to be angry with my neighbour about a spoon?

[Hullygully]

It may sound petty, but two months ago my neighbour had a coffee morning (I wasn't invited, fine, we aren't best buds or anything), and she asked me if she could borrow some teaspoons. I lent her four, and she gave three back a few days later. They were wrapped up inside a napkin so I didn't notice until she'd gone that one was missing. Time just went by without seeing each other so there wasn't a casual opportunity to mention it.

I know it's only a teaspoon, but I feel really angry that she has basically stolen it. I don't feel I can mention it now because it's been too long and it is only a spoon, but I feel angry everytime I make a cup of tea and am reminded. I can't help thinking she must know. They are quite distinctive sppons, she must know when she sees it that it isn't hers.

I am your neighbour. I had that spoon melted down and gave the money I received for it to the ALF.

He would say you were stirring but. Give n that you have no spoon you couldn't be

perhaps it's a signal...you may have to attend to one of her 'special' coffee parties to play hunt the spoon

Given that

She obviously had spoon envy. You have to ask for it back.

Hully, you have to talk to her...
What's stopping you?
It's ok - 'normal' even - to want your stuff back. And it's really ok to place high value on things that are not worth £££.

She may not, you know. I've got loads of different styles of spoon in my drawers and I never really look at them.

Just knock on the door and ask for it back. There's no point silently seething. Do something about it, you daft beggar.

are you prepared to fall out with her over a spoon? she might get the rage and blacken your name to all and sundry? is a spoon worth it? especially as you dont have particularly fond memories of your gm? let it go.

Maybe one of her guests stole the spoon?

You could pretend you've already talked about it as in "Hi, have you found that missing spoon yet?". She can still say no but she might think 'shit, don't remember admitting it...better go and 'find' it.

Honestly, I am properly nice!
But I am stern if I need to.
It is my one useful skill after having been taught by EvilNuns.
I can channel Sister Paul and people quiver.

I'd probably sharpen one of the other spoons into a prison style shank and really stick it to her, the evil silverware thieving bastard that she is. I would also fashion some makeshift armour out of ladles etc to show her you mean buisiness.

I'm quite capable of being unaware that I've stolen a spoon.
A guest could have dropped it in one of the many places that I can't be arsed to clean.
Or my DC could have borrowed it, and let it drift into the black hole that are their bedrooms.

You really have to ask her (as she may be as dopey/disorganised/unobservant as I am).

Hully, go round to the neighbour and tell her she's still not returned the spoon.
If you have to, tell her you were embarrassed about asking but it's been a while now and you're assuming she's forgotten.

If they are part if a set I would go and ask - and the fact that your gm was a knob is irrelevant.

Sorry but I'm reporting you to hq because this thread could be upsetting to people who have lost their Grandmothers. Let alone spoons. Try thinking before you post in future!

You could always ring the non emergency police?

Or the actual police

I bet she does this all the time. I bet she has loads of stolen property in her house. It's your civic duty to grass her up.

Go on, do it now :)

Steal something of hers?

You could report her to social services ... ?

Hully, I need you to get this spoon back.
I am really oddly over-invested in spoonal return.

Do it for me.

I think she has my tea spoons too, am down to about one of the feckers.

I think she also has some of my socks too!!!

Can't you go into her house on the pretext of discussing the next neighbourhood watch meeting?

Whilst she pops the kettle on, rifle through her draws, reclaim said spoon and squirrel it away somewhere on your person.

If she catches you, just pretend you're having a heart attack. That should deflect the attention away from the spoon.

Easy!

How could a guest have dropped it somewhere you don't clean?

What could the guest have been doing with it?

Thing is, the neighbour's sort of got form for this sort of thing. A couple of things have happened that I have put down to chance or mistake, but now I wonder.

Steal all her cups, then she won't be able to put the pilfered spoon to use. See how she likes them shiny, 5ml apples.