How am i supposed to find this money?

Gavin83

paddy's_mum wrote: »

If you were my daughter, I'd be quite worried by this over the top reaction to accidental damage to a mere thing.

What's he going to be like if ever you became accidentally pregnant - "it's your own fault, and I don't want kids yet so get rid of it. It's your problem not mine so don't come running to me with tears ..."

Seriously, cold shouldering someone over an incident that is at least as much their mistake and shortsightedness as yours would have me asking questions about the maturity of the "other half".

What a stupid thing to say. It may only be a 'thing' but he clearly places some importance on it, we all value different things in different ways.

I also drink near my PC, both at home and at work but I trust myself not to spill a drink on it and frankly I don't feel I should have to account for other people being clumsy. However, I work in IT and therefore if the worst did happen Im confident I could fix it myself at minimal costs.

Im also quite shocked at other's who are suggesting he may be viewing child pornography due to his reaction.

To the OP, I can't really imagine crying over a piece of machinery, but at the same time if my girlfriend did the same thing I'd probably be !!!!ed off for a couple of days. Ring the home insurance people, check if it's covered and also check if they'd have a rough idea of what difference it would make to your premium. Approach him with this information, also offer to pay to have it taken to a repairer and then I can't really see why he would continue to be angry about the incident. As annoying as it is, it is only an accident at the end of the day and he'll get over it at some point.

ali-t

Gavin83 wrote: »

Im also quite shocked at other's who are suggesting he may be viewing child pornography due to his reaction.
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No-one has said child !!!!!!, unless I have missed that? The question was whether there was !!!!!! that he wouldn't want repairers or insurers seeing.:)

paddy's_mum

...and it is exactly this "he'll get over it at some point" that makes me feel that the reaction, which in her initial post the OP neither expected, understood or knew the best way to approach, suggests something at least a little out of the ordinary. Whether that 'out of the ordinary' is drama queenism, sulking, hidden wrongdoing or immaturity, or any of the other guesses put forward within this thread, none of us can know.... including Gavin83

In the same situation, I'm pretty sure I'd be going out of my way not to add to the feelings of guilt and remorse that someone I loved was clearly feeling as the result of an accident that I had myself to a large degree helped to create. What more could the OP do but apologise profusely and offer to do whatever could be done to remedy matters. What's to gain by continuing to make a big, cold shoulder and punishing deal out of it? Heaven forbid the OP should crash the car, or accidentally run over the cat, or slip and spill hot soup into his mother's lap :rotfl:

However, surely all those who responded were putting a point of view or possible explanation based on their own experiences. If that lifetime of memory and learning makes me (Paddy's Mum 1950) stupid, then c'est la vie ..... :A

January20

Don't people back up anymore?

My cat (what is it with cats and laptops?) jumped accross my laptop once and knocked a glass of water all over it. I soon learned that drinks and laptops have to be kept apart! Let's hope your OH can take some responsibility and learn his lesson quickly.

mountainofdebt

I haven't read all the replies but if you have accidental cover then what's the point in having it when, you accidental damage something which would make claiming worth while........you don't?

thorsoak

Might your partner be upset and not wishing to claim on contents insurance because he has allowed the cover to lapse????

blabberwort

ali-t wrote: »

No-one has said child !!!!!!, unless I have missed that? The question was whether there was !!!!!! that he wouldn't want repairers or insurers seeing.:)

Could also have illegally downloaded files such as films/music on there. Lots of reasons why he may not want someone looking at his lappy contents.

SUESMITH_2

i work in a school and despite all staff being told not to eat or drink near their laptops most of them do it. i have watched someone knock a pint of hot tea into theirs, they took it to our IT guy literally dripping and he just took it to bits and left it to dry out - worked fine after a couple of days. dont try and speed it up by using a hairdryer, head of IT did and gor carried away and melted the keyboard!

we keep drinks well away from our laptops at home

Savvy2Be

Hi,

Just wanted to add my two cents in....I did the same thing a few years ago and the laptop was fine that evening and then bust the next day. I was gutted about it, but thankfully managed to claim on my contents insurance and got a brand new one and paid the £150.00 excess (which they ended up refunding due to it taking so long to ship it!). My insurance did go up a bit this year (only contents) but I just ended up switching providers (was totally honest and said Id had 1 claim) and still got a decent quote.

Im sure you will both sort it, give the insurers a call.

bestpud

Gavin83 wrote: »

Im also quite shocked at other's who are suggesting he may be viewing child pornography due to his reaction.

That will be you then as I certainly wasn't thinking of child !!!!!! when I questioned what was on the laptop and I don't think others were either.