shared family beach house - issue with damaged item

[Anonymous]

If you're going to let a $275 thing come between family, you can't afford a $275 thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:#firstworldproblems

We live in a first world country. So what is the issue?

We can't complain because we arent in Sierra Leone?

Okay, fine, I’ll change it to #richpeopleproblems. It’s akin to “omg I haven’t slept for DAYS because I’m up all night stressing over whether or not I picked the right tile for my backyard pool.” Sorry, I don’t feel sorry for you.

OP can afford a $275 boogie board. The “good ones” are $40-50 and you can get them as cheap is $5. Does a $275 boogie board operate that much differently than a $50 board? Doubtful.

Op has access to a FREE beach house for family vacations.
Op didn’t want to put forth the effort of bringing said expensive boogie board home or storing it in her house all year. Does it suck that it got broken? Sure. But this whole post reeks of privilege and entitlement.

Just because something is free doesn't mean all manners and rules go out the window. The cousin and guests also got a free week, that doesn't mean they can trash the place and break things that aren't theirs.

I’m sure they didn’t break it on purpose! If I visited a beach house and my kid accidentally broke a boogie board I would be happy to buy a new one….a $50 one to replace it. $275 is absurd—and apparently not that great of a board if it breaks that easily.

If you can't afford the cost to replace something your kid is playing with, he shouldn't be playing with it. You are like that woman who lost Carrie's shoes in SATC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:#firstworldproblems

We live in a first world country. So what is the issue?

We can't complain because we arent in Sierra Leone?

Okay, fine, I’ll change it to #richpeopleproblems. It’s akin to “omg I haven’t slept for DAYS because I’m up all night stressing over whether or not I picked the right tile for my backyard pool.” Sorry, I don’t feel sorry for you.

OP can afford a $275 boogie board. The “good ones” are $40-50 and you can get them as cheap is $5. Does a $275 boogie board operate that much differently than a $50 board? Doubtful.

Op has access to a FREE beach house for family vacations.
Op didn’t want to put forth the effort of bringing said expensive boogie board home or storing it in her house all year. Does it suck that it got broken? Sure. But this whole post reeks of privilege and entitlement.

Just because something is free doesn't mean all manners and rules go out the window. The cousin and guests also got a free week, that doesn't mean they can trash the place and break things that aren't theirs.

I’m sure they didn’t break it on purpose! If I visited a beach house and my kid accidentally broke a boogie board I would be happy to buy a new one….a $50 one to replace it. $275 is absurd—and apparently not that great of a board if it breaks that easily.

accidentally break it? I don't know, if my kid were jumping on something that did not belong to us I would tell kid to stop jumping on item. If I "borrowed" something that I sensed was expensive, not supposed to borrow and I saw my friend's kid jumping on it I would tell the kid to stop jumping on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will note that we only buy $15 boogie boards which we leave at the beach house WE ACTUALLY OWN. No one needs a $275 boogie board.

No one needs a beach house either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:#firstworldproblems

We live in a first world country. So what is the issue?

We can't complain because we arent in Sierra Leone?

Okay, fine, I’ll change it to #richpeopleproblems. It’s akin to “omg I haven’t slept for DAYS because I’m up all night stressing over whether or not I picked the right tile for my backyard pool.” Sorry, I don’t feel sorry for you.

OP can afford a $275 boogie board. The “good ones” are $40-50 and you can get them as cheap is $5. Does a $275 boogie board operate that much differently than a $50 board? Doubtful.

Op has access to a FREE beach house for family vacations.
Op didn’t want to put forth the effort of bringing said expensive boogie board home or storing it in her house all year. Does it suck that it got broken? Sure. But this whole post reeks of privilege and entitlement.

Just because something is free doesn't mean all manners and rules go out the window. The cousin and guests also got a free week, that doesn't mean they can trash the place and break things that aren't theirs.

I’m sure they didn’t break it on purpose! If I visited a beach house and my kid accidentally broke a boogie board I would be happy to buy a new one….a $50 one to replace it. $275 is absurd—and apparently not that great of a board if it breaks that easily.

accidentally break it? I don't know, if my kid were jumping on something that did not belong to us I would tell kid to stop jumping on item. If I "borrowed" something that I sensed was expensive, not supposed to borrow and I saw my friend's kid jumping on it I would tell the kid to stop jumping on it.

OP said in the original post that the COUSIN wanted to see how it rode so let’s be honest here, it wasn’t just the kid who stepped on it who used the board. Cousin knew darn well that board was not to be used but didn’t care and even let a guest step on it. Anyone who boogie boards knows you don’t step on it!

[Anonymous]

Op is ridiculous and petty.

[Anonymous]

The aunt who is “butting in” is an OWNER of a house you were a GUEST at. Any stuff you leave there is HER property along with the other co-owners. The rules are HERS along with the co-owners to enforce, not yours. I think you guys are going to get voted out of the beach house and that 275 board is about to be very expensive. But hey you stuck to your guns and got you $100 bucks!

[Anonymous]

Team OP here. Cousin really sucks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I will note that we only buy $15 boogie boards which we leave at the beach house WE ACTUALLY OWN. No one needs a $275 boogie board.

No one needs a beach house either.

You both are missing the point. If this was a mountain vacation home and it was $300 snowboard involved, the cousin should still not have borrowed it and absolutely paid for its replacement. The cousin is in the wrong here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The aunt who is “butting in” is an OWNER of a house you were a GUEST at. Any stuff you leave there is HER property along with the other co-owners. The rules are HERS along with the co-owners to enforce, not yours. I think you guys are going to get voted out of the beach house and that 275 board is about to be very expensive. But hey you stuck to your guns and got you $100 bucks!

You embarrass yourself by not reading the thread. Op’s father is also a co-owner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling that this shared time at the beach is going to come to an end. Way to ruin it OP.

+1 it’s not going to last once the first sibling passed away. If op likes going to the house she best hope the first to die isn’t her fil.

[Anonymous]

For the people googling the 275 boogie board, I found them!!
https://hubboards.com/collections/boards


For the record, I think the cousin shouldn’t have touched or taken the board but also, who the heck buys a boogie board for 275 dollars?

[Anonymous]

Cousins and parents of the brat who broke it should split the full replacement cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The aunt who is “butting in” is an OWNER of a house you were a GUEST at. Any stuff you leave there is HER property along with the other co-owners. The rules are HERS along with the co-owners to enforce, not yours. I think you guys are going to get voted out of the beach house and that 275 board is about to be very expensive. But hey you stuck to your guns and got you $100 bucks!

Sounds like the cousin is the one who is in danger of being voted out by breaking the house rules. Aunt is just embarrassed she raised him so poorly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I will note that we only buy $15 boogie boards which we leave at the beach house WE ACTUALLY OWN. No one needs a $275 boogie board.

No one needs a beach house either.

You both are missing the point. If this was a mountain vacation home and it was $300 snowboard involved, the cousin should still not have borrowed it and absolutely paid for its replacement. The cousin is in the wrong here.

Second PP. Totally agree. But it's a little hypocritical of a beach house owner criticizing someone for splurging on a $275 boogie board, no?