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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]#firstworldproblems[/quote]

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

We can't complain because we arent in Sierra Leone?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

Do you think anyone in that house actually expected the board to cost that much? Do you think the kid or cousin was thinking “oh heeeeyyllll yeah ima gonna ride this sweet sweet $300 boogie board and hope I don’t break it!”

No, they thought it was a $20 board like the rest of us get [/quote]

"We" get the styrofoam kind. This HAS to be made of surf board material, don't you think? And the cousin said he wanted to see "how it rode." Cousin knew it wasn't your run-of-the-mill boogie board. That was the entire reason he took it out to begin with.

Normally I would agree, don't leave crap behind. But a boogie board at a beach house makes sense. And, if there's an actual designated area of "don't touch unless yours" that all families agree to, this never should have happened. Cousin is totally wrong here.[/quote]

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