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to do the school run in my pyjamas?!!

292 replies

conversebootmum · 07/02/2008 17:32

come on!! Be absolutely honest. how many of you have thrown that fleece over the top of your jimmys and done the school run?! I have many a time, in fact did it this very morning, but bit embarassing when the teacher came and asked me a question about DS and noticed the winnie the pooh sticking out the bottom of my jeans!

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chubbymummy · 07/02/2008 22:39

Hi Twigy, glad you agree!

cory · 07/02/2008 22:48

By chubbymummy on Thu 07-Feb-08 22:16:04
"Touched a nerve cory? "

I suppose it probably did. When you've struggled, it's hard to feel that the one thing you didn't manage to achieve is given so much importance.

And some of the posters responses were very harsh indeed. Which was my point, Alfie. I don't often see such harsh language in threads about the other subjects I mentioned.

PrincessPeaHead · 07/02/2008 22:49

what is the one thing you didn't manage to achieve? doing the school run without resorting to nightwear?

If that is the ONLY thing, then you've done pretty well I think

Twigy · 07/02/2008 22:50

I went to a garage recently and a woman came rushing past to pay for her petrol in her pink PJs.

Everyone was just sniggering at her and some one commented 'look at the state of that'.

I'm always running behind, and may not look my best at times but can honestly say that 5mins can have you looking tidy.

Maybe some people dont mind being laughed at!!

Quattrocento · 07/02/2008 22:53

PPH, possibly she doesn't have as many bathrooms as you do? I mean 8 bathrooms is a lot of bathrooms, no?

expatinscotland · 07/02/2008 22:55

funny, that, i managed to leave the house in daywear with just one tiny bathroom for all four of us.

it's amazing, that skill of dressing oneself.

crokky · 07/02/2008 22:55

I think there is nothing wrong with a fleece on top of pyjamas to do the school run. I would have no problem seeing someone do this and I would do it myself. Humans are not perfect, there are only so many hours in the day and this is hardly a crime and isn't dangerous, so no problem IMO!

cory · 07/02/2008 22:56

By PrincessPeaHead on Thu 07-Feb-08 22:49:59
what is the one thing you didn't manage to achieve? doing the school run without resorting to nightwear?

If that is the ONLY thing, then you've done pretty well I think

Ah, but do most people get their oscars for work done on the school run? I thought this thread was only about that. You can come round and look at my noble prize some other time of the day.

cory · 07/02/2008 22:58

correct spelling: Nobel prize.

PrincessPeaHead · 07/02/2008 22:59

oh I see, only thing you didn't manage to achieve on the school run! Sorry I was genuinely confused, thought you were talking about Life

Quattro - if you think I'm going to fall for THAT then you haven't been here long enough, woman

chubbymummy · 07/02/2008 23:00

We all struggle cory and I'm not trying to slate people who have a genuine problem. Some people on this thread however are trying to present themselves as wacky and cool because they walk around in their pj's all day. It's not cool and people who just can't be bothered to get dressed because their own needs come before those of their children need to take a good hard look at themselves. People who are really struggling to get through each day and find organising and taking care of themselves a real battle are a completly different kettle of fish.

PrincessPeaHead · 07/02/2008 23:02

nobody has said "criminal" or "dangerous", just "slovenly" (marvellous word that).

whether you feel that is a major fault or not depends on your attitude. I suspect anyone who wanders around in public in their (winnie the pooh) pyjamas doesn't much care if anyone thinks they are slovenly, so not a major insult.... whereas most people would probably object to being called criminal

lucykate · 07/02/2008 23:03

i dropped dd off at nursery once wearing my pj's, but it was just after i'd given birth to ds. i had only just got out of hospital, and had a newborn in tow, dh had to go in to work, self employed, and we needed the money

PrincessPeaHead · 07/02/2008 23:05

lucykate, you are absolved my child.

but don't do it again

Quattrocento · 07/02/2008 23:07

Subject to psychiatric assessment

Or then again, thinking about mental health specialists on this thread, maybe not

notalone · 07/02/2008 23:39

FGS! I think most of you on here need to go to bed and post again in the morning.

OP never said she didn't wash and she puts normal clothes on over her PJ's. Is that really such a big deal? It is cold in the mornings and sometimes putting cold jeans on is horrid. If she was saying that she goes to school in nothing but PJ's and escorts her DC's into school like this, then yes it could be embarassing for them but as far as I can tell she doesn't. Also she has said numerous times that she does work and in a pretty demanding job at that.

Live and let live. Is it really such a big deal honestly?

PS - I take my DS to school fully clothed, but have on occasion gone out with one of my tatty "only to be worn in the house" jumpers on (tatty but CLEAN I must add) If it is tucked under my coat and never seen is this an issue too?

Lauriefairycake · 07/02/2008 23:41

I don't think anyway is 'stuffy' on this thread - diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks and all that - in fact anyone who raises an eyebrow at a woman in pj's is the same as me who might raise an eyebrow at someone utterly perfectly turned out cos in my experience round where I live they're all the ones taking coke/with nannies/working in the city or 'lunching'.

So what I'm tryig to say (hopelessly inarticulately) is that I raise an inward eyebrow at the massively well turned out - just as some of you might do at the ones in jammies.

I would struggle to think of myself as either 'wacky' or 'cool' by the way - I'm not sure any of friends would think of me as particularly individual either.

I also wouldn't attribute the words slovenly or lazy to me - but hey ho some of you might do when you see me in pj's.

Quattrocento · 07/02/2008 23:49

"OP never said she didn't wash"

I think that implicit in the idea of not getting properly changed, is not getting properly washed.

pinkyp · 08/02/2008 00:08

I wouldnt care if i saw a mum in her pjs at the school gate or not! Whats the big deal about it? It would be minging if you stopped liked that all day but no one on here says they do. As long as your kids are dressed, happy, washed and fed thats the main thing! maybe all those mums who think wearing pjs is minging should invest in some nice ones, they must have old grey nightys or something! xx

CalifrauQuoteoftheWeek · 08/02/2008 00:18

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Emprexia · 08/02/2008 01:11

I've only gone out in my pj's twice, on both occasions it was to get my DH to work for 5.30am when his car was broken and i was coming home and going straight back to bed.

MarmiteMe · 08/02/2008 01:38

Crikey all that for going to school in Pj's. I said earlier I do it all the time but it's not like anyone knows, I bung my clothes over the top and it's for all of the 5 minutes the school run takes. Sure I could get up earlier and shower/hair/face before DD gets up but quite frankly, I'd rather the extra time in bed.
So shoot me

chocfest · 08/02/2008 07:18

jUST TO SAY AM UP, BUT NOT DRESSEED YET, WASTING TIME ON HERE WHEN I SHOULD BE IN THE SHOWER, SO WATCH THIS SPACE IF I AM DRESSED BEFORE THE SCHOOL RUN.

Blandmum · 08/02/2008 07:27

Up, showered, hair done, dressed (and trust me I am not a morning person at all). Kids ready and playing while we wait till 7.40

sagacious · 08/02/2008 07:46

I look immaculate on the school run.
Its my children who are filthy.

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