Is it normal not to go out of my way to seek revenge if it doesnt benifit me?

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I was letting a homeless girl stay at my house and she stole my wii. I called her and told her to bring it back and she admited to bringing to a friends house over text but she didnt return it and has avoided me since. I figured she probablly pawned it but unfortunately I never wrote down the serial number and my only hope of it returning is if she happens to bring it back so Ive decided to let it go.
Anyways my friends keep saying things like "when are you going to call the cops?" to which I say Im not going to because it will do no good and will not get me by nintendo back. They say im being a pussy for not reporting her and pressing charges. Its frusterating they think this way because I think im being more logical and even if I get her arrested it wont get me my games back and it would be a waste of my time to involve the police without a serial number. My friends say that its just going to show her that Im ok with people stealing from me and she will just keep doing this stuff. Honestly I could care less what she thinks or does because she doesnt effect me anymore. Its not like im going to let her live in my house again. Its done with. So is it normal to not waste my time dwelling on something like this or am I just more logical than other people?

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  • CraneyCrow
    11 years ago

    Never, ever bring a homeless person into your home! If you wanted to help this girl, you should have helped her get into a shelter somewhere. However, you should press charges because if she stole from you, she'll do the same thing to someone else. Hopefully, you've learned your lesson and won't do anything that stupid again.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    Yes, just move past it. You are not letting her get away with anything just because you didn't call the cops. They can't do anything about it now. Even if they could replace the Wii, the trust has been violated and they cannot give that back to you. You can shun her, and slowly she will burn all her bridges. But don't let the experience prevent you from being generous in the future. This way she wins. Continuing to be kind and giving is a better way to get even.

    I have opened my house to many people over the years and only once did it go bad. I refuse to let it change me. Your Wii is an object, it isn't healthy to be attached to such things.

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