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OH friends drunkenly messed with my possessions

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Zahia · 17/06/2025 23:24

I was away all weekend and my OH had his friends over to stay. They drunkenly messed with some of my personal possessions (not too much detail, but sentimental items from years of travelling which were on display). Luckily nothing was broken or missing. But I felt really upset, angry, and kind of violated as if someone had been through my personal things. I said I wanted my OH to tell his friends it was wrong for them to have done this, and for them to apologize to me. He got angry and upset, refusing to ask for them to apologize. He said it was his fault as he was too drunk to tell them not to. I agree it is also his fault, but am I unreasonable to ask for them to apologize as well? Ultimately they messed with someone else's possessions in their house. You wouldn't walk into a house and mess with someone else's photo albums or picture frames? Eventually OH did ask his friends to apologize to me (which they gladly did and I do believe it was genuine) but now he is furious with me. Am I in the wrong? Will he come round? Now I'm thinking I should have just let it go but I was so upset and wanted to make it clear what had happened was not ok.

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teenmaw · 18/06/2025 00:15

This would have pissed me off too op but I think you’ve gone a bit far embarrassing your partner like that. Making them apologise would have been really cringe for him. I’m sure if he said to them they were out of order they’d have felt bad or even apologised willingly

ACynicalDad · 18/06/2025 00:12

Take a chill pill, if they're that precious maybe they shouldn't be on display. It was a bit childish of them, but so is your reaction.

steff13 · 18/06/2025 00:10

I think drunk people aren't typically on their best behavior. Your BF took responsibility and apologized, nothing was broken or damaged, as long as he promised not to let them do it again, I would have let it go.

I don't know that he should be angry with you, but I don't think you should have gotten belabored the issue of the friends' apology. Not a hill I would have died on. And, you could have asked for the apology yourself if it was important to you.

angelikacpickles · 18/06/2025 00:09

I don't really understand what you gained by a forced apology? What does it matter? They messed with them, nothing was damaged, you put them back as they were.

Justhere65 · 18/06/2025 00:07

You sound a bundle of laughs!

monktasmic · 18/06/2025 00:05

Are they in a private space such as your bedroom? Is it your house or a shared house?
I don’t understand this at all tbh. An apology you have to ask for is not really an apology btw.

Zahia · 17/06/2025 23:32

They were on display, but no not that interesting as compromised dolls! They had just moved them all around and upside down etc for fun. They are not items that would be interesting to pick up and look at otherwise.

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steff13 · 17/06/2025 23:29

They were on display? So did they pick them up and look at them or something? Are they dolls and they put them in compromising positions?

Zahia · 17/06/2025 23:28

Things were out of place and upside down etc, when I showed him he asked his friends and they said yes they had messed with them

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Annascaul · 17/06/2025 23:26

Nothing was broken or missing?
How do you know they’ve been “messed with”?