The right thing to do? (long)

[DarrenX]

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When my friends leave things in my car i feel i am responsible for them. And if i lost those things i would pay for them .... You being taken for granted has nothing to do with you paying for what you lost.

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If I 'lost' the items I would absolutely pay for them, no questions asked. However, I don't think dropping the items off outside my friend's door, knocking on the door and calling him so he can get them qualifies as 'losing' them, especially when he could have gotten them Friday night if he was responsible. I call it an unfortunate situation where the blame doesn't solely lie on one person.

Anyway, I saw him yesterday, and he had told me he made an itemized spreadsheet of what he had lost. I said, "I see..."- he added, "but I haven't decided what I'm doing yet"- and I told him, "You know what? I know you're a fair person, and I'm sure you'll do what's fair. And I'll go along with it, no questions asked." I'll leave it at that unitl he brings it up again. Thanks for the responses.