My Sister Has Bulimia and OCD. She Steals Money From My Purse, I Don’t Want to Be Mean but What Should I Do?
Question by O.K.: My sister has bulimia and OCD. She steals money from my purse, I don’t want to be mean but what should i do?
She is very ill and I realize this, but I really cannot leave money around her or she takes it. When I ask her about whether or not she’s seen it she always pretends to go look for it and magically it shows up. I feel guilty, but I resent her for ever taking it in the first place. Most of the time I get it back, but it still hurts that she would do it in the first place. I recently was taking care of her when she got her wisdom teeth removed. I took a day off work and stayed with her all day, before we got to the dentist she stole $ 5.00 from my purse. I asked her if it fell out in her car (even though I knew she had taken it) and she went out to the car to check and she came up with a $ 5 bill. It hurt that I had gone to the trouble to commit to taking care of her and she would steal. Am I over reacting and should just forget about ir, or should i be more active in nipping the problem in the butt. My mom says I should just be nice and pretend like it isn’t happening.
Best answer:
Answer by Michael
call your dad!!!
Answer by y_r_all_men_insane
bulimia and OCD are diseases which have absolutely nothing to do with steeling so that should not be used as an excuse for her doing that. you need to first be absolutely positive that she really is steeling your things, then you need to confront her or it will never stop. her disease is NOT causing her to do that and does NOT make it ok.
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