Well, I left my 3DS on my couch to go upstairs to my room to get a game. My parents were watching Battle of Los Angeles, and they didn't like it that I was on my 3DS, even though I had seen the movie before. When I go upstairs, I hear my Mom say to my Dad: "Honey, shut off that game of Daniel's (my real name)". The first thing I think is Oh shit! So I run back downstairs. Well, my Dad tried to shut it off. Before I got there, he had already pushed like 4 buttons and hadn't found the right one. He finally pushed the thing right off the couch and onto the ground. Then I get really pissed. I tell my Mom and Dad: "If either of you break this, you're buying a new one." My Mom is the first one to speak, and she says: "I'm not buying shit!" So here I am, writing this on my 3DS (thank God it still works), wondering what to say. Advice?
That would be fun... But anyway, I said that I was sorry for what I said. She did too. My Dad, on the other hand.... He ain't the most happy camper.
Just start to feel indifferent to him. Like, ignore, don't talk to him unless absolutely necessary, act stoic-ish around him, yadda yadda yadda. Eventually, your mother will talk to him about it or he'll call you out. That's when he'll either say sorry, ask what's wrong, or he's gonna ask you to talk to him a little more even though you don't like him, for your ma. That's when things gets fixed up. I know it sounds kind of cruel, and that a few things might go wrong for some people if he responds negatively, namely for your ma, but that's what I'd honestly do. If you're asking for the most logical solution, just call him out on it. Say that it isn't his so he shouldn't mess with it, that you don't do things like that, that he should be more careful with things that aren't his, that you were wrong to get angry about it, etc.
I have to ask. Did they ask you to turn it off? If they had, then sure they could of been better on enforcing it but they would be in their rights as parents to do something like that. It is just a matter of trying to get them to agree to a better solution next time (A DS will suspend whatever it is doing if you just close the lid, so closing it without touching anything and taking it would be a good method if you won't turn it off yourself for example) If they hadn't then you've got a communication issue. They can't go enforcing something they never said you were supposed to do. Also "If either of you break this, you're buying a new one." probably wasn't the best response. You might want to try something like "Could you please not mess with my stuff" next time.
First mistake: Playing on a DS while watching a movie you'd already seen with your parents. Parents hate that. You'd have been better off simply hiding away in your room, playing there. Second mistake: Watching a movie you'd already seen with your parents. In future, try to make it a movie that you haven't seen. That way, either you'll be interested, or you'll have a strong reason to leave if they choose something you've already seen. Third mistake: Not taking your 3DS with you. I never leave anything I care about in the grasp of parents. Anything not in my room or on my person is given up for lost in my eyes. Fourth mistake: Directly opposing them. You'd be far better off to try to build a bond with one of them, and use them against the other. Going against both of them at once is sure to offer you no victory.
Its a piece of hardware easily replaced, don't start an argument with your parents over things so menial.
Lol really daxma? An expensive piece of hardware, which was gifted to him by his dad. It obviously holds value to him and the natural human response is anger when someone disrespects your property. And his mom even said that it would NOT be replaced if broken. What a weird piece of advice haha. Anyway, all you can do in a situation like that is just avoid it entirely. Don't hang with your parents if you aren't completely engulfed in what they're doing. For some odd reason, if you're doing anything else it means that you don't "respect" them or something to that effect. At least that's how it is in my experience.
I'd recommend trying not to have it out with anyone. They're adults, sometimes they don't understand the meaning of something. As best as you can, avoid any conflict and try to keep to yourself about these things. Starting fights with parents...es no bueno mi amigo.
