Cracked iPad - AIBU?

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(Almost) 6yo DS's dad mistakenly places full force of his knee on my iPad (which is used mainly by DS) and cracks the screen.

After apologising and promising to get it fixed or replaced if need be, I'm examining it to make sure that it still works fine, and he comes out with this (said with a smile in front of DS), "Well, I'd have felt worse about it if I hadn't got paid some extra consulting money this month which means we can afford to replace it." By it, I believe he meant the screen, but he could just as easily have meant the iPad (given his previous comment about replacing it).

Now, I understand the logic behind his comment. I really do. And I am sure he felt bad about it and was also simply trying to make himself feel better. However, I think this is not only a rather insensitive throwaway comment to make in front of the owner of the item (i.e. me), but also that he shouldn't have said this in front of DS. I don't want DS picking up an attitude of making such throwaway comments, not appreciating the value of things or thinking, "Well, I have money, so it doesn't matter too much if I break something as I can afford to replace it."

DS's dad is adamant that IABU and he cannot see why what he said, and how he said it, was wrong.

AIBU? Happy to be told, if so.

you have to get the whole unit replaced anyway, at least you do for a mini

I think you are overthinking the comment. Yabu

Sounds to me like he was just stating his relief it was a month he could afford it. Can't see a problem with itself

You're being a bit weird.

It was just a comment...

I was gifted with a large vet's bill recently and remember saying it wasn't big deal as I'd worked extra hours.

I think you're overthinking it.

Another vote for over thinking, he's probably just glad he can afford to get it sorted.

I can see where you're coming from, but YABU nonetheless. Unless you're about to drip feed something about him being generally careless with money or other possessions, it sounds as if it was just a throwaway remark to ease the awkward moment.

yabu, it is just an ipad. He has said he'll pay to sort it, which is the main thing surely.

I thought I'd missed something but then i realised i hadn't yabu

It was a throwaway remark and I'm sure no malice was meant by it. I just wouldn't dream of saying that:
(1) in front of someone whose item I had just broken; and (more importantly)
(2) in front of an impressionable DS (or any other young child, for that matter).

Maybe this springs from unspoken/unreasonable guilt that we/he can easily afford to replace it, yet not wanting to raise DS with ideas of expensive non-essential objects being replacable with a seemingly nonchalant carefree attitude.

I accept all "IABUs" so far, but is there really no one at all (other than Puntastic) who understands where I am coming from?

Unless he is normally a pompous, posturing, boastful, careless smasher and replacer of consumables you are being a bit OTT

you're overthinking it. He was downplaying the situation and showing relief, probably because he was mortified and had the panic for a minute.

Apple once told me they never repair screens and instead offer refurbished iPads instead. So he may have to either replace the full unit or go to a none apple shop

You're being completely over the top, expressing relief that you can afford to cover the result of your accidents and misfortune is completely normal, even more so for people who have experience of not being able to do so.

For some cracking someone else's ipad screen would be a huge disaster that they couldn't possibly do the right thing and replace in any reasonable time frame.

It's a completely reasonable notion to explain to a child - "we're lucky to have the money this month" is a good explanation of why it gets replaced.

You presumably have other things against the person, what you've described is a reasonable comment, so YABU.

We split up years ago but raise DS very amicably (we parent very similarly, though I am probably the stricter of the two of us).

I just think saying it the way he did in front of DS (who is already prone to notions, albeit fleeting, of being able to have almost anything he wants) and making an effort to downplay it wasn't the best idea, especially for an item that wasn't his to begin with.

Then again, DS really is well-behaved and appreciative of what he has (and, touch wood, I could never imagine him doing the same if he broke something that belonged to someone else), so perhaps my fears are unfounded.

I guess IABU and a loon. sigh