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Sleepovers and things going missing, AIBU to be annoyed at this?

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Wanderinstar80 · 21/07/2024 13:31

My DD age 11 has had several sleepovers at her best friends house. I think pretty much every time she comes back there are usually a couple of things missing and I'm getting a bit fed up of it.

A lot of the time it's an item of clothing or cables for her to charge her tablet (they use different chargers to us), I wouldn't mind so much if these things eventually came back but they never do. So far, we've lost about 10 items in their house and when I ask about it, I get told they've looked but can't find them. I now say to DD that her tablet has to be fully charged as she's not taking any more cables.

We can afford to replace but I sometimes feel anxious when things go missing, likely because I grew up in poverty and we had hardly anything so if something went walkabout, it wouldn't get replaced.
AIBu to be annoyed at this?

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Wanderinstar80 · 21/07/2024 15:05

Catapultaway · 21/07/2024 14:58

They've hosted numerous sleepovers, you've hosted none, sorry but yabu.

Dds friend has anxiety issues and doesn't like being away from her parents

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NuffSaidSam · 21/07/2024 15:03

It depends who you are annoyed at.

YANBU to be annoyed at your DD, she's old enough to take care of her stuff and is being very careless. Stop replacing stuff.

YABU to be annoyed with this other family. They're being very generous hosting your daughter multiple times when you can't return the favour. It's not on them to then spend time looking for stuff your daughter couldn't be arsed to keep track of.

haveatye · 21/07/2024 15:02

My kids are much younger but I don't understand why she needs a tablet on a sleepover? Is that the norm? Aren't they watching a film and eating popcorn rather than going on screens individually?

Label the cable. If she loses it, she buys another or does chores to save up and buy it. She needs to take responsibility for her own things.

RawBloomers · 21/07/2024 14:59

YANBU Agree this is on your daughter, but I don't think that changes anything. Being annoyed by it is normal and limiting what she takes is a very reasonable response.

Catapultaway · 21/07/2024 14:58

They've hosted numerous sleepovers, you've hosted none, sorry but yabu.

DialEmforMurder · 21/07/2024 14:54

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Wanderinstar80 · 21/07/2024 14:54

@NetflixAndKill sleepovers at mine aren't possible atm unfortunately.

@HateThese4Leggedbeasts agree about the limited stuff, DD usually tries to pack a big bag of stuff so I'm trying to teach her to be more frugal with her packing!

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HateThese4Leggedbeasts · 21/07/2024 13:48

This would drive me crackers. I would only allow very limited stuff to go there. When I pick up I wouldn't leave until we had everything.

NetflixAndKill · 21/07/2024 13:39

Have sleepovers at yours instead

Wanderinstar80 · 21/07/2024 13:37

No I'm not implying this, the cables aren't of use to them as they use Apple products in their home and we don't.

I say to DD to make sure she has everything but I always get told at the door when I collect her that she couldn't find x, y or z, mum says she will look for them but always get told later that they can't find them.

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Meowzabubz · 21/07/2024 13:36

So don't replace it. If your daughter has lost 10 charging cords than she clearly isn't too phased about her belongings.

MojoMoon · 21/07/2024 13:34

Are you implying that the best friend's family are deliberately stealing charging cables? Does that seems likely?

Probably they are just busy and can't be arsed digging around in a child's messy bedroom to work out which of dozens of cables might belong to your daughter

Surely the issue is with your DD - she needs to pack her stuff and check she has everything when she comes home