[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Head416

Was it worth it?

He should fix it. On the other hand, is a little dent worth throwing away a 20-year friendship? I'm not saying he's blameless, but I'd like to think if one of my friends did this to me I would be able to get over it and keep the friendship intact.

Of course, I can count my decade+ good friends on my fingers, so each one is really important to me.

If I did it, I would offer to fix it. But if one of my friends put a small dent in my car I would never ask him to spend $1,000 getting it fixed. Hell, I can show you chips in my P-car from my brother (are you reading this Bro? ). And my MIL backed into my wife's car a couple months ago and crunched the the corner of the bumper. #$% happens. Relationships are valued beyond measure.

It's a nice thought, and I agree that friends are far more important than money. But I've been in this situation a few times, and in retrospect now realize that they were not true friends.