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Son wants to go to school in his onsie - aibu

75 replies

Badmoonsarising · 13/12/2018 14:23

Just sounding this out. Tomorrow is a school Christmas jumper/wear your own clothes day for charity - they pay £1 for the privilege. Son doesn’t have a christmas jumper and I’m a bit miffed i have to buy one - it seems stupid to me to fork out maybe £15 or so for one day so the charity gets £1. He wants to wear his onsie which looks like a reindeer - which I’m not keen on - but would save my forking out 15 quid for a stupid one day in the year jumper - bah humbug. Would folk go for the onsie even though I’m not keen - pissibly slightly less keen on the useless jumper idea the school has come up with though.

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BertrandRussell · 13/12/2018 15:09

My 6th form ds and his friends quite often go into school in pyjama bottoms and hoodies.

Pastaagain78 · 13/12/2018 15:11

Just tack some tinsel to an jumper he already has.

Babygrey7 · 13/12/2018 15:12

Bertrand, big old 6th formers can do what they like

Same rules do not apply to 13yr olds who are still figuring out where they fit in

As a mum of a 13yr old and 16yr old, I could see the older one going to school in his PJs, a dress, anything. The wanna-be cool yr 8 not so much Wink

nocutsnobuttsnococonuts · 13/12/2018 15:14

Head to Primark and get a Christmas t-shirt less than £8. Or I think asda have started reducing theirs. And seen loads in charity shops.

At 13 if you bought baggy and generic print it would be fine for the next couple of years of Christmas jumper days.

Alfie190 · 13/12/2018 15:16

Just get him a Christmas jumper. Don't we all need one.

UnicornSlaughters · 13/12/2018 15:16

Send him in wearing a plain red jumper if you have one? Or failing that a Santa hat like someone else suggested.

Please don't send your 13yr old to school in a onesie.

ShartGoblin · 13/12/2018 15:18

As long as it's Christmas themed I think it's fine, I don't think he'll stand out - everyone else will probably wish they'd thought of it. Who doesn't love onesies?!

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 13/12/2018 15:25

I work in a secondary school. Christmas onsies would not stand out here. Go for it! Xmas Grin

BabySharkAteMyHamster · 13/12/2018 15:26

Let him wear it

The poundshop do sell decorate your own Christmas jumper kits tho if he wasnt sure.

beingmumanddad · 13/12/2018 15:26

Xmas t shirts are cheaper and go over the top of other jumpers looking okay

For anyone who doesn't want the cost of a jumper or the hassle of making one and can get to primarni

lljkk · 13/12/2018 15:30

13yo in onsie would be completley ordinary at our school, for special event. They show off who has the brass to do be themselves Loud & Proud.

KeepingEveryoneSafe · 13/12/2018 15:31

My teens school is quite posh and the uniform strict so dress down day is were anything goes, onsie's included Grin
Personally by 13 yrs old they can wear what they choose anyway.

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howonearthdoyoucopewith3 · 13/12/2018 15:36

Our school was clear they don't expect people to buy anything. Can wear a jumper or reindeer headband, tinsel round neck, a hat - anything Christmassy really. It's just the spirit of it!

chocatoo · 13/12/2018 15:51

I got a xmas jumper for DD about 3 or 4 years ago from Primark - it's lasted and lasted. Didn't cost much and she was and still is so happy to have it.

brizzledrizzle · 13/12/2018 15:51

I'd just decorate his jumper with tinsel or hang some baubles on it as you have a son you won't make the same mistake that one mother made with her daughter one year

shearwater · 13/12/2018 15:52

Unless the "no onesie" brigade from this thread will be standing outside the school forming a finger-wagging and tutting guard of honour, I'd say wearing his Christmas onesie would be very appropriate!

MincePieMum · 13/12/2018 16:06

Battery powered fairy lights from a £1 shop, tacking stitches to an existing jumper. Agree a onsie at 13 could go either way at his age.

Or invest...get a jumper 1 size bigger than he needs. Will last 2-3 years, especially if you wash it wrong and the knit relaxes.

MincePieMum · 13/12/2018 16:14

Also agree with Christmas t-shirt. Cheaper and still easy to rock the Christmas look!

Son wants to go to school in his onsie - aibu
Pieceofpurplesky · 13/12/2018 16:17

Please don't let him. Older kids may tease him and his classmates laugh at him. It also says 'jumper' not onesie. If he turned up in a onesie at my school he would be sent home to change or spend the day out of circulation. And before anyone jumps down my throat the reason is boundaries - one in a onesie, then pjs etc.
It's jumper day. So wear a jumper

Soontobe60 · 13/12/2018 16:21

Sorry, but he's going to get ripped to pieces wearing a reindeer inside at his age I'm afraid. Please dont him up for that happening. Nip to Asda and buy him a cheap jumper.

FamilyOfAliens · 13/12/2018 16:22

Tomorrow is a school Christmas jumper/wear your own clothes day for charity

Surely he can just wear his own clothes then?

A 13-year-old is likely be teased in a onesie, especially one that looks like a reindeer.

Fashionista101 · 13/12/2018 16:28

Why would a 13yo get "ripped" to pieces for wearing a onesie?!

Some of the comments are bonkers! Do you actively try to raise bullies?

Christ my little brother wore a Pokemon onesie not that long ago to school (6th form). No1 made fun of him?!

BudgieBalls · 13/12/2018 16:35

Aldi had Christmas jumpers in I'm sure they were about a fiver, although I think the onesie is fine.

Villanellesproudmum · 13/12/2018 16:40

Is he confident enough to style it out, ifso go for it.

I bought my daughter a jumper from Tesco as they have a sale on, the last one she had to wear three years running to get some wear out of it Grin