Ah, now that sounds ok. If a kid tried to climb some of my bookcases, they'd not even get to the first 'level' of it, because it would fall. I'd pull it away too. And btw, I don't even think it's important if the chocolate was expensive. It was yours, you told him not to take it, he did it anyway. That's stealing and his parents should teach him, that it's not right, no matter if you're stealing from an uncle or a stranger. If they don't, they can't visit people anymore.
I'm sure that applies to some.
Again, I'm not casting judgement on the guy...I wasn't there. I just wanted to know his motivations. I like to think that if I were in that same situation my motivation would be more to protect the child (no matter how shitty the kid was being) than to protect the chocolate.
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How is your wife on the fence? Who are these people to her specifically (family reunion, but are these people close?). Frankly, I'd tell these people never to come back unless they A) apologize B) keep their kid in check.
In all seriousness, if you think that 20$ worth of chocolate is something to throw this kind of fit over, I wouldn't host parties to begin with.
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All sides could have handled this better. Of course leading that charge are the parents.
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*shrug* Never miss an opportunity to tell someone they are doing a shit job of raising their kids. It's societies future you're looking out for.
ESPECIALLY in an environment where violence isn't likely
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Lol, society will do it for them, they have the chance to do it nicely first. If they don't want to take that opportunity, then their kid is gonna suffer for it. Which will be on them