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Should i pay for something my toddler supposedly broke?

  • I am quite upset and offended that my friend of 14 yrs and my childrens god mum is asking me for money for a speaker that my 2.5 yr old supposedly broke. We went to stay with her over new year and dd turned up the volume on her amp quite loud (my friend wasn't even in the room) and then later on it turned out one of the speakers wasn't working. She didn't even notice and it was my husband that pointed it out, so who knows when it got broken. Anyway Lu friend is now claiming that dd broke it and wanted me to pay for it. Apparently these speakers were worth 500 pounds but she got them from eBay for 30. I'm really gutted as she is saying she is 100% sure that's when it happened and I'm not. Now I have said I am sorry if it was dd but that it seems really petty. She is saying to me that if it were her she would pay for anything her child broke but I am so reluctant as we don't know it was her and if it was they must have been pretty rubbish speakers and on their way out anyway. I just wanted to know if this seems unreasonable to anyone else as I don't want to fall out over it but I know feel really uncomfortable going up to stay with her again. Especially when my ds will probably be crawling next time we go and god knows what mischief he will get into. If it were me I would have certainly let it go for fear of making my friend feel bad and that I only paid 30 pounds for them in the first place. Any words of assurance?

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    Talk to her about it when you guys are both calm. Your kid either broke it or didn't brake it. But what matters is your friend believes your kid broke it. Reason with her explain why you don't think you should have to pay for the speakers. Be calm when explaining she might listen.

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Shew is being unreasonable, she shouldn't have kids around if things can break she should put all valubles high up or lock rooms she doesn't want kids into. Kids do tend to do damage sometimes but in this case it doesn't sound like the speakers broke cos of your child. Good luck i hope you sort this out.

mum of little boys

Yeah sorry, but I agree that you should give her a little money or buy a cheap replacement speaker. Don't ruin a friendship of 14 years over something so small. She got them off eBay for $30 so then give her $10 for the speaker, its not that much at all. If my son breaks something, I replace it. Whether the people ask me to or not. It's common courtesy and I would expect them to do the same. If you are certain that your son didn't break the speaker then talk to her calmly about it. Otherwise, I'd just pay the $10 and continue being friends. Children break things, its a fact of life, just make sure you keep close watch on your toddler or keep them away from breakable things next time you're there.

LoveMyLisiate

If the speakers were turned up really loud, as you say - then the speaker probably blew!!! You can't just buy 'any' speakers to go with any stereo! My husband has blown many speakers in his time, (he's deaf in one ear!) including the tv speakers!!! I don't reckon your son 'broke' your friends speaker at all. It seems no one truly knows how it broke, but I think it's unfair to pass the butt on to you. The real question here is, how much do you value your friendship with these people? Because I would personally tell her where to shove it. If you want to keep your friendship and she insists on repayment.......only give her what she paid for it. Which you said was only £30!

Double Trouble plus one

Well if i was your friend, i wouldn't have asked you to pay for it if it was an accident and your child did it. I think it was rude of her to demand that you pay for them. They probably would have broke anyway since she got them on ebay for that cheap of a price to be honest. I don't think you should pay. If it;s that important to her she can take you to court and try to sue you. if she is honestly making you pay then what kind of friend is that??

Amanda

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