Wwyd? My daughter's bike is missing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with a mom who would lie for me. Except this is how the scenario would play out:

Other mom: hi is this your daughter’s bike?
My mom: yes, she’s had it for years
Other mom: ok, sorry, bye
*my mom closes the door *

My mom: get you ass down here! Did you steal a bike? Tell me the truth. I don’t give a sh!t if you did but don’t lie to me. Now go bang up that bike so it don’t look like that girl’s anymore.

I guess you lie for your children as well. What a low life you have for a parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man here - I remember being in grade school and my basketball disappeared when we were at the playground. It had my name written on it in magic marker. I walked all around the school neighborhood until I ran into some kids playing basketball at someone’s house with a ball that looked like mine. I stood around and then asked if I could play and they said sure and when they passed the ball to me I could see that someone had tried to remove my name from the ball with some kind of solvent but my name was very apparent. I said “this is my ball, who stole it from me?” A kid came up to me and said it’s his ball which meant he was the one who stole it. I put the ball on the ground and then I hit him as hard as I could and then picked up the ball and ran as fast as I could. Truly one of my finest moments as a grade schooler.

I’m sure that this is not an approach your parents would have recommended but bravo!

+1 that’s one way to solve a problem! Not ideal, but effective.

[Anonymous]

Wasn't this an episode of Full House?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You call the police and explain the situation. Do you have a picture with your daughter on her bike?

Why is this wrong and why does it deserve an eye roll? If it's your stolen property what's wrong in going to the police?

[Anonymous]

Steal it back.

[Anonymous]

My daughter was invited to a play date about 6 months ago and I sent her brand new shoes in her backpack for her to wear the next day. I didn’t want to send brand new shoes, but the only shoes she had that still fit were her “water shoes” and she wore them to the kid’s house expecting them to get wet.
So I pick her up, bring her home and didn’t realize her shoes were not in her bag right away.
That night I went to unpack her bag and realized the shoes weren’t there. I texted the mom, fully thinking she was gonna say “oh yes, we have them, when do you want to come by to get them?”. She never replied to my texts. Or calls. She used to reply to me right away when I texted her. Nothing.

The suckiest part is that this kid was my daughter’s best friend. I would’ve just let it go for the sake of their friendship, but at her age, there’s no contact with the daughter if the mom doesn’t reply/answer the phone. We don’t live close to each other. My daughter still cries about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You call the police and explain the situation. Do you have a picture with your daughter on her bike?

Why is this wrong and why does it deserve an eye roll? If it's your stolen property what's wrong in going to the police?

That is a much better option than just taking it. Unless you want to get arrested for bike theft yourself. Police can recover your stolen property (if it is indeed yours) it is part of their job.

[Anonymous]

Why not swipe it back, SHARPIE YOUR NAME ON IT DISCRETELY, and if they try to call you out on it be like "what are you talking about, this is ours here's our name..."

Combining all the advice in this thread into one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was invited to a play date about 6 months ago and I sent her brand new shoes in her backpack for her to wear the next day. I didn’t want to send brand new shoes, but the only shoes she had that still fit were her “water shoes” and she wore them to the kid’s house expecting them to get wet.
So I pick her up, bring her home and didn’t realize her shoes were not in her bag right away.
That night I went to unpack her bag and realized the shoes weren’t there. I texted the mom, fully thinking she was gonna say “oh yes, we have them, when do you want to come by to get them?”. She never replied to my texts. Or calls. She used to reply to me right away when I texted her. Nothing.

The suckiest part is that this kid was my daughter’s best friend. I would’ve just let it go for the sake of their friendship, but at her age, there’s no contact with the daughter if the mom doesn’t reply/answer the phone. We don’t live close to each other. My daughter still cries about it.

You should have driven over there and been like, I realized my daughter left her shoes here. I'll wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was invited to a play date about 6 months ago and I sent her brand new shoes in her backpack for her to wear the next day. I didn’t want to send brand new shoes, but the only shoes she had that still fit were her “water shoes” and she wore them to the kid’s house expecting them to get wet.
So I pick her up, bring her home and didn’t realize her shoes were not in her bag right away.
That night I went to unpack her bag and realized the shoes weren’t there. I texted the mom, fully thinking she was gonna say “oh yes, we have them, when do you want to come by to get them?”. She never replied to my texts. Or calls. She used to reply to me right away when I texted her. Nothing.

The suckiest part is that this kid was my daughter’s best friend. I would’ve just let it go for the sake of their friendship, but at her age, there’s no contact with the daughter if the mom doesn’t reply/answer the phone. We don’t live close to each other. My daughter still cries about it.

You should have driven over there and been like, I realized my daughter left her shoes here. I'll wait.

This is like that long post with the kid who "borrowed" OP's kid's toys and the mom refused to give them back. Still no resolution on that one.