Since I've become single, I've been able to budget my money a lot better and have actually been putting a good bit aside to catch up my school loans and such. I don't have a bank account, I keep my money at home in a lockbox. Now, said lockbox has a broken lock, so I usually hide it. About a week ago I got it out to count my cash and forgot to put it back in its hiding spot; it ended up sitting on my dresser for about a week with a few shirts thrown over it, one corner kind of sticking out.
I've had a lot of friends in and out of my house in the past month. The past week there have only been 4. One of them stole money from me. I counted my money like 5 days ago and had about $700. I got in my box today to get money to pick up some things I needed for the house and there was only $330 in the box. I sat and thought as hard as I could, trying to remember if I took any money out for anything, and nothing at all came to mind. I went to my calendar and checked my bill dates and everything is either not due for another couple weeks or was paid weeks ago. I know 100% for a fact that I did not use more than $40 in the past week, and it was on food and cleaning supplies. I also know for sure that I had 3 $100 bills and 2 $50 bills and a little stack of 20s. There are only 2 $100s and 1 $50 left, and the $20 stack is significantly smaller.
I've thought hard about the 4 people who've been in my house in the past week. My brother would never ever do it. My friend Ed was over, but he never even went near my bedroom, and I've known him for 10 years and I don't think he's ever stolen a thing in his life. The guy I'm kind of seeing would definitely never do it; I've known him 5 years and he just wouldn't. That leaves one person. One person who I've had trust issues with in the past, who has nearly gotten me in trouble once, and who is always asking me to borrow money. I let him crash here a few nights ago because I had no plans and he needed away from his roommate. He is really the only person who I think could have done it. I confronted him about it and he swears it wasn't him.
Now, although I am upset that I've been working hard to save up money only to have it stolen from me (AGAIN), I'm more upset about the fact that someone I thought I could trust at least to not steal from me possibly did steal from me. There's really nothing I can do about it because whoever did it is not going to admit it. I have to resign myself to opening a damn bank account, which I don't want to do, and just watching who I let in my house.
I've had a lot of friends in and out of my house in the past month. The past week there have only been 4. One of them stole money from me. I counted my money like 5 days ago and had about $700. I got in my box today to get money to pick up some things I needed for the house and there was only $330 in the box. I sat and thought as hard as I could, trying to remember if I took any money out for anything, and nothing at all came to mind. I went to my calendar and checked my bill dates and everything is either not due for another couple weeks or was paid weeks ago. I know 100% for a fact that I did not use more than $40 in the past week, and it was on food and cleaning supplies. I also know for sure that I had 3 $100 bills and 2 $50 bills and a little stack of 20s. There are only 2 $100s and 1 $50 left, and the $20 stack is significantly smaller.
I've thought hard about the 4 people who've been in my house in the past week. My brother would never ever do it. My friend Ed was over, but he never even went near my bedroom, and I've known him for 10 years and I don't think he's ever stolen a thing in his life. The guy I'm kind of seeing would definitely never do it; I've known him 5 years and he just wouldn't. That leaves one person. One person who I've had trust issues with in the past, who has nearly gotten me in trouble once, and who is always asking me to borrow money. I let him crash here a few nights ago because I had no plans and he needed away from his roommate. He is really the only person who I think could have done it. I confronted him about it and he swears it wasn't him.
Now, although I am upset that I've been working hard to save up money only to have it stolen from me (AGAIN), I'm more upset about the fact that someone I thought I could trust at least to not steal from me possibly did steal from me. There's really nothing I can do about it because whoever did it is not going to admit it. I have to resign myself to opening a damn bank account, which I don't want to do, and just watching who I let in my house.