To think my neighbour stole my laptop?

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This is going to sound a bit ridiculous, but I promise it's true, unless I've lost my mind.

I went away for three weeks. During this time I asked my NDN to look after my cat - I left all the food, litter, poo bags etc.

I offered them £10 per day to do this, however, they refused and said I could repay the favour one day. We are quite friendly, she's a teacher and he works for a bank - both late thirties. Not that it matters, just so I'm not dripfeeding.

I take in a lot of Amazon deliveries for them and they would do the same for me.

I got home today and my laptop is gone - I always keep it in the same place on my desk. It was 100% there before I left. Thinking they might have moved it for whatever reason (fine) I text her to ask.

She told me I better not be accusing her of stealing it because she would never do that. I said I wasn't saying that at all, just a bit perplexed as I didn't take it with me.

Now she hasn't replied, but she's read my message.

@Juletide

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Awww, how kind.

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@DoctorManhattan

OP just realised she arrived back at the wrong house

OP is a conservative MP and didn't know she was in the wrong house

I hope OP returns even if she did find it where she actually left it. I’m the sort of person that would do this, I have suspected ADHD and I’m always forgetting where I left things and then accusing my kids of taking them 🤣

She's too embarrassed to admit she'd tidied it away into her laptop bag and had hidden it in her knicker drawer.

To think my neighbour stole OP?

@Hankunamatata

If you log onto Microsoft account you can track devices, I think

No way! I'm going to try that.

Did you try it, OP?

@JugglingJanuary

No poster history, I think we may have all been wound up!

I normally change my name if I’m going to start a thread that’s identifying, so it’s not associated with all the other twaddle I post. No poster history doesn’t always mean new poster.

We need a update.

I think the fact they’re professional people suggests they’re intelligent, so I would be surprised if they had taken the laptop, on the basis that it would be so obvious.

Maybe one of her kids stole it if she herself didn't. Thats what I would suspect.

@ParkheadParadise

I would be round your door pronto if you sent me that text.

🤣 to do what exactly? It's a reasonable question to ask the only people that had access your house.

@BobBobbity

I normally change my name if I’m going to start a thread that’s identifying, so it’s not associated with all the other twaddle I post. No poster history doesn’t always mean new poster

True, but do you usually name change, start a controversial thread & not return??

There's no chance a thief would come in and nick just a laptop.

Could it be a family member of hers ?

Just fucking tell us
If you’ve found it. People will prefer to know you were mistaken than be left hanging. It’s such a dick move to just leave a thread like this!

@riceuten

There's no chance a thief would come in and nick just a laptop.

Could it be a family member of hers ?

Yes there is actually.

I can hardly Believe someone would risk losing their career by pinching a laptop, teachers have to have DBs checks and I don't think a teacher would want theft on their DBs check.

Do you have a relative, say brother, sister, cousin, who may have key to your home, and could have borrowed the laptop?

I'm guessing OP found the laptop and is too embarrassed to return to the thread and admit it. 🙄 Probably asked MNHQ to delete it though they would've refused of course!
Just my speculation

Why do people think that the OP when in guns blazing with an accusatory text? Nowhere in the OP does she tells us the actual text just that:

“ Thinking they might have moved it for whatever reason (fine) I text her to ask.

She told me I better not be accusing her of stealing it because she would never do that. I said I wasn't saying that at all, just a bit perplexed as I didn't take it with me.”

The way I read it is that she only thinks her neighbour might have taken it because her immediate response was to say that she’d better not be accusing her of doin so, when, in fact, there was no accusation.

Sorry, wrong thread!

I do find the defensiveness a bit odd, to be honest, in your neighbour's response. It's a bit DARVO. Hopefully there will turn out to be a reasonable explanation for everything and your laptop will show up soon...!

@Alcemeg - I think you've posted on the wrong thread

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@Livebythecoast

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Ha! I know... I've reported it

As you were 😉 sorry!