of course i do, but if you go around asking for something you specifically gave someone back, it's going to get around that you're a grinch. also, when you break up with someone, sometimes you lose. whether its glasses, friends, dvds... you just gotta suck it up.
Just buy more, you cheapass.
Don't go starting drama for a pair of glasses you got for free that you GAVE her. Chances are she's going to tell you to go fuck yourself and you're just going to end up glasses-less anyway. Avoid this.
If nothing else, you don't want to give your ex the satisfaction of begging for your glasses back.
It's going to make you look like a loser, and if you have any mutual friends left she's going to tell ALL of them what a loser you are. It's also probably going to piss her off, whether or not she still has them.
I still ask a certain ex of mine to send me the rent money she borrowed more than 10 years back, because I know it will piss her off enough to keep her from contacting me again for a few years. I wouldn't do that if we had any mutual friends or if I wanted to get back on speaking terms with that particular ex.
tl;dr answer: the complication here is that it was a gift, and an old gift at that. I've only once asked had an ex return a gift that I gave her after we broke up. It was a combo VCR/DVD player that I gave to her for her birthday and then she broke up with me a couple days later (a day before my birthday in fact). I packed up all of her stuff in a bag and dropped it off at her place, and I expected the same in return. I didn't need the DVD player, so it was 100% out of spite. It was pretty childish, but at the time it made me feel good to guilt her into feeling that she didn't deserve any gift of mine. I didn't even directly ask for it, just made it clear that it was the right thing for her to do. I didn't have to beg (I wouldn't have) and I can't say I really regret it.
In your case, you want, but don't necessarily need those glasses, so there's the potential that you'll come across as if you're begging. I didn't give two shits about the DVD player (it actually crossed my mind to smash it on the ground for maximum dramaz), just the symbol of them. Too much time may have passed for you to pull the twisted post-breakup shit that I did, so I would recommend just stating your case and directly asking for her to return them. If she doesn't return them, then that's the end and you can't say you didn't try. She probably threw them out by now anyway.
just to answer the side question here, as far as I know, said phrasing is acceptable in the English language...as in "aforementioned". e.g. "What, are you in league with the aforementioned slag?"
Just buy more, you cheapass.
Don't go starting drama for a pair of glasses you got for free that you GAVE her. Chances are she's going to tell you to go fuck yourself and you're just going to end up glasses-less anyway. Avoid this.
just to answer the side question here, as far as I know, said phrasing is acceptable in the English language...as in "aforementioned". e.g. "What, are you in league with the aforementioned slag?"
just to answer the side question here, as far as I know, said phrasing is acceptable in the English language...as in "aforementioned". e.g. "What, are you in league with the aforementioned slag?"
