I only ever wear it after swimming but if I'd discovered them when DS was little and I was spending hours beside a freezing cold football field at weekends I'd have definitely worn one then.

Porcelainpig · 07/02/2025 18:49

Sherararara · 07/02/2025 18:36

I totally judge people wearing outside of the original purpose - so basically all the mums on the school run thinking they are being fashionable but actually they look atrocious. Just looks like a tent and is not a good look on anyway shape or form. It tends to be the larger lady who wears them and maybe they think it’s a better look? Trust me it isn’t.

Maybe people don't give a shit about appearances though. Some people wear things for practicality. I look ridiculous in mine as I'm small and it's too big for me, and i only wear it if it's pelting it down (my OH has taken it as his coat). I don't give a shit about looking classy in a classic trench coat it it's hammering down and blowing a gale.

And who the fuck dresses up for the school run?!

BreezyScroller · 07/02/2025 18:48

LBFseBrom · 07/02/2025 18:44

I've never heard of a dry robe. I now want to google but am afraid of what will come up!
Oh now I have, they look warm, suitable for outdoorsy activities. What's the big deal?

they tend to be massive, unless you size down a lot, because they're designed to be used as a "changing place" too.

They are not necessarily the most practical for everything, but once you start wearing them, you don't want to wear something else 😂

Bodenne · 07/02/2025 18:48

i judge people for wearing fucking ugly coats

Original poster
CareerChange24 · 07/02/2025 18:48

BreezyScroller · 07/02/2025 18:46

judging for WHAT exactly?

For making use of a warm and waterproof outwear that cost you more than £160 and wearing it more than twice? 😂

I am sure we could "judge" your outfits? What a strange thing to.
What do you judge exactly?

Show quote history

I’m judging her name - Daisy Mae. Classy.

OP posts:
OVienna · 07/02/2025 18:48

DH bought me a huge waterproof coat for xmas which is basically like a great big hug. Could be a formal 'dry robe' in the eyes of some.

I live in the fucking UK and I commute via walking to the tube and back and the weather stinks many days.

I'd have a dry robe in every colour I fancied if I could justify the expense.

Fuck those Facebook page wankers.

BreezyScroller · 07/02/2025 18:46

Daisymae55 · 07/02/2025 18:12

I’ll be honest, my husband and I are always judging people who wear them. Quietly to each other.

That being said, the fact there are people who are photographing others to notch about on social media, thats just pathetic. I’m definitely judging them way harder than I judge the dry robe wankers.

Also it’s just creepy that people do this.

judging for WHAT exactly?

For making use of a warm and waterproof outwear that cost you more than £160 and wearing it more than twice? 😂

I am sure we could "judge" your outfits? What a strange thing to.
What do you judge exactly?

Original poster
CareerChange24 · 07/02/2025 18:46

KittenPause · 07/02/2025 18:39

The only people I have seen wearing them around town and not on the beach are overweight people so I just presume they wear their dry robes as coats because they think it looks better than looking overweight in a coat for some reason

I lost five and a half stone. Same size fits me then and now as it’s so oversized. Fat phobia aswell as class snobbery. Nice. I own a few Barbour’s and country clobber as I own a horse. No one has ever told me I should only wear my equestrian coat near a horse and no where else. When you are obese. You deserve to be warm and cozy just as much as a slim person. What should they wear? If they walked round with belly rolls hanging out you’d say that was hurting your eyes. Can’t win.

OP posts:
Porcelainpig · 07/02/2025 18:44

It's a coat. Very strange to set up a page about it. I do look like the grim reaper in mine though.

Is it gammony men who are too fat and lazy to swim that post these pictures?

It's not like they are expensive anymore and it's a look at me I have money thing that people might be jealous of. You can get them under 50 quid now. It's just jealousy of people being outdoorsy, warm and dry, which is really odd.

LBFseBrom · 07/02/2025 18:44

I've never heard of a dry robe. I now want to google but am afraid of what will come up!
Oh now I have, they look warm, suitable for outdoorsy activities. What's the big deal?

GoodEnoughParents · 07/02/2025 18:43

Clearly these people have nothing better to do than mock others

KittenPause · 07/02/2025 18:39

The only people I have seen wearing them around town and not on the beach are overweight people so I just presume they wear their dry robes as coats because they think it looks better than looking overweight in a coat for some reason

Drfosters · 07/02/2025 18:36

Sorry if this has been answered but what is wrong with them exactly? I don’t own one, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anyone wearing one, but isn’t it just a coat (albeit perhaps not a super fashionable one but neither is my rain mac!)

Sherararara · 07/02/2025 18:36

I totally judge people wearing outside of the original purpose - so basically all the mums on the school run thinking they are being fashionable but actually they look atrocious. Just looks like a tent and is not a good look on anyway shape or form. It tends to be the larger lady who wears them and maybe they think it’s a better look? Trust me it isn’t.

Oriunda · 07/02/2025 18:31

My son has the towelling only Dry Robe. Bought it for him 6 years ago when he was doing swimming lessons in a centre with not enough cubicles. He’s still using it; perfect at the beach and doubles as his towel after the shower. Great value per wear.

Chuchoter · 07/02/2025 18:26

It's a step up from the Wolf Fleece spotting page which was hilarious.

TerrysNeapolitan · 07/02/2025 18:24

Am I the only person who had to Google Dry Robe? This is a new concept for me! Sorry very behind, will go back under my rock....

DopeyS · 07/02/2025 18:19

It kept suggesting it as a group to me on Facebook for a while. It was irritating as I think it's people taking the piss because they're wearing it outside of it's designated use. It is very mean though. I've just bought one, I don't think I'll wear it to the shops because of the size but if I did so what? Loads of brands started for one reason and now people wear them for all sorts because they've become fashion or are just useful. They're not much different to the massive puffy coats or calf length gilets that people wear. They're comfy and keep people warm/dry.