Got company. $100 missing. Here's what I've done.

[FaDi]

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no one's asked this question yet, but, what "pocket" are you talking about? your pants pocket? your jacket pocket? when/how do you suspect he would've been going through your pockets w/o you knowing it?

if it were me, I'd probably just search through the 14-y.o.'s stuff and see if I could find where he stashed it. or wait till everyone goes hottubbing or whatever and go through *his* pockets. you're more likely to be able to set your mind at ease if you can try to find it, yourself, then if you try to do some columbo mindtricks.

and like you say, you didn't rubberband it, so there's some chance of it falling out somewhere. a rubberband wouldn't've stopped him from taking it, but it would've stopped it from simply getting lost - and in this case it would've prevented some of the doubt in your mind, which is going to be hard to clear, anyway, unless you can get a confession from him (not likely) or unless you can just find it yourself (probably not hard to do if he actually took it).

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going through his stuff is lame imo

[mntbikr15]

Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought he meant a hooker stole 100 bucks?

[Quanah Parker]

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Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought he meant a hooker stole 100 bucks?

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Hooker, 14 year old boy, what's the difference?
OP got screwed and he's out 100.

[mntbikr15]

Good point

[XXXNoahXXX]

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Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought he meant a hooker stole 100 bucks?

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Got Company- Hooker.

$100 missing- Bitch took it

Here's what I've done- Picture of hooker chopped up.


Pretty much what I expected. Either that or some delightful dinner theatre Clue-style shenanigans.

[Pyromaniac]

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going through his stuff is lame imo

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maybe so. got any better ideas?

the alternative is simply forget about it, but it doesn't sound like the OP is going to be able to do that. there are variations on the "make an implied accusation" method and hope for a confession or clear evidence of guilt (though as has been noted, if the kids turns red that could as easily mean "why do I always get blamed" as "I'm guilty"), but I don't think these are likely to yield anything other than a lot of awkwardness which the OP is trying to avoid, anyway.

[odellthurman]

I have a child who is almost 14. If she steals $100 from my brother, or if he strongly suspected that she stole $100 from him, I would expect him to tell me about it. It would suck to be told at Thanksgiving, but raising children is difficult - - as are relationships between family members and brothers.

I think it is wrong to withhold information from family members about their children because of a fear that the disclosure will create a dramatic, tense situation.

[Bulldog]

I took it to pay for my glasses.