Today, my family had to travel for a funeral. On the drive down, I saw that my son had brought his Switch. I always suspected he didn't care about anything but himself, but this hurts worse than ever confirming that he prizes his stupid video games over us and our collective grief. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my brother threw his Switch across the room and broke it. Our parents decided that, "Video games are bad!" and took away my Switch, as well as my gaming PC that I built and paid for myself. FML
Today, my younger brother broke his Switch in a fit of gamer rage. When my dad refused to buy him a new one, he had a massive tantrum. Later, he dunked mine in the toilet since it "wasn't fair" that I still had a Switch and he didn't. My parents beat him, but they won't buy me a new one. FML
Today, my son is a real ass. My mother died and he literally only booked off half a day to attend his own grandmother's funeral, doesn’t plan to spend time with me after the burial, and since he booked it, all he has done is complain about the three meetings he’s going to miss that morning. FML
Today, my wife and I surprised our son with a trip to Disney World for his birthday. He said no because he wants to play his new PS5. FML
Today, while I was driving my 27 year old boyfriend 8 hours to a Pokémon event, he realized he didn't bring his DS with him. He cried about it. FML
Today, I realized that my ex has REALLY dumped me for a video game. And he will not change his mind. FML
Today, in an effort to try and be closer to my girlfriend's son, I bought him an expensive Xbox game I know he desperately wanted so we could play it together. He was excited, until he realised that I that paid for it. He snapped the disc and threw the pieces in the bin. At least I tried. FML
Today, when I tried to play my new Switch, my girlfriend yelled at me to "put down the damn video games." I've barely had five minutes to use this thing without her bitching at me. The worst part? She gave it to me, for Christmas. FML
Today, after my 14 year-old son brought home six Fs on his report card, we decided to take away all his video games and sell them. He screamed for hours, then went into the kitchen and started smashing glasses against his head, "until we brought back his games." FML
Today, I learned that my wife lets our son play video games while I'm at work to "keep him out of her hair." We had agreed that he was forbidden from gaming until his grades came up, but apparently she can't be bothered to actually parent. FML
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ellenness 14
the only way this is a problem is if he was playing it at the funeral itself. playing it on the drive, or when otherwise waiting, or as a distraction to the grief is not an issue at all in my eyes.
smoochmysnoot 6
As a grown adult, if I weren’t the one driving, I’d bring a Switch to play on the trip. That in no way suggests that I care only for myself. Are you expecting your son to openly sob the entire time to show that he’s mourning?
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mike3775 39
This I am torn on. 1. How old is the son? 2. How far did you have to drive? 3. How close was the son to the relative who died? The answers to those determines a lot. Let’s look at the third question, him being dragged to a funeral for a relative he barely knew, what’s wrong with bringing his switch, you’re forcing a child to attend a funeral of someone he doesn’t know, which would fall on you, not him, but if it’s someone he is close to, than it falls on him and not you.
ellenness 14
the only way this is a problem is if he was playing it at the funeral itself. playing it on the drive, or when otherwise waiting, or as a distraction to the grief is not an issue at all in my eyes.
anonymous17 21
what if hes distracting himself? and im sorry but your wording makes me vote ydi, it implies youre just misinterpreting his activities
smoochmysnoot 6
As a grown adult, if I weren’t the one driving, I’d bring a Switch to play on the trip. That in no way suggests that I care only for myself. Are you expecting your son to openly sob the entire time to show that he’s mourning?
Petit Etre Malfaisant 23
there are a lot of family members, he wouldnt know; if it was one of these, why would he fake grief?
lexxiasaurus 31
bringing his Switch has nothing to do about not caring or having grief, children need distractions just as we do as adults, it doesn't take away that he could still be grieving, now if he doesn't really know this family member it is of you and your husbands duty to have made that relationship impactful and actually mean something to him.