My mother sent me red flannel pjs for my 50th birthday

[baby_bear]

Jeez. I thought I was doing okay until I opened that package left on my front porch by the mailman. Red flannel pajamas with cartoon cats all over them....

It just sent me into an immediate mental funk...am I over the hill, too old for sexy nightwear? I am now relegated to what I wore at age 6? Or is this my mom's problem (does she want to continue thinking of me as her virginal baby girl?)

Or should I just open a bottle of champagne and forget that I have now logged half century on this planet?

*sigh*

By the way, it's the last day of summer as well.

s_m

[maxanne]

1. happy birthday sierra_moon

maybe your mom was thinking of warmth and comfort in the cold winter months ahead. And wouldn't it be weird to get sexy nightwear from your MOM??? :scared:

[baby_bear]

13. No, it wouldn't be weird

I've been giving her sexual advice ever since my dad left and she started dating. I was about 20 then.

So, yeah, it would have been totally cool.

s_m

[rwheeler31]

2. It is a gift

long life, and comfort. Enjoy

[corarose]

3. Happy Birthday

I have been wearing flannels since I was a kid. Don't worry about it they are going to be warm when the winter hits.

Your mother loves you and she wants you to stay warm.

:party: :beer: :party:

[Solly Mack]

4. It's cause you're the cats pajamas to her!

You're hip and cool...you're nifty and great...and she's letting you know with humor.

[baby_bear]

14. That's so perfect

And we are both definitely cat people....

so....I should mellow out and not be so catty, right?

purrrrrr

s_m

[Maple]

5. Congrats

on your first 50 years!

[Don_G]

6. Would You Prefer The Flap In The Rear?

Heck, I just turned 50 myself. No big deal.

[ikojo]

7. Happy birthday Sierra_moon!!

Did the PJs have feet by any chance? I'd love to have a pair of footed PJs especially in the winter.


:party:


:toast:

[MuseRider]

8. Is this your special

birthday? Mine is coming up. Moms are moms, ya know? She probably thought they were cute or maybe they would make you feel better. Who knows, but 50 is great! Think of all the experience and wisdom you have gained. Now, save this and send it to me in a couple of months. SO far it doesn't bother me, but I have not quite gotten there yet. Happy birthday! (((((50 HUGS)))))

[baby_bear]

23. OK, MuseRider, you got yours coming

50 isn't anything until you wake up that morning and realize you are a half-century old....

I will be happy to remind you!!

By the way, my mother and my sister both say their lives improved immeasurably upon turning 50 (and my sister is just 54, so it must be pretty good!)

s_m

[davidinalameda]

9. do they have footies

happy birthday

go celebrate and go pick up some young play thing!

[baby_bear]

21. no footies, no drop panel...

young play thing, as in boy toy? hmmmmmmmmmmmm

I pick up such interesting ideas here at DU....

s_m

[roughsatori]

10. Happy Birthday Sierra Moon. I just told my Mom about your present

She is 74 and said that if some one mailed her red-flannel cat pajamas, at her age, it would make her cry. She said that she would have drunk herself into oblivion if she received them at 50. But it is funny to me. Maybe because I am male. I guess one might need to be a female to really catch the pathos of the cat-jammies. :)

[baby_bear]

20. I think I would like your mom, roughsatori

She sounds way cool. I bet she doesn't even OWN flannel pajamas....

Give her my best...

s_m

[dweller]

11. Congratulations!! you just got

re-birthed...you are now a child again.

Or at least your mom thinks so. Those jammies will come in handy come winter.
and i wouldn't rely on my mom to decide whether i was still sexy in pjs.

i gave up wearing them at 12 anyway, and haven't since.

:)
dp

and edit: my belated birthday wishes!!! (i'm so busy denying my next (50th) that i blanked on yours)...i plan to live forever anyway, so i'm just halfway there. You are too!!

[baby_bear]

22. Well, thanks, dweller, I think...

50 is an incredible number. I don't feel it at all, so I must be in denial. I never had any children, and some friends say that if you do, you are more in tune with the aging process.

Oh hell, I feel like I'm 25. So that means I am celebrating the second anniversary of my 25th birthday.

Yippee!!

:party:

s_m

[liberalmuse]

12. Look at it this way...

how disturbing would it be if your mother sent you something from Fredrick's of Hollywood or Victoria's Secret? Mom's like to think of their kids as asexual, no matter what their age. You can lounge around in your new pj's this winter, maybe sit in a chair all comfy and read with a cup of hot cocoa.

