attempted to resolve the dispute? I was checking my emails last night and needed to focus on a particular one that was important. My older brother (19 y.o.) wanted to move his video game console upstairs but was too lazy to make two trips and get all of his stuff upstairs so he asked me to help. I told him that I would, but I just needed 2 minutes to figure something out and continued working on my emails. My inbox is overflowing because my school email account has been down and I haven't been able to log in for over a week, so I was stressing out. He went into a toddler meltdown mode and acted like a 6 year old, giving me a countdown of 30 seconds to help him out. He was being impatient, rude and annoying. I finally caved in and started walking up the stairs. I accidentally pushed him because he was walking slower ahead of me, and he thought I hit him so kicked backwards. I placed his games and controllers and other ridiculously frivolous things on the platform between the two lots of stairs when he once again went into toddler meltdown mode and said that he'd just come downstairs and annoy me until I brought them up. He wasn't just saying it either, he's a freaking stubborn guy who acts his shoe size, not his age. I didn't throw his stuff up the rest of the stairs, but I didn't place it gently on the floor either and the result was a scratched disk that's $100 or something stupid.
Now him & dad are upset with me because I scratched his disk. I offered to pay for a new one, which I easily can, and gave a sincere apology. Would you keep making a mountain out of a molehill if your daughter gave a solution to the problem that would work out? I don't see the point in dwelling in anger and emotions when the problem could be fixed in a snap if he just let me pay for the damn freaking disk.
He claims the disk doesn't work properly, but he's playing the game right now. I think they both just get more satisfaction being annoyed with me rather than accepting a practical solution. I make minimum wage, because I'm only 16, so it would take me like 10 hours work to make back the money (I'd pay from my savings) but I would do it if it would make him shut up about it.
Oh well. Thanks for the answers. You've basically restored my sanity. You would've thought I was satan at how much they're overreacting. Awesome.
Now him & dad are upset with me because I scratched his disk. I offered to pay for a new one, which I easily can, and gave a sincere apology. Would you keep making a mountain out of a molehill if your daughter gave a solution to the problem that would work out? I don't see the point in dwelling in anger and emotions when the problem could be fixed in a snap if he just let me pay for the damn freaking disk.
He claims the disk doesn't work properly, but he's playing the game right now. I think they both just get more satisfaction being annoyed with me rather than accepting a practical solution. I make minimum wage, because I'm only 16, so it would take me like 10 hours work to make back the money (I'd pay from my savings) but I would do it if it would make him shut up about it.
Oh well. Thanks for the answers. You've basically restored my sanity. You would've thought I was satan at how much they're overreacting. Awesome.