AIBU to think children should not be taken shopping in pyjamas?

[NoahVale]

what is the craze for taking y our young dc to the shops in their pyjamas?
bad enough that they drive there but walking down the high street in pyjamas,
it looks appalling.
i just saw a man going past my house, he had been to the shops, and i thought, i bet he didnt wash before he went to the shops, next thing a woman coming up the road with 3 dc in their pjyamas

This never used to happen. You get up and washed and dressed for the day. If you’re not well enough to do that, stay home .

Small children in PJs, is fine. Nipping to the corner shop with a coat over your nightwear, acceptable. Coming into Tesco at 7pm at night in your jimjams, dressing gown and slippers to do a full shop=chav central.
I work for a large supermarket chain and the amount of parents who come in at 8/830 at night with children, often in PJs running around the place on a school night, is unbelievable. They treat it like a family outing. No wonder kiddies cant concentrate at school they are too bloody tired!!

Breakfast run? That’s into your kitchen isn’t it?

I saw a lady in a National Trust cafe wearing pajamas once - that was unexpected!

To be honest I'm with you OP. Just a couple of days ago I saw a kid in his jammies out on his scooter. I don't really get it.

It is lazy and slovenly.

I remember buying DS1 a gorgeous set of shorts and T shirt from Boden at great expense, and my mother being horrified as they apparently looked just like PJs. She couldn't believe I was going to take him out in public in them.

it's part of being a parent
make sure you dc are dressed, their hair is brushed, as well as their teeth.
its quite a walk to the shop for the lady i saw

I don’t really like seeing people out in the middle of the day in their PJs

But it’s a bank holiday, a chill day, they weren’t in the supermarket, just walking past OPs house. It’s still early for a day off work and school.

I’m typing this in my bed with a cup of tea. I might stick on my jeans and a jacket over my pyjama then pop to the corner shop. Then come back to bed

What a way to spend your retirement

Standing around, watching others, and thrashing out judgey threads. Bit depressing really

who is retired?

I'm in the what is the breakfast run camp. DH showers before breakfast, I shower after.

i suggest you stay away from mumsnet,
what a way to spend your life, criticising other people's threads

This

YANBU. It shows a lack of self-respect. But that seems to be where we are with society.

How do you know she was going to the shop? Is the shop close to you?

Are we talking onsies or actual pijamas.

I'm guilty of onsises. DC has swimming lessons after school and they have to go swim ready. No time to go home so we pop in to the nearby supermarket to change before going. We then often grab a snack or something. So technically they're in a shop in their pijamas. I mean judge me all you want but it's easy and comfy. To make it worse the nearest supermarket is a waitrose. Sure that i shock some when walking around with a mini spiderman.

Tbh i can't really get that bothered about what kids wear out. As long as they're cared for.

@NoahVale I regularly see people in pyjamas but that's because I pass the psychiatrical hospital unit on my way. Haven't seen it anywhere else in town.

Grim AF 🤮

Looks neglectful

it really does

Does it actually matter? They are just clothes. Does it really matter whether someone is wearing a t-shirt and jogging bottoms or lounge wear style pj's? Does it really matter whether someone is wearing a dress or a nightie?

They are all just fabrics that cover your body so you are not naked in public.

There's no actual, logical reason for it.

Ok. Its 'for' sleeping in. And?

Maybe they slept in it the previous night. Maybe they didn't.
And maybe the person you see in the supermarket slept in their clothes last night or hasn't changed their underwear in 3 days.

And no, I don't go out in pyjamas. Before anyone assumes i must be a pj day wearer. I just don't see why, objectively, it matters what someone wears. Or why anyone gives a shit what strangers they encounter are wearing. They are irrelevant in your life so they don't matter at all.

I used a cycle route that took me through an area where I saw several pyjama clad families either playing outside, standing on their step smoking or walking to the shop in dressing gown and slippers. If that’s the look you’re aiming for in life then crack on but don’t get defensive when others call out your slobby behaviour.

Doesn't bother me - lots of people who go out fully dressed are extremely ripe, having re-donned yesterday's smelly clothes. I sometimes feel a bit annoyed that my nearest supermarket is a Waitrose that's likely to be swarming with people I know so I can't nip there in my pyjamas 😁

I wouldn't be bothered. But then I live in a student area and I have seen young adults in the shops in pyjamas and dressing gowns!

@BH90210
a nasty bitch now?
wow,
just stating facts, he does smell, that is the truth,