28-year-old mom refuses to pay for friend's broken iPhone and Gucci sunglasses after her 6-month-old son causes them to break: ‘I did warn you’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Sep 13, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Babies are unpredictable; we all know that, and lovingly accept that when we decide to hold a baby, anything can happen.

The baby can sneeze on you, scream, laugh hysterically, and yes, even grab your hair, shirt, or glasses. You can't expect a baby to understand what it can or cannot do, and everything that happens while that little human is in your arms is undoubtedly your responsibility.

When the woman in the story below wanted to hold her friend's baby, she was warned–the baby grabs stuff, so be careful. Still, she had no problem goofing around with the baby while wearing Gucci sunglasses and holding her iPhone. When the baby inevitably grabbed onto the sunglasses, the woman panicked and dropped her phone, which led to both items being broken.

For some reason, the woman thought it was all the baby's fault and demanded his parents pay for the damage.

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  • Since she has been warned many times, the baby's mom is refusing to pay for the broken sunglasses and phone. 

    Who do you think is responsible for the whole debacle? Keep reading the full story and let us know in the comments below.

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    AITA for refusing to pay for our friends now broken Iphone and sunglasses that our son broke

    I am 28F, and my husband is 32M; our son in question is 6 months old. Whenever someone holds them, we warn them that they'll try to grab your glasses or phone, and sometimes even your hair.
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    We are trying to break this habit, but he is 6 months old. Now, I warned my husband that a friend of mine, 33 F, let's call her Jean, came to visit and wants to hold, which we didn't mind at all.
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    I warned her about it all, saying, "ohh, best taking your sunglasses off your head, he'll grab them." Now these are Gucci sunglasses costing almost 800 pounds (which to me is a crazy amount for sunglasses, but each to their own),
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    she rolled her eyes at me, and accused me of baby. hogging my own I warned her again, she said, "It's fine." So she stood holding him.
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    Took her phone out wanting to take a selfie, which again I am fine with as long as it's not posted (dont want a pic of him online as of yet).
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    He, of course, grabbed her sunglasses, got excited as he got them, waved his hands about the sunglasses, and they flew. She screamed, scaring him.
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    He panicked and flailed, hitting her iPhone to the floor. I quickly took him as she was freaking out. She says I need to buy her a new iPhone 16 and replace her sunglasses, or give her the money for them, which is £2300.
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    I said, "we can't pay that as that's not even my monthly wage. Plus, I am on maternity, but also I dont feel like I should, as you ignored my warnings."
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    I'm called Heartless for not being more understanding of her upset. I was more concerned with calming down my son. My husband just shrugged, telling her I did warn her.
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    I fixed the issues since they were so triggering to people. Also, to those who thought an adult didn't write this, adults can have dyslexia. dyslexia So AITA.
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    Ok-disaster2022 When I read the top, I thought surely you're responsible. But NTA you warned her, specifically about the glasses. She overrode your suggestion.
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    A 6 month old is still a bundle of nerves learning how everything works. Also 800 pounds for non prescription glasses is indeed stupid.
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    swillshop ΝΤΑ Your financial situation is not relevant. If it was your responsibility, it would remain so. You would be asking for kindness for the debt to be forgiven/ reduced.
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    But you are NOT responsible. You duly warned her. She took responsibility when she rolled her eyes, dismissed your warning, and said, "it's fine."
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    End of story. End of discussion with her. (I'm guessing she wanted a selfie of the baby and her - with her fine Gucci glasses. That mattered more to her
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    than safeguarding her stuff. She could have also asked you to take a picture of her and the baby.)
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    Wonderful_Two_6710 NTA. You: "Don't touch that, it's hot." Her, while staring you in the eye, touches it. "OWWWW!!! Why didn't you tell me?!?" All her problems are of her own making.
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    stroppo NTA. You did warn her. If she calls you "heartless" simply agree with her; "Yes, I guess I am."
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    Confident-Ad7531 In this case, this is on the friend. She was warned more than once and she chose to ignore it. And in the future, if she asks to hold your kid, tell her that you're choosing to save her the trouble of having something broken again.
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    fodmap_victim NTA, you were very clear multiple times that this was an issue for him. I can't help but ask do you think this is a friend worth keeping?
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    Dry-Series-9829 With that attitude I'm just glad she didn't drop the baby to save the sunglasses
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