"So, I have a friend who comes over to my place and before she leaves, she takes things. She's taken small framed paintings, rugs, pillows, two new sewing kits (one of which was in a box of stuff I wanted to give to a neighbor's daughter), and a lot of booze that she must put into her own water bottles because she doesn't take the booze bottles themselves.Took me awhile to figure that last one out, but it shouldn't have."
"The problem is that she's my goddaughter. Last time she was here, my AirPods disappeared and my full jar of active yeast. I'm afraid to say anything to her because she's my very best friend's daughter and I love her, but it really hurts my feelings. My husband and I gave her a rent-free, nice little house in a place she wanted to be"
A woman reports that her goddaughter repeatedly takes items from her home, ranging from small framed paintings, rugs, pillows, sewing kits, books, fabric, decorative plates, to AirPods and a jar of active yeast. The goddaughter also siphons liquor into her own water bottles and often leaves bottles nearly empty. The writer and her husband provided a rent-free house for the goddaughter for about a year and a half, and she rarely paid rent. The thefts make the writer feel disoriented and fearful of cognitive decline, and she feels hurt and conflicted about confronting the goddaughter because of close family ties.
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