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NicolaDeLaHaye · 2025-04-09T10:40:21+00:00

AIBU to think it's lazy and slovenly?

WongKarCry · 09/04/2025 22:14

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 22:11

I have been following quite closely, have I missed something? PP being referred to as c_ts because they wear PJs as day wear on this thread.

I don’t think PP are suggesting that they are better than other people because they don’t, maybe that’s taking things out of context!

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Yes one poster has called them cunts!

They clearly do think they’re better than the PJ wearers calling them scummy and slovenly and all manner of nasty things. What else would you call it?

It’s pathetic really, but it’s Mumsnet so I shouldn’t be surprised.

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 22:11

WongKarCry · 09/04/2025 21:59

I don’t think it’s superior. I think people wear what they want to, and that’s fine by me. Who am I to judge?

I think some people on this thread going overboard and calling people scummy or cunts because they wear pyjamas outside are using it as a way to feel superior.

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I have been following quite closely, have I missed something? PP being referred to as c_ts because they wear PJs as day wear on this thread.

I don’t think PP are suggesting that they are better than other people because they don’t, maybe that’s taking things out of context!

WongKarCry · 09/04/2025 21:59

Arraminta · 09/04/2025 21:56

How pitifully low your bar must be if you think that choosing to, you know, just where regular clothing is something superior.

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I don’t think it’s superior. I think people wear what they want to, and that’s fine by me. Who am I to judge?

I think some people on this thread going overboard and calling people scummy or cunts because they wear pyjamas outside are using it as a way to feel superior.

Arraminta · 09/04/2025 21:56

WongKarCry · 09/04/2025 20:42

Don't do it myself, but I couldn't imagine caring what someone else chooses to wear.

If the objection is that they haven't washed, then that's silly because someone who's dressed in day clothes could have been wearing them all week without regularly showering, too.

It's just another form of bullshit snobbishness that people can use to "prove" they're better than others.

How pitifully low your bar must be if you think that choosing to, you know, just where regular clothing is something superior.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/04/2025 21:31

Black pj bottoms with coat and trainers for a quick milk or bread dash- fine

Dressing gown and Dumbo pjs with slippers in tesco-slovenly cunt.

HRTQueen · 09/04/2025 20:49

some people take pride in showing how slovenly they are and having I just don’t give a fuck attitude

it was very fashionable about 10 years ago

LlynTegid · 09/04/2025 20:48

If only retail staff were well paid and supported by their managers, then someone could be refused service for turning up in pyjamas. That sadly is not going to happen.

Likewise those who drive their children to school, who I would allow police to assume they could be over the limit or drug taking, and breathalyse. Not going to happen either.

Left · 09/04/2025 20:46

Aww I thought this was going to be about next Wednesday (wear your PJs to work day)!

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 20:44

livelovelough24 · 09/04/2025 20:30

Well, that is an important lesson to learn, I guess, in the whole scope of things.

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I suppose it goes hand in hand with some of the other outlandish things that they are
teaching them at school now days.

WongKarCry · 09/04/2025 20:42

Don't do it myself, but I couldn't imagine caring what someone else chooses to wear.

If the objection is that they haven't washed, then that's silly because someone who's dressed in day clothes could have been wearing them all week without regularly showering, too.

It's just another form of bullshit snobbishness that people can use to "prove" they're better than others.

livelovelough24 · 09/04/2025 20:30

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 20:20

To teach children that it is ok to pop to Tesco in your PJs.

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Well, that is an important lesson to learn, I guess, in the whole scope of things.

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 20:20

livelovelough24 · 09/04/2025 20:19

I agree, not sure what the point of it all really is.

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To teach children that it is ok to pop to Tesco in your PJs.

livelovelough24 · 09/04/2025 20:19

takealettermsjones · 09/04/2025 18:22

I hate it when nurseries/preschools do pyjama days! So confusing for young children and/or those with sensory issues, developmental delays, etc.

