Lollipop's Mom
<font color=teal>Special trip with your little one
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I am just fuming , but at the same time can't help but just laugh at this new neighbor..... I thought people on here might get a laugh at this, so thought I would share it....
A bit of background first....
We live in a townhome complex, and lived in #11 for 18 months and found out the owners sold and we had to move. Well #12 (next door) came up for rent, and since my daughter adores her school and friends in the neighborhood, it worked perfectly. Not to mention it was an easy move.
It worked perfectly because a little girl (I will call her Jane) the same age as my daughter moved into #11 and they hit it right off. Instant best buddies and have everything in common. They spend every possible minute they can together and have never had a fight. A beautiful friendship in the making.
Mom of this kid is a little odd. She sits in her car in the carport and smokes and reads books. We have beautiful little backyards, and also room for lawn chairs in the carport, but she sits in her car. She spends about 60% of her day in her car.
When we moved, she said she would bring over any mail that got misdirected and has done that a few times. I buy/sell alot of stuff on ebay and she brought over a cd I just bought. Our mail lady knows us really well and is aware we moved, so has just been putting anything with our names on it that is still going to #11 into box #12. She said we may as well save the $40 it costs to do a change of address, and between her and the new neighbor, we can get our mail.
My daughter has a particular animal she loves. This is a very hard thing to find and I found a really cool sparkly shirt on ebay with this animal on it back in mid-April. I ordered it for her bday in May. It was new with tags and I got it for a steal. Was so excited. Well it never came, and never came. I had emailed the seller and they assured it was sent. Today my daughter said 'Oh mom you should see Jane's shirt!! It has the animal on it and it glitters and has this cute saying on it....... and all of a sudden the penny dropped. I showed her the ebay photo and she said 'Yah - thats it!!! Oh please buy it for me! I want one too!'. So ok....this has been a mistake? But how do you open a parcel with a shirt in it that you never ordered or anything, and not wonder why you have it???
This kid has been wearing it and apparently it shrunk in the wash, and she can't wear it anymore. Grrrrrrrr.
So I phone the mom to leave voicemail. I knew they weren't home and was fuming, had to do 'something'.
Then I start to think some more...... didn't Jane show my daughter some 'new' Mary Kate & Ashley Jeans and a shirt she got a week or so ago?? Yahhh...wait she had....... so I ask my daughter to describe the jeans - they had a certain design on them -and she described the jeans and the shirt to the letter. Again, I show her the photo of this item I had bought and not yet received, and yep...thats them. Those are the same clothes Jane has!
OMG!!!! I am completely in shock, but also have to laugh because how on earth does this mom figure we are not going to see the kid in these clothes?????? She is still not home so I can confront her. I have to do this very carefully because of the girl's friendship. I have never seen my daughter so close with a friend before and can't mess this up on them. Also, how do you rip a kid's 'new' clothes away from her? yah....your mom stole these and we need them back!!!??!!!
Wish me luck with this woman -I am just shocked! I am not shocked that someone would steal - theives are everywhere - but if you are going to steal, don't make it so easy to be found out by having your kid wear the clothes you stole from the neighbor!!!!
What would you do?
A bit of background first....
We live in a townhome complex, and lived in #11 for 18 months and found out the owners sold and we had to move. Well #12 (next door) came up for rent, and since my daughter adores her school and friends in the neighborhood, it worked perfectly. Not to mention it was an easy move.
It worked perfectly because a little girl (I will call her Jane) the same age as my daughter moved into #11 and they hit it right off. Instant best buddies and have everything in common. They spend every possible minute they can together and have never had a fight. A beautiful friendship in the making.
Mom of this kid is a little odd. She sits in her car in the carport and smokes and reads books. We have beautiful little backyards, and also room for lawn chairs in the carport, but she sits in her car. She spends about 60% of her day in her car.
When we moved, she said she would bring over any mail that got misdirected and has done that a few times. I buy/sell alot of stuff on ebay and she brought over a cd I just bought. Our mail lady knows us really well and is aware we moved, so has just been putting anything with our names on it that is still going to #11 into box #12. She said we may as well save the $40 it costs to do a change of address, and between her and the new neighbor, we can get our mail.
My daughter has a particular animal she loves. This is a very hard thing to find and I found a really cool sparkly shirt on ebay with this animal on it back in mid-April. I ordered it for her bday in May. It was new with tags and I got it for a steal. Was so excited. Well it never came, and never came. I had emailed the seller and they assured it was sent. Today my daughter said 'Oh mom you should see Jane's shirt!! It has the animal on it and it glitters and has this cute saying on it....... and all of a sudden the penny dropped. I showed her the ebay photo and she said 'Yah - thats it!!! Oh please buy it for me! I want one too!'. So ok....this has been a mistake? But how do you open a parcel with a shirt in it that you never ordered or anything, and not wonder why you have it???
This kid has been wearing it and apparently it shrunk in the wash, and she can't wear it anymore. Grrrrrrrr.
So I phone the mom to leave voicemail. I knew they weren't home and was fuming, had to do 'something'.
Then I start to think some more...... didn't Jane show my daughter some 'new' Mary Kate & Ashley Jeans and a shirt she got a week or so ago?? Yahhh...wait she had....... so I ask my daughter to describe the jeans - they had a certain design on them -and she described the jeans and the shirt to the letter. Again, I show her the photo of this item I had bought and not yet received, and yep...thats them. Those are the same clothes Jane has!
OMG!!!! I am completely in shock, but also have to laugh because how on earth does this mom figure we are not going to see the kid in these clothes?????? She is still not home so I can confront her. I have to do this very carefully because of the girl's friendship. I have never seen my daughter so close with a friend before and can't mess this up on them. Also, how do you rip a kid's 'new' clothes away from her? yah....your mom stole these and we need them back!!!??!!!
Wish me luck with this woman -I am just shocked! I am not shocked that someone would steal - theives are everywhere - but if you are going to steal, don't make it so easy to be found out by having your kid wear the clothes you stole from the neighbor!!!!
What would you do?