Dear Pajama Pants Wearing Assholes, Apr 21, 13:46

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Pajama pants are not acceptable street wear.

No I don’t care if you just needed a box of tissues really, really badly. I also don’t care if you didn’t feel like getting dressed. No matter how hard you try to justify it, wearing pajamas outside of your home is unacceptable. Here are the reasons why:

Who hasn’t gone outside looking like they just rolled out of bed? I can’t count the number of times I’ve gone out with a messy hairdo, funnily coloured socks or wrinkled clothes, but I will never, ever be caught dead wearing colourful cartoon pants outside of my house. Not that I wear those, no I prefer to wear mumu’s to bed because they’re the most comfortable. No one, aside from a surprised plumber, Fed Ex delivery man and one of my dad’s friends (all of whom I stumbled upon accidentally while wandering around in my nighties), outside of my family has seen me in my mumu’s. Except for those aforementioned guys.

Don’t get me wrong, there are people out there who can pull off the whole cartoon character on their pants look and pull it off really well. I’m not kidding, they look cute and points if they’re all sleepy eyed and cuddly. Of course, they’re under the age of 5 and most of them delight in playing with my glasses and or hair. I remember shifting from barefoot to barefoot in the Tim Horton’s in my old town with my father while the ladies behind the counter oohed and awwed over me and asked me what Timbits I’d like to have. That, however, was late at night (about 9pm) and I was around 5 years old. The people that I see in pajama pants are always over the age of 5 and just yesterday they were shopping at 5pm.

Brightly coloured pants with cartoons on them just aren’t acceptable street wear, it doesn’t matter how you try to twist it around, they aren’t and they never will be. Ever. They look sloppy, cheap and childish on anyone who is over the age of 5. Show me a pair of pajama pants that flatter your figure. You can’t. Show me a pair of pajama pants that match that cute top you’re wearing. Oh yeah, you can’t. I just have to question why someone would put effort into their top half, then just decide that it wasn’t worth it to grab a pair of jeans. It bugs me is all.

Sincerely,
Becky

1 I know this isn’t the indicative of all fatasses.

Good thing I don’t care what you think, or else I would almost be offended. ;) I wear my PJs out all the time.

#1 Erica Apr 21, 17:47 Permalink

I’m actually a good fan of flannel pajama pants… like, the plaid kind of flannel. Now, if I wore them outside it would have to be something like the late night Wal-Mart run (sometimes you just need chocolate), never anywhere that’s REALLY out in public. I guess it depends. Bright cartoon-y pajamas? Hell no, I’m with you on those.

#2 Meli Apr 21, 17:50 Permalink

Not acceptable? But what if you don’t care what others are thinking but just really need that box of tissues? I say kudos to people who are comfortable enough with wearing whatever the hell they want.

#3 Belinda Apr 21, 19:03 Permalink

Well, I really don’t care about what cloth strangers decide to cover their bodies with as it’s no business of mine. I wish I was brave and secure enough to not hoot about what others think especially when it has to do with something soooo insignificant. I, for one, have more important things to worry about.

#4 Donnie Apr 21, 21:07 Permalink

I’m quite happy to go out to the local shops for milk wearing…not much at all. Boxer shorts, singlet and no bra? BRING IT ON!

#5 Amanda Apr 22, 00:09 Permalink

#5 Pyjama pants are for wearing IN BED. Pyjama pants are not for wearing in public! LMFAO!

#6 Holly Apr 22, 03:03 Permalink

I’ve never seen anyone wear pajamas outside the house – I’ve done it before but I’d NEVER get out of the car with them on lol! I admit I leave the house with sweat pants on – but only when I’m going to asda, or halford, or somewhere where I’m not at all worried about wearing them cos I’llblend in perfectly with the clientelle! besides = with boots and a nice top they dont look that bad!

#7 Han Apr 22, 05:01 Permalink

I’ve worn my pj’s out of the house but I’ve never actually gone into a store with them on. I’d never do it. It’s just not me. At all. To actually go into a store with pj’s on then you must be a little lazy to actually get dressed.

#8 Jessica Apr 22, 11:11 Permalink

Bedclothes should be worn in bed, and that’s about it.

#9 Rachael Apr 22, 13:08 Permalink

I don’t have PJ pants, but if I had I would wear them to the store just to spite you. Hrmf, like anyone’s allowed to tell me what I can or cannot wear.
(hm, I sound like an asshole. For that I apologize)

#10 cecelia Apr 22, 14:41 Permalink

PJ bottoms – Bed clothing
Jeans/ Trousers – Public clothing

#11 Jordan Apr 23, 13:24 Permalink

I’d never go out in PJs either, but my best friend told me about the first day she spent in New York. She went there for work experience (students here get such offers) and one of the girls she was staying got sick in the middle of the night, so she went out in PJ to the drugstore….

I was rather bewildered, most especially because she’s always immaculately dressed whenever I see her… but she claimed that a lot of people did that there. I wouldn’t know… but my PJ look horrible. I bought them so I could sleep confily, not so I could parade around them in the city. .;

#12 Vera Apr 24, 04:02 Permalink

I’ve went into a store with pajamas on before. Granted it was a 15 hour road trip to Florida (I was wearing PJ’s in the car while trying to sleep), and I went into a gas station to pee and get snacks.

I actually have a pajama set that would be acceptable to wear in public. It’s a t-shirt and short sets. It was labeled “pajama set” when I bought it, but really it just looks like something you’d wear outside in the summer time.

#13 Britney Apr 26, 09:19 Permalink

Call me crazy, but I actually care about my appearance all the time. Yes, that includes being sick/running out for something in the middle of the night/etc. I don’t need to look like a hobo to be comfortable, and considering it takes any normal person about 3.4 seconds to put on a pair of decent pants (seriously, time it), I don’t see how there’s any excuse NOT to.

#14 Alex May 3, 12:58 Permalink

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