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AIBU?

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Aibu to feel sorry for these school girls?

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greeneyedlulu · 26/02/2018 08:58

It's freezing out, snowing in fact, and so many girls out and about with just socks and skirts (and the rest of their clothes) but my God, aren't they cold?
Every morning I walk past the local primary school on the way to the station and see these young girls and they look so cold. I just wonder why they don't have those thick tights or trousers on?
I honestly do feel sorry for them and want to give them a hot chocolate and a blanket!!
Is it just me?

OP posts:

taffett · 26/02/2018 09:47

"I have a theory about it but will keep it to myself"

Please share it

TestingTestingWonTooFree · 26/02/2018 09:49

DS Geordie breakfast club lady was in cropped leggings today despite it being -3. I guess that’s tropical for her.

coldcanary · 26/02/2018 09:49

DD begrudgingly put her coat in this morning but only because she doesn’t come straight home on Mondays and will probably walk (only a mile). The weather is predicted to take a turn for the worse here this afternoon so I insisted.
The rest of the week she’ll ‘forget’ and rush out of the door for her bus in just her uniform and blazer. She might put gloves on to shut me up

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 26/02/2018 09:54

I think a lot of kids just don't feel the cold as much. I seem to recall someone saying that you know you're properly grown up when you wrap up warm without your mother telling you to!

As a student, I would often wear just a thin mini dress with the thinnest tights and a thin shortie leather jacket - no hat or scarf or gloves - in the depths of winter in Yorkshire, and think nothing of it. Makes me shiver just to think of it now.

Bekabeech · 26/02/2018 09:57

DD bucks the trend here, as no coat, but she is wearing thermals under her uniform. If the snow settles they will probably be in Mufti for the rest of the week as the only way schools can get them to dress appropriately for the weather. But with thermals DD is warm enough.

DiplomaticDecorum · 26/02/2018 09:57

My ds chose to wear shorts throughout winter at primary - they were down to his knees and we wore boots and socks, so not massive amounts of bare leg, but he just preferred it. He still hasn't come to terms with having to wear trousers to school, and he's in year 8 - they're off as soon as he's home. He has started to wear jeans to go out to evening hobbies though thank goodness.

SilverdaleGlen · 26/02/2018 09:57

I remember the only time I ever heard my dad swear was over an argument about not wearing my coat aged about 14, I believe it went "just fucking freeze then".

My 8yo is now the same and the 5yo will merrily run around in a vest in midwinter while the3yo has to loom like an Eskimo to be happy, what can you do!

JuliaSevern · 26/02/2018 10:01

@claraschu What is your theory about young Brits not wearing coats.

MrsPreston11 · 26/02/2018 10:03

Luckily mine are young enough to want to be warm. In those thick jersey school trousers and knee high socks today.

There's a high school round the corner though and none of them wear coats over their blazers! Coats must not be cool right now, but my goodness to poor kids!

ghostyslovesheets · 26/02/2018 10:08

My DD's don't wear coats over their blazers because they have to take them of the moment they enter a classroom and there are no lockers so they have to lug them about all day

My youngest hates tights and wont wear them - mainly because while it's cold outside the classroom she is in is hot! Thankfully she prefers trousers though so it's not really a big problem

JoeyMaynardssolidlump · 26/02/2018 10:09

Ha ha op. When I was 15 I used to leave the house in a coat and thick shoes but hidden in that front garden was my trendy thin jacket and killer heels so I would wait till mom went back inside the house and change.

I told mom this last year and she was very angry with me for being decietful! I am 50!! 😂

My lads were worse as teens as they never ever wore coats. The girls were more sensible.

‘‘Tis normal teenage behaviour 😂 silly sods.

Ellie56 · 26/02/2018 10:09

I stopped buying coats for DS2 when he was 13 as he just never wore them.

He is supposedly an adult now (24) and still goes out in a hoodie and shorts even when it's freezing cold.

ScattyCharly · 26/02/2018 10:23

Well my dd is just in skirt and socks (plus rest of uniform including coat). She has PE today and they get shouted at if they can’t get their tights back on quick enough. So she wears socks to get them on quick and not get shouted at. Trousers not allowed. So we’re shafted really.

Balearica · 26/02/2018 10:25

Today there was snow on the ground and I forced my reluctant teenage DS to wear a coat for the first time this Winter. I bet it is abandoned at school never to be seen again. His normal attire in all weathers, including rain, is a thin cotton shirt and lightweight school blazer (open).

Despite being a northerner, I walked the dogs in a coat, bobble hat, scarf and gloves. If I did not know better I would think we were not related .

implantsandaDyson · 26/02/2018 10:25

My kids school is roasting inside, mine would rather wear their skirts and socks and be cold for about 10 mins than feel uncomfortably warm all day in the classroom.

Oblomov18 · 26/02/2018 10:30

Ds1 wore shorts all the way through primary. Never trousers. Even in winter. Ds2 is the same. Both hate coats, jumpers. Are permanently warm. Whereas I am permanently frozen.
People are very different.
But why is this a surprise to you?

CavoliRiscaldati · 26/02/2018 10:31

It's primary school kids I feel sorry for. They are far too young to decide what to wear, and most of them don't care. You end up with too many pupils wearing completely unsuitable clothes and shoes for the weather, but everybody is penalised because all the kids have to stay indoors.

They should be running and playing around in the snow after lunch, instead of being locked indoors watching a movie. Appropriate seasonal footwear should be part of a uniform, some parents should think or stop being so lazy.

Our PTA even had to buy wellies because so many parents couldn't be bother to provide a pair for their kids.

TheCatsMother44 · 26/02/2018 10:35

God, when I think back to what I was like at that age I didn't seem to feel the cold like i do now.

Same with when I was a bit older and went clubbing, I'd walk down the street in winter with barely anything on whereas nowadays I'd have a coat, scarf, hat, gloves and still be cold.

Tink2007 · 26/02/2018 10:35

DD’s secondary school doesn’t allow knit tights. They have to be 40 denier.

Birdsgottafly · 26/02/2018 10:37

I couldn't get my girls to wrap up. As young Adults, they go on a night out in little dresses, in all weathers.

My GD is following suit and its a struggle to get her to wrap up. She's currently running around our just-about-warm house in a Nappy and bare feet on laminate. The rest of us have layers on.

chunn65 · 26/02/2018 10:37

My ds (16 y/o) is the same he said it's not cold, that I worry too much, also they can't hang coats up or put on the back of chair. I've reluctantly given up.

RedSkyAtNight · 26/02/2018 10:41

DD has worn a coat approximately 3 times in the last 2 years.
However, her school has recently introduced a "secure room to store coats" so perhaps there has been an upsurge in the number of people wearing them.

Yellowbutterfly1 · 26/02/2018 10:42

Thankfully my 14 year old is happy to wear a coat over her blazer. It's one of those very very lightweight yet warm coats that you can bundle inside your school bag. It's black so blends in well with her blazer.

I also found her some black opaque tights which look exactly the same as the one's she normally wears to school but are fleece lined so at least I know she will be quite warm.

JuliaSevern · 26/02/2018 11:05

Our primary school let them play in the snow this morning as they've posted a photo on the website.

QuimReaper · 26/02/2018 11:08

When I was a teenager I was always boiling. I have no idea how I did it, it was a great superpower. I hated the faff of taking off outerwear, especially on the tube, and detested overheating (which also happened a lot on the tube) so it was a no-brainer for me to be a bit chilly whilst walking from one inside space to the other, rather than lug around annoying coats etc. all day when I'd only benefit from them for a short percentage of the day.

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