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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I'm late to the party but I read all 24 pages! I am another on Team OP. I get that her kid screwed up, but the bathing suit mom is really asking way too much. If I were leaving on a beach trip and only had one suit for my child, I would put the fear of death into him of not coming home with the correct suit. Then I would have checked immediately on return. I have a 7 year old, too, and with a few reminders, he can be really careful. I also would have that suit labeled. And on the off chance that something did go awry, I just wouldn't rake the other mother over the coals to fix it. Sure, if the parent could bring it by that night, that would be awesome. But otherwise I could probably find 25 bathing suits just by calling a few friends or posting on a neighborhood or school listserv and letting people know we were in a bind because our suit got misplaced at a party. And really, every parent has had to deal with lost or missing stuff, no?[/quote]
This wasn't the woman's son's fault, so fear of death wasn't the issue. The OP's child left first. I think the OP should've done the 30 minute drive. People at like 10 is such an ungodly hour- would she have been cruising through the streets of Anacostia? Did the woman live in Barry Farms? OP would've been inconvenienced but not ridiculously so.[/quote]

No, it's not the big kid's fault, but seriously, be prepared. Shit happens. I only have 2 kids but can roll just fine if a swimsuit goes missing. I don't need some poor mom who's husband is out of town to meet me at 10 pm.[/quote]

That's what you would do. And, it's probably what that Mom would do. BUT, the OP offered to drive it over and, with that offer, probably gave the impression that it was no big deal. Accepting an offer does not make you crazy or unreasonable.

It's extremely tacky to make an offer (secretly hoping it will be refused) and then taking back the offer when the person accepts![/quote]

This is the exchange as originally reported by OP:

I tell her I am sorry, I will bring it over in the morning. (My son left first, and picked a bathing suit off the drying rack - so he took the wrong one.) she says she needs it that evening because they leave on a trip in the morning and he only has one. I say ok, I have a sleeping baby already (DH overseas) but I will wake baby if necessary (hoping she'll say don't bother, but she doesn't )and ask for address. I map it, and it is 50 minutes away. I ask to meet at the school (10 minutes from me) and she says no. She offers a second location, 30 minutes for each of us, but only at 10 pm, and at that point I just say, look, I'm really sorry, but I can't wake sleeping baby and drive 30 minutes at 10 pm.

It is not tacky to take back an offer when it starts at, I'll bring it by in the morning, and ends at, bring it at 10pm tonight.  [/quote]

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