Okay, this is trivial. I know that. It's just that I don't understand why she does stuff like this.
If you read my empty nest post, you know that difficult child spent the night here Thursday night to help me with my Friday garage sale. husband was out of town having started his new job last week and I needed help hauling stuff out of the garage.
difficult child did get up early that morning and helped me carry the tables out to the driveway and covered during my bathroom breaks (I took the money inside with me).
Other than that she laid on the couch watching television and kept the dog company so she wouldn't bark to be outside with me.
Later that day, she asked if she could use some of my makeup to get ready for work. I said okay and she specifically asked about my concealer. She went in to put on her makeup and I didn't supervise.
This morning, when I went to put on my makeup, the concealer was missing. Now this is expensive stuff ($40 a tube) but it lasts forever since I use it sparingly. I looked everywhere for it hoping that I had misplaced it but came to the realization that difficult child had helped herself to it.
Now, I know this is not grand theft larceny and in the big difficult child scheme of things, this is nothing. But it still hurts that she feels free to help herself to my stuff. I would never think of doing that to her.
I called her and very carefully phrased it as asking where she had put my concealer since I couldn't find it. I told her that she must have put it back in a different place than normal. At first, she said that she didn't know anything about it. Again, I carefully phrased it as maybe she had picked it up and put it with her stuff and hadn't realized it and asked if she would check. That's when she said, "Oh, maybe it got mixed up with my makeup. I'll check later cause my makeup bag is still in my car."
So I haven't heard back from her but I know in my heart of heart that there was no mixup. This is what she does. There are no boundaries for her. Luckily, I watched the money from the garage sale like a hawk. I even took it with me when I ran out to get us lunch after the garage sale was over.
To top it off, she asked me on the phone if we would buy her a new tire since she had "helped" me with the garage sale. When will she stop this kind of stuff?
~Kathy
If you read my empty nest post, you know that difficult child spent the night here Thursday night to help me with my Friday garage sale. husband was out of town having started his new job last week and I needed help hauling stuff out of the garage.
difficult child did get up early that morning and helped me carry the tables out to the driveway and covered during my bathroom breaks (I took the money inside with me).
Other than that she laid on the couch watching television and kept the dog company so she wouldn't bark to be outside with me.
Later that day, she asked if she could use some of my makeup to get ready for work. I said okay and she specifically asked about my concealer. She went in to put on her makeup and I didn't supervise.
This morning, when I went to put on my makeup, the concealer was missing. Now this is expensive stuff ($40 a tube) but it lasts forever since I use it sparingly. I looked everywhere for it hoping that I had misplaced it but came to the realization that difficult child had helped herself to it.
Now, I know this is not grand theft larceny and in the big difficult child scheme of things, this is nothing. But it still hurts that she feels free to help herself to my stuff. I would never think of doing that to her.
I called her and very carefully phrased it as asking where she had put my concealer since I couldn't find it. I told her that she must have put it back in a different place than normal. At first, she said that she didn't know anything about it. Again, I carefully phrased it as maybe she had picked it up and put it with her stuff and hadn't realized it and asked if she would check. That's when she said, "Oh, maybe it got mixed up with my makeup. I'll check later cause my makeup bag is still in my car."
So I haven't heard back from her but I know in my heart of heart that there was no mixup. This is what she does. There are no boundaries for her. Luckily, I watched the money from the garage sale like a hawk. I even took it with me when I ran out to get us lunch after the garage sale was over.
To top it off, she asked me on the phone if we would buy her a new tire since she had "helped" me with the garage sale. When will she stop this kind of stuff?
~Kathy
