Why do some SAHM wear workout gear all day?

[Anonymous]

SAHM here. I only wear workout clothes if and only if I am actually about to exercise, or have just worked out and haven't had time to change. Otherwise, I try to defy the stereotype and dress fashionably in a nice outfit - sometimes a dress, sometimes a tunic and jeans, but I earnestly try to look neat and fashionable.

I volunteer at my ES and am often more professionally dressed than the teachers, but I digress...

[Anonymous]

Because I work out. I wear workout gear because I work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm probably the mom that she saw! For me, the reason is timing. I have two and a half hours to get everything in hat I need to do. I dress in my workout gear before we leave, do the drop off, get errands out if the way and go for a run/workout right before pickup. I may not look like I worked out but I most definitely did. That's why I wear the fancy workout gear in fact! It looks good even after you workout, especially if I throw on a cute hat and a nice looking fitted workout jacket.

Guess we could ask why do au pairs always wear grungy tees and too short shorts but I get it, it's comfortable. 'Nough said.

What does the hat look like?

[Anonymous]

Why do you spend one second of your time thinking about what SAHM wear? They do not waste their time thinking about you. Just get on with your own life.

[Anonymous]

Because they're comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm probably the mom that she saw! For me, the reason is timing. I have two and a half hours to get everything in hat I need to do. I dress in my workout gear before we leave, do the drop off, get errands out if the way and go for a run/workout right before pickup. I may not look like I worked out but I most definitely did. That's why I wear the fancy workout gear in fact! It looks good even after you workout, especially if I throw on a cute hat and a nice looking fitted workout jacket.

Guess we could ask why do au pairs always wear grungy tees and too short shorts but I get it, it's comfortable. 'Nough said.

Gross. After working out, you should take a shower, not go about your day and throwing more clothes on top of your sweaty workout gear. If your workout gear still "looks good" after your workout, you are not working out hard enough.

[Anonymous]

I am not a SAHM but I do wear workout clothes on the weekends b/c they are COMFORTABLE!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder about this too. I think they do work out, but maybe don't change immediately. They're probably comfortable.

I'm fine with this, as I am not generally preoccupied with what other people are doing, unless it is truly, physically hurting someone, in real time. Otherwise, I butt out, just like more suburban moms should learn to do, before they get themselves into trouble.

What is amusing is the snifflier than thous, who may feel threatened when a SAHM in workout clothes looks hotter than them. It's SO obvious! I have hot friends, and they get reactions at the store or whatever. I have seen it, and it is always by some frumpy hag that looks 20-40 older than my friends, but are probably about the same age. Funny!!

[Anonymous]

I keep planning on working out, but that never seem to happen.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm probably the mom that she saw! For me, the reason is timing. I have two and a half hours to get everything in hat I need to do. I dress in my workout gear before we leave, do the drop off, get errands out if the way and go for a run/workout right before pickup. I may not look like I worked out but I most definitely did. That's why I wear the fancy workout gear in fact! It looks good even after you workout, especially if I throw on a cute hat and a nice looking fitted workout jacket.

Guess we could ask why do au pairs always wear grungy tees and too short shorts but I get it, it's comfortable. 'Nough said.

Gross. After working out, you should take a shower, not go about your day and throwing more clothes on top of your sweaty workout gear. If your workout gear still "looks good" after your workout, you are not working out hard enough.

PP, I do this too. I don't have time to shower and change until after I have picked up the kids. I start off with a clean body, and my hair is always in a neat ponytail, so maybe you can't tell I've worked out. For the PP who thinks it is gross, maybe check into your hygiene a bit? I remember reading an article about Gwen Stefani, and how she would be dripping soaking after a show, but no smell. That's how some of us are I guess.

[Anonymous]

Ha! Because LIFE is a workout.

[Anonymous]

I'm a SAHM to a 1 year old. Doesn't everyone on here know that being a parent to young children is physically demanding and frequently messy? That means I wear something comfortable (easy to move in) and machine washable. For me and many others, yoga attire meets these requirements. Would you expect a construction worker to wear a suit and tie on the job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to be in a suit or business attire all day. On weekends, I wear "workout gear" (yoga pants, etc.) all day. If I could, I would wear "workout gear" all day, every day. I don't blame SAHMs one bit. Just a little jealous is all

+1 on all counts!!

Go SAHMs! be comfy on behalf of those of us who have to wear suits and heels every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder about this too. I think they do work out, but maybe don't change immediately. They're probably comfortable.

I'm fine with this, as I am not generally preoccupied with what other people are doing, unless it is truly, physically hurting someone, in real time. Otherwise, I butt out, just like more suburban moms should learn to do, before they get themselves into trouble.

What is amusing is the snifflier than thous, who may feel threatened when a SAHM in workout clothes looks hotter than them. It's SO obvious! I have hot friends, and they get reactions at the store or whatever. I have seen it, and it is always by some frumpy hag that looks 20-40 older than my friends, but are probably about the same age. Funny!!

I'm pretty sure that it's ironic when somebody makes fun of people who disapprove of other people's appearance by calling the disapproving people "frumpy hags" and saying they look old for their age, but I admit that I haven't been sure about what's truly ironic and what isn't since 1996.