Happy Birthday!

[baby_bear]

29. I am not the hot cocoa type

I am definitely more Champagne and skimpy underwear.

And my mom knows it...heck, everything she knows she learned from me! And she's been happily married for over 20 years now...to a very sexy guy, who also happens to be my beloved stepfather. What a hunk!


s_m

[flamingyouth]

15. Happy Birthday

I'm wearing my cat-print flannel pajamas as I write! I just had to share that. Of course, I bought them for myself, so I can lay around like a slob in the evenings and read and be cozy.

[baby_bear]

30. Well, I didn't suggest I wouldn't wear them....

But not TODAY, if you know what I mean. (Heck, I have to wash them anyway, to get the sizing chemicals out of the fabric.)

I'm sure that in the middle of February, I will be very happy to have them, and I will have forgotten the trauma of turning 50 by then....
right? RIGHT???????



s_m
:scared::scared::scared::scared:

[LincolnMcGrath]

16. Red flannel pjs are sexy

Happy Five Oh :party: :toast:

[redwitch]

17. you drink that champagne in your new jammies!

I love red flannel- I feel comfy in it and it's easy to remove as necessary! Fifty is no big deal. And you are lucky to have a mom-and of course you will always be her baby, that's the way it goes-wrap yourself in that love along with the flannel and celebrate! Happy Birthday from upstate NY where red flannel pjs rule!

edited for plaidness

[baby_bear]

36. You are right, redwitch-- I should just be happy I have a mother

And she is super, even though we live far apart and I rarely see her. Yep, I'm her baby, and if she had her way, I'd still be 3 years old.

Thanks for reminding me.

s_m

[bowens43]

18. There is nothing sexier then red flannel pajamas......

:-)

[oneighty]

19. Upon reading your header

all I could think of was, "Darn. You got a nice Momma."

Ed

[baby_bear]

24. Ahhhhhhhhhh.....

You're right. I'm her baby. Doesn't matter that I'm 50 and insecure about it. I'm still her baby.

Thanks for reminding me, oneighty....

I'm way too sensitive today!

But the Champagne took the edge off....

:9

[LincolnMcGrath]

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[noiretextatique]

26. take heart, sierra moon...and happy b-day!!!!

at least she didn't send you a flannel "granny gown" like my mom did when i turned 40! :eyes:
she is well-trained now...she sends flannel pajamas with teddy bears on them :hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. There's just nothing sexier than a woman in red flannel cartooned jammies

Happy birthday! :toast:

Post pics! Will ya?

oh yeah and *sniff* summer's over.

[baby_bear]

31. Pictures, eh? You really want pictures?

It's way too warm in Seattle for flannel pjs. so you'll have to wait awhile. But, I'll get some film in the camera, for the eventuality when I don the cat-pjs. Now I just need to teach my cat to take a picture!!

s_m

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

33. I'll be here waiting

:D

[Terran]

28. I think it's cute

Happy Birthday. And anything that helps you feel young is a good thing, IMHO!

Dirk

[InkAddict]

32. I hope they were Karen Neuberger

you'll want to live in them. She also makes very cozy slippersocks.

[baby_bear]

35. They are from Serengeti online catalog

The brand is LaCera from China. They seem really cheap. I wouldn't wear them without a thorough washing on a bet. I am sure my mom thought they were better quality, but that happens with catalog sales, at least to me, all the time. Something looks great on paper on on the computer but sucks when you get it.



s_m

[scarlet_owl]

34. Happy Birthday!

And don't feel bad about the PJs. Think about it, would you want your mother sending you sexy nighties?

Fifty is Nifty!
I bet you've heard that about 100 times today!

[baby_bear]

38. No, I haven't heard that at all today

...because you guys here at DU are the only ones besides my mom and my sister who know it's my birthday!



Thanks, everyone!! Only an hour left of my birthday here on the west coast (and I was born in Oregon, so it's all legit.)

Cheers!

s_m

[eleny]

37. I turned 57 earlier this month and...

take it from me - you'll need flannel more and more from now on.

On edit - Happy Birthday!

[baby_bear]

39. AAACCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You just scared the crap out of me, eleny!!!!

s_m

[newyawker99]

40. Happy belated birthday, sierra_moon!!

:party: