AIBU To think that it's rude to assk for something back months after you gave it away ?

[GrinchAnInch]

Someone gave something to me a few months ago, it is not something i use all the time but is quite usefull to have and it does get used. They have now asked for it back. I don't want to give it back and i'm not sure if IABU if I say no. I can't pretend I don't have it or that it's broken as they will probably see it in the future. I just find it very rude for them to expect it back and I'm a little cross that they have put me in this position.

So AIBU ?

I reckon you're right, cumfy . It is sad... And stupid. How can any thing be worth more than a relationship with your mother, or daughter... Or anyone you care about, IMO.

Lend it them and say once you've finished can I have it back as after all you where going to throw it out. :-)

It's also annoying when you think you've given something away and recipient thought it was a loan.'
(looks mournfully at high chair that I thought NDN had taken off my hands)

OP, I can see why you are annoyed but they may be aware it's only used occasionally by you and they want to pass it onto someone with a more ongoing need eg a toddler.

I would say: "Oh, have you forgotten, you said we could keep it."

I did once fall out with someone over a situ like this - I offered to buy an unwanted piece of furniture before she moved abroad temporarily and she never gave me bank derails to pay despite my asking several times.

I would have been fine with her asking for the money or for the item back but she told mutual friends I had stshe wanted it back

Posted too quick. She told mutual friends I had stolen it and she wanted it back! I still had our messages about it where she said she didn't want it and would I like it, and was livid. It ended a friendship.