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Dryrobe W****r

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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

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fc123 · 10/02/2025 20:00

Dry robe W**ker and proud.
With my grandchildren. With my Micheal Kors 'mutton' sunglasses from Delhi airport after a few weeks on India trip post divorce. I cannot find the photo of my matching glitter ice blue gel toenails.
I AM a 60 something style icon 😂😂😂
This was in April, we live on the coast and the sun was out but it was freezing!
And yes, they both climbed under and inside it at some point

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MummaMummaJumma · 10/02/2025 19:48

Haha! I wear mine absolutely everywhere, it’s so warm! I’ll start posing if I see someone with the phone pointed towards me now. It’s mean, but not illegal. Bit sad that people are part of a FB group about it though, each for their own.

BitOutOfPractice · 10/02/2025 19:48

Bodenne · 09/02/2025 18:10

Yes

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I think the dozens of big quilted puffa coats hung at my gym by the very fit and toned young women who wear them would put pays to that theory.

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 19:47

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 10/02/2025 19:40

And not a very expensive coat at that! 😂🤣😂

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Not everyone can afford £160 for a beach coat, not sure why that's so funny

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 10/02/2025 19:40

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 19:13

Middle class??? A coat… seem like a low cost entry into the middles classes 😅😅😅

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And not a very expensive coat at that! 😂🤣😂

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 19:13

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 15:19

Middle class

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Middle class??? A coat… seem like a low cost entry into the middles classes 😅😅😅

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 15:19

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 10/02/2025 15:18

DR a status symbol? What status is that? 😂😂

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Middle class

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 10/02/2025 15:18

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 14:59

I guess they're both status symbols

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DR a status symbol? What status is that? 😂😂

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 10/02/2025 15:16

Taking pictures of DRW’s is nearly as bad a crime as wearing one when you are not a swimmer! Just sayin’.

BreezyScroller · 10/02/2025 15:12

they can be, but in town with normal driving needs and the usual parking problems, there's no much point in a Chelsea Tractor.

Most people I know even have a smaller car for the week, too small to fit the entire family at once, but actually very practical on a daily basis!

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 14:59

BreezyScroller · 10/02/2025 14:46

not really, Chelsea tractors impact everyone else's parking and traffic.

People wearing DR have no impact on anyone else!

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I guess they're both status symbols

BreezyScroller · 10/02/2025 14:46

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 09/02/2025 15:23

I thought the point of the page was to laugh at people who wear DR when they've clearly not been swimming/dog walking/standing on the touchline.

A bit like mocking people who live in the centre of a major city and have a Chelsea Tractor just to do the school run.

not really, Chelsea tractors impact everyone else's parking and traffic.

People wearing DR have no impact on anyone else!

CellophaneFlower · 10/02/2025 13:56

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:45

Genuinely not sure what the point of that comment was… 🤣 I’m coaching u10s not the national team. But I can swim quite far,
so I’ll take that 😘

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Haha you never know who you're potentially coaching!

My partner coaches my son's football team. It's not the easiest job, although it's mostly the parents that cause the headaches, not the 11 year olds 🙈

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:45

CellophaneFlower · 10/02/2025 13:37

Wow... open water swimmer, rugby coach, human changing room and non judgemental over far more delicate people that just want to be warm and dry. What a woman you are 💪👏

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Genuinely not sure what the point of that comment was… 🤣 I’m coaching u10s not the national team. But I can swim quite far,
so I’ll take that 😘

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:42

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 13:39

One of the parents in amandaland wears one for the kids football

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Every other parent of our ( mostly working class. I promise! ) rugby team wear one, sometimes over another coat because it is fucking freezing standing for an hour in the wind and the rain on the side of the pitch watching the next Peter o’mahony take down the other 10 year olds…

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 13:39

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:39

I might start going up to anyone wearing a football shirt NOT on a man actual pitch and shouting ‘ Football wanker!’ At them.
I’m mean £80 for a technical sports top that they aren’t even using to play the sport??? What a wanker. What’s wrong with a plain old M&S t-shirt. Mmm, mmmmm?????

