Speculation, Fact and Fiction

To be specific, what would a male equivalent be to the scenario where that close female friend you trust completely to come clothes shopping with you, says something * along the lines of "nah, makes you look like a sack of potatoes", when you've just tried on that dress you fell in love with when it was on the hangar.

You see, I'm doing creative writing workshops for teenagers in a few weeks and I want to be able to give a fr'instance that will resonate with the lads as well as the lasses about the honesty desirable from test-readers.

Suggestions?

*okay, it's apparent from the comments that I didn't express myself clearly enough initially, hence the amended post. No, I don't imagine lads exchange comments on clothes beyond those cited. So I am looking for the kind of scenario as suggested by shevdon in the comments here.