To think that people should get dressed to do the school run?

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I was quite sort of when I saw the mother of a friend of my dd's in reception dropping off at school in her pj's this morning. Is it really that difficult to get dressed in time? Maybe I'm not normal, you know getting clothes on to leave the house .

It's not disrespectful to anyone but yourself. If you cba to perform as basic a function as getting some clothes on before you show your fisog on the street, then your sense of worth must be way down in the gutter.

No you're not being unreasonable, anyone out and about in their pyjamas in the middle of the day are being complete and utter skanky mingers, sorry.
It takes less than 5 minutes to get dressed in a morning so I don't buy any 'I don't have time' crap.
I just about pull a brush through my hair in a morning, but at least I make the effort to get dressed! :-)

I've got to admit I do make assumptions about others shopping/school run,etc in their nightwear.

Looks so common.

A modern phenomenon that is a further slide down the scale of civility.

Crying with laughter here at the poster that suggested the gap in the market for wedding/night out,etc pyjamas!!!

Oh, & I,too have suffered from depression. I think if when I was depressed,if I'd found myself in Tesco doing the weekly shop I would've felt I'd reached a personal all-time low.
Caring for yourself by getting washed & dressed helps you face the day.

This is the first time in my life I have been called idle, uncivilized and common with low self esteem and no sense of self worth!

It strikes me that anyone who ever reads anything I post on any other subject would form a completely contrary view - which might make people think a bit before making judgements!

I wish they went in in PJs round here. Tis like a fashion parade. The other day when it rained, there was an array of coloured wellington boots. If you go in looking a bit tired, there's a massive conspiracy wondering why. You hear from someone down the road, that someone on Wednesday saw you looking a bit tired and wondered why. Then someone else told them you'd had x, y or z problem and they now understood why you looked like a total baggage the Wednesday before last. It would make my day if someone would turn up in their pjs.

I very often do the school run in my pj's. however I always pull on some trackie bottoms and a coat over them.

A mum walked into the school yard to collect her dc's at hometime in her pj's, dressing gown and slippers this week. I thought that was a bit much tbh. Thing is she was very proud to tell everyone "I couldn't be arsed to get dressed today. Not much point now as its nearly time to go to bed". {biscuit}

PLEASE will someone explain to me why pyjamas that have only been worn for a few hours in bed are "skanky", and yesterday's clothes over an unwashed body are OK?

And PLEASE will someone explain to me why, for example, navy blue pyjama bottoms tucked into boots with a coat over is "rude" "disrecpectful" and a sign of low self esteem and navy blue track suit bottoms worn the same way aren't?

I would like to know that too seeker.

I am wondering if it actually is a PJ thing, or whether some just like to criticise the way people dress

I absoulutely could not leave the house without getting dressed in the mornings - i don't wear pyjamas!!!

@seeker... You're talking about people who sleep in daywear and then wear the same stuff out and about. We're talking about people who go around in the daytime in (obvious) nightwear. Not so much rude, disrespectful or whatever.... but just 'odd'. Like it or not, there's a time and a place for everything and anyone choosing to ignore basic dress-codes can't blame others for thinking they're a little peculiar.

It's a matter of manners and ettiquette, neither of which have logical reason behind them - it's just the way we behave in society... or should.

what sort of weird people wear PJs anyway?

At any time of day?

And with teddy bears? or stars? Bonkers Britain!

I'm in my PJ's after a horrendous night with dd. I think I shall remain in them all day and if there's any mumsnetters t the Children's hospital later you can all have a good judge

"PLEASE will someone explain to me why pyjamas that have only been worn for a few hours in bed are "skanky", and yesterday's clothes over an unwashed body are OK?"

You are making the assumption that it's the cleanliness of the wearer/clothes that is the issue and it isn't about that. IT'S ABOYT GOING OUT IN YOUR BEDCLOTHES. The clothes you SLEPT in. It's rank. It doesn't matter really if you go out in a Vivienne Westwood dress if you slept in it, you're euggggggggggggghhhhhhh.

why is going out in garments you slept in 'rank'?

I think tracksuit bottoms are also very common. You will not go to shop in a wedding dress or go to the gym in a work suit. There is time and place for PJs and tracksuits... But not on the school run or whilst shopping. I never seen somebody in PJs in Paris and they also got kids and work night shifts, etc. Poor excuse in my opinion...

Because it just is.

It doesn't require a great philosophical debate. Some things are just wrong. Marmite, Justin Bieber, going out in pyjamas. All examples of things that are WRONG.

see, no scientific logic

I don't do the school run yet so I haven't seen anyone do this. I don't know if it would bother me, I would probably assume they've been up all night with a younger child and are planning on going back to bed for some shut-eye.

I'd be a bit if they turned up in a baby-doll nightie and fluffy mules though.

I'm at the suggestion of Marmite just being WRONG.

Riven

''I think tracksuit bottoms are also very common.''

Seriously????

Yes Deciduous. I would never wear it outside the gym and DCs are not allowed to wear trainers/tracksuits unless they are playing in our garden or going to be involved in a sports activity. I had same rules growing up.

I saw a mum taking the nippers to school in a PINK velour tracky this morning. She thought she looked WAG chic. I thought she looked SKAG chic.

I'd never wear tracksuit bottoms outside of my house, let alone pyjamas!