What is the name of your state? VA
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I couldn’t find a better place. This is not something that is currently in the courts, just a question. A little over a year ago I helped out my friend and his wife by offering them some space in my house to store some stuff they didn’t have room for. At that time they gave my wife and I a bedroom suit for a Christmas gift. A few months after that he and his wife decided to part ways. At that time (about 8-9 months ago) I offered to give her back the bedroom suit, verbally, just to be nice. She has not contacted me to get this back since then, so I assumed that she didn’t want it. My wife and I are preparing to move at the end of the month, so I told my buddy to tell his wife that she needed to come get her stuff or it would be thrown out. She contacted me today to say that she would be getting her belongings this weekend. She also brought up the bedroom suit. Since she never contacted me about getting the furniture after I offered it, we started to use it and have made plans for it in our new place. She thinks that since I told her she could have it back that I have to give it back. I disagree because it was given to me at Christmas, and I can do with it what I please. I feel bad about promising it to her and not giving it back, but isn’t it my property now? I don’t want to get dragged into my buddies already messy divorce, but I don’t want to get rid of the bedroom suit. Its nothing special, a queen sized frame, 1 night stand and a dresser with a mirror. I guess my question is...If something is given to me as a gift, then is it mine to do with what I please? Thanks for any help
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I couldn’t find a better place. This is not something that is currently in the courts, just a question. A little over a year ago I helped out my friend and his wife by offering them some space in my house to store some stuff they didn’t have room for. At that time they gave my wife and I a bedroom suit for a Christmas gift. A few months after that he and his wife decided to part ways. At that time (about 8-9 months ago) I offered to give her back the bedroom suit, verbally, just to be nice. She has not contacted me to get this back since then, so I assumed that she didn’t want it. My wife and I are preparing to move at the end of the month, so I told my buddy to tell his wife that she needed to come get her stuff or it would be thrown out. She contacted me today to say that she would be getting her belongings this weekend. She also brought up the bedroom suit. Since she never contacted me about getting the furniture after I offered it, we started to use it and have made plans for it in our new place. She thinks that since I told her she could have it back that I have to give it back. I disagree because it was given to me at Christmas, and I can do with it what I please. I feel bad about promising it to her and not giving it back, but isn’t it my property now? I don’t want to get dragged into my buddies already messy divorce, but I don’t want to get rid of the bedroom suit. Its nothing special, a queen sized frame, 1 night stand and a dresser with a mirror. I guess my question is...If something is given to me as a gift, then is it mine to do with what I please? Thanks for any help