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What things are acceptable to do in your PJs then?

312 replies

EphraimLevi · 04/04/2018 23:40

Answer the door

Put the bins out.

Go down to breakfast in someone’s house.

Go down to breakfast in a hotel

Early morning dog walk

Go to the shops.

Do the school run.

??

I would (and do!) do all except the last three because I am terminally lazy and rarely dressed before noon if I don’t have to be. AIBU and a dreadful skank?

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expatinspain · 06/04/2018 23:41

Here in Spain, all of the above and more. People walk about in their dressing gowns and slippers on the street Grin.

I have done the school run in pjs, but ones where the bottoms look like leggings, with a long coat and ugg boots. Also when in London, an early Sunday morning trip to the local shop to get bread and a paper (again with a coat over). The rest of the time, pjs are for home, chilling, sleeping etc. Would totally open the door in them.

Thebirthdayparty · 07/04/2018 04:03

Where in Spain? I have family in Spain and have seen this but it isn’t the norm.

tiggersneverdie · 07/04/2018 05:03

I put the bins out in my nightwear. But that is the only time I leave the house without being dressed.

tiggersneverdie · 07/04/2018 05:05

Mikklehaha Not always laziness though. Could be illness, disability, poor mental health etc

ThisIsTheFirstStep · 07/04/2018 05:31

tiggers or they don’t see the point of getting changed for a five minute job, or they come from a culture where it’s acceptable. Are we to believe that all the people who go to the shops in their jammies are deficient in some way? Maybe they just have different values to you.

Esspee · 07/04/2018 06:27

Do most people wear pyjamas these days? I do have a few elegant nighties for stays away from home but OH and I love the freedom of shedding our clothes at the end of the day. I thought this was the norm. Confused

Amanduh · 07/04/2018 06:32

I wouldn’t go out of the house in my pj’s. I’d answer the door/do the bins but that’s all

FaveNumberIs2 · 07/04/2018 07:21

Vauxhall (other car manufacturers are available) used the slogan pyjama mamma to advertise their new Crossland X car as an ideal vehicle for doing the school run and various other tasks in your pjs.

I thought the advert was disgusting. Has it really become the norm to be so lazy that while getting the kids ready for school you can't even make time to get dressed yourself?

Not only that, but all the women in the advert were wearing silk designer pjs and had perfect hair and make up. I'd rather have no makeup but be dressed!

TheDowagerCuntess · 07/04/2018 07:35

The embarrassing thing is that for the most part, it is women who do this.

I mean, I've never seen anyone do it IRL - but it seems to be A Thing, none-the-less. And it seems to be the preserve of people with nothing to do all day (yes, I realise some shift workers inevitably women go out in pyjamas). So, SAHMs.

I'm not saying all SAHMs do it - I feel pretty sure that the vast majority of SAHMs think it's as skanky as the next person.

But if I saw a man down at the shops or on the school run in PJs, I'd think his life had utterly fallen apart. I just can't imagine a bloke doing it.

LillianGish · 07/04/2018 07:52

Unless you are ill or depressed why would you do any of these things? Even if you are, then taking the time to get dressed and look your best would probably make you feel a million times better. I live in Paris and can’t ever imagine doing any of this list. As for the hotel - why wouldn’t you just ask for breakfast to be served in your room if you can’t be bothered to get dressed? You ask whether you are a dreadful skank and I’m afraid the answer is yes.

JacquesHammer · 07/04/2018 07:54

I’m laughing at people who are “mortified” to answer the door in pyjamas. Seriously. Overreaction much?

I just spent 10 weeks having to wear a mix of pyjama trousers, joggers and one pair of harem pants to fit over a full leg cast. They were clean, fresh on every day.

My top half was dressed fully though Grin

morningconstitutional2017 · 07/04/2018 08:05

Prepare breakfast/lunch.
Go on the computer.
Ironing, change the bedclothes.
Put things in the dustbin in the back garden.
Answer the front door.

I'd only go out to the front garden in an emergency, as I'd feel pairs of eyes watching me through the net curtains.

expatinspain · 07/04/2018 08:05

thebirthdayparty I live near Alicante. I should have said "in the part of Spain where I live", but yes, common to see people in pjs and slippers on the street.

lou1221 · 07/04/2018 08:10

first two, but I hate answering the door in my pjs. I really don't understand why anyone would want to be seen in what they slept in.

thegreylady · 07/04/2018 08:12

I once drove to the stables, fed, groomed and plaited a pony at 4am. I wore pyjamas and a pink fluffy dressing gown. No one saw me except the pony and he was all goggle eyed for the first few minutes. I went back to bed for an hour afterwards then could shower etc and drive dd and pony to a distant event.

thegreylady · 07/04/2018 08:14

Generally nightwear is for my own home only (except at night) but answering the door is allowed though could be embarrassing.

lou1221 · 07/04/2018 08:24

Actually,just remembered, I have once put the bins out in my pjs, awful, the bin truck was coming down the road, and I literally run back inside.

We have pj day at school, all staff are the same, we have to buy brand new pjs. Nothing against the children, but some kids are sent in clothing which has clearly been worn for a number of nights/days, smelling and stained.

Ifeelsuchafool · 07/04/2018 08:39

Sleep.

dudsville · 07/04/2018 08:47

Ha! I was in my pj's this morning when I was caught unawares by the bin men. I opened the front door to see they'd just passed my house. A quick check of no bra, short sleeves and shorts pj set that's a "meant-to-be-ironic-but-all-too-appropriate" floral ensemble, with additional bare feet, and the probable fact that I'd probably have to run and shout a little, therein gaining the attention of my neighbours, all totaled to my shutting the door. Worse things have happened than missing bin day.

ChaosAndPiss · 07/04/2018 08:52

I have to live by the spoon theory and don't have much energy but I always get changed out of pyjamas ASAP. If I haven't got the energy to do both getting dressed and going out then I'll not go out.

I just don't feel right in them but I don't think anything is wrong with staying in them all day if you're not going out. It's just not for me.

I mostly only get changed into joggers and a Tshirt unless I'm going out of the house.

I don't think anyone should be leaving the house in their pyjamas though to be honest. It's pretty grim.

NoFucksImAQueen · 07/04/2018 12:57

I do 1,2,3 and 5.
I got told off for doing 4 when I was hungover and I'm my teens so Iv never done it again

clarkl2 · 07/04/2018 13:29

Lounge around the house, put the bins out, answer the door.
I wouldnt dream of going to breakfast in a hotel, go to the shop or walk my dog in pjs! Pure scruffs do stuff like that!

LegallyBrunet · 07/04/2018 13:36

Everything. I’m a student 😂 I’ve nipped to Sainsbury’s, the university library and McDonalds in my pyjamas although in fairness they were all late at night

Coconutspongexo · 07/04/2018 15:27

Legally are you allowed to the uni library in your pjs??

You aren’t at my uni regardless of time because you’re ‘representing the university’

tiggersneverdie · 07/04/2018 18:05

thisisthefirststep exactly. How does it affect us personally anyway if they goout in their PJs?

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