Should my housemate pay for the dress she borrowed then ruined?

[Deleted User]

Kidnap her and dump her in Mexico. That'll teach her.

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Moneyer

If something means so much to you that you'd risk a friendship over it, don't lend it in the first place….

Toxicity

Moneyer wrote: »

If something means so much to you that you'd risk a friendship over it, don't lend it in the first place….

Yes and no.

I could lend something to a friend that means nothing at all to me but I would still feel slightly upset if they ruined it and didn't at least offer to pay for it/replace it. I would tell them to forget about it, but it is the thought that counts.

purpleshoes_2

Viscose can shrink when washed in the washing machine.

melanzana

First world problems.

I wore the dress that my sister would have worn to our nephew's wedding, which she was so looking forward to.

She died two weeks before.

I wore the dress.

It is only a dress FGS.

Only a dress.

telsco

Easy. Borrow one of her favourite expensive dresses, pour lighter fluid on it and laugh manically whilst dancing round it naked and setting it on fire as she watches. She'll soon realise there's a problem.
Or you could talk to her like an adult.

Cimscate

Not much of a friend if she hasn't offered to pay in my opinion. She borrowed it, she ruined it, why should you take the loss....

doctorblunkett

definitely! friendship is worth more than a dress, but a friendship should be strong enough to endure you asking her to make up for the fact she made your dress unwearable.

old or not, it still had value to you. now it doesn't, and she has to make it right

tgroom57

j.e.j. wrote: »

I'm trying to think what a dress could be made of that would shrink in the washing machine..

..wool maybe? :think:

Most dresses I've seen are made of cotton, or polyester, or viscose.

It isn't just the fabric, it is whether it is 'knitted' or not. but for the sake of saving £7 in the dry cleaners - not worth the risk. I wouldn't lend her my stuff again, and as a minimum I would ask her for what it would have cost to dry clean the dress.

Then I would look for a replacement dress on ebay.

peachyprice

melanzana wrote: »

First world problems.

I wore the dress that my sister would have worn to our nephew's wedding, which she was so looking forward to.

She died two weeks before.

I wore the dress.

It is only a dress FGS.

Only a dress.

This is a just a MSE hypothetical situation, not real life.