Welcome to our slash Am I the Butthole, where OP soothes her brother-in-law? Am I the bad guy for

taking my brother-in-law to small claims court over art supplies? I'm a 29-year-old male who likes

to draw and try other mediums as well. As such, I've accumulated a lot of art supplies over the past

few years. My wife Sally also dabbles a bit, and we've converted one of the rooms in our home to

an art studio of sorts. There is easily a few thousand dollars worth of art supplies in that room,

and we tend to keep it locked for that reason. Most important to me are my pencils and markers,

which are not cheap. Chart pack for those who care. So Sally and I had her family over for her

aunt's birthday a few weeks back, and my brother and sister-in-law brought their kids with them,

a seven-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy. We had forgotten to lock the door to the room that day.

About an hour into the party, I noticed that both kids were nowhere to be seen, so I asked my

sister-in-law if she knew where they were. She said that they were drawing in the other room.

I immediately rushed over to the art room and found that it was a total mess. Most devastating was

the fact that all my markers were ruined because the kids were using way too much forest causing

the tips to fray. I yelled at them to get out and they started crying. My brother-in-law ran over

and started yelling at me, saying they're just kids and it's just markers. I told him that the

markers alone were 17 bucks a piece, and he said that I was stupid for paying that much. Sally

tried to diffuse a situation, but my brother-in-law started yelling at her too, saying that we can't have

this much art supplies and not expecting kids to want to use it. I told him that he's paying to

replace the markers and other supplies they ruined, and he told me to go f myself and left. Everyone

left shortly after that. I totaled up the damages and I needed to replace about 375 bucks of merchandise,

and I found out that the kids drew on a piece that I spent the past week working on, as well as

ruining a finished piece that Sally did. I sent my brother-in-law bill and he blocked me. So I

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