So my mum stayed over last night to babysit the kids.
I was making dinner and took my gold bangles off ( they are 24ct Asian gold so they are worth a lot) I assumed as it was just me,my husband, my mum and the kids at home it would be fine. I have 2 bangles, 2 rings and left them on the kitchen worktop.
my mum never helps with cleaning, but she was all of a sudden wiping down the worktop on that side of the kitchen, now looking back have quite a big kitchen and she only cleaned that part. I told her to leave it and asked her what she was doing and she went “ oh it’s fine I’m helping”
the place I left my bangles aren’t easy to reach, my kids wouldn’t touch them either. My mum and husband were getting ready as my husband was going to drop my mum off at the train station when I suddenly noticed one of my bangles were missing, everything else was still there. I suddenly got this horrible feeling,
i know my mum struggles with money, is constantly asking me to borrow money and I’m always helping her, I had this horrible feeling she’d took it, at this moment in time she was on the stairs putting her shoes on.
and I shouted to my husband saying no one’s leaving the house until my bangle was found.
my mum kept shouting from the stairs “ oh maybe the baby’s took it” but she’s not tall enough to reach the worktop.
I said again that no one was going anywhere till it was found and suddenly my older daughter was coming down the stairs and found the bangle behind my mum where she was putting her shoes on.
I looked at my husband and automatically knew she’d tried to take it and only put it down on the stairs because I said no one was leaving until it was found.
I feel like this is the last straw with my mum and this is unforgivable. No matter how much she’s struggling it’s not an excuse. I always do my best to help her and she was stealing from me.
wwyd? Is it time to put my distance with her now?