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

mummyroysof3

duchy wrote: »

There's a woman near me for the first three months after her baby was born didn't get dressed. I'd see her in the corner shop in her nightie, dressing gown and slippers and she'd always be complaining what hard work a new born is and how she simply didn't have time to get dressed............She didn't appear to be suffering from depression or any physical problems - just didn't bother getting dressed as it was too much effort with a baby to look after too.

But surely she washed and put clean underwear in so its just as easy to put clothes on. I have 3 kids and never used them being babies as an excuse to wear pjs out the house.

Only time I wore pjs on school run was when it was pj day for charity at work

heuchera

Missus_Hyde wrote: »

We don't have children, so the occasion has never arisen when I would need to do a school run in pj's.

However, when I had my horses I would go down to the stables in my nightie with a coat over the top and waterproof boots on to feed them early on weekend mornings whilst brewing a cup of tea for myself and husband. Sometimes I would skip them out quickly as well, so their boxes stayed a bit cleaner. The reason I wore a coat was because the horses were stabled at night during the winter and it was jolly cold; if I'd gone outside in just my nightie and dressing gown I would have got hyperthermia!

You wear your nightie in the stables? :eek:
Please tell me you wash it before you wear it in bed again.

Lily-Rose_3

heuchera wrote: »

You wear your nightie in the stables? :eek:
Please tell me you wash it before you wear it in bed again.

Doesn't seem like suitable attire at all. A nightie to sort out the horses?!

FenellaWitch

For what it's worth, I don't care if people want to wear pjs on the school run. At least the kids are actually GOING to school and on time . It's not something that I would do but I'm certainly not the picture of sartorial elegance when I drop off my child.
When I was working I had to dress smartly ,make up and hair just so.Had to leave house 7 in the morning, do a one and a half commute on a bus with my child in a buggy , drop him to grand parents and the go into the office but just because I did it, I have no expectations of any one else to do it because I have no idea of their personal circumstances

gayleygoo

fierystormcloud wrote: »

The things I am reading here are highlighting what a blessed life a stay-at-home-mother has, (once her kids are at school.) They don't know they're born.

As for the people defending this behaviour (going out in pyjamas, then slobbing around in your pyjamas all day, necking wine with mates, and dossing around doing nothing ; ) I reckon they are just defending it just for the sake of an argument. Because there is no way they can possibly mean what they say. No way can anyone justify people going out in public in their pyjamas, and sitting around all day in their pyjamas. It's slovenly, it's lazy, and it's dirty.

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I feel like the bit in bold is directed towards me, and I have already explained that I am not "necking" wine in my jammies, you have interpreted my post very poorly and narrow-mindedly. Also it's absolutely no-ones business what I choose to wear to drink alcohol in the comfort of my own home.

If someone wore their jammies for a straight week without any change at all, or of underwear or washing nether regions, I'd agree that it would be "slovenly, lazy and dirty". But it would be unfair to judge all daytime-PJ-wearing people like that as you cannot possibly know the circumstances.

Missus_Hyde

You wear your nightie in the stables? :eek:
Please tell me you wash it before you wear it again.

Lily-Rose wrote: »

Doesn't seem like suitable attire at all. A nightie to sort out the horses?!

Hahaha........ Yes I would wash it, but I had my coat over the top, so it didn't get too smelly.

JulieElizabeth

I don't possess children or nightwear, so never

Jagraf

heuchera wrote: »

You wear your nightie in the stables? :eek:
Please tell me you wash it before you wear it in bed again.

That's a good general point actually. Once pjs are worn outside they become daywear so it would be foul to wear it in bed again so creating extra washes.

heuchera

Jagraf wrote: »

That's a good general point actually. Once pjs are worn outside they become daywear so it would be foul to wear it in bed again so creating extra washes.

especially when it's picked up horsey smells..

I know some men have a welly fetish, but I think essence of horse dung might be a bit too 'countryside' for most people's tastes :rotfl:

Pollycat

gayleygoo wrote: »

I feel like the bit in bold is directed towards me, and I have already explained that I am not "necking" wine in my jammies, you have interpreted my post very poorly and narrow-mindedly. Also it's absolutely no-ones business what I choose to wear to drink alcohol in the comfort of my own home.

If someone wore their jammies for a straight week without any change at all, or of underwear or washing nether regions, I'd agree that it would be "slovenly, lazy and dirty". But it would be unfair to judge all daytime-PJ-wearing people like that as you cannot possibly know the circumstances.

But not always in the comfort of your own home......

gayleygoo wrote: »

My SIL lives next door to me, and there have been times one of us has walked the footpath to the other's house, in our jammies, slippers and dressing gown, with glass of wine or cider in hand. Who cares what the neighbours think :cool:

Are people really that offended by what others choose to wear? Mum wearing jammies on the school-run is not child abuse (though it might be a tad embarrassing and not the best example to set), but who wants to legislate on what parents are allowed to wear at 8.30am?!

If I saw a woman in her pyjamas, slippers & dressing gown walking to her next door neighbours with a glass of wine or cider in hand, I wouldn't be offended but what I would feel is.....well, I dont think I can post it here.