DS has lost his gym kit AGAIN

[MythicalChicken]

AIBU to be absolutely fucking furious? Money is so tight for us at the moment, I just cannot afford to replace it. DH and I work extremely long hours in jobs we hate, I have a horrible 3 hour-a-day commute to said job. In spite of working all the hours god sends we are just getting deeper and deeper into debt. We aren't even getting anywhere. We will never own our own home. We hardly ever see the kids as we are always at work. Life is miserable and we are constantly broke...

This is the third time this term that DS has lost his entire gym kit. He has checked lost property, it isn't there. It isn't at home.

DH has said he won't replace it again and DS will have to not do PE for the rest of the year. I am tempted to agree. Is this unreasonable? DS loves PE. He is 11 and a half.

whyohwhy

Please don't suggest people nick stuff from lost property. My DCs are chronically poor at bringing home their stuff. Shoes, sandals, socks, you name it. We have had to spend $$$$$$ replacing lost items, all of which were labelled, probably because it got taken from lost property. It's not our fault: we do all we can to make them bring stuff home.

Taking other people's stuff from lost property is not just unhelpful. It's a also a bad example to children as it suggests they can help themselves to other people's belongings if they lose their own. It is also in fact theft, even if the item is taken temporarily.

Please don't do it.

My DC helped herself to stuff from lost property and tried to fob it off as her own that she'd lost. Luckily I checked the labels and made her take them back pronto!