"Family" What a Fucking Joke
A few months back my uncle stole over $500 from me. It was kept in my locked safe which needed a key to unlock. This means he went through my things in my room to find it.
I confronted him but he denied it. I didn’t have proof, but I was absolutely sure it was him.
He has a criminal record of theft.
I found out he stole from other family as well.
But I didn’t think he would steal from his niece.
I told my father, who did nothing. I told my grandmother, who did nothing. Finally I convinced my father to buy locks for our bedroom doors. I had to give my grandmother a key, as we shared a room. I hoped she wouldn’t give my uncle access.
A couple weeks later he asked me to speak with him. Thinking he would confess, I obliged.
He did, in fact, confess to his thievery. He swore to me that he would pay me $600. I agreed. For a few weeks, with short breaks in between he paid me $150. Then it stopped. I asked him to start paying me again and he said he couldn’t, and yet he still has money to buy alcohol and drunkenly call me at work.
A few days ago this happened. He was asking about the money he owed me but I didn’t understand him because he was slurring his words. I asked “what?” And then the call ended. On my break I checked my phone and saw that he had texted me “really then you are paid.”
Furious, I tried calling him but to no avail. I had to call my father, and I told him what happened. He said they had gotten into an argument and the money was mentioned, and he told my father he paid me back. Which, my father called him out on his bullshit, and that must have led to the phone call I got.
Enraged, I resolved to confront him on one of my days off. Today was that day. At first I had to go over there for another matter. My father has been working on my car and needed me to look up parts online. I had to contain my anger as my uncle pretended nothing happened.
Finally I was able to speak to him. He told me he thought he paid me more than $150 but said he would pay me $600. He then said he lost his job. And yet he can still buy alcohol.
I recorded our conversation. If he doesn’t comply, I may go to the police. Or I may just show him the recording. Is that blackmail? Does it really matter?
I am tired of being betrayed by my family. Every single member of my immediate family has betrayed me in some way, including my very own mother and father. It sickens me. After this business is over, I will no longer recognize my uncle as my blood.
