Cat sitter ruins friend's $500 teapot while they were away, refuses to pay them back: 'It smells like soap. It also has multiple scratches on the inside'

On the one hand, they didn't know how to take care of the teapot, and how much it cost, but on the other hand, they should've been more willing to correct their mistake. It's always tricky to get involved with friends and money. It makes things awkward almost immediately. But these things are bound to come up every now and again, and it's a test of your friendship to see how you handle them. Friendships have been lost over something way less valuable. But the person in the story wasn't sure if they should just cut their losses, or if they should stick to their guns and try to see this mistake through. Read on to see what the story was, and what commenters had to say about it.