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Lamplighter · 03-08-2015, 02:14 PM

Ummm.... I wonder if a different title should be:
What is the mature thing to do ?

As I read the OP, I hear an older generation missing a cliche...
If you borrow something, you're responsible for it.
If you don't like that responsibility, don't borrow.

The younger seems to be saying the same thing, but from their POV
If someone doesn't want to fix my stuff, then they don't get to borrow it.

Also, among family members there may also be a financial POV...
Here, can the younger afford this repair bill as much as the elder ?
The usual family situation would be, No, they can't.

03-08-2015, 02:14 PM	#6
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Ummm.... I wonder if a different title should be: What is the mature thing to do ? As I read the OP, I hear an older generation missing a cliche... If you borrow something, you're responsible for it. If you don't like that responsibility, don't borrow. The younger seems to be saying the same thing, but from their POV If someone doesn't want to fix my stuff, then they don't get to borrow it. Also, among family members there may also be a financial POV... Here, can the younger afford this repair bill as much as the elder ? The usual family situation would be, No, they can't.