To think you should get dressed to go shopping

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Went into local town today and there were two women wandering around the shopping centre in their pyjamas and dressing gowns.

I mean really, it's not hard to throw a pair of jeans and a jumper on is it ?

Despite all this trendy tolerance, I think it's lazy, grubby and shows a lack of self-respect. On the odd occasion there might be a good reason, but I strongly suspect that in 99% of cases it's just lack of awareness in how to be a proper adult.

Slovenly and off the set of Shameless really!!

I went to the walk in centre the other day with my slippers on, only because my foot is infected and massively swollen so I can’t get shoes on, felt like a right scruff and felt like people were staring at me, wouldn’t dream of going out in my pjs and dressing down ever 😱

That's their business not mine.

I think it's perfectly acceptable to go to the walk in/emergency GP/A&E in your pj's. It's not like you're having perfect day and everything is going to plan. Be comfy and get well soon.

Are you from the north?

Yes!

And it's bloody grim, all 'n' sundry slobbing about their daily businiess in their pjs, with their whippets.

Seriously, why bother going to all the trouble of putting your flatcap on, if you're not even going to bother getting properly dressed

Unless there really are specific reasons why it’s needed, then YANBU.
It takes 30 seconds to pull on some trousers and a sweater.

I don’t like this either but appreciate that people are pointing out it doesn’t actually matter. I think it does if you recognise its links with poverty.

I see women wearing tatty slippers in the street, ones with holes in and no proper sole. In the damp. Around here it tends to be due to poverty and mental health. I live in a very deprived area so seeing people in their pjs is generally not pleasant because I am very aware there may be a very unhappy story behind it. Especially when those pjs are not remotely suitable for the weather.

I used to work with a woman who confided that she wore her furry pj out in winter because they were the warmest thing she had and most of her clothes needed replacing. I know others who say they are too depressed to get up so stay in their pjs.

People in pjs break my heart a bit. It isn’t always to do with being slovenly or being a rebel.

In all fairness pjs and bathrobes are being marketed also as a lounge wear lately. So they now kind of equal joggers

It's like publicly sating "Hey, I haven't had a wash today!"
Some of us shower in the evening, not mornings.... So no.

I was in Tesco last night at 7pm and a couple were in there doing a full shop (they had trolley and went up every isle) with their Christmas pjs on and short jackets over the top.
I don't understand why people who this can't just pull on a pair of joggers or jeans.

I went through a period of buying a particular pattern on men's pyjama bottoms for wearing out. But it was obvious to people that they weren't proper pyjamas/ slept in pyjamas. Because of what I wore with them.

I did go through a phase of chucking a hoodie and joggers over the top of my pjs to get the kids to school, because of my disabilities and I was 100% alone at that period and would be going back to bed anyway. Dropped them at breakfast club and left straight away, no hanging about. I modified this so I changed quickly into my gym gear so at least I looked like I was off for a workout. It's embarrassing.

But when I've seen people just wearing their blatantly slept in pjs with slippers etc in shops, it does make me tic a bit. Some have reasons but others still don't it because of that daft trend.

DD wanted to go out in pj bottoms. I put my foot down and made her change. I may have let her if she was going to her mate’s round the corner but she was going to be in public!

We had a pyjamas day at work once for charity. I think every single female member of staff, including myself, had to go and buy specific, suitable pyjamas !

Lounge wear, I have friends who put it on for just lounging at home, looking after children. It must be comfortable. How do you know folk have slept in it. Is it a t shirt, jogging bottoms or pyjamas, hard to tell now.

When I worked in a pub we had a woman that used to try to come in wearing a nightie and slippers with skid marks up the back of her nightie - this happened a few times and she ended up having to be barred, I do sometimes wonder what happened to her, she was clearly very vulnerable

On a side note I once went to Liverpool for the day and was totally blown away by how lovely and glamorous all the female shoppers were.
The majority were wearing floaty maxi dresses with bouncy styled hair, make up, and flat, jewelled sandals with pedicured feet.
It was a lovely summer day and I immediately rushed and bought myself a maxi dress!

I’ve done late night mum taxi runs in my
PJs and spent the whole time worried I would break down or have an accident

Same here.

As predicted, some people have gone for the woke 'who cares they're just clothes' approach

It's not ok to go shopping in pyjamas

When did "woke" become an insult for "people who don't care about something"?

Anyway, it seems like nobody can actually give a reason why it's not ok, beyond "it's grim, I don't like it", which isn't a very good reason for proclaiming something as unacceptable. I don't like knee-high boots but I don't go around saying it's NOT OKAY for people to wear them.

I've seen this and it was two women who were clearly attention seeking and thought they were somehow fab

Most clothing is designed to be "attention-seeking" though, isn't it? Unless your wardrobe is full of entirely functional and repeated items. Most people choose what they wear in an attempt to look a certain way/portray a certain image.

On a side note I once went to Liverpool for the day and was totally blown away by how lovely and glamorous all the female shoppers were
The majority were wearing floaty maxi dresses with bouncy styled hair, make up, and flat, jewelled sandals with pedicured feet

So grim. Pure attention seeking.

So getting dressed properly is grim? Wtf

"trendy tolerance"

I can live with pyjamas under a coat but the dressing gown is a step too far

I don’t really get dressing gowns at all tbh, I’ve only ever worn one in hospital and it was quite a light one, I don’t see how those huge long bulky fluffy things are in any way comfortable

I walk the dog in my PJ's

He must be a very big, tall dog.... but what do YOU wear?

If all of these people are wearing their PJs in the daytime, what do they have left to wear to bed?

Full ball gown (complete with train), elbow-length velvet gloves and 6" heels - with a jaunty little fascinator thrown in for dramatic effect?