latebloomerar

Oh, I'm so sorry! Is he out of the hospital yet?

JerseyGirl in FL

what is a GS? What were the consequences for allowing your quilts to be abused like that? If that were my house, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSEQUENCES!!!! Hope the quilts are back to being OK.

Maurene

What about the 18 yr old grandson helping out with the washing? And his parents? They should be helping too!! Why should you do the work - he overstepped boundaries and should know that he has to compensate for his neglecting to protect what he must have known what is valuable to you for the trust and privilege of using your house. He is responsible if he's 18 and should be held accountable. I'd contact every one of his friends too and let them know they overstepped it and that you expect them to help too.

Carron

At least the quilts are still in your possession, they could have been sold for extra cash.

callie

I am a person that make quilts to be used. However, I also understand that other people use them for "show" and no matter what - remember what "assume" means. YOU knew you didn't want them used for any reason, and I have learned not to "assume" anybody else knows my thoughts, cause it always bites me in the tush when I do (LOL). On the other side, I agree - HE should be washing and doing the clean up of your lovely quilts.

ShirlR

Oh, I am so sorry for you. I do hope that your quilts will all wash perfectly. Having married into a family where there were four teenage boys, I know that anything is pretty much fair game when parents aren't around, even if you think you have explained everything pretty thoroughly. "In the moment" can sometimes take over and less-than-perfect results happen. It would be my guess that the boys just thought that those quilts were there to use, and proceeded to do so, if the quilts were not displayed on the wall. (Hanging on a wall would be a different story!) We did have a storage room where certain items were locked up if we had to leave and teenagers were at home "taking care of things", lol! One time, around Christmas, one of the boys removed a human hair wig I had from it's wig storage case and used the case to wrap a gift for his girlfriend! I just never thought a boy would have any interest in a wig case.....oh, well....I found a better place to store my wig. Ha!

grannie cheechee

At least he didn't try to wash the quilts himself before you came home. That would be worse. I hope your quilts are okay now. Sorry it happened.

MarilynLouise

My grandchildren use mine to make forts. I did ask them to keep them off the floor!

starshine

Young men are clueless about thing that need special care outside of their "area of expertise". At least you are able to restore them by cleaning and they weren't damaged. But it is sad you had to come back to that.

Rock Lady

At my house there would not be a "next" time and GS would do all the clean up work with direct supervision.