A young woman recently finished up her college classes and headed home to her mom’s house for the first part of her summer vacation.
Her parents are divorced, so after she spent several weeks with her mom, she went to her dad’s house to spend time with him, her stepmother, and her stepsister Annie.
Her dad said that while she was there she could also go to Annie’s high school graduation, which she was planning on attending.
It’s worth mentioning that when she stays at her dad’s house, she has to share a bathroom with Annie and she always leaves her jewelry box in there.
“One of my favorite pieces is a Cartier love bracelet that my mom gifted me and I am very careful with it,” she explained.
“I wore the bracelet on Saturday to a nice dinner with the family and then took it off right after I got back and set it in my jewelry box.”
When dinner was done, she went back to her room to hang out, while Annie got ready in the bathroom. Annie spent around an hour getting herself ready to go to a party in the city.
The following morning, this college girl was in the bathroom getting ready for Annie’s graduation.
She opened her jewelry box to get her Cartier bracelet out…but it was nowhere to be found.
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She flipped out because she is always so careful with this piece of jewelry and she isn’t one to lose things.
“I texted Annie asking if she’d seen it (she still wasn’t back and was instead getting ready for graduation at her friend’s place),” she continued.
Annie did not reply to her, but she could see she was posting things on her social media accounts.
She then asked her dad and her stepmom if they had seen her bracelet, but none of them knew where it was.
“At this point, I started doubting my own memory and broke down crying. My bracelet was an extremely special and expensive gift from my mom and had a lot of sentimental value,” she said.
“I just couldn’t believe I’d misplaced it.”
Several hours after she discovered her bracelet was missing, Annie returned to the house. She asked Annie a second time if she knew about it, and this time Annie stopped for a moment.
She appeared to think about everything before telling her that the bracelet was in her bag and she had decided to borrow it for the party she went to.
“I couldn’t believe that she’d just taken my $10,000 bracelet without my permission knowing it was a special gift from my mom (she’d complimented it before and I’d explained to her the value/history),” she wrote.
“I blew up at her and asked how she could just take my bracelet without asking and then called her a thief.”
Annie got mad right back, saying she didn’t think it would be that big of a deal. Annie then grabbed the bracelet out of her bag and threw it as hard as she could at her face.
“I managed to duck away and the bracelet crashed into the floor. Needless to say, I was pissed.”
“I broke down crying after realizing the bracelet had a bunch of new scratches on it whether from her throwing it or last night.”
After this whole fiasco, she told everyone she was no longer going to Annie’s graduation and instead she would be leaving.
“Annie started whining and crying that I’d ruined her graduation by making it all about me and blowing things out of proportion.”
“My dad and stepmom apologized to me and tried to get things settled. My stepmom specifically asked me if we could just both apologize to each other and if I could just “let it go for today” since it was Annie’s special day. That pissed me off even more.”
While everyone else was at graduation, she packed up her belongings, got in her car, and left. Her dad texted her and told her she was immature about everything and owes “his” family an apology.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“Why are you supposed to apologize? You retreated from a situation where you were expected to accept mistreatment from your stepsister and your father and stepmom did nothing to punish or have her make some kind of restitution.”
“At the very least, she ought to pay to take it to a jeweler and get it polished and the scratches removed, if that’s possible.”
“I will say that’s an insanely expensive item to leave sitting around in a jewelry box in the bathroom. I’m not saying you are at fault, but I would suggest that you keep it somewhere much safer.”
“Tell your dad you’ll steal his car, scratch it up, and if he gets upset… you can both apologize. Ask him if that sounds reasonable?”
“Then tell him that next time his thief stepdaughter takes something, you’re calling the police and that you’ll be having the bracelet fixed and sending them the bill. If it isn’t fixed, you’ll report her theft.”
“Yeah, no. She stole from you and damaged your property. I would have left also.”
“She stole and damaged your property and still wants everything just right for “her” day?? Hard to believe she’s graduating from high school, not preschool. And your dad and stepmom are joining in.”
“I can’t believe they let her get away with this type of behavior. I’d personally ask them to pay for the repair of your bracelet.”
“I’d ask your dad what he thinks you have to apologize for since Annie is the one who took and damaged your jewelry. Annie’s behavior is what affected her graduation, not yours.”
“She literally stole your precious jewelry from you and then return it scratched! She was so careless that she couldn’t even bother to try not to scratch it!”
“My sister has an amazing jewelry collection. I would never burrow anything without her permission. Even if she said yes I would be so afraid I would scratch it.”
“Jewelry is so personal to people I would never touch it. Maybe you could go to Cartier and try to get it cleaned or fixed?”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say to her here.