Who is right? Son accidentally took item - disagreement results

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The update makes you and your friends sound insufferable. It's unfortunate that you are letting this Mom's "craziness" outweigh doing the right thing.

OMG, you must be Victor Hugo reincarnated. Give it a rest. You are WRONG that returning the suit at 10 pm was the only right thing to do. WRONG.

Who are you to decide what's right and what's wrong? The audacity of you women is laughable. So tacky.

LOL, I forgot of course it is YOU who decides what's right and what's wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The update makes you and your friends sound insufferable. It's unfortunate that you are letting this Mom's "craziness" outweigh doing the right thing.

OMG, you must be Victor Hugo reincarnated. Give it a rest. You are WRONG that returning the suit at 10 pm was the only right thing to do. WRONG.

Who are you to decide what's right and what's wrong? The audacity of you women is laughable. So tacky.

Uh, the subject line begins "Who is right?" so since we were asked, we will respond.

Numbskull.

You're dumb as hell. Go to bed.

Looking in the mirror again, are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Half of 50 is 25.

You're having a reading comprehension fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

I'm not going to get my kids out of bed, stick them in the car for a drive, for a bathing suit. And neither are you. It's unreasonable.

[Anonymous]

It sounds to me like OP had already made up her mind and started drinking early on (while still pretending to come up with solutions) so that probably played a factor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The update makes you and your friends sound insufferable. It's unfortunate that you are letting this Mom's "craziness" outweigh doing the right thing.

OMG, you must be Victor Hugo reincarnated. Give it a rest. You are WRONG that returning the suit at 10 pm was the only right thing to do. WRONG.

Who are you to decide what's right and what's wrong? The audacity of you women is laughable. So tacky.

Uh, the subject line begins "Who is right?" so since we were asked, we will respond.

Numbskull.

You're dumb as hell. Go to bed.

Looking in the mirror again, are you?

Your replies reveal you're not ready for the adult table, which makes you a dull opponent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

I'm not going to get my kids out of bed, stick them in the car for a drive, for a bathing suit. And neither are you. It's unreasonable.

So many of you are getting caught up in the item. For me, it's not about the item. It's about accountability. Correcting a mistake. While inconvenient as hell and I certainly would have been annoyed, I absolutely would have met the Mom at 10PM and been done with it. Especially, considering OP opened the "I'll bring it to you" conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds to me like OP had already made up her mind and started drinking early on (while still pretending to come up with solutions) so that probably played a factor.

Exactly. OP had no intention of fixing the problem. She didn't want to be inconvenienced and used the other Mom's "craziness" to assuage her sense of obligation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

I'm not going to get my kids out of bed, stick them in the car for a drive, for a bathing suit. And neither are you. It's unreasonable.

So many of you are getting caught up in the item. For me, it's not about the item. It's about accountability. Correcting a mistake. While inconvenient as hell and I certainly would have been annoyed, I absolutely would have met the Mom at 10PM and been done with it. Especially, considering OP opened the "I'll bring it to you" conversation.

Yes, she offered to bring it the next day. That's accountability.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

I'm not going to get my kids out of bed, stick them in the car for a drive, for a bathing suit. And neither are you. It's unreasonable.

So many of you are getting caught up in the item. For me, it's not about the item. It's about accountability. Correcting a mistake. While inconvenient as hell and I certainly would have been annoyed, I absolutely would have met the Mom at 10PM and been done with it. Especially, considering OP opened the "I'll bring it to you" conversation.

Yes, she offered to bring it the next day. That's accountability.

Now I know why people say DC area people are inconsiderate assholes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

I'm not going to get my kids out of bed, stick them in the car for a drive, for a bathing suit. And neither are you. It's unreasonable.

So many of you are getting caught up in the item. For me, it's not about the item. It's about accountability. Correcting a mistake. While inconvenient as hell and I certainly would have been annoyed, I absolutely would have met the Mom at 10PM and been done with it. Especially, considering OP opened the "I'll bring it to you" conversation.

I'd argue you are getting caught up in the "make it right" mentality. This isn't a case of gross negligence and the OP was willing to make the drive, just not at the exact time the mom wanted. I mean, why are we blaming OP's kid? Why didn't the 10 year old make sure he grabbed his own suit? If the suit was needed so badly then why couldn't the other mom come get it??

[Anonymous]

... There is no 10 year old, and OP said her child left first, taking the wrong suit with him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. Nobody should be paying $50-$100 to rush a child's swimsuit to an irate person who cannot solve a simple setback. There is a time to throw money at a problem, and there is a time to buy another swimsuit on the way to the beach.

And decent person would have met the other Mom halfway. A 30 minute drive is not life-ending.

Not sure why it's up to the other Mom to solve the problem and not the OP.

Not a 30 minute drive. It would have been a 1-hour round trip late at night with two young children in the car. It's an unreasonable request.

An hour, the horror! 10PM, yes definitely so late at night. How are you even up now??!!

I'm not going to get my kids out of bed, stick them in the car for a drive, for a bathing suit. And neither are you. It's unreasonable.

So many of you are getting caught up in the item. For me, it's not about the item. It's about accountability. Correcting a mistake. While inconvenient as hell and I certainly would have been annoyed, I absolutely would have met the Mom at 10PM and been done with it. Especially, considering OP opened the "I'll bring it to you" conversation.

I'd argue you are getting caught up in the "make it right" mentality. This isn't a case of gross negligence and the OP was willing to make the drive, just not at the exact time the mom wanted. I mean, why are we blaming OP's kid? Why didn't the 10 year old make sure he grabbed his own suit? If the suit was needed so badly then why couldn't the other mom come get it??

Yikes! I would hope that most people would lean towards making things right. DCUM is usually great about not blaming the victim. Not sure why it's okay here.

It's unfortunate that we've become a society where we're unwilling to inconvenience ourselves for the sake of others. When that unwillingness is tied to righting a wrong, it's even more gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes! I would hope that most people would lean towards making things right. DCUM is usually great about not blaming the victim. Not sure why it's okay here.

It's unfortunate that we've become a society where we're unwilling to inconvenience ourselves for the sake of others. When that unwillingness is tied to righting a wrong, it's even more gross.

Sorry, you had me all up until the word "gross". It's an ugly word and I tune out anything with it.