This guy just came to my apartment door with his daughter, making her apologize for throwing a rock at my car. With tears in her eyes, she mumbled, "The other kids told me to do it!" He scolded her again for that, saying it was no excuse. He gave me his card, told me where he lived and left.

Once I got a chance to go look at my car, I noticed it is a small dent that chipped away the paint in the middle of my hood. It's a '95 Buick that already has some dings and scrapes, because I use it as my every day driver while keeping my good car in the garage.

I'm leaning towards just telling the guy to forget about it because of his honesty. Should I make him pay for the damage, despite my lack of interest in this car?

Depends on whether the girl was adequately disciplined or not.

Nah. He did the right thing, and the car is 10 years old. I wouldn't sweat it.

Of course, I once got caught throwing rocks at cars, so I may be biased.

It certainly seemed like she was, considering he didn't let her get away with "They told me to do it" in her apology.

So it was a 10 year old car...Was the girl about 10 years old?

If so, i think an eye for an eye would be the Biblical thing to do.

I'm not saying you should tie her up and conduct a public stoning or anything for Chrissake, but a couple of well-placed rocks across the skull wouldn't do any harm.

Haha! I'd say she was about six or seven. If it had been my other car, I would have probably strangled her in front of her dad. But as far as the Buick goes, I don't really care what happens to it. On the other hand, he did offer to repair it...

I think this is the thing to do.

Tell him all will be forgiven if he buys you a case of beer/bottle of booze.

Make the daughter wash the good car.

Perfect.

I like this idea.

Not a chance in hell. I don't want some little broad messing with my Impala.

x2...and it should come out of her allowance, in all fairness.

tell him no big deal, tip the karma scales further in your favor

damn wilked did that pic come from Dalens weekend in pornderland?

I'd have a hard time asking this guy to fix the damage, since he did everything that I expect a responsible parent to do, and his kid was young enough to not completely understand her behaviour and the consequences. I think this guy did the right thing by his actions, and you should do him right by letting it drop, since the damage doesn't seem to be a big deal to you.

It's really nice to hear about a father stepping up and taking responsibility for his kid's behaviour, actually.

I asked him already. No response.

Take an IOU and say she can make it up to you, with interest, in about twelve years.

sorry...that is my gf, taken last week out at a club. Had to show her off

Either that, or a random hottie I found while searching the internet in my boxers. I will leave it to you to guess which is the real story...

Juice and I are slipping. One of us should have gotten to that first.

No kidding. I'm not even real pervy, I just felt like it was a statement that needed to be made.

Girl's too hot for porn.

And, yeah, just have him buy you a bottle of Grey Goose and forget it all.

Maybe a gift certificate to your favorite record store would alleviate some of the mental anguish?

What if she is in a bikini?