2 days ago I (20F) saw my uncle (50M) go into our house when nobody was at home. I just came back from shopping when I saw him running out. (He never goes into our house because my mom and him aren’t on good terms) He probably doesn’t know I saw him. We didn’t tell him anything because nothing was missing. Today my brother (17M) called me saying all his money was gone. He had around 3k$. I don’t know what to do, i will tell my dad but then what? Whole family will fall apart.
He isn’t financially stabile, lives with his mom after divorce. We live in the same house, he and his mom (my grandma) are on first floor and we are on second. Those floors are like separate houses if that makes sense. And it isn’t normal that he goes into our space.
If my grandma finds out, she will probably kick him out, and he has nowhere to go.
How can he steal money from his own little nephew??? He worked 3 summer breaks in a row to earn that, and now he has nothing. I feel sooo bad for him 🙁
He probably won’t admit it, i don’t know how to get that money back.
Btw english is not my first language so sorry for mistakes.
UPDATE: He came knocking on my door, i was home alone. He asked if we found the money. I told him everything that i saw, and he just lost it. He said that he was feeding my dog in front of our door lol. I know thats not true bacause why the fuck would he feed our dog that he hates in front of the door??? He basically said that he wasnt in the house, but i know what i saw. My dad just gave up on this because he doesn’t want to lose his brother. I will go to the police tomorrow if he doesnt confess. I’m alone in this now since dad wont help..
TL;DR: Uncle stole all money my brother had
Fuck your pathetic asshole uncle, tell your dad what you saw.
He’s probably been stealing stuff from you guys for a long time.
He deserves to be kicked out.
Tell your brother, tell your father, I hope they report him to the police.
Tell your brother to call the police and report it. Give a statement with times to the police. Let them deal with it. If your parent is angry, ask them would they rather have your brother think one of us stole his money, or the truth that a brother you don’t trust did. Tell them to change the locks toi
Be honest and let it be someone else’s issue. Don’t tie yourself up in holding something back if you don’t have to.
Ask grandma to let your dad search his stuff and make him empty his pockets. Maybe he’ll find some of the money at least.
Call the cops and say everything. Every minute you waste is one minute closer to having no money to get back.
Shame on the uncle. No matter how down on luck he is, stealing is stealing. And stealing from family is the ultimate low. He deserves to be caught. He obviously has a roof over his head and food in his stomach, so there was absolutely no need for him to be stealing from anyone. I’ve tried to give money to homeless people and they wouldn’t take it. Tell your family what happened. If they decide to involve the police, that’s their choice. Your conscience will be clean. Good luck!
Be careful for your own safety! He sounds desperate. Change the house locks too. Just speak with your grandmother and tell your brother too.
thank you for looking out for your little brother.
The fact that you so unwilling to tell your dad makes me think this story is fake
Tell everyone, theifs need there ass kicked
It’s pretty easy to find a crackhead that will do anything for an 8ball. I wouldn’t go to jail for shit
Besides the fact that stealing is wrong and you should absolutely report this… I have a question:
Those 3k are american dollars right? If so why does your little brother have that much money… in cash? I mean who keeps 3000$ in cash at home?
Sounds like your uncle really needs to hit rock bottom. If your family accept this behaviour, it will happen again.
Do what is right. It is not right for your Brother to suffer because your Uncle has no morals, and is a thief. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is the only right thing. Call the police, do it because you witnessed your Uncle leaving the home, that he said he was never in. It sucks you are the only one willing to hold your Uncle accountable. Your Uncle deserves to suffer whatever he has coming. He should be thrown out, who wants a thief around them. Your Uncle is the scum of the earth.
Your uncles an ass. Tell your brother banks exist.
The details of your family situation don’t matter in this at all. It is very simple. It comes down to right and wrong. You need to speak up for your little brother. He is the innocent one that is hurt in this. Your uncle is a grown ass man and knew what he was doing. It sounds like he’s also the cause of much of the problems in the family dynamics so he should go. Protect and fight for your little brother. I promise you he won’t forget what you do. If you do the right thing this could come back to be very helpful in the future. Or it could come back to hurt you if you do nothing. At the very least change the locks or buy a door handle with a lock and put them on the bedrooms. Also security cameras would have been helpful don’t you think?
What a mess. I’m so sorry.
Tell your grandmother and mum what happened and go to the police tell them and take this further. If he gets away with it and no one challenges it he will keep doing this and you will see more and more stuff go missing
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Wow if that true then your Uncle is a bad guy
So update: He came knocking on my door, i was home alone. He asked if we found the money. I told him everything that i saw, and he just lost it. He said that he was feeding my dog in front of our door lol. I know thats not true bacause why the fuck would he feed our dog that he hates in front of the door??? He basically said that he wasnt in the house, but i know what i saw. My dad just gave up on this because he doesn’t to lose his brother. I will go to the police tomorrow if he doesnt confess. I’m alone in this now since dad wont help..