Is It His Or Mine?
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Is It His Or Mine?
| Thu, 10-20-2005 - 3:00pm |
Not that material things are important, my concern is what's fair? He had 2 cameras before I moved in. Years later while on a vacation in Cancun, sponsored by his company. His boss offered five camera's to the group by saying "who wants a camera"? My hand went up and I walked over and retrieved it. He said that there is a competition for five categories, at the end of the trip whoever takes the best picture for a category, wins the camera. Throughout the rest of the trip, my s/o comments were, "it's a cheap camera", "its a cheap trick for John to get pictures for his vacation", and you are taking too much time with those damn pictures". I took 130 pictures to win the camera. At the end of the trip, five people submitted their best picture for each category but John ended up saying to everybody "just keep them". When we got home my s/o looked up the price of the camera and it was $200. he was impressed and decided the camera belonged to him because it came from his boss and I didn't actually win. The problem is, I am the one with the real interest in using it, spending hours enjoying the art, a new found hobby. I also took many pictures of him, he has taken one of me in a group shot at Christmas. Am I being petty thinking that I should have the camera?

Hmmm...sounds just a bit like revenge! And they say women are scornful.
Unless it was clearly stated at the party that these cameras were for employees only, then I don't see where you are in the wrong. But in the end you need to pick your battles. Sometimes it just doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong -- it only matters that you cut all ties to move on. This situation is just giving him fuel for the fire. You have to ask yourself if it is really worth going to battle for. If it is, then go for it. If not, no one would fault you for giving it back.
Lois