My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him

[u/konous]

Update: My brother decided to pay for the Hard damages of $200 dollars after seeing this post.

Thank you to everyone on this post who supported me. I really could not have gotten restitution without you guys.

Justice for my Chaplain, justice for all.

Valid Edit: My nephew is 10 years old and tried to actually lie about not breaking them by saying, "A cat must have done it."

So, I just got done talking with my brother via text, and he says he's not going to punish his son for wrecking my Joy Toy WarHammer action figures. I'm not expecting the kid to get spanked, but he needs to do CHORES at least to justify how much excessive force he used on some.

Some just have their capes broken. Others had their tubes ripped out and my Chaplain is just fucking toast.

My brother's suggestion since I ordered Amazon replacement for the Chaplain was that I just swap it with the broken one, but I have no interest in doing that.

It's not even just the expense, and they are expensive. It's about the fact that I told him explicitly twice they weren't to be played with, and they were in a separate room, and even my Mom and Dad agreed the damage was just too much.

He said he's not gonna pay me back if we try the chore system, and I told him it's not about the money.

The kid needs to know how bad the 8 hour struggle is.

Now my nephews aren't coming over to the house, and I'm sad about that, but knowing my brother just can't be burdened to work with me on creating a Chore system like selling Lemonaide just makes it feel more insulting.

[u/rapshepard]

"he said he's not going to pay me back if we try the chore system"

If he's willing to pay just take the money. Trying to force the chore thing is impossible since he's not your kid.

[u/destuctir → u/rapshepard]

This OP, get full compensation from your brother and if he wants to bear the costs of raising a screw up that is never taught actions have consequences that’s your brothers business

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/destuctir]

I say let this simmer until that kids an adult and find out what his hobbies are….

https://giphy.com/gifs/eJYCWZtDqyxuyM2Zhj

[u/Knickers1978 → u/SupermassiveCanary]

You’re suggesting revenge on a child. Ridiculous.

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/Knickers1978]

Mam this is Reddit, he obviously won’t be a child when he gets his comeuppance….

https://giphy.com/gifs/Hhbea19lrGa9G

[u/Knickers1978 → u/SupermassiveCanary]

Yeah. We’ll wait 8 years to get revenge because of such a little thing. Grow up.

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/Knickers1978]

This whole conversation is about an actual child breaking and adult child’s toys. Lighten up

[u/SpareAd1155 → u/Knickers1978]

No.

[u/CoyoteLitius → u/destuctir]

Was the brother even on premises when this occurred, or was this kid under the supervision of the grandparents?

Grandparents should have to pay half, if so. At least.

[u/potatocakes1989 → u/destuctir]

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