Make fun with somebody!

[Tom]

Hello everybody

The expression is: make fun of somebody
But if I am not making fun of my friends, I am making fun with them, then? How does the following sound to you?

1- "What were you doing?"
"I was just making fun with Charles."

Thanks in advance

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

I'm not really sure what type of situation you're trying to describe.

Assuming both you and Charles were enjoying yourselves and there was no one-sided nastiness going on, then I would say:

"I was just having fun with Charles."

If you and Charles were being nasty or sarcastic towards a third person (let's call him Jack), then you could say:

"Charles and I were making fun of Jack."

Amy