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Would wear a skirt with these scratches?

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CVVFan · 04/08/2025 17:06

I fell into a blackberry bush (don’t ask!) and ended up with these horrible scratches.

would you wear a midi skirt to a semi casual company event?

I’ve never met my colleagues IRL so I want to make the best impression

AIBu U to think they look too bad for a skirt

Would wear a skirt with these scratches?
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BuddhaAtSea · 04/08/2025 17:59

Long skirt or trousers. It’s the first time you meet them, the talking point should be how amazing you are, not that you fell into a bush.
I’ve worked with the same team for about 20 years, I wouldn’t care if they saw my scratches (don’t think I would even register), but were all really close.
Show your best light would be my vote.

Berlinlover · 04/08/2025 17:58

I would cover them up because everyone will just be distracted by the scratches and be imagining all sorts of scenarios of how you got them.

Illbefinejustbloodyfine · 04/08/2025 17:55

Im constantly covered in superficial wounds, scratches, bruises. I wear a dress most days.m, including to work. So I would.

Menopants · 04/08/2025 17:53

put makeup on to disguise

Tagyoureit · 04/08/2025 17:50

Wear trousers

DinoLil · 04/08/2025 17:42

No one will look at your legs. If they do, you see them looking but they don't say anything, just bring it up and say something like yeah, ferret wrestling is one of my hobbies.

Definitely be an ice breaker!

OakAshRowan · 04/08/2025 17:30

Maddy70 · 04/08/2025 17:12

I probably would wear a skirt trust me noone is looking at your legs. And if they doame a comment just said I scratched myself gardening

I agree with this. I wouldn't give it a second thought if I was one of your colleagues.

LauderSyme · 04/08/2025 17:25

If you 'want to make the best impression' then resoundingly No, cover them up.

There is no shame in sustaining scratches from a blackberry bush, but they are incompatible with exposure at a work do where you want to be thought well of.

There will be at least one person present who will never be able to see you again without recalling your scratched legs.

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CVVFan · 04/08/2025 17:21

GettingFestiveNow · 04/08/2025 17:16

For a social event or general life I would, but for a works thing I think I'd wear trousers. I wouldn't want to explain to a load of work people that I'd fallen into a bush, but neither would I want them guessing how it had happened and maybe dreaming up something worse.

That’s kind of my worry, that they’ll think it was something much worse

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GettingFestiveNow · 04/08/2025 17:16

For a social event or general life I would, but for a works thing I think I'd wear trousers. I wouldn't want to explain to a load of work people that I'd fallen into a bush, but neither would I want them guessing how it had happened and maybe dreaming up something worse.

Wolfpa · 04/08/2025 17:13

It’s a talking point

Maddy70 · 04/08/2025 17:12

I probably would wear a skirt trust me noone is looking at your legs. And if they doame a comment just said I scratched myself gardening

Dangermoo · 04/08/2025 17:12

It's not that they look bad, but that you will be sick of being asked about them.