Pj wearers taking children to school,

My friend and l were walking our dogs yesterday afternoon and a lady was in her dressing gown in the park.
It doesn't really matter but it does seem a bit lazy.
Maybe it's to do with my age/generation but l get dressed and showered even at 6.30am for Finn's first walk.

8 years ago when my son was doing his A levels (politics and English ) he was invited to spend a day at The Independent newspaper.
The media sub-editor arrived at the morning editorial meeting wearing PJs and slippers. As nobody batted an eyelid he assumed it must have been his normal attire.

I suspect someone in a dressing gown in a park with a dog might be unwell

Yes, I agree it’s lazy but there must be a good reason why these folk wear their might attire in public? I have to get properly dressed to run down to my bin in case the neighbour sees me. Mind you, I do sleep in the altogether ?

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Marmight

Yes, I agree it’s lazy but there must be a good reason why these folk wear their might attire in public? I have to get properly dressed to run down to my bin in case the neighbour sees me. Mind you, I do sleep in the altogether ?

You may be starting the next trend, going that step further and popping out in the buff! ?

I am use to it and so don’t see much wrong with. When spending the winter months in SE Asia it was usual in one country for the ladies to wear pj all morning, doing their shopping etc, then have a shower and change.

Perhaps people who go out in their jimjams (or "loungewear") just don't care, perhaps because their self-esteem is at rock bottom and they've reached the "what's the point" mark. At least the kids get to school.

Maybe it’s because in some households it is chaotic in the morning and it’s just let’s get the kids to school then I can have time to myself to shower and get dressed.

I wouldn't do it, but as harmful things go it's pretty near the bottom of the list. I'm happy to wear PJs in the house until I want to go out or take a video call, and if that doesn't happen then I leave them on and change to a clean pair for bed. I've seen comments on here judging that, but I can't see why on earth it matters, or why anyone would care. Nobody sees me except Mr Dog, and he doesn't mind in the least, I save on washing and am comfortable.

Time was when people would talk about you if you went out without a hat, or wore the wrong gloves for the time of year. In years to come this could be looked on in the same way.

We were staying at a Premier Inn last week and were surprised to see a Dad and son at breakfast in their ‘jamas. Each to their own I suppose.

I've seen people in quite posh hotels having breakfast in the communal eating area/restaurant in pyjamas. I didn't know if it was unusual or not as sometimes breakfast seems quite early

well quite early for being away iykwim

I couldn't bear to go out in nightwear, even if it was just to collect get the bin. Just for my personal pride I have to be properly dressed.

No matter how bad I've felt (physically or emotionally) I must wash and dress every day. The one exception was when I had pneumonia and couldn't stop coughing for long enough to make the effort - spent six weeks lolling about on the sofa. I don't want to go through that again.

I bought a pair of tracksuit bottoms with a sweatshirt type top in a medium weight material and when I got them home realised that they were virtually the same as pjs bought from a totally different shop some time previously. Maybe I could get away with it, if paired up with trainers! How would anyone tell?

I will put my hands up and admit that with a newborn baby and older children to get to school I frequently through my coat over my night wear, threw them all in the car and jut opened the door outside the appropriate school and deposited them as close as possible. This was repeated with the youngest two of the five,

I would then go home shower, feed baby (again) and get myself into the office along with all the paraphernalia needed for baby, it really was work, sleep repeat for several years.

How good it is in this world of economic crisis, war in Ukraine, nuclear threats from Putin, catastrophic floods in Pakistan and climate change, that stressing about what other people wear on the school run can still feature in anybody’s thinking.

Agree with you Maw, what on earth does it matter, often hang my washing out in my dressing gown, take the bins out or go to the car in driveway to get something out that I have left in it all in my dressing gown and I live on a main road. But I have cleaned my teeth and had a quick wash over on getting up

I rarely wear my nightie downstairs, never mind outside. Only on Saturday mornings when I strip the bed and pop down to put the sheets in the machine before I have my shower.

Nightwear is for upstairs and sleeping. I would try hard not to judge anyone who goes out in pjs though.

Do you remember the women in rollers and hairnets? As a child I was always dismayed seeing them out in the street!

As for pjs, I went to meet my son in Newcastle one lunch time, and two girls were at the bus stop in the flimsiest fake satin pjs. No one gave them a second glance except me

It doesn't worry me what parents wear on the school run. (An aside: when I worked in TV the early morning newsreader used to come into the studio in his pyjamas and put a jacket, shirt and tie over them to read the news. The viewers had no idea he had pyjama bottoms on under the desk.)

why were you dismayed to see women out in the street in rollers and hairnets, esp as a child ?
was that some attitude your elders put into you.

Oh dear, I have driven to collect the children from school with rollers in. In my defence I never got out of the

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GrannyGravy13

I will put my hands up and admit that with a newborn baby and older children to get to school I frequently through my coat over my night wear, threw them all in the car and jut opened the door outside the appropriate school and deposited them as close as possible. This was repeated with the youngest two of the five,

I would then go home shower, feed baby (again) and get myself into the office along with all the paraphernalia needed for baby, it really was work, sleep repeat for several years.

I didn't have a car and it was a long way to walk to school, pushing a pram.

So yes, I got dressed. After all, one had to keep up standards in Richmond-upon-Thames