I was waiting to pay for a photo in line at the electronics counter at a large department store on the weekend, and there were 2 women in front of me.
First woman is trying to buy a DSi, they are all out of stock so she asks if she can buy the display model. Yes, that's fine. She says to the shop assistant, "Oh that's great, my 4 year old will be so happy for Christmas. He fights his older sister for hers all the time, I'm so over it."
Inwardly, I say to myself wow, 4 is a little young for a DSi, but each to their own. Not a major thing. We have several games systems (perks of my work, I would not pay for them, and 2 of them are still yet to even be opened lol) but DS 5yrs is obsessed with Lego and has shown little interest in videogaming, apart from a few goes on a racing game on my phone. DD 2 yrs loves to grab my phone and unlock it and look at the photo's of herself lol.
The other woman in line then says "Oh I know what you mean. I have 4 kids, and they've all got their own DS, and they still manage to fight about it,"
A little more gobsmacked. I know kids will fight about toys etc, but that sounds mighty expensive to me. Resist asking out loud if they share games or not.
Then the clincher. The first woman replies "Oh I know. DS already has a Nintendo Ds, but not a DSi. His sister had a DSi and he just has to have one,"
I wonder what this will escalate to by the time her kids are teenagers?.....
First woman is trying to buy a DSi, they are all out of stock so she asks if she can buy the display model. Yes, that's fine. She says to the shop assistant, "Oh that's great, my 4 year old will be so happy for Christmas. He fights his older sister for hers all the time, I'm so over it."
Inwardly, I say to myself wow, 4 is a little young for a DSi, but each to their own. Not a major thing. We have several games systems (perks of my work, I would not pay for them, and 2 of them are still yet to even be opened lol) but DS 5yrs is obsessed with Lego and has shown little interest in videogaming, apart from a few goes on a racing game on my phone. DD 2 yrs loves to grab my phone and unlock it and look at the photo's of herself lol.
The other woman in line then says "Oh I know what you mean. I have 4 kids, and they've all got their own DS, and they still manage to fight about it,"
A little more gobsmacked. I know kids will fight about toys etc, but that sounds mighty expensive to me. Resist asking out loud if they share games or not.
Then the clincher. The first woman replies "Oh I know. DS already has a Nintendo Ds, but not a DSi. His sister had a DSi and he just has to have one,"
I wonder what this will escalate to by the time her kids are teenagers?.....