My 12.5 yo DD1 is NOT INTO CLOTHES. Or ANYTHING GIRLY.
It is her primary school leavers party next week and, frankly, I think this would be a good time for her to realise that, sometimes, you need to wear clothes to fit the occassion.
She will never be one of the girls getting highlights, and fake tan and manicures - and thats okay - not a problem.
But I do think that - as we have delayed our holiday so she can go to this party (we normally leave as soon as school finishes - literally 3:30 but this year we are leaving at 8pm), and as a local business man has paid a lot of money to put on a "No expenses spared" party for them...and as a lot of the mums are volunteering to go and decorate the venue (not me sadly - I'm working at the school)...that she could wear something other then her plan of "stained joggers and an oversized man's tshirt".
I don't expect a ball gown - I absolutely don't - but I gave her the Next Summer Catalogue to look through (women's and girls sections) - she put it down after literally 10 seconds and said "no - nothing I want to wear".
I would like her to wear something like this
www.next.co.uk/girls/older-girls/festival-girl/12
or
www.next.co.uk/girls/older-girls/mono/5
She is very emotional at the moment - worried about secondary, not wanting to go on family holiday etc etc - but I really do think that it is really disrespectful for her to turn up to an expensive party that a lot of people have worked hard on looking like this
lastexittoricklesburgh.com/the-tramps-arsehole/
There are some events - weddings, funerals, parties, graduations - where you can't wear what you are necessarily comfortable in every day - I'd never force make up or hair up-dos on her, but something nice - surely..
AIBU (and does anyone have any outfit suggestions - she is a pretty, athletic girl...)
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Bathsheba · 22/06/2016 17:30
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