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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH, DS, and I went to the park today with another friend, her husband, and their toddler.  Unbeknownst to me, my friend's toddler took my keys out of our diaper bag (it was sitting in the stroller) and was playing with them.  DH took them away from her once and put them in the stroller basket.  He said he saw her with them again, but didn't take them because he was chasing after our DS and the toddler was close by the other adults, so he assumed we had noticed.  I did not.

Once I got home, I realized the keys are lost.  This was when DH told me that our friends toddler had been playing with them and told me that he thought I had seen her doing so.  The key chain held my house keys as well as two car keys (the kind with the fob for the alarm and unlocking the door).  This means it will be expensive to replace the keys, as well as a hassle.

When I called my friend to ask if she knew where the keys are, she said they didn't.  She said her toddler had put them back in the diaper bag, and said maybe they had fallen out later.  I'm pretty annoyed -- the toddler shouldn't have had the keys in the first place, and the idea that since the toddler put them away, it completely absolves the parents for any responsibility for the keys seems a little ridiculous.  First, the toddler had already taken the keys from the bag twice; it's not a stretch that she might have done it again.  Second, I don't have a lot of confidence in the idea that a toddler would have put the keys away such that they were secure and would not fall out.  And third, the fact of the matter is that her daughter was the last person to have them and now they're missing.  My friend's attitude seems to be "I don't know where they are; I don't know what you want me to do about it." [b] When I asked to her to go to the park to help look tomorrow she said "If I have time." [/b]

It's not that I expect her to immediately run out and find they keys, but I do feel like she and her husband should take some responsibility for the fact that they're missing.  Is that out of line?  How would you handle this?[/quote]

I'm surprised you didn't ask her to pay to replace your keys![/quote]

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