Hydroflask

[Anonymous]

My daughter 14 brought home a hydroflask she said she found on the street. It does look used and the straw on it had some little nicks from
Being in the mouth of the previous owner. But other than the little bites on the straw The bottle looks clean and undented. She says she washed it as cleanly as she could and even put it in the dishwasher the previous night which I must have missed. She was already drinking from it yesterday. We had a big “disagreement” on how you shouldn’t take things that aren’t yours. But she said some rich kid probably just threw it in the tree planter at the mall. It was close to mall closing and will eventually get thrown away by security etc. and like how would one get sick from drinking from a bottle after it has been in the dishwasher etc. She insists on keeping it and says was already drinking from it whole of yesterday and still alive etc!

Would you let her keep it? Would you keep fighting her or let it go. Would you let your kid pick up a bottle and use a random bottle found in the mall? I know it’s a hydroflask and can’t understand what the desire on these things!

[Anonymous]

My kids wouldn’t want someone else’s water bottle. I would get her one. If money is an issue, you can get similar water bottles at target or Walmart for cheap.

I have boys though and they don’t even carry a water bottle. They are probably the ones who left it behind after I gave one for them to drink.

My kids played with beach toys or items left behind by others. I always tell them not to take it home since the owner may come back later. I would not want my kid to claim someone else’s bag or toy or water bottle.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like a good find. Your daughter sounds resourceful. Hydroflasks and Stanley Cups are really popular at that age and do a great job facilitating hydration.. I don't know why you'd fight her on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids wouldn’t want someone else’s water bottle. I would get her one. If money is an issue, you can get similar water bottles at target or Walmart for cheap.

I have boys though and they don’t even carry a water bottle. They are probably the ones who left it behind after I gave one for them to drink.

My kids played with beach toys or items left behind by others. I always tell them not to take it home since the owner may come back later. I would not want my kid to claim someone else’s bag or toy or water bottle.

Nobody is coming back for a water bottle. And kids don't want a knockoff at Walmart for cheap. That's not the point at all. They want Hydroflasks or Stanley Cups. This is so not worth a fight.

[Anonymous]

I would just express my views on this and let it go, personally. It’s okay for her to disagree about this.

[Anonymous]

We have friends whose son does this sort of thing: always finds "discarded" items which in reality are things that people dropped by mistake. The behavior really annoys me because clearly people are not tossing things to the side while walking through parking lots.

That said, I would insist on buying a replacement straw. You can get them on Amazon with Prime shipping.

[Anonymous]

So this is why my kids hydrpflssk(and Costco bottles) never ended up in lost and found.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So this is why my kids hydrpflssk(and Costco bottles) never ended up in lost and found.

And dd straight up saw someone using one of her stickered non-branded bottle last year. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids wouldn’t want someone else’s water bottle. I would get her one. If money is an issue, you can get similar water bottles at target or Walmart for cheap.

I have boys though and they don’t even carry a water bottle. They are probably the ones who left it behind after I gave one for them to drink.

My kids played with beach toys or items left behind by others. I always tell them not to take it home since the owner may come back later. I would not want my kid to claim someone else’s bag or toy or water bottle.

“Facilitating hydration” …. Really drinking that koolaid aren’t you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids wouldn’t want someone else’s water bottle. I would get her one. If money is an issue, you can get similar water bottles at target or Walmart for cheap.

I have boys though and they don’t even carry a water bottle. They are probably the ones who left it behind after I gave one for them to drink.

My kids played with beach toys or items left behind by others. I always tell them not to take it home since the owner may come back later. I would not want my kid to claim someone else’s bag or toy or water bottle.

“Facilitating hydration” …. Really drinking that koolaid aren’t you?

No, not koolaid. I did when I was a kid, though. Do you like koolaid?

[Anonymous]

Hydroflasks cost around $40. Absolutely someone went back looking for that hydroflask, even if the family was rich. And your daughter effectively stole it. It is kind of alarming how nonchalant she was about doing that, and so quick to make it her own (teeth marks and all). This is your opportunity to teach her to care about others.

[Anonymous]

Also she’s a little old for being so into hydroflasks. They are a middle school thing. So she effectively stole it from a littler kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also she’s a little old for being so into hydroflasks. They are a middle school thing. So she effectively stole it from a littler kid.

Really? What else do older teens use then? I think older teens do use hydroflasks too? Even many adults?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also she’s a little old for being so into hydroflasks. They are a middle school thing. So she effectively stole it from a littler kid.

Really? What else do older teens use then? I think older teens do use hydroflasks too? Even many adults?

Yes, they do. Weird post by PP designed to take a dig at the daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also she’s a little old for being so into hydroflasks. They are a middle school thing. So she effectively stole it from a littler kid.

Really? What else do older teens use then? I think older teens do use hydroflasks too? Even many adults?

Yes, they do. Weird post by PP designed to take a dig at the daughter.

Why should we spare the feelings of a thief? Most kids would have left it there in case someone went back to find it. Or turned it into a lost and found. We have lost several water bottles and recovered some from lost and founds that were ours (stickers ir our name on it so we know it’s ours). Never would we just take one that wasn’t ours to stick it to the greedy rich.