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I agree, not sure what the point of it all really is.

livelovelough24 · 09/04/2025 20:16

Oh my, I wish I could go out in my PJs but I just cannot do it. Most of the time, I am all dressed up and have a make up on too. I do sometimes walk my dog in my pjs, when she wakes up early in the morning and the trail is right beside my house. I pray no one will see me and usually run back home though. 🤣

Calliopespa · 09/04/2025 20:10

Actually prefer it to sweaty Mamls and yummy mummies in their butt-munched gym kit if I’m honest.

Corinthiana · 09/04/2025 20:07

No wonder some of them think that wedding outfits are fancy dress! Formal day wear must be quite a shock to people who live in pyjamas.

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 20:05

Arraminta · 09/04/2025 19:37

This is just part of the fantasy the tell themselves, that they're so chilled, zany and alternative. They're far too interesting and exciting to do anything as mundane as, you know, putting on appropriate clothing.

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Totally! Anything that challenges their doctrine is a pointless challenge. They will defend until the end of kingdom come.

I do believe in standards. My parents and grandparents passed standards down to
me and I will pass standards down to my descendants. It does them no harm. Them seeing me slouching around in
PJs all day is……I’m lost for words.

And many may say that there is more to teaching our youngsters about being functional, productive and mentally resilient people in society than whether they wear their PJs as day wear.
But I think it is all part of the whole.

MichaelandKirk · 09/04/2025 19:42

It is scummy! There is no way someone who thinks this is ok is going out with freshly washed and ironed pj’s.

What next - pyjamas at funerals?

Weepixie · 09/04/2025 19:38

Iammatrix · 09/04/2025 14:04

It certainly does happen! One day I went to one of those shopping parks! B&Q, Homebase, Matalan and there were 3 ladies, who’d come out together in PJs, it was about lunchtime. They were queuing at the burger van. They were
looking at everyone challengingly, everyone was trying their hardest not to look at them.

I personally do not come downstairs until I’m fully dressed. I could not function in my night clothes. I do not actually own a pair of PJs and never will.

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You have to wonder how sad and empty their lives are if this was the only way they could get any attention and excitement in their day.

Arraminta · 09/04/2025 19:37

OldWomanInACardigan · 09/04/2025 18:43

"Life is too short to get dressed" 😂😂. All of 5 or 10 minutes.

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This is just part of the fantasy the tell themselves, that they're so chilled, zany and alternative. They're far too interesting and exciting to do anything as mundane as, you know, putting on appropriate clothing.

Corinthiana · 09/04/2025 19:07

KimberleyClark · 09/04/2025 18:47

Exactly. If pyjamas are a top and trousers they are presumably suitable for nipping to the pub for a quick drink then?

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Yes, suitable for a barrister in court, a doctor in a clinic, a teacher in school, a vicar in church, ....

lazyarse123 · 09/04/2025 19:05

Needmorelego · 09/04/2025 11:53

@BarneyRonson Is it "scummy" if they are a clean and freshly ironed pair?

If you can bother putting clean pyjamas on you can shift yourself to put outdoor wear on.

KimberleyClark · 09/04/2025 18:47

Corinthiana · 09/04/2025 11:53

Properly means clothes appropriate for daytime.
Pyjamas are not a "top and trousers".
They are nightwear.

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Exactly. If pyjamas are a top and trousers they are presumably suitable for nipping to the pub for a quick drink then?

OldWomanInACardigan · 09/04/2025 18:43

MaggieBsBoat · 09/04/2025 11:42

I don’t care how anyone dresses when they go shopping as long as they are clean (so not smelly) and not showing too many body parts or privates. Sometimes life is too short to get dressed. I use to go the cinema in my jimjams all the time. Fun.

"Life is too short to get dressed" 😂😂. All of 5 or 10 minutes.

Corinthiana · 09/04/2025 18:41

Bluevelvetsofa · 09/04/2025 18:16

We came back home at the same time as a woman from down the road. She got out of her car wearing pyjamas, (grubby) dressing gown, socks and sliders. It was pretty clear that she’d rushed out to the shops and she definitely looked as though she’d just got out of bed to go.

At one school I worked at, there was a pyjama day for charity. I bought a thick pair of pyjamas, wore underwear and a substantial dressing gown. Somehow, I felt wrong all day.

I hear you. It's a really strange thing, you'd just feel weird at work in your pyjamas, especially as a teacher!