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| All sorts of possibilities there ranging from them being scared of your reaction to scared of their own parent(s) reaction to your son actually having done it and them (foolishly) trying to cover it up. If it was me, I'd say nothing to the parents, ever. Fix it myself, and next time the family is back and the boys are older ask them what happened. You'll get more appreciation and ongoing respect from them for dealing with it that way than their parents getting involved now in what would undoubtedly make the next visit, or even planning it, awkward. Plus, possible #2 above. The plus-2 kids make this even more reasonable IMHO. The kids of your friend may have zero idea this even occurred, and those same friends of friends are unlikely to ever return.
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| quote: Originally posted by Georgeair: All sorts of possibilities there ranging from them being scared of your reaction to scared of their own parent(s) reaction to your son actually having done it and them (foolishly) trying to cover it up.
If it was me, I'd say nothing to the parents, ever. Fix it myself, and next time the family is back and the boys are older ask them what happened. You'll get more appreciation and ongoing respect from them for dealing with it that way than their parents getting involved now in what would undoubtedly make the next visit, or even planning it, awkward. Plus, possible #2 above.
The plus-2 kids make this even more reasonable IMHO. The kids of your friend may have zero idea this even occurred, and those same friends of friends are unlikely to ever return.
Totally disagree on that part. If you're going to let it go, then let it go completely. Forever. What's the point of asking "what happened" years later, when they're much older? What do you expect to get out of it? Will the answer, yes or no, change anything? Serves no purpose, except to make you out to be bottling this up all these years just waiting to open up old wound. If you're going to do it at all, do it now, asking them in a very polite way, when everything is still fresh. Otherwise, move on and forget about it. My vote is to do nothing, now or ever.
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| quote: My vote is to do nothing, now or ever.
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