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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 376852" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>My suggestion would be to remove all doubt by securing your wallet. Either keep it on your person at all times, or lock it away somewhere that your difficult child can't get at it. Here is my reasoning:</p><p></p><p>1) You know he has had issues with stealing in the past, and that he continues to have impulse control issues now. </p><p>2) Locking up your wallet removes a source of temptation -- your difficult child is unable to give into the impulse if the target is unavailable.</p><p>3) You will know that your wallet and money are secure. If money goes missing when it's securely locked up, you have bigger issues and you have clear cause for your difficult child to leave.</p><p></p><p>I have a very low tolerance for breaches of trust. My difficult child used to steal, and just go through other people's things out of nosiness. Although his impulsivity is better controlled than it used to be due to a better medications regimen, he lost my trust many years ago and has never fully regained it. Even though he hasn't stolen anything from me in a few years, I still put everything in my house in lockdown when I know he's coming for a visit. Peace of mind for me, fewer confrontations for the family, and my things don't get taken and/or destroyed anymore.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 376852, member: 3907"] My suggestion would be to remove all doubt by securing your wallet. Either keep it on your person at all times, or lock it away somewhere that your difficult child can't get at it. Here is my reasoning: 1) You know he has had issues with stealing in the past, and that he continues to have impulse control issues now. 2) Locking up your wallet removes a source of temptation -- your difficult child is unable to give into the impulse if the target is unavailable. 3) You will know that your wallet and money are secure. If money goes missing when it's securely locked up, you have bigger issues and you have clear cause for your difficult child to leave. I have a very low tolerance for breaches of trust. My difficult child used to steal, and just go through other people's things out of nosiness. Although his impulsivity is better controlled than it used to be due to a better medications regimen, he lost my trust many years ago and has never fully regained it. Even though he hasn't stolen anything from me in a few years, I still put everything in my house in lockdown when I know he's coming for a visit. Peace of mind for me, fewer confrontations for the family, and my things don't get taken and/or destroyed anymore. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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