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?

We definitely sleep in pyjamas in winter here. We live in an old cottage with a downstairs bathroom and I feel the cold!

I don’t wear them out of the house really though although have been known to muck out in them on Christmas day.

I dress in actual clothes for shops as that requires a drive and effort.

I do wear them as loungewear too though - like nothing better than pj’s on at 6pm in winter. Cosy.

I’ve never seen anybody wearing pyjamas outside, unless it was a quick dash to get the bins out.

We did have a neighbour who kept going out in her nightie. She was mentally ill.

I've never gone out in pyjamas, but do sometimes wear them round the house. But in that case they're clean. I do sleep in pyjamas as well, but wouldn't just keep those on all day.

My guess re wearing pyjamas in public is it is one of the trends towards being lazy and also lacking personal self respect. 'Sliders' aka sandals worn with socks are another example. Tracksuit bottoms so you can be in denial about increased weight.

I'd support any shop that refused to serve people in those circumstances, though sadly the shop workers would not be supported by their managers no doubt.

I don't know. I doubt many people sleep in the fleecy ones or a dressing gown unless their homes are very cold. I sleep in cotton pyjamas but if my morning/life was so challenging that I couldn't manage to get dressed then I would sleep in leggings and a t-shirt and then throw on a coat or jumper. So I assume if someone goes out in PJs it's for the shock factor or something??

PJs, leggings, loungewear, joggers, etc all look similar - just a relaxed way of dressing, not necessarily slept in.

However, if someone is out in the street/shops in the morning in pjs & dressing gown I think we can assume they've been slept in!

I wear pyjamas to sleep, usually fairly thin ones so I don't get too hot. I generally only wear them for sleeping, put them on before bed and get changed within an hour of getting up in the morning. I've never worn them any further than the front gate (forgot to put the bin out/taking in the milk). I have separate loungewear (leggings, hoodies, joggers etc) if I need comfortable clothes to wear on the sofa in the evening or to run errands at the weekend.

They call it lounge wear 🙄 now. I’d say it’s a cross between PJ, & tracksuit type thing. It’s comfortable to wear around the home, but I wouldn’t go out in it.

I wear a sort of PJ in bed during winter, I’d be cold otherwise.

what about homeless people, or kids in dirty clothes, workies......

anyways you sound nuts

I wear pj's to bed. If I've been chilling at home I'll wear warm ones and if hot it bed I'll change to cooler ones. I would never wear them out the house. I have some loungewear of thin leggings and jumper and woupd only wear that if going for a quick walk or nip to shop

I wear thick pjs in the house but never either outside or in bed. I sleep in a nightshirt.

I sleep in pyjamas every night. I wear them on a weekend morning around the house if I'm having a lazy morning
Would NEVER leave the house in them, would chuck on leggings bra and jumper if I needed to pop put quickly.
There's a school mum who wears her pj's to school drop off and pick up 🥶😱
And I am 99% sure she is wearing the ones she slept in

I'm a pj wearer. But I live in the north in a cold house. When I lived in the south in a modern house, I didn't wear them.

Is there one solitary poster here who has said they'd go to the shops in their pj's - freshly washed or otherwise?

Yes there was one upthread who said she did.

I wear thin cotton or silk pjs or chemises in bed as it’s a breathable layer helping to protect the bedding from the oils and perspiration ALL adult humans produce, - I’m not taking about waking up sweaty but even when we shower before bed we will perspire imperceptibly in the night on the small of your back. I also like to be able to wander downstairs to make a cup of tea without putting on a dressing gown or getting dressed.

DH wears cotton PJs. Each to their own though, I don’t think it’s weird other people don’t. I hate changing double beds and only do it fortnightly (criminal in some eyes)”. I think if we slept naked I’d feel I had to do it more.

The dressing gowns tip me over the edge.

I find pyjama-wearing in public disgusting, but if you pull a coat on over the top I'm not really likely to notice, but slopping about in an egg-stained dressing gown and slippers is just revolting, slatternly behaviour.

I took my daughter to an activity this morning. I didn't shower as it was really early and I only needed to tip her out of the car on arrival, but I did brush my teeth, put my hair up and put on clothes, including clean underwear. It took seconds but I knew if I got into a conversation with any of the other parents I'd look reasonably tidy. I can't get my head around people leaving the house without making some sort of effort, but then I suppose modern society is all about what the individual wants and has no regard for what might be unpleasant for others to look at.

I do because as an active sleeper 😎nightshirts get tangled. Also, old house with single glazing and downstairs bathroom.
Don't go out in them though

Right, found it, the club drop off and pint of milk poster. It's not quite the great cultural shift to a different way of wearing clothes that the op is hypothesising.

@Desecratedcoconut yes, there was one, and a few people have commented on the fact that some styles of PJ don't look much different to other types of casual daywear.

We get round this in my household simply by sleeping in our clothes. That way you don't need to get dressed in the morning!

I did not suggested a 'great cultural shift', I merely posited the idea that since it appears more common now to treat pyjamas as lounge wear, people may not be popping to the shops in something they slept in.

@kitsuneghost why do you think it is disgusting to own a dog?

Have never worn pyjamas out but have absolutely woke up, shoved on a pair of leggings and a coat over my nightwear (tshirt) and nipped to the shop. No one died.

I don't even own PJ's!

Because it is ??? The same as other stuff I mentioned and many more I didn't list

I was highlighting there are many disgusting things people do so sleeping in clothes that you are nipping to the shop is very low on disgustometer.