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tjjoyce
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What is the name of your state? Texas
I am a 21 year old college student. From the time I was 16 until very recently I was involved in a relationship with a girl one year younger than I. Approximately September of 2002 I overheard a conversation between my gf and her father in which a mention was made concerning his 53" bigscreen TV. He had just purchased a fancy new plasma TV and was going to give his bigscreen away to whoever came to install the new one. Upon hearing this, I said I would gladly drive the 2 hours to retrieve the TV if he planned on just giving it away. Incidentally, at the time I had a very nice 36" tv that I sold soon after returning home with the new bigscreen. There was never any mention of payment, nor any expectation for the TV to be returned as far as I could tell. There is no doubt in my mind it was given to me as a gift.
Not too long ago my gf and I had an unfortunate falling out due to difference in lifestyles and direction. Due to an embarrasing lapse of judgement, she discovered a week after the split I had slept with another girl around June or July of 2002. At the time we were taking a "break" from one another due to an excessive amount of time spent together that created massives amounts of tension between us. Well, today she called and said her father wants the TV back within a week.
My question is this: is he entitled to ask for the TV back? We were never married, have never lived together, and never had any financial attachement between us. I was under the impression he was going to give it away anyways and it didn't make any difference who got it. In my book that is a gift. I am terribly sorry things ended the way they did, and I regret my past actions, but I don't feel it is apporpriate to ask for a gift back.
My father is upper-middle class but her father is a wealthy accountant/businessman who surely has many more legal connections than I. After speaking with my dad, he told me to write her dad a letter explaining that there are a lot of emotions running rampant and maybe it is a good idea to relax on the whole situation for a while. He doesn't need the TV and as soon as he calms down perhaps it won't be such an issue. She is his only daughter and although I don't actually know how it feels, I imagine he is very upset with me for hurting his daughter.
I tried to be as fair and accurate as possible in my story, so based on the information am I correct in my assumptions? I am willing to fight to keep the TV, but not if it means a war.
Thank you for your help ahead of time.
I am a 21 year old college student. From the time I was 16 until very recently I was involved in a relationship with a girl one year younger than I. Approximately September of 2002 I overheard a conversation between my gf and her father in which a mention was made concerning his 53" bigscreen TV. He had just purchased a fancy new plasma TV and was going to give his bigscreen away to whoever came to install the new one. Upon hearing this, I said I would gladly drive the 2 hours to retrieve the TV if he planned on just giving it away. Incidentally, at the time I had a very nice 36" tv that I sold soon after returning home with the new bigscreen. There was never any mention of payment, nor any expectation for the TV to be returned as far as I could tell. There is no doubt in my mind it was given to me as a gift.
Not too long ago my gf and I had an unfortunate falling out due to difference in lifestyles and direction. Due to an embarrasing lapse of judgement, she discovered a week after the split I had slept with another girl around June or July of 2002. At the time we were taking a "break" from one another due to an excessive amount of time spent together that created massives amounts of tension between us. Well, today she called and said her father wants the TV back within a week.
My question is this: is he entitled to ask for the TV back? We were never married, have never lived together, and never had any financial attachement between us. I was under the impression he was going to give it away anyways and it didn't make any difference who got it. In my book that is a gift. I am terribly sorry things ended the way they did, and I regret my past actions, but I don't feel it is apporpriate to ask for a gift back.
My father is upper-middle class but her father is a wealthy accountant/businessman who surely has many more legal connections than I. After speaking with my dad, he told me to write her dad a letter explaining that there are a lot of emotions running rampant and maybe it is a good idea to relax on the whole situation for a while. He doesn't need the TV and as soon as he calms down perhaps it won't be such an issue. She is his only daughter and although I don't actually know how it feels, I imagine he is very upset with me for hurting his daughter.
I tried to be as fair and accurate as possible in my story, so based on the information am I correct in my assumptions? I am willing to fight to keep the TV, but not if it means a war.
Thank you for your help ahead of time.
