Yeah, I’m really surprised that they don’t have renter’s insurance. Every policy I’ve had for car insurance has pretty much automatically included renter’s insurance. Usually they do the charge you for it and also offer a discount that happens to exactly match the cost of the insurance, so it’s basically free.
Sixteen. She’s the one who wanted to get this “Insanity” workout in the first place. The only role I play is nagging her to not slack off on it at the slightest excuse (and to tell the truth, she’s been easing back for the past couple of weeks).
Have you thought about renter’s insurance? I’m surprised nobody has mentioned it yet.
Once.
For fifteen minutes, in 1960.
Here’s how simple it is. You can have expensive, easily broken shit, or you can have kids. Not both.
But kids ARE expensive, easily-broken little shits sometimes!
I love this thread.
That is all. Carry on.
Me too.
Thanks, everyone, for helping me maintain a light heart about it all (although Kayla is still a little weepy this morning).
Think I’ll tempt karma again:
All you folks who play the celebrity Dead Pool over in Games, don’t forget to add Ted Nugent–dammit, there goes the dishwasher.
Think I’ll quit while I’m behind.
I hear Duran Duran sells a great policy.
Probably weepy from PMS. :dubious: Maybe you could reassure her that you don’t hate her for breaking the TV. Just a thought.
If you can’t afford to replace the TV, you can’t afford to replace the TV. But renter’s insurance is still an excellent idea.
buy a smaller affordable set to put on the wall mount. hang photos of the broken set on the parts of the mount that now stick out (or any other decorations). keep entering contests. buy renters insurance.
My renters insurance costs me $110 once a year. Not all that expensive and well worth it. I get it from Progressive, who also does my car insurance, so there’s a discount because of it.
The dishwasher? Did Kayla throw something at it, or did she just pick up the whole thing and heave it at something else?
You’re a Dad, therefore, you are wrong. If you totally change your stance to its exact opposite, you will be wrong in a wholly different way.
So, she’s sixteen? You’re maybe ten, fifteen years from grandparenting? Revenge.
I blame tv manufacturers - shouldn’t they have some kind of screen guards at this point, what with the Wiis and all?
Not likely. I’ve conditioned her to believe that her mother and I became parents at the right age (40 and 43). I’m not sure how much encouragement and assistance I’ll be able to give the little grandmonsters when I’m in my 80s.
Would renters’ insurance cover that? I have homeowners’ insurance and when a foster dog ate my brand new couch, they didn’t cover it.
When I was about her age, I melted a hole in my waterbed in the middle of the night ( don’t ask) Not ONLY did my father not yell at me; he cleaned it up so I could go back to sleep. Daddies Rock. Kayla will remember how you handled this. Well Done.
We have a temporary one. She’s five, is the spawn of my S-I-L, and can even accomodate widescreens TVs by raising her finger to her nose and digging like a badger.
Sorry man, but like everyone else has pointed out it’s just stuff.
Hug Kayla good and tight, kiss her on the forehead and tell her “It’s just stuff”.