Pj wearers taking children to school,

I’m sure that soon these PJ wearers taking children to school, their children will be toddling along in their PJ’s ?

Lazy, and no class…

I have really no interest in what my neighbours or shoppers wear or do, so long as it doesnt impact my life. I have better things to do with my time and cant understand why some people are so judgemental about pjs.

I suspect the people that wear PJs out do not wear PJs to sleep!
A mum of another child in my sons reception class used to beep me over to collect her child (she had a debilitating illness) if she was in PJs. At the time it was unusual attire for the school run - but I applauded her for getting her young child to school.

Crass slovenly behaviour and a poor example to children. What next - taking the children to school dressed in a bikini or turning up to a funeral dressed in shorts and T shirt - ?‍♂️ . What’s wrong with appropriate clothing for the occasion?

It’s attention seeking. And it’s worked!

Chestnut

I'll be happy to judge them It's slovenly and lazy, sets a bad example to their children and is an eyesore for everyone else. Why on earth can't they just put some clothes on, after all trousers and tops only takes 2 minutes to get into. Heaven forbid we would expect them to wash their faces or brush their hair and actually make an effort to meet the world. If they can't manage to get dressed in the morning how on earth will they manage to run a household, cook meals, supervise their children's homework, and do all the hundreds of other things a parent has to do.

Totally agree.
It's lower class common

bet they don't get washed before they go out if still in pjs they then go into shops touching stuff!!!

Horrible example to set the children. Unless ill, it does you good to wash and dress properly. I do wonder what we are becoming.

Reading this proves to me that we are fast returning to at least some of the values of the Victorian age!

I do realise that a pendulum can only swing so far, before returning to its starting point, but I frankly feel sad that the broader outlook of the 1970s is fast being overtaken by prudery and increasing social control. And this kind of censorious behaviour has never appealed to me.

I would not personally go anywhere in a dressing-gown, except to the nearest bathroom from the room I had slept in, but that is just me.

I could quite well go out to the bin in my night wear without startling anyone, as the hedges round our garden are quite high enough to conceal me completely, but I don't, having been brought up to dress before appearing for breakfast, but quite honestly if anyone has the face to be seen in public in their night wear, that is their business.

I would not, as head teacher, have had the nerve to dictate to parents what they should or should not wear when bringing or collecting their children from school, as long as their genitals were decently covered.

I would just have been glad they bothered to bring and fetch their young children.

Not nice if they then go to bed that night in same pjs. Lack of hygiene. I wouldn't do it, but live and let live!

Me too Kalu, I hate it!

It’s lazy. Even if they claim to have showered and changed their pjs (which I doubt) why not put some decent clothes on and have some self respect.

I used to love those jersey or velour track suits and found them ideal for freezing nights when we had power cuts (frequent in our village in the 80’s) and eminently respectable for answering the door to the postman or letting the dog out or popping across the garden to the freezer in the garage.
But while I frankly would not dream of sallying forth in my nightwear I can think what I want about shoppers in Jim jams - but it’s not really my business how they live their lives.

I think most of us know that pyjamas and leisurewear can be interchangeable, but I'd bet that the majority of the people we are talking about are lazy *rses who haven't bothered to wash and dress before walking around the streets and supermarkets.

Even people in refugee camps look like they've made an effort to be presentable, within their means.

I went to our local Aldi there was a man pushing a pram around the store in bright yellow pjs with teddies on. Its not a good example as a parent IMO but it seems that anything goes these days.

BlueBalou Hats off to you! I can't even imagine getting out of bed to round up cows, even in my youth. But then I was a city dweller so it would have been beyond me. No problem with you wearing your jim jams for that as the cows wouldn't know the difference.

I did take my children to school on a couple of occasions with my pyjamas on under my long riding mack when I was unwell. I didn’t get out of the car, just dropped them off so no one would have known I was wearing pyjamas.
I certainly got dragged out of bed in the middle of the night to round up the cows when they got out, with a coat and wellies over my pyjamas (probably more times than I care to remember ☹️)

A couple of years ago a courier with a package arrived unexpectedly and I said I would meet him at the side gate. I did not think twice about the fact that I was in a kaftan and flip flops. Its not like you could see anything as they cover me from neck to ankle. The driver handed over the parcel and apologised for "getting me out of bed". I told him I had been up for hours and this is lounge wear but he looked unconvinced.

This is the kind of thing I'm imagining.

No, nor would I, but I’ll happily answer the door in my wine-coloured pyjamas if they still fit after lockdown weight gain. I wonder if they were old stock that they used to sell for outdoor wear and have repackaged as pyjamas .

Yes, my top was a jumper style

Royal blue velour ?
I wouldn't wear one outside the house now.

Heavens, I wouldn't get near anything I wore in the 80s, but these ones are relatively new. They might possibly still sell them. It's not an actual tracksuit, as the top has no zip - it's more of a jumper - but yes, comfy, snuggly and warm.

Doodledog

*Does anyone remember those velour tracksuits of the 1980s?I had a set that could have passed for warm pjs, perhaps they should make a comeback.*

I have a set (they were sold as pyjamas in M&S about 3 years ago) and whilst I wouldn't go out in them, when I wear them in winter I'm happy to answer the door in them the next day.

I wouldn't fit into mine from those days even if I still had it, but it was very comfy.

MerylStreep

dahlia
It was the husband who was playing away from home in Woman in a Dressing Gown.

Indeed it was, with his attractive and perfectly attired secretary.
His poor wife tried her best, it was quite a moving film which I only saw on tv about forty years ago but would like to see again, now it is mentioned.
The husband did stay with his wife though, for the sake of their boy.