(March 27, 2024 at 12:08 pm)Foxaèr Wrote:

(March 27, 2024 at 12:07 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When did wearing pajamas in public become normalized? 

Boru

In this country, a long time ago. Working in retail makes you wonder if they even looked at themselves in a mirror before leaving home.

Must have been late catching on here. In the last few days, I’ve seen two different people in their jim-jams at the local market.

And I’m not talking about hot 20 year-olds in sexy nighties, I’m talking about people who should definitely put on more clothes.

Boru

(March 27, 2024 at 12:07 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When did wearing pajamas in public become normalized? 

Boru

We have a neighbor that we simply refer to as pajama pants.

(March 27, 2024 at 12:07 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When did wearing pajamas in public become normalized? 

Boru

It's been a progression and I blame Walmart.  

When I was growing up we dressed up to travel.  Mom and one, two, and then three of us kids in our Sunday best to sit in planes and airports for a trip halfway across the country.

Worse were the drives from Iowa to North Carolina.  It's 24 hours of straight driving and we seldom stayed in a hotel or stopped anywhere to sleep.  The last trip I made with the family I was 16 and was taken out a bought an outfit of slacks, blouse, and blazer to sit in for whole trip with my two siblings who were likely as not to throw up at least once along the way.  It's important to be properly attired when you are on the side of the Interstate while your parents wash barf off a kid with water that was formerly ice in the cooler.  

Working from home has me used to not dressing up in my work costume anymore.  But if I leave the house I do try to remember to put on something other than jammies and maybe even rake a brush through my hair.

^I mean, sure, people don’t need to get done up like the dog’s dinner to walk out and pick up their newspaper, but if you’re going further than that, maybe jeans and a t-shirt at the least.

And slippers are called ‘house shoes’ for a reason.

Boru

(March 27, 2024 at 2:30 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ^I mean, sure, people don’t need to get done up like the dog’s dinner to walk out and pick up their newspaper, but if you’re going further than that, maybe jeans and a t-shirt at the least.

And slippers are called ‘house shoes’ for a reason.

Boru

I see slippers most often in the grossly overweight. When nothing else fits whatchagonnado?

(March 27, 2024 at 2:30 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ^I mean, sure, people don’t need to get done up like the dog’s dinner to walk out and pick up their newspaper, but if you’re going further than that, maybe jeans and a t-shirt at the least.

And slippers are called ‘house shoes’ for a reason.

Boru

Jean and a t-shirt are dressed up for me.     It's a step above yoga or jammie pants and a t-shirt anyway.  

My 'house shoes' are bare feet...so yeah, I kind of have to put on some footwear when I leave the house.  Stores have these darn rules about no shirt, not shoes, no service.

(March 27, 2024 at 2:47 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(March 27, 2024 at 2:30 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ^I mean, sure, people don’t need to get done up like the dog’s dinner to walk out and pick up their newspaper, but if you’re going further than that, maybe jeans and a t-shirt at the least.

And slippers are called ‘house shoes’ for a reason.

Boru

Jean and a t-shirt are dressed up for me.     It's a step above yoga or jammie pants and a t-shirt anyway.  

My 'house shoes' are bare feet...so yeah, I kind of have to put on some footwear when I leave the house.  Stores have these darn rules about no shirt, not shoes, no service.

I used to have a figure and butt that I could get away with wearing yoga pants. Girls would look. Guys would look. Not anymore though.

(March 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: It's 24 hours of straight driving and we seldom stayed in a hotel or stopped anywhere to sleep. The last trip I made with the family I was 16 and was taken out a bought an outfit of slacks, blouse, and blazer to sit in for whole trip with my two siblings who were likely as not to throw up at least once along the way. It's important to be properly attired when you are on the side of the Interstate while your parents wash barf off a kid with water that was formerly ice in the cooler.

Holy crap, but that triggered some memories. Never had to dress up to travel, but we made cross country road trips every summer (and any time on of dad's parents wound up in the hospital) from 1975 until I refused to go on any more starting in the summer of '87. Mom and Dad would drive in shifts and we'd stop for gas, groceries, and destinations... and not much else. I clocked enough miles as a kid that, were they United frequent flyer miles, I could get a free pass to mars when United opens service.

Mom used to love the cooler ice melt. It meant she could give us a drink of water (when what we really wanted was out of the fucking car for a few minutes) without stopping.

(March 27, 2024 at 9:50 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:

(March 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: It's 24 hours of straight driving and we seldom stayed in a hotel or stopped anywhere to sleep.  The last trip I made with the family I was 16 and was taken out a bought an outfit of slacks, blouse, and blazer to sit in for whole trip with my two siblings who were likely as not to throw up at least once along the way.  It's important to be properly attired when you are on the side of the Interstate while your parents wash barf off a kid with water that was formerly ice in the cooler.

Holy crap, but that triggered some memories. Never had to dress up to travel, but we made cross country road trips every summer (and any time on of dad's parents wound up in the hospital) from 1975 until I refused to go on any more starting in the summer of '87. Mom and Dad would drive in shifts and we'd stop for gas, groceries, and destinations... and not much else. I clocked enough miles as a kid that, were they United frequent flyer miles, I could get a free pass to mars when United opens service.

Mom used to love the cooler ice melt. It meant she could give us a drink of water (when what we really wanted was out of the fucking car for a few minutes) without stopping.

Sorry for bringing up the childhood trauma.  LOL.

Mom and dad didn't drive in shifts.  Dad swore that mom could take a wrong turn on a road with no crossroads.  When my younger brother went to NC with mom and brought a friend of his along they didn't even have licenses yet, I don't think.  They got so frustrated with mom getting them lost that they ended up taking the shifts at the wheel.  

On a road trip with dad we stopped when the car needed gas or dad needed more coffee.  That was it.  You better time any bathroom needs to those things.  

I did learn how to read a map when I was pretty young as there was nothing else to damn do on those treks.  Other than dodging potential barf.

That trip when I was 16, dad bought the 8-track of Donna Fargo that featured "I'm the Happiest Girl in the Whole USA".  Which he put in before we left the driveway and he played non-stop for the whole damn trip.  Interspersed with that lovely piece of music was my brother singing the Hardees jingle every time he saw a Hardees sign.  (Hurry on down to Hardees where the burgers are charcoal broiled.)  UGH...

I wish I had a cucumber right now.