Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Make pyjamas acceptable in supermarkets on Sunday mornings

314 replies

BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 11:31

It's Sunday morning. I'm jimjammed up. Warm and cosy.

But on the spur of the moment I want eggs and bacon for brekkie so need to go to the nearby supermarket.

AIBU to think that, whilst nightwear in supermarkets is an abomination at all other times, on a Sunday morning, cut off time 12pm (so only a 2-3hr window) it could be socially acceptable for people who also wake up on a Sunday morning and randomly decide they want something a bit more exciting than their usual fare to go to the shops* without having to get fully dressed? Or is it a slippery slope?

*food only, I'm not suggesting full scale wandering about town!

OP posts:
Miranda65 · 11/01/2026 14:40

No. Why not just plan ahead, as for every other meal, and buy bacon and eggs when you're shopping on Thursday, or Friday, or Saturday. It's not difficult.

Hemlineindex · 11/01/2026 14:37

What are you expressing here? Herd acceptance and acknowledgement of 'monkey see, monkey do'?
To go forth and create a Sunday morning community trend?

Not acceptable at all. We are moving into the world of AI - the 21 st century is not about remaining a Luddite, in whatever form.

When I see someone (and it is always a woman) dressed in her nightwear, my thoughts are that she has not showered and stinks from sleeping in that gear the previous night.

It signifies bad form, bad etiquette and bad for everyone else who has to stand nearby.

Empower yourself in other ways, this isn't original, creative or sane.

Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 11/01/2026 14:32

Laziness is a slippery slope.

RaisinRainbow · 11/01/2026 14:31

If you don't wish to give up the cosy vibes, suggest you put jeans on OVER the pj bottoms and a suitable coat over the top. Then when you are home you can unpeel those and be quickly back in bliss-mode.

Original poster
BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 14:30

TheAquaTraybake · 11/01/2026 14:22

I haven't read the entire thread but this is exactly why I don't go out in PJs. I have clothes I sleep in, and I have clothes I lounge around the house in, and neither set goes out into the outside world with it's weird germs.

Anyway, glad you've resolved your situation 😁

Show quote history

I've totally come round to the outside/inside way of thinking. I'd no more wear pyjamas to go shopping now than I'd wear a ballgown to bed!

OP posts:
CremeCarmel · 11/01/2026 14:29

BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 11:33

Yes but you're comfort is completely lost, and the whole cosy feel of Sunday has changed to day wear mode.

Show quote history

You could get a few groceries delivered. The extra cost might be worth it to maintain your coziness. You wouldn’t even need to go out.

Xmasbaby11 · 11/01/2026 14:28

I do love not having to get dressed immediately in the morning and consider it a real treat to get to 10 or 11am in my pyjamas. However I wouldn't feel 'right' being in them all day and do like to feel fresh, get washed and dressed albeit comfy clothes. I think there are so many comfy clothes and loungewear now, there's no real excuse for going out in public in actual pyjamas. I used to see parents in pyjamas on the school run and was shocked.

I agree with pp saying any cosy feeling is gone once you leave the house anyway, regardless of what you're wearing!

Hallywally · 11/01/2026 14:23

It’s a bit manky to schlep about unwashed/no clean underwear/no deodorant on etc and especially to leave the house like that.

dynamiccactus · 11/01/2026 14:23

BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 11:33

Yes but you're comfort is completely lost, and the whole cosy feel of Sunday has changed to day wear mode.

Show quote history

Well wear day wear in bed then. Plenty of leggings which are acceptable outside (ie for running) and would be ok to wear in bed. Just in case ;)

TheAquaTraybake · 11/01/2026 14:22

BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 11:38

b) who wants outdoor public germs on their indoor nightwear?

That is a very good point!! 😩

Well done, you've totally put me off the idea! 😂

Show quote history

I haven't read the entire thread but this is exactly why I don't go out in PJs. I have clothes I sleep in, and I have clothes I lounge around the house in, and neither set goes out into the outside world with it's weird germs.

Anyway, glad you've resolved your situation 😁

Original poster
BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 14:21

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast which was actually lunch in the end.

I'm still fully dressed but will shower and hair wash later.

