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At the end of the day, one of the house's owners is now upset with OP and her husband.  That's not a great position to find yourself in, over nothing.  It simply wasn't worth the 50 percent more for a used boogie board to not graciously accept the offer and move on.[/quote]
That Aunt should know to stay out of it. What is stopping OP's DH from running to their Daddy and having Daddy call Cousin and yell at him for only offering 50%?

Cousin was wrong. Cousin didn't even offer to pay for broken item at 100%. Cousin got called on it. Cousin didn't like it so had to whine to his mom (or Aunt. it was).[/quote]

Nope.  Aunt is one of the owners and perfectly justified to think that generously opening up the home to guests means that they should stop the squabbling and be appreciative.[/quote]

This. It's usually best to overlook the technicalities of who's right in a situation like this. Allowing a petty annoyance to blow up into a drama is bad form. [/quote]

Completely agree. OP is being really petty. If the boogie board was that valuable/important to you, then you should not have left it at the house. I can’t imagine a boogie board costing this much. Perhaps OP got ripped off and is taking it out on that cousin because it broke and should t have?[/quote]

You guys, if you're at a relative's beach house and you break something, you're honestly saying it would NOT be appropriate for you to replace it?

I'm with op. Cousin broke it, cousin replaces it. [/quote]

No. That's not what people are saying. Cousin should pay replacement value, but cousin initially refused and offered half. The question is what comes next. Do you fight until he relents or just let it go. A lot of people are on team let it go, and  stop leaving expensive stuff there. [/quote]

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