I hate football shirts

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:39

I might start going up to anyone wearing a football shirt NOT on a man actual pitch and shouting ‘ Football wanker!’ At them.
I’m mean £80 for a technical sports top that they aren’t even using to play the sport??? What a wanker. What’s wrong with a plain old M&S t-shirt. Mmm, mmmmm?????

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 13:39

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:20

I always bring mine to matches even when I’m not wearing it - I’m the coach - so the kids can either change in it or more often 2/3/4 at a time can snuggle under it on the subs bench.

One of the parents in amandaland wears one for the kids football

VoodooRajin · 10/02/2025 13:37

MrsAvocet · 10/02/2025 13:27

I don't know why people get worked up over items being used for things other than their original purpose. That's been the way with sports and outdoor stuff for as long as I remember, either because it becomes fashionable or because people realise they're good for other stuff.I bet people used to make fun of those who wore "running shoes" to the shops, but there aren't many of us who don't own a pair of trainers now. Back in the late 70s/early 80s when I was at secondary school everyone wore Dunlop tennis shoes but hardly anyone played tennis! Same with the yachting and climbing/hiking brands that have become fashionable over the years. I sometimes wear my winter cycling jacket to walk to the village pub at night. I'm not on my bike, but it's hi vis and reflective and we have no pavements or streetlights here. I may be a cycling jacket wanker but I'm a visible, still alive cycling jacket wanker. Loads of stuff has uses outside its original purpose - I don't see the problem.

Cyclists are another group that incite alot of negativity

CellophaneFlower · 10/02/2025 13:37

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:20

I always bring mine to matches even when I’m not wearing it - I’m the coach - so the kids can either change in it or more often 2/3/4 at a time can snuggle under it on the subs bench.

Wow... open water swimmer, rugby coach, human changing room and non judgemental over far more delicate people that just want to be warm and dry. What a woman you are 💪👏

MrsAvocet · 10/02/2025 13:27

I don't know why people get worked up over items being used for things other than their original purpose. That's been the way with sports and outdoor stuff for as long as I remember, either because it becomes fashionable or because people realise they're good for other stuff.I bet people used to make fun of those who wore "running shoes" to the shops, but there aren't many of us who don't own a pair of trainers now. Back in the late 70s/early 80s when I was at secondary school everyone wore Dunlop tennis shoes but hardly anyone played tennis! Same with the yachting and climbing/hiking brands that have become fashionable over the years. I sometimes wear my winter cycling jacket to walk to the village pub at night. I'm not on my bike, but it's hi vis and reflective and we have no pavements or streetlights here. I may be a cycling jacket wanker but I'm a visible, still alive cycling jacket wanker. Loads of stuff has uses outside its original purpose - I don't see the problem.

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:22

I can also confirm that two tallish 13 year old girls can zip inside the Large size at the same time… DD and bezzie were matching up and down on the beach inside mine like conjoined twins last weekend!

Loveumagenta · 10/02/2025 13:20

I always bring mine to matches even when I’m not wearing it - I’m the coach - so the kids can either change in it or more often 2/3/4 at a time can snuggle under it on the subs bench.

CellophaneFlower · 10/02/2025 13:06

constantlylactating · 10/02/2025 12:56

I'm a proud DRW, I can fit my baby in a sling inside mine 😂.

I live nowhere near the sea. But do you know what I do do? The bloody school run twice a day, in the pissing down rain, freezing my tatas off waiting for them to open the gate. That coat means me and the baby are toasty and dry, and I've got both hands free to wrangle the 5 year old and all his 'necessary' items he needs for school.

I will never look back.

I have just announced to my 8 year old that I'm getting a coat I can zip him up in too 😂 He absolutely hates watching his older brother's football games and is always trying to get in my puffa but it's not wide enough! He's off school sick but it did cheer him up somewhat!

constantlylactating · 10/02/2025 12:56

I'm a proud DRW, I can fit my baby in a sling inside mine 😂.

I live nowhere near the sea. But do you know what I do do? The bloody school run twice a day, in the pissing down rain, freezing my tatas off waiting for them to open the gate. That coat means me and the baby are toasty and dry, and I've got both hands free to wrangle the 5 year old and all his 'necessary' items he needs for school.

I will never look back.