Ask for stuff back?

[Flobochin]

When my g/kids had outgrown car seats, high chairs, cost etc I gave them all to my friend who had just become a grandma.

I have now quite unexpectedly, acquired another grandchild and need to get all this stuff again. Should I ask for my old stuff back or just suck it up and get new/secondhand stuff?

You can ask but they could say no/have given them to someone else etc.

I think you can ask nicely if you won't hold it against her if she says no... sth along lines of "so this is embarrassing, but DD/DIL is pregnant again and I wondered if your DD/DIL is done with stuff I gave you whether it's ok to have it back, but it's totally ok if not."

Not unreasonable to ask, but they may still be using them and/or have given them away/sold them on eBay.

No harm in asking as long as you don't get upset if they don't have it anymore. I'd get a new car seat and not second or third hand, if you need your own car seat.

Ask if they have finished with it by all means, but if they haven't then don't ask for it back - just wrong!