She’s Given Her Brother $25,000 Over The Years To Help Him Out, But He Just Stole Thousands From Her Bedroom While She Was Away On Vacation
Have you ever had someone take something from you even though you would’ve given it to them if they asked first?
A woman is furious with her brother, who stole thousands of dollars from her without her permission while she was away on vacation.
She’s 28, and her 33-year-old brother, Dan, has always struggled to keep a job and make enough money to support himself. She has a good job and paid him a significant amount in the past, along with her parents and other relatives.
“We used to call it ‘lending,’ but Dan has made it clear he’s never going to repay a single cent, so we collectively bit the bullet and just gave him the money,” she said.
Although she’s given Dan around $25,000 to keep him afloat over the years, she didn’t realize he still wanted more.
The other day, she returned home from vacation and discovered the secret money stash she kept in her bedroom, which contained $4,000, had been emptied while she was gone.
She panicked and did some investigating, only to learn that Dan had taken her spare house key from their mom, went over, and took the money like it was nothing.
She called Dan to confront him, and he admitted to “helping himself” to the cash.
“I got irate and threatened to go to the police if he didn’t pay me back, and he kept insisting that I always gave him money when he asked, so [there’s no] problem,” she recalled.
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“I said that if he asked me for $4,000, I’d have given it to him, but I draw the line at breaking into my house and robbing me.”
She and Dan went back and forth for a while, and she got closer and closer to reporting him to the police, so he sent her $1,000 and promised he’d return the rest soon.
When her mom found out what happened, she called her and scolded her for upsetting Dan. She suggested she “back down” and told him to keep the other $3,000.
She stood her ground and dismissed her mom, reminding her that she was angrier about the principles of the situation than anything else.
“It’s a question of respect,” she added.
“If Dan asked for it, I’d know, I’d be treated like a human being, and I’d be the one to make the commitment of giving him $4,000. But being robbed makes me feel disrespected and straight-up violated.”
Dan doesn’t seem very remorseful about what he’s done and has continued to ask her for more money since then.
Do you think she should continue to demand that Dan pay her back or let it go?
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