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crazydaizychiki
12-03-2007, 02:01 PM
FH and I were on track with bills and for the past week we've been kind of broke, GAS IS GETTING PRICEY HERE. But we had just enough to rent a couple of movies last night and have some fun.

We had all of our rent money in a drawer and we were going to get a money order made. Sadly, we went to get it and when we counted it, only half was there. SERIOUSLY!!! Somebody must have gone through our stuff and took $400 from our bedroom. We had like 7 people over the other night for a potluck/ bbq, but they were all co workers.

Rent is due today :( I guess we'll just have to take the late fee up the behind and pay on thursday when we get our checks............................... seriously. It;s really depressing knowing that a friend could have done this.

oh well, things happen for a reason i guess.
Jacklynn
12-03-2007, 02:07 PM
oh my word! I'm so sorry, I hope maybe it turns up or at least you find out what happened to it.
crazydaizychiki
12-03-2007, 02:11 PM
Thanks, but I guess either way we have a plan. It's just insane that it would happen with like 7 friends around.
s_r_d3
12-03-2007, 02:29 PM
Im glad to hear you have a plan (btw, I responded to your bulletin on myspace lol) but it sucks to know that a "friend" would do this. Hugs!
SouthernQueenBride
12-03-2007, 02:49 PM
I would def. invest in one of those "firesafes" that you can hide under your bed or something ... and also hide the key or whatever. That way that won't happen again. That sucks taht a so called friend whould do that! I am sorry hunny ...
Kirby
12-03-2007, 02:56 PM
That is terrible! Maybe if you explained the situation to your landlord, he/she would let the late fee go?
WBandMe
12-03-2007, 03:23 PM
Wow, that really sucks! At least they didn't take ALL of it, but still... sheesh.
NicksBride
12-03-2007, 04:17 PM
That is horrible, I am so sorry. I would open an investigation that would make me really upset.
70707Bride
12-03-2007, 04:20 PM
That is so stupid when people do stuff like that. A few years ago my brother had a "friend" over and he stole some money from him. Needless to say, they're not "friends" anymore.
frenchie
12-03-2007, 04:25 PM
Wow that is SO not cool. Do you have any idea which one it was?
Maybe your landlord will give you another day or something, given the circumstances??
70707Bride
12-03-2007, 04:35 PM
Wow that is SO not cool. Do you have any idea which one it was?
Maybe your landlord will give you another day or something, given the circumstances??

I was thinking that too, then thought that business people don't care about your situations, they want their money. Plus, is there a way that they can prove it was stolen? I mean, the landlords would probably think that. Its terrible.
EarlyBird
12-03-2007, 06:37 PM
are you sure you didnt take some money here or there without thinking about it.. FH and i do this with the mortgage money often.. We'll put it away and then he will call and ill say Take the money out of the drawer.. we always realize we are about 200 short when it comes cuz we forget we took the money.. sometimes fh or i will do it without telling the other one too.. not to be sneaky just cuz we forget.. Maybe try to think if that happened so you dont get suspicious of every person that walks through the door hehe :)

Well something positive i can say is that fh and i had this same problem the last two months. By the grace of god we made it through and now we are back on track.. luckily things always find a way. just stick it out a little more and good things will come your way.
ChibiAiChan
12-05-2007, 01:19 AM
thats awful! I'm sorry to hear that =( We had a couple friends over when we first moved into this apartment... and someone stole Sean's razor!!! What the heck?!
gwennebe
12-05-2007, 08:58 AM
This is why I'm anti social :frogg:

I am so sorry. If someone did take it they don't worry hopefully karma will kick their behind.:frogg:
Whitewater
12-05-2007, 10:45 AM
Wow! That sucks!

Obviously, one of those 'friends' you had over is a friend no longer. Since you have a very small pool of people who could have taken it, I would A) report it to the police (which you will have to do anyway, for your homeowner's insurance) and in your report, give the names and contact information of the co-workers in question.

Then, I would post a notice at work (or maybe send an email, or both) stating that at a recent party -- was it a barbeque, you said? -- at your home with your coworkers as guests, you discovered at the end of the night that a large amount of cash was missing from your bedroom. You have called the police and reported the theft but you would quite like the money back, so if it is returned to you you will NOT file charges and put the matter to rest.

