She Gave Her Prom Dress To A Younger High School Girl, But Then Turned Around And Demanded Payment For It

Several weeks ago, a young woman got a message from one of the girls who goes to the high school that she graduated from.
This younger girl wanted to see where she had gotten her prom dress that she wore during her senior year.
She felt delighted that this younger girl even recalled what her prom dress looked like, so she was happy to tell this younger girl where she bought her dress.
“On top of that, I mentioned that I still had the dress, and asked if she wanted it,” she explained.
“She said she’d be interested, but asked if she could try on the dress first. Of course, I agreed. When initially discussing this with her, I didn’t mention any transactional details.”
“People at my high school often sell their old prom dresses to those in younger grades, so I thought it was just generally accepted that some kind of money would be involved.”
She completely assumed all of this, as she never told the younger girl that she wanted money for her prom dress.
She also didn’t say that she was selling her prom dress; she only asked the younger girl if she would like to try it on and if she wanted it.
The younger girl then wondered if she could drop off her old prom dress at the high school office for her to check out, and she did just that.

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“Now, because this exchange was intended for her to “try on” the dress, I’d expected her to reach out that evening to say if she’d be interested in keeping the dress,” she said.
“I didn’t hear from her for the next five days. Almost a week after the dress was exchanged, I texted her number to ask how the fitting went, and if she was interested. No response.”
“At this point, I was more than a little paranoid that she’d stolen the dress.”
A few days later, she reached out to the younger girl using another method. Hours after she did that, she heard from the younger girl, who mentioned that her prom dress fit her and she was planning on getting it hemmed. The younger girl also thanked her for the dress.
“I was flummoxed,” she continued. “I didn’t know how to respond to her message regarding what was supposed to be an opportunity for her to just “try on the dress.”
She wasn’t entirely sure how to bring up that she expected to be paid for her prom dress and wasn’t trying to just give it away.
She thought about it all for one more day, before reaching out again to the younger girl. She said in her latest message that she paid $400 for her prom dress and wanted $150 for it since she only wore it one time. The younger girl got right back to her, saying that she did not have $150 to pay for the prom dress.
“I don’t want to overcharge a girl who just wants to enjoy her prom,” she concluded. “That being said, I also didn’t particularly enjoy our interactions, and I don’t want to make an unreasonable decision.”
Don’t you think she should have been completely honest about what she wanted to be paid for her prom dress before asking this younger girl if she wanted it?
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