To not want to give back these shoes?

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My daughter went on a school trip a month ago with walking boots bought the day before so brand new. She has worn them a couple of times since.
Tonight I recieved a text from another parent saying that we have his daughters boots.. they are exact same and bought new for the trip but a size smaller.
I checked and it's true we have the smaller size (I insisted on buying the bigger size even though they needed insole and extra pair of socks!)
Of course we should swap back..BUT the dad says they have been searching at school but can only find 1 of my daughters size.
So it sounds as though his daughter has left the boots at school the past month and now 1 is lost.
AIBU to not want to return the pair my daughter is happily wearing to have 1/ none?! Especially when we have walks planned and I cannot afford to buy another pair!

You are not being unreasonable - the oik is upset because his child left boots at school and one has got lost - if they both came back from school trip with boots on, why did the other child leave them at school, your child wore hers, the other one didn’t bother for a month and now one is lost. You can’t swap one boot, 9/10ths of the law and all that...Mark the shoes in future

Well, that was a lot of drama. The thread really, more drama than what op was going through. The dad sound like a cheeky fucker and has now gained a better pot of shoes for his daughter. I’d be pissed if I received back nasty shoes due to a silly mix up.

wow the replies on this thread are amazing! it's so interesting the differing perspectives people have on these situations - an anthropologist could write an excellent thesis here!

You need a copy of this.

I love Mr Magnolia.
I teach reception and my class ask for it all the time. In fact once they had it twice in a row.

lol mine love it too!