Dress Up Games Gone Bad

Have you every had a dress up game go bad? The situation is easy to picture – you and a friend are playing in your closet with all of your clothes and some that she’s brought over to share. You pull things together and think you look pretty decent when your friend starts to laugh.

You ask her what she thinks is so funny, and she responds with something clever about your abilities to accessorize or your style. While you might not think this is funny, having someone make fun of you when you’re trying to have a good time, especially a good friend is just one way to ruin a fun dress up game.

If this were to happen to you, you should control your temper, and then point out to your friend that she’s being rude. It’s naturally to feel hurt and defensive, but the only way to save the dress up game fun is to bridge the gap and make up. Remind her that the point of the game is to try new things and ask what she doesn’t like about your outfit.

Then tell her what you do like and work on finding an outfit together that you can both agree looks great.