Should i pull my son up on this?

My son's birthday is coming up soon and as he's hard to guess for I always end up asking him if there's anything he wants, after mmm'ing and ahhh'ing I suggested a video game and he immediately asked if he could have advanced warfare,
I had a hard time finding it but he said I could find it on Amazon for around 18 pounds which is far less than I normally spend on videogames for him, I ended up getting a different version of the same game which was more expensive which had extra guns and bonuses and things like that which was nearly 30, then he turned to me and I was ordering it and saidz, that's the good thing about the Xbox one being out, Xbox 360 games are a bit cheaper which is cool
I always find it hard to tell when he's trying to make a point or not so I never know when to pull him up on something, he said it in a perfectly innocent tone as he does but I can't help feel like it's either a dig at me not buying him an Xbox one ( which I can't afford and if he wants one he's old enough to get a job ) or that he's being ungrateful and saying I'm not spending enough money on him, or just a throwaway comment with nothing behind it, but recently, since my last relationship ended in second guessing everything, even a tiny bit of parenting like this, and every sentence seems to have another meaning, what do you think, am I putting my own insecurities onto this sentence?

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  • snarkygirl

    No I don't think playing violent games is something a mother should encourage.

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    • I'm not one of those gullible people that things videogames can cause real work violence and shoot outs, especially when the person is an adult

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      • snarkygirl

        Ok then... I think your adult son is a spoiled whiner.

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        • I do too

          Well entitled not spoilt, never had the money to spoil

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  • thegypsysailor

    You know your son better than we do and we weren't there to see his face and hear his tone, so I don't know how we can help. Sorry.

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    • I really don't unfortunately he moved away to york to go to uni at " that age " where some start to distance themselves at 18 and since then it's like I don't know him at all

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      • thegypsysailor

        If he's 22 then there's nothing to be gained from "pull my son up", as I see it. Give him what you can afford and if he doesn't appreciate the thought behind the gift then, as you said, he can go get a job.

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        • True there may be nothing gained from pulling my son up on it but I think it's even worse to ignore comments because of age, if at the age of 40 my son says something I think is out of order I'll let him know, just not in the same way I would have whn he was younger, age is no excuse

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          • thegypsysailor

            Being the parent of an adult takes some getting used to, IMO. A tiny mistake could alienate him from you for years. Just a thought.

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  • unionclocks

    Personally, though i do not know the tone said in or whatever, i dont think its a dig at you at all?

    I mean, xbox 360 games are quite literally cheaper, and it is a good thing. If hes aware that you cant afford an xbox one he may just be saying that its better like this because its cheaper if anything was intended at all.

    Its more than likley a way to continue/or whatever a conversation.

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  • shuggy-chan

    How old is he?

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    • He'll be 22

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      • shuggy-chan

        Then fuck him he can get a job and pay for it himself

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