A question for your morals

Well it is better for me to replace it if i am capable of doing so, i may pay for it or have something to replace it. But of course, the most important is to express a sincere apology to the house owner and being careful next time.

Hi polo_pricess, If I am in somebody else's home and I broke something, yes I would offer to replace it, I won't even wait for the owner to tell me that. If somebody broke my things I would expect the same from someone who did it. But if my mother did it, I won't ask her to replace it or pay me for it, even if she offers. She's my mother, she took care of me until I was old enough to take care of myself, gave me education, loved me unconditionally - I think a piece of something worth $300 is too small compared to what she did for me. It's unthinkable to even bring it up to her and ask her to pay. I don't think she'd do it o purpose, and accidents do happen just like what happened in your friend's home. Peace!

the first time that I would do is apologize. after that I offer to change items that are broken.

I agree with what you said cause I think we should responsible for our speaking and behaviour.Sometimes you think the stuff you broke is little value,however maybe it is of great value to your friends.The best way to show your respect is replacing the broken one.

If i broke something, i would definitely replace it. It feels like it automatically comes out of my mouth. Maybe because the mother has the feeling of being superior to her daughter so she didn't offer to replace it all. Besides, maybe it's an accident.

Yeah i would deffinately tell them and offer to replace it. And even if they refused i would most likely replace it myself and give it to them. Thats simply the right thing to do. Luckily I've never broken anything so I have never had to repay anyone. lol

Oh I would have to replace it. That is how I was raised. If you damage something of someone elses' then the right thing to do would be to replace it or pay for it. Being her daughter you would think she would feel especially obligated.

I would confess. When I was a teenager I would not have, but now that I am an adult I would. I would not do that to someone that would be wrong not to admit and not to offer to replace it. My mother left my freezer door in my garage opened it was opened all night long, and everything in my freezer was pretty much ruined or had to be cooke right away. When I told her what she did she just laughed and shrugged it off. There was at least a couple hundred dollars worth of food in there including several boxes of real fruit popsicles that were really expensiv that I had just bought earlier that day. There was no way to salvage them. She didn't seem to feel bad about it in the least. That made me really upset.

Well, now....honestly, I am going to say it depends on who it is...lol. I've had people break things at my house and act like it's no big deal. So, that's how I would act in their home. Fair? Generally, speaking...my conscience wouldn't let me act like that normallly.

if I broke something at a friend's house,I will apologize first.it was an accident and unintentional.then I will offer to replace it.I will replace it with the same item or something like it.it is very rude not to say sorry when you broke somebody else's thing.

I guess her mother didn't offer to replace it because after all, she is your friend's mother. If my mother ever breaks something I own I would not ask her to replace it. She could just say sorry for breaking it. That is, if she does not break it on purpose. Of course, when she breaks something on purpose, then that becomes an entirely different story. If I ever break something accidentally, I would tell the owner that I broke it then offer the owner a replacement. But if the owner tells me that I do not need to replace it, then I wouldn't insist on replacing it. If I could get away with not replacing the object I broke, why wouldn't I?

I think one should apologize about that and make up the loss. After all, a good man can't sleep well if he does something hidden.

Whether it was myself or my children that were to break something I would offer to replace it. That is just the way that I was taught. If it could be fixed I'd offer to fix it. Now, what really irks me about all of this is when something is accidentally broken or ruined the person to whom the property belongs will often inflate the value of the object when something happens to it. If I am doing something that is morally right isn't it morally right for that person to be honest of the value of said object. My daughter, when she was three years old, went to an in-home daycare. While there one day she accidentally peed on one of the children's chairs. When the day care provider told me about it I offered to replace it. She told me it would cost $300 to replace a child's toy. I looked the same item up online and found that it was $90. I refused to give her $300 for the toy ultimately because I couldn't justify it, I told her I would simply buy a replacement. That wasn't good enough for her.

Hi! I'll be glad to ask for an apology if I broke something and the next thing to do is to offer a replacement. I've been brought up to be highly oriented with moral standards and whatever is my relationship to the owner of the broken thing I should do the same. And if I am the owner and my mother had broken something unintentional, yes i'll be expecting an apology but I wouldn't accept any replacement after all she's my mother!

Those are Individual Choices you Make .. To Replace Or Give Back What You Broke according to me Is right, But Can You Force your Own Mother .. Well I Doubt it for Sure .. Thank You ..

Often these things happen, mostly as a friend to take the initiative to sell things back to him.

Yes i would say something, and i would offer to replace it. That would be the best thing to do.

That's kinda disturbing, my mom would usually replace it either with the stuff or with the money. that was really insensitive of her not replacing what her daughter lost. i don't think i can trust any person that can broke things and not replacing it..

If i was in that position i would have replaced that item even if it was of little value, and i would say something instead of keeping quite about an incident, its just wrong to act like nothing happened.