‘Borrow Borrow make me fine’. Sometimes best friends
and and siblings tend to borrow clothes from themselves
for various reasons but there are some unwritten and
spoken rules (called common sense) that have to be
followed when asking for or lending out clothes, See Some
Of The Rules Below …
1. YOU MUST ALWAYS ASK FIRST : never assume you have
the right to any person’s hard-earned and carefully curated
wardrobe. And especially don’t ask to borrow something
when you have already taken it off the hanger and you’re
just about to put it in your bag/murse/purse/satchel. Its
Rude.
2. NEW CLOTHES ARE OFF LIMITS: New clothes are the
reason we’re excited to get up in the morning. We just
can’t wait to WORK the mess out of a new pair of shoes or
a new tank top or pair of jeans. So do not ask if you can
borrow something I just got. I guess I don’t mind if you
borrow some of the stuff I’ve already featured, but new
clothes are off limits. Maybe I’ll think about letting you
borrow it after I’ve already debuted it to the public. And
even then I don’t know, because sometimes you have to
work a new piece on a few different occasions before
anybody notices.
3. RETURN THE CLOTHES ON TIME: There’s nothing worse
than lending somebody an article of clothing that you’re
never going to get back. Oh but you’re going to get it back.
See, the friend you lent it to thinks you forgot about it but
NO YOU HAVE NOT. Every day that passes with the item
unreturned is a day you sit arms crossed, lips pursed out,
going “mmmmhmmm.”
4. YOU MUST RETURN THE CLOTHES CLEAN: Probably the
worst thing you can do if you borrow clothes is to return
them dirty — arm pit stains, splashes of wine, whatever.
It’s courteous to find out how your friend cleans the piece
you borrowed, and you should do everything you can to
return it to them in the way you borrowed it. If you return
something to them in a messed up condition, well now
they are less likely to let you borrow anything ever again.
5. I’M ALSO ALLOWED TO BORROW YOUR STUFF TOO: It’s
not fair to ask a person to borrow their things if you’re not
going to open up your closet, too. But I guess if your
closet was so hot, you wouldn’t need to be borrowing
clothes in the first place, now would you?
6. DON’T OVER ASK: We are happy to let our friends
borrow things for a hot date, a job interview, or a night out
on the town, especially when we know that their
pocketbook is in a pinch. But just, let’s not make it a
regular occurrence. My name is not Mr. Price.
7. THOU SHA NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR YOUR
CLOTHES BACK: If you’ve waited forever and a day for so-
in-so to return a piece and you really want to wear it, don’t
be afraid to ask for it back. It’s yours!
Do you still borrow people your clothes? Feel free to share
Your thoughts..I
