mrs rubble Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Hello readers, I've just got back from a 2 week holiday to discover my jewellery is missing. My nearly 17yo son was at home and attending his studies while I was gone, my close friend also has a key to my house and often stops by to escape her own place and check on my son. I've asked if there was anyone here besides him, his girlfriend and my friend while I was away. He said just my friends sister. I know my son and his girlfriend haven't taken my rings. They would have no way of hocking them off and had no need to, or history of interest in jewellery. My friend regularly takes her own jewellery to a porn shop to borrow money on when she's short of cash. Her sister has previously stolen jewellery from their mother and other people. I'm gutted that I'm missing these items, one in particular has huge sentimental value. I just don't know how to ask my friend about it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
applej4 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Porn shop??? I think you mean pawn shop. You shouldn't accuse people based on conjecture, You don't KNOW who took your jewelry. You give a key to people you obviously don't trust....strange. There are many possibilities. My suggestion would be to file a police report immediately.
Author mrs rubble Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Porn shop??? I think you mean pawn shop. You shouldn't accuse people based on conjecture, You don't KNOW who took your jewelry. You give a key to people you obviously don't trust....strange. There are many possibilities. My suggestion would be to file a police report immediately. Yes auto correct changed my spelling. I do trust my friend it's her sister I don't trust. I haven't accused anyone just sharing my thoughts here. Since I wrote this I've found a couple of the missing items in a different place to where I left them, so I'm not rushing off to the police. Thanks for taking the time to reply though. Someone has definitely been through my stuff- that's an observation not an accusation.
casey.lives Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 some things and some spaces are best left private for this very reason... to avoid the green-eyed monster.
Author mrs rubble Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 some things and some spaces are best left private for this very reason... to avoid the green-eyed monster. Yes, totally agree. I'm going to invest in a safe. :-)
anika99 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Yes auto correct changed my spelling. I do trust my friend it's her sister I don't trust. I haven't accused anyone just sharing my thoughts here. Since I wrote this I've found a couple of the missing items in a different place to where I left them, so I'm not rushing off to the police. Thanks for taking the time to reply though. Someone has definitely been through my stuff- that's an observation not an accusation. Sounds like someone decided to wear your jewelry while you were away. It could have been anyone, including your son's gf. You can't really accuse anyone of stealing it because that's not going to get you your jewellery back and if you wrongly accuse someone it will cause a lot of hurt and damage. Since some of the pieces have turned up perhaps you could just say within earshot of the suspects that you know someone "borrowed" your jewellery without permission and you would appreciate it being returned, no hard feelings. Of course I don't expect you to truly have no bad feelings about this, but perhaps if you put that way, the person will find a way to get it back to you. 1
Author mrs rubble Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Sounds like someone decided to wear your jewelry while you were away. It could have been anyone, including your son's gf. You can't really accuse anyone of stealing it because that's not going to get you your jewellery back and if you wrongly accuse someone it will cause a lot of hurt and damage. Since some of the pieces have turned up perhaps you could just say within earshot of the suspects that you know someone "borrowed" your jewellery without permission and you would appreciate it being returned, no hard feelings. Of course I don't expect you to truly have no bad feelings about this, but perhaps if you put that way, the person will find a way to get it back to you. Thank you. I'm going to have a big clean up/ sort out before I say a thing in case I find the rest. I'm hopeful its just not where it should be and my reorganisation will be noticed.
preraph Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 You can't rule anyone out, but it would seem to me that the least likely is the friend who watched your house for you since she would be the obvious person with a key. You certainly can't rule out what your son and friend would do since 17 is the PEAK age for vandalism and petty larceny statistically. Most of it is done by teens close by. You should report it to the police and give them all people you're aware had access, including your son and friend and the woman and her sister and see if they will question them or not. Anyone can pawn something or just sell it on the street. By leaving your friend the key, you left it wide open for them to be blamed for it, when it might just as easily have been your son or his friend who knew you'd blame the woman and sister first.
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