By pissed off mother - 05/05/2016 17:55 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I was out shopping with my son and unbeknownst to me, he had secretly added a bunch of expensive games he wanted to the trolley. I was too embarrassed at the till to make a fuss as there was a huge line behind me. I watched as my normal £50 shopping bill climbed to over £400. FML
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smokecloud_ 37

Here's an idea. Put the damn games back and discipline your kid.

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Wishe 17

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but you need to take control of your life before your son ends up the most spoiled, demanding child you've ever met. You taught him a lesson today - "Mom won't cause a scene, so I can get away with whatever I want in a public place".

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tyrspencer 18

You should smash the games in front of him

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cptncuttlefish 24

You're gonna raise one hell of a spoiled brat. I would've grounded the hell out of my kid and taken all their games away from them until they learned to respect me.

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Xandriajoy10 18

Take the games home and hide them, that way the kid knows that sort of behaviour will not be tolerated. Or just return them?

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catanita 18

Is there a return policy? Forbid him to play the games you bought.

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kikimiko 7

I don't understand how this problem was embarrassing to you. The fact that you allowed this to happen is more embarrassing than doing nothing about it.

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Allsystems 13

you're such a pathetic excuse for a parent if i ever tried that on my parents as a kid i would've gotten back handed right there you just spent $350 just cuz you're afraid of what people will think of you disciplining your child? news flash you're a parent that's your job YDI 100%

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Superbaker123 14

I hope you went right to the customer service line and returned them all. That kid sounds like a nightmare in the making if you don't discipline him.

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kirasant 19

You have a receipt right? Just return them on your next visit. Problem solved. And I hope you grounded his lying butt.

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onyourleft 10

I can understand why, for multiple reasons, you wouldn't have wanted to make a scene or deal with it with a long line there. I don't think it lessens you as a parent if either immediately after or the next day you returned those games and then explained to him what the consequences would be the next time he did that.

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caggybandicoot 34

Consequences mean nothing to a child unless it's immediate. There's no incentive to behave if the warning is "next time there will be consequences". They've already learned that the parent won't stand up for themselves, they know they can get away with it.

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onyourleft 10

And if you read my comment, you'll see the word immediately. Even if she does take it back the next day, like I brought up as a possibility, he won't have had a chance to open or play the games and she should have lectured him in the car so that's still "immediately".

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caggybandicoot 34

Getting to the car and then deciding that it's not OK has still shown that you can be manipulated into spending hundreds of pounds; the point isn't to prevent him from playing the games or even getting the money back, it's to show him that trying to manipulate his parent into buying him a couple hundred quids worth of games is completely unacceptable. The minute she decided that she didn't want to "cause a scene", she cemented her son's idea that she can be manipulated and he will try it again. Lecturing him in the car is completely ineffective and, quite frankly, lazy.

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corky1992 33

Who cares if you would have held up the line? all you had to do was tell the cashier that he snuck stuff in your cart. all you did was teach your child that he can do it again and get away with it.

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