To think that women (or men) who drop their kids off at school in PJS, go shopping in Tesco in pj's and come down to the breakfast in a hotel in pj's are wrong in the head?

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I visited Amsterdam last year and was shocked to see an apparently middle class women coming down to breakfast in her pj's,dressing gown and slippers. Similarly going round Tescos where there are people, especially women in pj's and slippers. No doubt I'll be called an old right wing fascist or something.

Just can't believe the posters who think going out in Pj's is some kind of "uprising" against the Establishment 😅🤣

He drives DD to school. Nobody sees anything other than a t-shirt.

Yeah I don't think its cool to wear your night clothes out. How much effort is it to put on tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt at least? People have no standards anymore.

Only ever saw one mum do this on the nursery run and she was sick with cancer. On good days she got dressed but very often would be in PJs and her coat.
For that reason I wouldn't judge but have never seen anyone else do this.

You must have been properly brought up.

I would love to go to hotel breakfast in my pjs.

I have been known to pull on a hoody and skirt over my nightie and whip them off when I get back to my room.

I love the idea of going to breakfast in pjs, I have breakfast at home in pj's so why not? I wouldn't wear my slippers outside because I wouldn't wear outdoor footwear indoors. The pavement will get your slippers dirty, the air won't get your pj's dirty.

I'm glad that going out the door doesn't have to be a performance these days and that people aren't judged on what they wear - being comfortable is much more important to me than decorum (whatever that means it sounds very dated).
I would hate to be expected to slap on make up, jewellery, perfume and high heels everyday, the same would never be expected of men - so dated and misogynistic.

Ds works in software engineering and wears jeans and a hoodie, I wear comfy hiking shoes to work as I do a lot of walking, neither of us have any interest in superficial appearances. Maybe you're just very shallow?

I think you sound horrible OP to describe anyone as 'wrong in the head' - what a vile thing to say. I'd rather be scruffy than horrible.

I always think people who get upset and judgemental about what strangers wear must either have incredibly pathetic lives or character defects.

Caring about this is a choice. Find a hobby or do some work on yourself.

I saw a dad doing drop off at my kids nursery today, striped pyjama pants, dressing gown of doom, slippers and didn’t once look up from his phone

I don’t own any tracksuit bottoms. I lived through the shell suit era! Give me PJs any day!

I did go to the supermarket once in my pyjamas but I was 21 at the time and it was for a bet. Other than that NOPE.

OP you’re clearly bored this evening aren’t ya

I was all cosy in my house in my PJs. I saw a man collapsed in my road, so went out to check on him. He got up and stumbled around for an hour, with me following him... in my PJs and slippers. We ended up next to a duel carriageway!
I could not tell if he was drunk or unwell. A passerby called an ambulance, but then the man led us back to my road, got his keys out and let himself into a house 2 doors down from me!

I also suffer from MH issues at at times I have have put a long coat over PJs to go to the shop etc. It is that or not go out at all as I would have spent my spoons on getting dressed etc, and maybe putting on make up and jewellery if I was OP.

He is ok. OP is only disgusted with women who do that, it seems.

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I'd never wear my bed clothes out, or even lounge clothes like joggers.

However I saw two English ladies on holiday recently in day-jamas. Blue pin stripes and pink pin stripes and i have to say, they looked very swish. But they were very clearly 'dressed' both with hair done, make up and jewellery.

I didn't even know day-jamas were a thing until then!

The school run or shopping is not something I would do myself wearing pyjamas but I hope, as a teacher, you don’t let the judgement you’ve made about the parents that do, affect the way you treat their children.

I only say this as there was a fellow student at my university interview for our teaching degree who had the same opinion as you and took it as far as to say she didn’t believe the children of ‘those kind of parents’ deserved the same education as the ‘posher’ children especially if they came from
council estates too! I was dumbfounded and felt so sorry for her future pupils. It isn’t a child’s fault how their parents present themselves and they are no less deserving of anything because of it, especially their education.

Yes, they are dropping their kids off in pyjamas and yes, it absolutely does only take a matter of minutes to get dressed but if their kids are at school, on time and ready to learn, that’s what matters. Even if there are other problems alongside, I’d take those children under my wing as their teacher.

I was the kid from the council estate and you could tell the teachers who judged you for it and treated you differently because of it. The teachers that didn’t, I still remember them fondly to this day. They are the reason I wanted to become a teacher myself.

I realise this is a bit of a tangent but just wanted to point out that the kids can tell if you let the judgement of their parents affect your teaching of them. (Not accusing you of such by the way).

I haven't worn make up for years. Why is it necessary?

Don't worry OP, I'm sure you're just much better than all of them. After all, your students complimented your make up and jewellery so you must be.

I never see this where I live. Perhaps you should move somewhere less common?

I think there is a huge difference to popping down to the hotel breakfast in ur pj’s then walking around the shops / dropping the kids at school

It’s not just PJs at breakfast in a hotel. I was in a hotel last year and several of the guests rocked up for breakfast (not in PJs) but with stubble, manky unwashed hair, sweaty looking clothes that they seemed to have rolled around in, dirty sleepy faces, unbrushed teeth etc. The men were the worst, but some women culprits too. Really put me off my Full English.

I’ve done it before. Ran down to Tesco in my jammie bottoms to get breakfast food in the early morning. I do agree it’s grotty, and if my mum knew she would absolutely give me smack to the back of the head and a telling off, but I did it anyway. Not my finest moment but not my worst either. DD and DS will somehow come somewhere with me in their jammies. DD likes to put them on as soon as she gets home because she sees me do it, so sometimes if we need to nip to the shop I’ll just take her in her jammies (I get dressed).

I don’t really judge people for it because I don’t know their circumstances. We could all become chronically ill or disabled at any moment, and maybe the person in their jammies is struggling and that’s the only way they could manage to get out the house. When I do it (total of about 10 times in my life) it’s laziness and because I am still a scruff deep down, but I don’t know other people’s circumstances.

Why the 'wow'? I think it's a perfectly reasonable comment.

So you actually think that women with chaotic lifestyles eg combinations of addictions, lots of children by different men who come and go, very low income, irregular housing situations, not capable of providing clean clothes, regular meals etc should have children do you?

I certainly don't. And presumably the social workers, family courts and other services who have to deal with the unfortunate children brought up in this way don't either.

I've never seen anyone do this