My (27M) girlfriend (25F) flipped out at my suggestions to get dolled up when she asked me how she could help "spice things up", what do I do?

Me and my girlfriend have been getting tired of our day-in day-out lockdown routine and both mutually agree that it's making things feel a little stale between us (we've been living together just before the pandemic hit). Nothing has been particularly bad, our sex life is fine, we don't get into arguments or anything like that, we're just tired of the same thing day-in day-out.

We started having a conversation a couple days ago about what we could do in the short-term to improve our situation, particularly when it comes to our relationship, sex and "spicing things up". She gave me some suggestions on things I could for her then she asked me for any suggestions I had.

I simply told her that it would be nice if she could put on some nice clothes and makeup for a change instead of the usual sweatpants and old t-shirt. She immediately got mad, complained that I made her feel insecure about her "natural self not being good enough" for me, and that she shouldn't have to do these things because I should already think she's sexy enough, etcetera etcetera. I tried to explain that wasn't what I meant at all (I do think she's sexy, I just want to appreciate her beauty a bit differently) but she wasn't trying to hear it.

I thought it would have blown over or we would have talked it out by now, but I've kind of been in the doghouse ever since then and she's been distant and silent towards me unless it's about things like dinner, mail came, etc. What do I do? How do I explain to her that I didn't mean to offend her with what I said?

tldr; Girlfriend asked me if she could do anything to spice things up, got mad when I told her I'd like her to dress up and put on makeup for me from time to time. In the doghouse ever since.

Submitted May 05, 2021 at 01:00PM by throwawayhippiehobo https://ift.tt/2RwnWzC