Going out shopping in your pyjamas

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

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.

Nobody has explained as to me how it is possible to tell black leggings and sweatshirt worn as pyjamas from black leggings and sweatshirt worn as day wear.

I really dont like this and yet I see it all the time round my way. I dont see how hard it is to get dressed? or at least wear pajamas that arent so obvious.
Ive just finished nightshifts and am wearing joggers and a sweatshirt coz its basically daytime pajamas I can sleep in and walk the dogs in.

Generally round here there are 2 types of daytime pj wearers. Young mums on the school run/popping to the corner shop or older people in the high st off to buy more booze, second type usually have a faint odour of urine about them.

I love my pyjamas. I wear them at home after work, in the evening and if I’m not going out at the weekend. I don’t wear them to the shops but I have popped my jacket over them to pick my wife up from the station after work. Nobody can see them as I’m in the car, but I wouldn’t mind. They’re nice pyjamas.

I drive ds to the station at an ungodly hour in my dressing gown.. however I could never walk into a supermarket like that.

But would you have slept in them the night before? That's the problem.

I think it shows how much society has degraded with a total lack of self respect and respect for where you live.

I grew up on a huge council estate (50s, 60s and early 70s) and would never see people outside in their nightwear. Apart from a very few exceptions everyone looked after their houses and gardens as well. They didn't need to be full of flowers, just a mowed lawn or put down to gravel. Had a drive around there a couple of years ago for old times sake when we were back in that part of the country. What a tip. Old furniture laying in front gardens and broken bikes, toys and litter strewn about. Dirty windows with ragged curtains. Obviously no one cared.

Back in the day people living there had their problems just like today. Very little money (at one time Mum had shoes for work and I had shoes for school but shared one pair for 'best'). But what people had was looked after, kept clean, neat and tidy. The area might have been poor but people took a pride in what little they had and looked after it to make the best possible environment for everyone to live in as they were able.

And definitely no PJ's in shops or on the school run.

takealettermsjones, maybe she doesn’t care. Fair play to her!

How do you know she thinks no one notices? Maybe she's aware they notice and she doesn't care?

Anyway, I don't go out in pyjamas but braless is another matter. I go out without a bra and I don't give af!

I don't need to be smart. Nobody is going to see me.

But you do, don't you?

One of the school mums sometimes has PJs under her coat.
Never has her bra on. Not showered. She thinks nobody notices…

As long as ppl r clean and not behaving like dicks I don’t care what they are wearing x

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Last time I accidentally flashed an innocent bystander I was in my 20s, were I still in my 20s or looked remotely like I did then I might be tempted to take the dare

I don't wear anything in bed so is it OK for me to go shopping in my nightwear?

I'd stroll round Harrods in these, except they seem to have neglected to install pockets in the side seams of the trousers. So I'll have to keep looking for a set of jimjams to go upmarket shopping in. https://www.lilysilk.com/uk/viola-oversized-silk-satin-pajama-set.html

The poshest hotel I’ve ever been to (and it was uber posh) had people sitting drinking coffee in their PJs in the reception area.

Why do I need to show the world anything?

I have pride in a whole lot of things, my appearance is very low down that list, I’m all about feeling comfortable.

I don’t own pyjamas, I find them terribly uncomfortable, so I wouldn’t wear them to the shop. But the t-shirts I wear in bed will be from the same drawer full of t-shirts I wear when I go to the shops. Nobody cares about that.

It is done but god i hate it so uncomfortable, me and my fiends always change to light clothing when we go. There is even one now that after opening after covid they change the way the spa is so you have to walk to another restaurant to get your lunch and they specifically say you have to be clothed now going to it, only robes and slippers to be worn in the spa and the hallways of the room section

Being out in public wearing your pjs is absolutely gross and slovenly. I completely agree with a pp who said it shows a lack of respect for yourself and others.

I know they provide them but just because they are provided it does not mean they need to be worn to the restaurant.

I have been to some ‘swanky’ spa’s and people dress smartly for lunch.

To be fair it’s very rare nowadays where I live. If I’m honest I think I assume that when I see people wandering around in their jammies that they have MH issues .

Well that's just odd, it absolutely is the done thing, even in the swankiest of spas. The spas provide the robes (and slippers).

I went to have a look at a spa that I was thinking of joining. We had a show round and then we got to the restaurant and there were couples sitting having lunch in their bathrobes. I presume it’s the done thing because they were all doing it. I would never! We left very quickly after they and did not join. It’s not a good look!