Other people's property

[thyme4change]

I lost my favorite pair of (Target) sunglasses once.  The last time I remember having them we were in a friend's mini-van.  I asked if she had seen them, and she said no.  I went and bought another pair.  A few months later, I noticed her wearing a pair that looked a lot like my old ones.  Ten bucks - whatever.  I blew it off.  I forgot all about it (as it was 2 years ago) and I saw her wearing them last week.  LOL.

If they were mine, then we are even - she is the one who loaned me the now-cracked drink dispenser.   

[Queen of Interesting Nuts]

DD had a friend over and she swung on her canopy bed and broke it. I was angry but didn't know what to do.

[Shooby]

  If my friend sat on my sunglasses that i left on my seat, no i would not even ASK or expect my friend to replace those!  And, even if he/she offered, i would say no! 
  If i do damage someone's property such as opening my car door into theirs or something, i would find out who that person was and tell them what happened and pay for it. 

[michelyn8]

Apr 8, 2013 8:15:19 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Didn't want to hijack Susana's thread. How do you handle it when you damage (accidentally) other people's property and how do you want people to handle it when they damage yours? I remember a conversation I had with a friend years ago.  He was getting into a passenger seat of my car and I had mu sunglasses there.  It went like this: me:  hey, watch out, you are going to break my sunglasses and will have to buy me new ones him:  no, I won't me:  WTH? him:  well, 1 - you shouldn't put them on a seat and 2 - we are friends, so what's the big deal ? Now, I will admit, i have double standards.  I don't usually expect people to replace the things they broke, but I do feel obligate to replace the things that I break.  I have no idea why I feel this way. So, how does everyone else feel about it?

I guess I'm a bit of a hypcrite in these situations too as if I break something or one of my kids break something, I'll offer to replace it.  But if someone were to break something of mine, I usually brush it off likes its no big deal.

BTW - I see no problem with leaving your sunglasses in the passenger seat.  I'm assuming your kids all ride in the backseat(s) so why not use the passenger seat for your stuff.  I do it all the time and DD2 is always fussing that she has to move so much to get in the car with (and this is the child that is always leaving her stuff in the backseat of my car).