What things are acceptable to do in your PJs then?

[EphraimLevi]

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.

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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?

I would live in my pjs if I could. Still though I would only do number 1. And thats only if no one else was in to answer the door.

This has nothing to do with 'sartorial style' and everything to do with cleanliness and decency.

People wash their bed wear a lot less often than they do their other clothes, I don't want someone hanging over my shopping basket or buffet breakfast wearing a pair of pj's which have been farted in for 8hrs a night, for a week straight, thanks.

depends what your PJs look like doesnt it!!

Id actually wear PJs to do all of those things but I would make an effort to make it look like I wasnt wearing what I slept in for the hotel and the school run.... and possibly the shop.

The hotel thread pissed me off because it reminded me of my nan. She used to make us get up at like 6am whilst on holiday just so that we could look completely respectable for breakfast.

I mean actually the more expensive the hotel the less inclined I am to get up at the crack of dawn in order to be presentable at breakfast. I mean obv I wouldnt march in with my nightie and a dressing gown on but am I hell getting fully ready just to make other breakfasters think highly of me. Bare minumum to maintain standards of decency. Jumper over tshirt I slept in. Leggings. Brushed hair. Shoes. I want my maximum lie in.

I frequently go to the shop in PJs if it's winter and I can just chuck on a coat and boots so no one will even know. If I'm not planning to go anywhere (or not until the evening, when I will have a bath and put my party pants on) then I CBA to get dressed.
I'd answer the door in PJs any time (well, I often don't answer the door if I'm not expecting anyone in case it's debt collectors) because if you knock on my door and I'm not expecting you, you can fucking take me as you find me.

Breakfast in a hotel, probably not. I do go to a few folk festivals with friends and it's a bit mixed as to who goes to breakfast in PJs and who gets dressed, but no one cares.

@FrancisUnderwood ahh but once the pyjamas are exposed to the outside world don't they become outside clothes and have to be washed as such?

I would do the top 2 definitely; and 3, assuming that it's my friend or family I was staying with.
I would also:
• go to the hospital in my PJs (done that before)
• hang washing in the garden in my PJs

I think that's it.

Every action on that list is slovenly and .. well, what about standards?

Seriously, though, if we get to a state where anything goes, then why would we even bother getting dressed up for a, say, wedding, or other big event? What's the point, if pyjamas are so comfortable?

If it's ok to wear them in public (in a hotel for b/fast) then why isn't it also ok to wear them for work?

why isn't it also ok to wear them for work?

It's not, by the way.

I have a friend who's a nurse. When she's on nights she gets home,showers,puts on pyjamas,does the school run and then straight in bed for a measly 6 hours. Lazy she is not. There would be no point in putting proper clothes on for 20 mins and then change again just because other people are being judgemental.

@TattyCat answering the door in pyjamas is slovenly? What if the doorbell rings while people are still asleep?

Hospital, GP, OOH, A&E and emergency pharmacy (which is usually in a supermarket, shock horror) have all seen me in pyjamas - dozens of times in case of hospital and OOH/A&E! I'm dammned if I'm getting dressed and poshed up to have anti sickness jabs and oramorph or a catheter fitted (in which case can only really do jogging bottoms or pyjamas anyway).

Friends houses/relatives- would wear pyjamas in kitchen or lounge. Have done so loads of times.

My own house/ my mum's, I live in them near enough - jeans and a nice top means I'm having a v good day which is unusual (mentally and physically).

The first two and if in a very good friend's house (and if we were the only two in the house) I might eat breakfast with her while wearing my pjs, and shower and get dressed after breakfast.

I’d only answer the door in my pj’s. Everything else requires being fully dressed (especially eating in a hotel) 😂

They're a school run staple round here..including dressing gowns. Not unusual to see people shopping in them either but the worst was seeing someone in the local Toby Carvery enjoying Sunday lunch in hers....

Answer the door: yes, because this includes emergency or deliveries at early o'clock.

Put the bins out: no. too cold!

Go down to breakfast in someone’s house: only my mother's house, or close family but I prefer to be dressed first.