If, in a week, you don't get the money, file charges with the police. $200 may only be a petty misdemeanor, but to you it's not only a large sum of money, but it's also rent (as well as good relations with your landlord) and (if your landlord decides to be nasty) the missing money could also adversely affect your credit -- because if your landlord wants to, they can report your late payment to the credit buearus.

Making a police report will also constitute proof that the money was *stolen* and not merely misplaced, so if your landlord starts having issues, you can protect yourselves.

I know it's so hard to even think about doing this because your co-workers are also your friends, but you absolutely cannot let them get away with this. If nothing else, you will never know who did it and what if you invite them over again and something like your engagement ring or other expensive stuff goes missing the next time?

When my downstairs neighbors stole a package of mine in the mail, I had to work with the police, and it sucked but it was necessary. I eventually got the package back (the police and I knocked on their door and insisted they give me my property, because there was clear evidence that pointed to them -- not circumstantial -- one of them had signed for it, that kind of thing) but I would never have been able to recover my property if it wasn't for my getting the police involved.


Whitewater
SerendipityCrafts
12-05-2007, 10:51 AM
Sorry, but after your recent posts about FH & lying, I just have to ask ..... are you absolutely sure that it was someone from the party? Could FH have taken the money, but doesn't want to tell you so?
bichonlvr
12-05-2007, 11:07 AM
Sorry, but after your recent posts about FH & lying, I just have to ask ..... are you absolutely sure that it was someone from the party? Could FH have taken the money, but doesn't want to tell you so?

That's exactly what I was thinking!!!
SouthernQueenBride
12-05-2007, 01:18 PM
Sorry, but after your recent posts about FH & lying, I just have to ask ..... are you absolutely sure that it was someone from the party? Could FH have taken the money, but doesn't want to tell you so?

Hmmm... this is possible. I hate to say it ... but maybe you should talk to him but don't accuse ... but just ask.
G/L --- let us know what happens/what you plan to do....
EarlyBird
12-05-2007, 02:07 PM
Sorry, but after your recent posts about FH & lying, I just have to ask ..... are you absolutely sure that it was someone from the party? Could FH have taken the money, but doesn't want to tell you so?



this was exactly my thought but i didnt want to say it, so i settled for my input about one of them borriwng it cuz that could happen too.
SerendipityCrafts
12-05-2007, 02:09 PM
this was exactly my thought but i didnt want to say it, so i settled for my input about one of them borriwng it cuz that could happen too.

I didn't want to say it either but when I didn't read anything else on the subject after her earlier posts, I had to ask. I am still concerned for her. It's the Mom in me coming out :)
PGDesigns
12-05-2007, 02:42 PM
I feel better knowing that I wasn't the only one who thought it to be possible with the recent events. I felt bad for thinking it and was worried about posting it. I hope that's not what happened, though.
crazydaizychiki
12-05-2007, 02:55 PM
I didn't want to say it either but when I didn't read anything else on the subject after her earlier posts, I had to ask. I am still concerned for her. It's the Mom in me coming out :)


Thanks you guys. i don't think he did it. I have NO idea what he would have spent it on if he took it...... NO idea.
PGDesigns
12-05-2007, 03:00 PM
Glad to see you posted again. I was kinda worried. I hope you find out who took the money and get everything worked out!
SouthernQueenBride
12-05-2007, 03:10 PM
Glad to see you posted again. I was kinda worried. I hope you find out who took the money and get everything worked out!

Ditto!!!!!!!!
SerendipityCrafts
12-05-2007, 04:12 PM
Ditto!!!!!!!!

Ditto ditto. I do hope it works out!!!

I really don't mean to plant any seeds of doubt in your mind. I just wondered if you had considered it.

In this situation, although bad to say ... I hope it was one of your friends who took the money.
bichonlvr
12-05-2007, 04:18 PM
Thanks you guys. i don't think he did it. I have NO idea what he would have spent it on if he took it...... NO idea.

I don't mean to sound badly, but just concerned, could he have a Gfriend on the side or something? Obviously you guys worked out the stuff with that other girl. I would just keep my eyes open VERY open!!!

I would also re-evaluate having parties at my house with this gorup of people. Banks are cool too!

Good luck!!!