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So you know how we all joke about nipping out to the supermarket in pajamas (with coat over).....

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Earlybird · 30/12/2009 23:52

.....I took dd out to a restaurant today for a casual lunch (similar to Pizza Express) , and the girl at the table next to us (aged 12, I would guess), was wearing pajamas and rubber soled slippers.

No attempt to cover up or disguise the fact she wasn't in 'street clothes'.

Seemed a bit much...........judge, judge, judge. And quite lazy/slovenly.

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ChilloHippi · 31/12/2009 16:28

I actually saw a mother and daughter (daughter aged about 10) in Asda last week, in pjs and dressing gowns. They had a trolley full of their bix Xmas shop. Everyone was staring.

giraffesCanDanceAtHogmanay · 31/12/2009 16:29

People do it all the time round here - go out to meet friends in their PJs and uggs! Maybe they spent so much on their uggs they can't afford jeans?

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Earlybird · 31/12/2009 23:22

interesting that it is not as uncommon as I thought.

Do you feel irritated when you see someone dressed (or not dressed) in public?

I know some sweats/track suit trousers are not that different to Pjs, but still...........

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cornsilkcremeeggspotter · 31/12/2009 23:39

I would be relieved. My ds always wants to wear his PJ's to go out which leads to much strife as I won't let him. If it's the norm I may relent for an easier life. I'm used to being judged so that doesn't bother me.

truthisinthewine · 31/12/2009 23:40

I work evenings in a supermarket and see lots of people shopping in pj's with a coat over, or in their dressing gown, a few with slippers on. No one ever seems to bat an eyelid at them.

WingedVictory · 01/01/2010 00:04

I once went down to the local kiosks for hangover fuel (after a litre of nasty East German sangria... ugh) in my PJ's plus coat and boots. Winter weather means no-one sees!

Heqet · 03/01/2010 13:44

My 9 yr old barely gets out of his pjs I wouldn't actually care if he wore them out and about, if it meant a hassle free trip. He is autistic, maybe the girl is too? Trust me, it's not worth the meltdown

foxytocin · 03/01/2010 13:52

this thread reminds me of this site fun-nee.

CarmenTinselPalmTreesSanDiego · 03/01/2010 13:55

Yep. People shop all the time in their pyjamas here. I've seen them in supermarkets, family restaurants and airports. Really obvious pyjamas too, not just sweat pants. I always thought it was an American thing - never saw it in the UK.

onagar · 03/01/2010 14:01

It would certainly seem odd to me and I would look. Still I can't think of a sensible reason to object to it. It's harmless and really the difference between pyjamas and sweat pants is just the label isn't it.

PandaEisGOTABFP · 03/01/2010 14:13

i hate it when i see this around town where we live!
i was doing some christmas shopping last month and saw a girl with full trowelled on make-up, her hair in rollers, she had a winnie the pooh nightie on with tights and the ugg style slippers with soft soles on. it was raining. she had a jacket over the top and bags full of shopping. she was also arsing around with a gang of girls who were all fully dressed!!

i dont care if i am being judgey judgerson because i dont get it!! if she has time to trowel on make up and put her hair in rollers and do clothes shopping, why cant she throw a dress on over her tights instead of a fleece winnie the pooh nighty she has prob slept in and she looked like a total nut with sopping wet slippers on.

Harumph!! the yoof of today

LowLevelWhingeing · 03/01/2010 14:24

There were girls in Tesco yesterday, in the full PJs, Uggs and dressing gown with full slap. I always think I don't want to get too near them because they must smell like they've just woken up, morning breath and all. They've obviously had to leap out of their beds to rush to the shops for emergency supplies.

SolidGoldBloodyJanuaryUrgh · 03/01/2010 14:28

WTF has it got to do with anyone else? As long as a person is covered within the law (ie no female nipples or pubic area of any gender on display) people can wear what they like.
And yes I quite often do either the school run or a dive to the corner shop in pyjamas, coat and boots.

GingerbreadFolk · 03/01/2010 14:29

I don't understand.

I have never, ever, ever encountered this.

People in pyjamas? In public? Seriously? Where is this happening? Because it's not in my village.

TheFallenMadonna · 03/01/2010 14:32

I think I would probalby look too. But I can't for the life of me work out why. As SGB says, they're extensively covered. So what's the issue?

PandaEisGOTABFP · 03/01/2010 14:32

yes solidgold i agree as long as the person is covered up who cares but its the laziness aspect of it that gets me. it takes all of 2 minutes to get dressed and in a situation where you are going on a day out shopping into town-as in you ARE NOT in a rush to drop the kids off at school or just popping out to get milk etc- it is inappropriate. each to their own of course but i dont do it and i wont be encouraging my DD to do it either

TheFallenMadonna · 03/01/2010 14:34

But why would laziness int his context - by someone you don't know and in a situation that has no effect on you at all - bother you?

PandaEisGOTABFP · 03/01/2010 14:37

i have no idea TBH it just does it is very much a culture in this city (liverpool) to do this as a teenager and it was totally unheard of when i was that age. my mum still throws a fit if i dont get dressed before noon as she is an up with the larks fully dressed kind of woman and i am not quite a tough on my dressing regime

foxytocin · 03/01/2010 15:30

This is where wearing an abaya is an advantage.

SolidGoldBloodyJanuaryUrgh · 03/01/2010 22:29

Well I would do the school run in PJs if I had been working all night or half the night and planned on going back to bed once DS was safely in school. ANd as for runs to the shop it's usually a case of, when DS dad is here and I am going off on some trip where I want to look impressive, I don't actually get dressed until about to set out on the trip proper, so would just run to shop in PJs if we were out of milk/bread or something. But I really can't see that it matters or that it's anyone else's business if someone wants to do the school run dressed in a chicken outfit.

JustAnotherManicMummy · 03/01/2010 22:33

I don't have a problem with PJs - but for some reason dressing gowns is a step too far.

Not seen it round here yet

bibbitybobbitysantahat · 03/01/2010 22:37

I am supremely judgey about this. Only see it rarely in my neck of the woods, sadly, as I welcome the opportunity to be needlessly judgey - which must be the reason I spend so much time lolling about on Mumsnet I suppose .

I judge because I am as slatternly as Slatty McSlattern on a particularly slovenly Sunday, yet I have never gone out of the house in my night apparel. Never.

AitchTwoOhOneOh · 03/01/2010 22:40

i never see this, tbh, but if i saw a child not dressed out for lunch with parents i might wonder if there was a children's hospital about. also it's not laziness if the person is wearing a full face of make up, it's a choice. i think it'd really tickle me to see someone in their pjs in a shop, tbh.

ninah · 03/01/2010 22:42

I don't see what the problem is

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 03/01/2010 22:44

Not encountered this myself either.
The only person I ever see out in public in their PJs is a neighbour who likes to have a chat with everyone so if she spots someone outside she's out of her front door faster than you can say sheepskin mule

The furthest I have ever gone in public in PJs (apart from trips to hospital of course) is round the side of my house to put a dirty nappy in the bin!