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AITA for taking a handmade costume back after the school replaced my daughter in the lead?

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I sewed an elaborate costume after my daughter was cast as the lead in a school play. A week before opening, she became ill and the understudy took over. The director asked to use the costume because it fit both children.

I collected it from the costume room and refused. I had paid for the fabric and did not want another child photographed in something made for my daughter’s milestone.

The understudy performed in a rushed substitute that tore during the final scene. My daughter watched from home and felt guilty.

I owned the costume. I also used ownership to ensure the production could not smoothly continue without the role she lost.

Discussion

3 community replies

You paid for and made the costume; the school could not assume it was communal property.

Taking it days before opening punished a child who did not cause your daughter’s illness.

Had the school offered a rental fee, credit or written promise to return it?

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