To think that people who wear PJs outside haven't actually slept in them?

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I have seen much discussion about the public wearing of PJs and it has made me curious. I haven't worn PJs in bed apart from on very cold nights and when in someone else's house in case I need the loo in the night ( and then it's a nightshirt) since I was a child. Are people really actually sleeping in the sort of night attire some report seeing people wearing in Tesco's? I can't imagine going to bed with my DH in a big, fleecy onesie or fleece PJs.
Do a lot of people wear PJs in bed? Am I unusual?
I rather thought the modern PJ wearers were having 'duvet' days and didn't change to shop, not that they'd slept in it. I thought PJs were just the new casual, loaf around the house wear, but some posters definitely seem to think people actually sleep in them. Do they?

I don't know anyone who sleeps in PJs. I live in them but I put clean ones on in the morning and take them off to sleep. I try and get properly dressed when I'm going out but if I'm only going to be out for a few mins I won't bother as changing into real clothes is a sensory nightmare for me. I have multiple disabilities and sometimes just don't have the spoons to tolerate the extra pain and sensations.

Apparently people who wear PJs to the shops aren't lazy fuckers at all. According to MN they get washed and then get into freshly laundered PJs to go to the shops to give a anarchic aesthetic to the experience....and yet, they still manage to look like they have just tumbled out of bed like a proper lazy fucker, it's curious.

I can't, either, which is why I am wondering if it might not be something they slept in, but rather some sort of at home comfortable wear.

I wear PJs to bed. I would have to be bitterly cold to wear fleece pyjamas, but I wear really nice Primark sets with pants on of course!

And, of course, whoever is wearing pyjamas out to the shops has likely slept in them. Its disgusting.

I wear proper pyjama bottoms with a vest top to sleep in, I can't sleep naked or even just in short, has to be long length pj bottoms.

I have house jammies and bed jammies
Only if its really, really cold do the house jammies make it into the bed
I don't go out in either

Working from home today and reading this while wearing my pyjamas that yes I slept in last night. Mainly cos I slept in and had to jump straight into my emails when I woke up and I've just stopped for lunch now! But I am incredibly comfy so not complaining! I will get washed and properly dressed after my lunch though as have actual face to face meetings later today.
I would never wear pyjamas out of the house though!

They've definitely slept in them. I put mine on in the evening to watch tv and relax, I sleep naked.

At the moment my leg is in plaster and I have only got a couple of pairs of trousers that will fit comfortably over my cast so they are saved for going out and I am wearing pyjamas all the time otherwise. They're far more comfortable than anything else I have got. I do put different ones on during the day than the ones I've slept in though and generally sleep in thin cotton ones and wear thicker ones during the day. I have one really thick fleecy pair that I definitely couldn't sleep in as I would boil, but they are great for cooler days when I might otherwise need to put the heating on. I wouldn't go out in public in them though.

Disgusting is a bit strong

Owning a dog is disgusting
Smoking is disgusting
Blowing you nose on your sleeve is disgusting
Going out in clothes you have slept in - less so

Do you take spare clothes on a flight in case you go for a nap?

@Desecratedcoconut well, clearly looking at some of the comments, that is exactly what some people do, not to challenge anything, but because pyjamas have become the new thing to wear about the house as casual dress. Therefore, going out to the shops in them is no different than going out in a sweatshirt and leggings.
Some people sleep in T shirts. If you saw someone out in a t shirt and trousers, would you assume they had slept in the t shirt? They might have. My post is about the possible change in the way people wear a certain type of clothing.

I think what I am trying to get at is whether the purpose of something historically used for sleeping only has changed recently, which might explain the increase in public pyjama wearing.

as always it's 1/3

• people sleeping naked
• people sleeping in pj/night shirt
• people sleeping in pj/night shirt and pants

and no group can imagine doing what the other group does

and apparently some people (including clothes retailers) call pj 'loungewear'

I tried to explain to my (southern) husband that the pyjamas and rollers outdoors thing was largely a myth but the first time I took him to town there were the girls in their jammies and rollers 🙄😅

I bet they do.

Im curious to know why people don’t feel comfortable in normal clothes and then have to resort to pjs. Why don’t they just wear comfortable clothes anyway?

I sleep in pyjamas, usually legging style with a long top.

I have fleecy “pyjamas” with cartoon characters on that I would boil alive in if I slept in them, but I will wear them on a dog walk if it’s been a loungey day and that’s just what I’m wearing.

I think a lot of the pyjama wearers at hotel breakfasts etc have indeed slept in them though.

I always wear pyjamas to bed. If people sleep naked, I don’t understand why they would then put on pyjamas as if they were clothes, rather than, you know, clothes.

I think it started with onesies marketed as a trendy thing to wear about the house. Then, suddenly (and mercifully quite briefly) it became fashionable to wear them outside.

Baffles me too! Why not just buy clothes that you find comfortable?

I always sleep in pyjamas, only thin cotton ones though. Long sleeved in winter, short sleeved in summer. I don’t feel too warm and also I’d hate to not have anything on in the case of an emergency!

I get dressed as soon as I wake, and I wouldn’t wear lounge/ sportswear as casual clothes either. I only wear sportswear when exercising (and I don’t include walking in this).

I think the people who wear pyjamas out and about most likely have slept in them, as it’s no more difficult to put trousers and a top on.

There are pajamas for sleeping and loungewear for wearing when you just want to be comfy. they may look similar, but they have separate sections in the wardrobe in our house.

my actual pajamas are bamboo and super thin. I could not leave the house in them. I wouldn’t let anyone enter my house while I was wearing them. Catch the wrong light and they are no longer opaque.

You're probably right. After all, the same thing has happened with sportswear, and jeans were originally work clothes for farmers, labourers etc. I've got pictures of my parents on the beach in the 1950s wearing clothes that are more formal than DH and I would usually wear at work in professional roles these days. Things change.
Thinking about it, there is no logical reason why I changed out of my "day" pyjamas to go to the supermarket yesterday. I put on a t shirt, a fleece and some jogging bottoms. There's nothing really different about them is there? I guess it's the idea that people would think I'm disgusting that influenced me.

Majority of us in Liverpool don't wear pyjamas out though. The people wearing it may be clean but it just looks dirty and makes me feel they might also smell unpleasant... Plus on the very odd occasion I've seen it, it's been awful wincyette/fleecy sets.

Absolutely true.