I get home, let the dogs out, feed the horses, then shower and change into my jammies.
StG
Unless it’s “jeans Friday,” I normally change when I get home. At this time of year, if I’m feeling particularly cold and tired and I’m not going anywhere, I might just change straight into my flannel jammies even if it’s 4:00 in the afternoon.
I’m surprised by this, I didn’t realize so many people changed when they got home. I normally don’t, at least until after dinner and I’m ready to lounge around and watch TV or read. My office is pretty casual, so I’m normally in khakis or cords and reasonably comfortable.
I change immediately if not before. I wear casual clothes to work (khakis and tailored T-Shirt) but they are not comfortable enough for lounging. Also I have to get my shoes off as soon as I step inside.
Winter: flannel or knit PJ pants, long-sleeved T-shirt, down slippers
Summer: knit PJ pants, short-sleeved T-shirt, bare feet
Even on the days I wear jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt to work, I still have to change into a different long-sleeved T-shirt when I get home.
I’ve started now that I have a job where I have to dress up.
Usually, when I get home, it’s time to swap the dress pants for jeans, dress socks for white socks and take the dress shirt off, leaving the comfortable t-shirt underneath.
Always. Usually before dinner, but sometimes right after. I get naked, then put on lounge pants or shorts and a t-shirt (and sweatshirt in the winter), and slippers, and stay that way until bed. At which point, I get naked again.
We usually give the kids a bath after dinner, and I’d rather not get my work clothes (slacks or chinos, button down shirt, nice shoes) wet.
My wife is a SAHM, so she’s usually in jeans and comfy shirt, but right after dinner she puts on her jammies too (same as mine- lounge pants, t-shirt/sweatshirt). Then everything comes off at bed.
Well, change is not exactly what I do. I do get out of my work clothes though.
Absolutely. Although I don’t have to dress up for work (nice slacks, long-sleeve shirt), it’s first on the list of things to do.
Winter: fleece robe, flannel pants, warm socks and house shoes
Summer: shorts, plus or minus t-shirt
I’m fortunate enough to work for a place (general contracting business) which allows us jeans all the time, so Monday thru Friday I change only into what I call my “jammy pants” (those loose cotton, cropped, brightly colored, elastic-waisted pants that I sometimes even work out in, they are so comfortable) and leave my top on. If winter, the top is invariably a sweater as I am a complete “sweater chick”, love them, have hundreds, and if summer, the top is a t-shirt. Shoes come off immediately. Socks come off immediately if winter, in summer I wear sandals to work and pretty much everywhere else, so no stockings.
Saturdays, I work at a mens’ store so I must dress up, but I rarely wear skirts there, mostly dress slacks, and they are rejected in favor of jammy pants right after work too.
Sigh. Too many teenagers around my place, always, for me to sleep naked (heads poking in at my bedtime to ask to borrow the car, get lunch money for tomorrow, etc) so only get to do that when I stay at boyfriend’s place. I envy all of you who do get to strip to your underwear after work, then slip naked into bed later. Yum.
–Beck
sometimes I do, working for an Elementary school is cool, there are restrictions as everyone knows. We can wear jeans, t-shirts (appropriate ones) or dress nice. Can’t wear spagetti straps, can wear tank tops but have to be 2 fingers width. I like to change depending on what I wore to work. If I dress up nice I will come home and change into PJ’s or casual clothes. If I’m casual I’ll stay in em’. Depends on my mood!
Absolutely. Everything off and down to an oversized tshirt and underpants.
That’s when I know I’m really home. 
Huh. I come home and take off my shoes. But if I’ve been wearing a particularly nice or confining set of clothes, I’ll most likely peel 'em off in favor of pjs. Doesn’t happen too often, though.
Nope. I wear khakis and a good shirt to work, which I’m comfortable in, so I’m fine staying in them until I get ready for bed. Only exception is the shoes, which I dump immediately for mocs, and then running shoes when I walk the dog. I could wear jeans to work if I wanted to, but I’m more comfortable this way.
Change as soon as I get home from work. I will put on something really comfortable–soft cotton athletic shorts and t-shirt. If I go out, I will then change into something nice or at least more appropriate. I wont even go to Wal-Mart my comfortable home clothes.
Once I return from wherever, I will almost immediately change back to comfortable clothes.
Damn right. I wear khaki cargo pants and polo shirts for my work uniform, and while that sounds comfy and casual… it ain’t. The clothes don’t fit properly to begin with, and after a day of work they’re just grungy and ew.
The first thing I do when I get home is take off my boots, then take a shower and put on something comfortable.
Straight into PJs. But then, I don’t get home until after 11:00.
I don’t have a dress code at work. I can wear just about anything I want–from jean cutoffs to business suits. Usually I shoot for the middle, but when I go out in the field (which is often), I wear junky clothes.
Regardless, I change when I get home. I’ll slip on a tank top and shorts, since I live in permenant summer down here. I haven’t always done this, but I like it. For one thing, the change lets me transition psychologically from “work” to “life”. Another reason is that I’m a big pig when I eat dinner (especially since I don’t have a kitchen table). I don’t have to worry about food stains getting on my nicer clothes. Also, I work in a lab where we handle nasty substances. I don’t like the idea of contaminated clothing spreading noxious molecules on my furniture.
For me it’s not so much work clothes vs. non-work clothes. It’s more going-outside clothes vs. staying-at-home clothes. Clothes for work is pretty casual anyway, but casual does not mean unprofessional. I just like to wear my most comfortable (even if they’re worn out) clothes at home with no regard for how it looks on me. If I go out and maybe bump into people, then I am more concerned about my appearance.
Always! Shoes have to come off immediately–living in Japan during one’s formative years tends to make one uncomfortable wearing shoes in the house. My work is “business casual,” but even if I’m changing from a comfy skirt and tshirt into another comfy skirt and tshirt, I’m mostly getting OUT of the clothes I’ve had on for the past twelve hours, ick! In winter it’s one of my raggedy ass cotton sweaters, flannel jammy pants and wool socks, in summer it’s a flowy skirt/tshirt combo or a sundress or just a huge oversized tank top with nothing underneath depending on how hot it is. I also make long cotton gauze robes and kaftans to wear in summer as well. I find that changing my clothes forces my brain to transition from “work space” to “home space” more quickly and I relax better without call center cooties all over me…
Yeah. I wear slacks, button-down shirt and a tie to work. Generally the tie comes off in the elevator when exiting the office for the day. Then it’s jeans and a tshirt when I get home.