So... who's done the school run in pyjamas?

consumers_revenge

get off your bed 5 mins early...


wont do your kids any good their friends thinking....you got slobs for parents


parent should have some pride.

calleyw

Not the school run as I have no kids.

But I use to go and collect my husband from the pub at 11pm in my satin dressing gown. It was dark and I never got out the car :rotfl:

And sometimes I had to give a lift to one of his mates as well :eek:

Yours

Calley

mumps

MallyGirl wrote: »

I had plantar fasciitis and the physio blamed my shoes. I now almost always wear supportive trainers with heat moulded insoles. In the summer I have a range of colours of Mephisto walking sandals. If I wear less supportive shoes for a day I really know about it next morning.

As I said I was told if there was no underlying problem your feet didn't need support, you obviously have a problem. I thought with plantar fasciitis it was the cushioning in the shoe that was important? My mother suffered from it and had very cushioned insoles. One of my kids had very flat feet and wore special supportive shoes for a couple of years to help the arch develop. I have never had any foot problems and from what I was told shoes cause as many problems as they might cure e.g. corns and bunions are caused by shoes.

mumps

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I agree with you although I tend to wear socks or Crocs indoors because of the dogs. In my case, I think that spending 7 years at grammar school doing all indoor PE activities in bare feet has affected my opinion on the subject.

I forgot PE in bare feet, probably not allowed now as you might stub your toe.

I always hated shoes, I tend to wear sandals most of the year and if it is really cold I wear boots. I have been told by a podiatrist that my feet are in very good condition, never had a corn, bunion, ingrowing toe nail, never needed to remove hard skin but I did have carefully looked after athletes foot which meant I avoided swimming at school, for some reason I hated swimming at school but loved it in my own time.

I also have toes that I can spread out a bit like a monkey, it always caused great hilarity at school inspections for athletes foot when everyone bent down to separate their toes for the PE teacher to check and I just stood there and my toes mysteriously separated so she could check. I suppose its a bit like some people being able to wiggle their ears.

I think I am disclosing far too much information about my weirdness. Maybe my mother was right and I am some sort of changeling.

I'd never drive in bare feet but I have once gone out in pyjamas with a jacket on over them. My daughter's car broke down and she was in the middle of nowhere so I just pulled on boots and a jacket and went. I nearly did it another time to pick my son up when he missed the last bus but I was glad I didn't as it was the one time in my life when the police pulled me over. They were obviously out looking for someone and I assume I had a similar car, I was so glad I was dressed.

balletshoes

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

I am sorry Miss Biggles but with respect I do not agree that you can disrespect society by making a decision that effects not a single other human being on the planet by choosing what to wear that morning

I do not wish to argue or anything, just stating I do not agree

I am in the minority here in this what is an interesting debate, but I am quite a chilled out person and unless something is negatively effecting my life I will not let it impinge upon my happiness whatsoever

parents wearing what are obviously pyjamas out and about, at any time of the day, don't negatively affect my life, they don't impinge on my happiness and they wouldn't linger in my thoughts - but I would momentarily judge them for it. Then I would carry on with my day.

eta - I said "wearing obviously pyjamas" because you do get patterned joggers/trousers etc, which can look a bit like pyjama bottoms.

pickledonionspaceraider

Andypandyboy wrote: »

If it was happening at a school I was involved in and the Head had to send out a letter then I would definitely be backing her up and making my views known. Fortunately, I have never seen it at any school my kids attended nor at any of the local schools since (and I live very close to two)

I am giving my views, not moaning on the internet

I don't agree with it, it is indicative of a certain type of lazy parent imo. You do agree with it. We will agree to differ.

I never did say I agree with it - just that I do not feel it effects my life if people chose to dress in any way

Yes no probs thank you for the debate, interesting chat

Jagraf

We all get told being a parent is a full time job. I neither agree or disagree with that statement. However, if we see it as a job (ie our main working role) and wear pjs to school, would we also be happy for the police/ bank staff / teachers / office workers to wear them?

I find it laughable that parents suggest that they don't have time to get changed but would they also use that excuse for work - turning up in their pjs to the office? Of course not, it gives the wrong impression, and they would be sacked.

Just like it gives the wrong impression to our children.

Jagraf

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

I never did say I agree with it - just that I do not feel it effects my life if people chose to dress in any way

Yes no probs thank you for the debate, interesting chat

It affects my perception of people immensely. You may not care what people wear, but if you were to do it, it would change their perception of you. Sometimes that matters, sometimes it doesn't. If someone is lucky enough to not rely on others' judgment for anything, they are very lucky people. It's just not real life. Maybe is shouldn't matter, but in reality it does.

pickledonionspaceraider

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I don't think you can separate the two things so simplistically though. What someone wears isn't just a question of how they look, it also represents choices that they've made and attitudes that they have.

I can - now, after a lot of work, but like I say it didn't come natural to me to do so. I really do try not to be judgemental on anything other than peoples attitudes and how they treat other people, + personality

I really go out of my way to try and treat people with empathy as no one knows what is going in in someone else's life/head - or why they were unable to get dressed that morning for example. It may look a certain way, ie lazy, but to that person, their priorities may be different that morning for some reason that is not apparent and I feel that I do not have the right to judge someone on something as small as their clothes when they may have far bigger issues going on.

Rightly or wrongly what people wear to go out in, I do think we could all benefit from being a little kinder and tolerant of each other as society really does have far bigger problems than these

pickledonionspaceraider

Jagraf wrote: »

It affects my perception of people immensely. You may not care what people wear, but if you were to do it, it would change their perception of you. Sometimes that matters, sometimes it doesn't. If someone is lucky enough to not rely on others' judgment for anything, they are very lucky people. It's just not real life. Maybe is shouldn't matter, but in reality it does.

In reality it does to some people

You do not live to please others, nor seek their approval. Some of us are comfortable in our own skin and seek values elsewhere