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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago, while some friends were packing the car to leave, their daughter knocked over a Tiffany lamp and broke it.  I didn’t ask for money.  It was an accident.[/quote]

So it was NICE of you not to ask for money for the lamp that their daughter broke, PP. However, you would have been well within reason to ask for it. And more importantly, the parents of the girl should have offered to pay you for it. (And then you could have very kindly declined their offer and waved it off IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT.)

Just because something is "an accident" doesn't mean one is not responsible for the damage caused. This is true when your teen ACCIDENTALLY hits someone else's car with their own. And it is true when your kid knocks over a friend's Tiffany lamp. The person who caused the damage should take responsibility for causing the damage and make a reasonable attempt to repair it or pay for it to be repaired or replaced. (I can't fathom why this is even a discussion. When did this cease to be common sense and/or behavioral societal norm???)[/quote]

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