...to think that she should pay for a new switch and get her bloody kid one too?

[nikiforov]

Quick backstory: I live with some friends who are parents, nowhere to fit a TV in my room (I got the downstairs smaller one because I'm not a parent and we rent the house together, I'm not a tagalong or anything). I knew living with a kid would be odd and I'm childfree but we agreed at the start that I wasn't a free babysitter, I'm a student and I need my own space, et cetera - usually I leave my door unlocked because we all trust each other and the router is in my bedroom due to it being the only place with router access, so it's awkward if I'm at uni and the internet goes down.

I also have a nintendo switch in my bedroom, which is mine and mine only. Her kid is 6 now, so he's old enough to play it and she's been bringing up the subject more and more hinting that I'm being selfish by not letting him play it and she can't afford one, I can afford more because I'm a student and she cooks meals for us (she doesn't cook meals for me, I buy my own food and make meals myself because I'm a vegan and they're meat eaters so that's a lie) and anyway, push came to shove and she let the kid use the switch without my permission today. The screen is scratched to hell.

WIBU to demand she buys me a new one after damaging my property? Or am I being a stingy childfree bitch? I don't want to take it to some shady place to get a new screen fitted, which would void my warranty completely, but this would also be classed under not damaged enough for a replacement/fix or sort of 'it's your own fault' damage. Moving out isn't really an option until the lease runs out and I honestly didn't have much choice. It was this or halls, and halls is infinitely more expensive and I wouldn't have had my own private bathroom.

I hate to say it, but I think most (nice) people would have realised that it wouldn't be a good idea to play with a games console you won't share in front of a small child. That's like putting food just out of reach of a starving man.

Margaret this is utter nonsense. Small children want things all the time that they are not supposed to have - keys, mum's phone, dog biscuits, the TV on constantly, and whatever else looks interesting at the time.... To say that adults can't pursue their own interests because a kid might want it too is utterly ridiculous.

A useful alternative suggestion would be for the mum to teach the kid that the kid can't have everything it wants the second it wants it.

I've just had to have the same conversation with my sister that I have nearly every time I see my nephew.

Nephew sees my phone. What are doing on it. Nothing, I say and finish the text, lock the screen and put it down.
Are you playing games?
No.
Can I see it?
No.
He starts pressing buttons lighting the screen and sees the lock.

Sister starts:
Show him pokemon.
No.
Yeah just let him see it.
No.
Go on.
NO. He is NOT having my phone, he plays with yours, his fathers and also has a tablet, he doesn't need mine too.
Scowl from sister.

Entitled parents drive me mad.