It's also bedding change day and a clean nightshirt tonight, too!

Whoo!

I'm very glad I didn't succumb to sullying my lovely comfy jimjams with supermarket germs! 😊

OP posts:
Inthebleakmidwinter1 · 11/01/2026 14:18

turn my stomach a bit seeing people in dressing gown and pjs. There are always a few questionable stains down the front too. Bwoak

ruethewhirl · 11/01/2026 14:15

TwattyMcFuckFace · 11/01/2026 12:47

Foundation every day for 38 years certainly would.

Show quote history

What are you basing this on?

Original poster
BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 14:13

Jady12 · 11/01/2026 14:10

oh look it’s vicky pollard. Go and have a wash hun x

Show quote history

Now now!

OP posts:
PuggyPuggyPuggy · 11/01/2026 14:12

Mistletoeiggi · 11/01/2026 11:38

The answer to that is to keep the pjs on under your clothes. So when you what home you can be back to comfort in a superman style second.

Show quote history

This has just reminded me of the time my friend did a whole day's work in her pyjamas, with other clothes over the top 😂
To explain - this came about because there was overlap between work and leisure. She had thrown some clothes on for an early morning quickly-doing-some stuff, with the intention of then going back to bed. Work were short-staffed and did they "since you're here, could you work?" and she couldn't bring herself to admit that she wasn't even really dressed 😬

Bluebigclouds · 11/01/2026 14:12

I voted you are being unreasonable but (depending on your PJ's) if you put a big winter coat on no one will know?

ruethewhirl · 11/01/2026 14:11

TwattyMcFuckFace · 11/01/2026 12:29

I think wearing foundation every day for 38 years is probably a vicious circle.

The makeup eventually fucks your skin, so you don't want to leave the house without covering it up.

If you're cleansing properly that simply isn't true. As told to me by a dermatologist.

Jady12 · 11/01/2026 14:10

Rooroobear · 11/01/2026 14:05

Who gives a shit if you go in your pjs? Fuck people saying it’s inappropriate, you’re covered, probably more so than some actual “dressed” people. Cue all the people saying ewww you’ve slept in them blah blah….you’ve only wore them less time than “appropriate supermarket wear” go and give zero fucks

oh look it’s vicky pollard. Go and have a wash hun x

Wheresthebeach · 11/01/2026 14:09

Just no...no...no...and no...

ruethewhirl · 11/01/2026 14:09

Girasoli · 11/01/2026 13:56

I refuse to go any further than the bottom of the garden in pjamas. I tried going to the corner shop in pjamas once at university as it was fashionable and felt uncomfortable the whole time. I am also a bit fussy about where I would go in tracksuit bottoms!

I once accidentally went out to a hobby group in my slippers, but they were the kind that look like Uggs so I think I got away with it... (and indeed that was why I forgot I had slippers on!)

staringatthesun · 11/01/2026 14:06

You need Whoosh deliveries!

Rooroobear · 11/01/2026 14:05

Who gives a shit if you go in your pjs? Fuck people saying it’s inappropriate, you’re covered, probably more so than some actual “dressed” people. Cue all the people saying ewww you’ve slept in them blah blah….you’ve only wore them less time than “appropriate supermarket wear” go and give zero fucks

Original poster
BoxingHare · 11/01/2026 14:04

I have (very) occasionally put the bins out wearing jammies.

But only when I've forgotten it's bin day, I've heard the lorry, and there's been no time for the full cleaning and dressing experience to happen.

OP posts:
seasid · 11/01/2026 14:04

I never understand this mentality. I will automatically judge you and think you’re lazy and dirty if you’re out and about in pyjamas. If you want to be comfortable - put a tracksuit on. It takes 30 seconds to put clothes on. There is no need to wear pyjamas and I think anyone who wears pyjamas in public are attention seeking.

I’ve been depressed to the point that I would be in bed all day every day and leave my home maybe once a week/once every two weeks. But you know what I did those times, I ensured I was clean and presentable in outside clothes.

DrPrunesqualer · 11/01/2026 14:02

Gross
People wandering around in what They've slept in
No thank you

Those poor shops workers having to put up with that lingering smell

😷

Swipe left for the next trending thread