Breaking and Entering
For Christmas, I bought my daughter a laptop since she’s been asking for one. I agreed to get it and split the cost of it with her dad (my ex). So far he’s given me $200 of the $1200 total cost. That didn’t worry me any, I’ve already paid for it.
However, I bought myself a new SD card for my camera… 16 gigs. I went to put it into my good camera (the Lumix that my honey gave me for my birthday a couple of years ago) and my camera was gone – case and all, tripod and all.
Since my daughter has taken it before, I assume she’s stolen it. And because she’s stolen so much from me, I can’t come to any other conclusion, no matter how hard she denies it.
So in return, I took back her laptop. I thought that maybe I’d return it, get the money back and buy myself another good camera. While she says she didn’t take my camera, where else could it be? She always lies about stealing my things.
And I had to wonder how she kept getting into my room now that we’ve installed locks on the computer room and bedroom doors. I decided to monitor things.
Today when we had to go buy a new monitor (one of mine died), there was a recording of what went on in the computer room. You’ll see the time on the video is only about 7 minutes after my snookey locked the door – that would be enough time for us to put our coat and boots on and get out to the car and drive off.
Those knives we kept missing… now we know what they were used for, you can see the knife in her hand. And when she saw the camera on, you can see that she unplugged it. I’ve now installed a camera in my bedroom as well as the one in the computer room.
When I got home and saw the video, I asked her about why she unplugged my webcam. She said she didn’t – she wasn’t in the computer room, y’see. Once I told her I had video of it, and saw what the knives have been used for, there was a different story – she was looking for her laptop.
If there is any more breaking and entering, or missing stuff, this girl is out the door. I’ve had enough. I gave her back her laptop mostly cuz I don’t give a shit. As far as I’m concerned she can take her new laptop to her new group home if this ever happens again. I’ve been more than giving about this shit going on in my own home.
I’m sick of living like a prisoner with locks on my doors and cameras in the rooms because my own daughter steals from me (and breaks and enters).
She does not realize that I could have her arrested for her criminal behaviour – and I just might if it ever happens again, I’m so fucking sick of it.
Anyway, I’m still supposed to believe her that she didn’t take my camera. I’m waiting to get it back – she has a $1200 laptop which she said was the best gift she ever got. I’m without my good camera, which was the best gift I ever got.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
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@momontherun – It is trusting, except now I trust she’s stealing and lying every time she opens her mouth. I always trusted her, where did it get me?
Well if hubby is a DIY kinda guy. You could get a car remote door opener system with a remote and attach it to a deadbolt on the door. Push the button and ‘snick’ its open, another and ‘chunk’ its locked and no knife is going to get you in.
BFG’s tips for prison warders and delinquent kids mothers #132
I know what you want is a non thef daughter, (oh no someone stole the”i”).
Thats a bit harder to get unfortunately, the Judge will blame the parents, the Ex will blame his ex… ETC
In the words of a Large prison warder from an old Skool film,
“What we have here,’spit’, Is a FAILURE, to communicate!”.
Not sure how I would handle the situation, I used to do the ‘Screaming and shouting father’, thing, but found that the “Very quietly spoken with a sideways glance and a sigh”, sometimes worked better. In fact to expect them to always fail and then be surprised when they arn’t can be quite amusing, and another thing for the councilor to charge more money to tut tut about.
I suggest you learn some parenting skills. Kicking her out won’t teach her right from wrong.
Well, Vandy, I guess you’re not a parent yourself, those are the quickest to judge parents. I’ve tried all the ‘parenting’ skills I can muster and they’ve failed. I’m not in a position to teach her right from wrong – I did that when she was a little child; she already knows the difference but it doesn’t seem to matter.
Kicking her out is not to teach her anything, it’s to get myself a normal life again without lying and thievery and the rest of the crap I’ve put up with.
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