A good friend stole from me?

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I have been suspecting him for stealing various things like my watch, phone charger, money from my wallet that I left in his car, and now, money from my house. He slept over last night and in the morning I was in the living room and heard him at the counter in the kitchen, I peaked over there and saw him taking quarters out of a jar. When I went over there they were already in his pocket, and he wanted to buy a tin of chewing tobacco. He said he had 3 dollars and he needs one more for it but he thinks he has quarters in his car. I suspected he would just use the ones in his pocket. That shows me that instead of asking me for a dollar that I would've gladly given him, he would steal it from me. He always has amazing excuses when asked about something he did wrong almost like he thought about it in advance. But this is the first time I have actually caught him. I haven't told him that I saw it yet but idk what to do. This makes me sure that he also stole those things listed above. WHAT SHOULD I DO? he is/was a great friend. I don't want to fight him (I could easily win). I want my stuff back. I don't want to lose this friendship but it looks like ill have to ( he is also friends with my brother which poses a problem.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Woah, right. here's your options.

1: Stay "friends" (temporarily) with him but don't let him in your house and keep all your stuff in sight/on you so he can't rob it. Don't let him know that you know, and then you steal from him. See if you can steal your stuff back, if not just steal other things. Once you've ****** him over, end the friendship. You can end the friendship by setting him up, putting something that he will nick in an easy spot. Once he takes it you can catch him in the act. Record it so you can show your brother. This can then be your excuse to end the friendship. After show your brother the recording to prove to him what his really like.

2: End the friendship and ask for your stuff back, note that you may not get your stuff back as he'll probably deny everything. But at least he's out of your life.

3: Stay friends, forget about it. (will likely stay robbing from you)

4: Stay friends, ask for your stuff back. (may not get your stuff back and he may continue robbing from you)

5: You could go to the police, record him nicking things. Use the recording as evidence.

6: Not sure how old you are but you could tell your parents/guardians and see what they think.

Forget · Answer

I think he's a kleptomaniac. It's when a person steals for no reason at all.

black · Answer

a friend like him may harm you and it can happen one day. forget your stuff and threw out him from your life. there are much nice people around. no need to fight with him just leave him

? · Answer

Stop the friendship. Say you do not want to hanging around with him.  He is untrustworthy.

Maddie · Answer

You might want to ask your brother if he does it to him and then you can tackle the problem together

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