Go down to breakfast in a hotel: never.

Early morning dog walk: no, I would throw on jeans etc.

Go to the shops: no.

Do the school run: no.

I would just feel too exposed, plus I like to be showered and dress before I face most things. I have depression and chronic pain and having a routine helps me out - if I stay in PJs I feel wretched and lazy and unmotivated. If I have a duvet day, I have a shower and get into fresh clean PJs before snuggling down to feel better. If I need to rush to get somewhere and feel terrible (like a doctors appt) I will throw on jeans and a jumper to go there, but shower and get into fresh clothes when I get back.

I think the 'rankness' people describe is when people spend days and days in the same PJs, even if it's a tshirt and leggings. If you wear a tshirt and leggings to sleep, then carry on wearing it the next day, and then sleep again, when do you shower and put clean clothes on?

Totally depends where you are. I live in Korea and I always have a giggle at the young handsome men striding to the corner shop in soft fleecy pink pyjama bottoms. It’s definitely acceptable here to do mini chores in your jammies. I take the dog out or pick up some milk in mine, but I draw the line at the supermarket.

When people do get dressed, they are dressed 90 times more fancily than most British people. Maybe that’s the reason? It’s like an indicator that you haven’t made an effort so don’t judge. It would be worse to go in old jeans and a sweater with holes cos people might think that was your usual get-up.

I don't understand why pyjama-worshippers don't just give up clothes altogether, and wear pyjamas full time, if they're so amazing.

Why not wear them to work, or on a night out?

I would answer the door in them - can only imagine it would be a delivery person who I'd never see again at that hour - but would still feel completely mortified and exposed while doing it.

I wouldn't even go down for breakfast in PJs when staying at someone else's house.

Answer the door - yes

Put the bins out - no

Go down to breakfast in someone’s house - only my mum's or a very close friend (I get dressed at my dad's or my in-laws)

Go down to breakfast in a hotel - no.

Early morning dog walk - n/a

Go to the shops. - no

Do the school run. - no but I do have school run clothes of long coat, leggings etc. so I'm not always dressed for the day yet.

The first two and the school run as long as you drop the kids and don't leave the car, or if you have trousers of some sort over them. Have done this often myself.

Hotel breakfast or essential cup of coffee/tea? Pull on leggings instead of PJ bottoms, hoodie, tie hair back, wash face, bob's your uncle.

Staying in someone else's house? Only my Dsis' or mum's. Anywhere else, at least the old reliable leggings, hoodie, hair tied back, face washed, etc.

In the US my DDs always wore fleece PJ bottoms under their elementary school uniforms while outdoors. The winter weather is frigid where we are, and the school was well heated. Tights were unsuitable because they were not warm enough for outdoors, too warm for indoors, and too hard to take off, requiring taking off the footwear too, and needed to be replaced with socks. The fleece PJs were loose and baggy, easy to take off leaving footwear on, and they dried easily, hanging in the locker or cubby if they had got wet. The plaid uniform skirt with multicoloured fleece PJ bottoms underneath was quite a look but very sensible.

Shops and dog walking - never.

I wear them inside my house, and would not wear them anywhere outside unless there was some kind of emergency situation, like a fire to escape from.

If anyone knocks at my door, or I have an early morning Tesco delivery, I call out that I won’t be long, and I very quickly put my dressing gown on on top of my pyjamas. I have always felt embarrassed for others to see me in my pyjamas, as it feels like something too private and relaxed.

What is acceptable generally in the evening though? I literally get home from work, walk the dog and then get my pyjamas on. Is this grim?

Answer the door yes
but id feel embarrassed if its past 11am

Put the bins out.No

Go down to breakfast in someone’s house. No unless yoi know them so well and they are too in pj

Go down to breakfast in a hotel NO EWW

Early morning dog walk NOOOO

Go to the shops.NOOOO

Do the school run.NO its not hard chucking a t shirt and jeans on!

Its only acceptable if theres fire, if youve gone or taken someone to A&E ..if youve been evacuated lol

1 if you must and 3 if you know them well. Absolutely no way to the others.