Thanks for all the advice and hugs....clearly I need a lot of that this year....I've had three issues with people stealing from me this year and the robbery was the last one (October). Thankfully enough I wasn't home when it happened, but I accidentally left my purse home that day which caused a lot more problems.
My nephews wife lived with me for just over six months and moved in with my great niece because her and my nephew weren't getting along so well and separated (they were married). Apparently she started hanging with my nephew again and was also using illegal substances. I believe he got a copy of my house key from her and decided to come in and take anything he thought he could make a buck off of (this was after she moved out, but I didn't realize until after this happened that the key I gave her wasn't the key I got back...it was made at walmart where she worked and i got mine at loews). (ipod, digital camera, any cash he could find) I only found out it was him because he was stupid enough to take one of my checks to the bank and forge it to try and get cash from my checking account. The teller was able to describe the car and it was his current girlfriend in the drivers seat. It was about a month later that he overdosed. He was exactly 6 months short of his
21st birthday. This killed me because I helped my mom and dad raise my nephews for a year when I was 16....they were 1 and 3. I worked full time, went to school full time, and on my two nights off I watched them until my parents got home. I was up with them at all hours of the morning because my parents did enough and I didn't really mind doing it.
A second time this year I invited some acquaintences over to hang out for a bit and while I was using the bathroom they decided to run off with my change jar and the cash that I had been saving for my great niece. (Apparently one of them took it and hid it while the others watched him steal from me)
The third time I had one of my best friends over and he brought a family member over with him. This person decided that they would take one of my house keys with them so they could come back to my house while I was at work one day and sort through everything I own and take whatever they wanted. This included over 4500 in cash from my lockbox, the spare key to the car I had just purchased a week before (I totalled mine in a car accident in September because someone thought they had a green arrow and they didn't), my Ipod, my football jerseys, all the jewelry that was left in my jewelry box (not much at that point), my credit card (which they activated and signed because I had just recieved the replacement), my coin collection, my expired drivers license, and I'm sure there is more that I haven't found yet or have forgotten. So for the third time this year I have changed my locks and I've pretty much decided that I don't want to have anything to do with having friends anymore. With friends like these...you know the line. I was supposed to go to court (there were two of them and they got caught because they used my credit card in a place where there were cameras) the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, but recieved a continuance in the mail the Friday before. I have to use a club on my car (and I guess I should be thankful that I still have a car) which is a reminder of this mess everyday. I now have to worry about my identity because they used the last 4 of my social to activate my credit card. I'm scheduled to go back to court in January now and have to testify against the two kids (mid 20's)...or should I say addicts...they are using the same crap my nephew was. The brother of my friend decided to hit up all of his brothers friends from what I hear. It's just not cool how intertwined all this seems to be, and on top of all this my dad has been laid off for a year and a half now, and my sister is having her issues. It just seems neverending. I've been trying to take care of me, but it's not been easy.
