Well firstly thanks for the thread Dylan i know you was trying to show me that other people would not have handled it the way i did and i should give myself some respect even if others dont.
I saw this thread late last night and its taken me until now to agonise on if i should reply or not
And yes incase you didnt guess it was me Dylan was referring to i was unfortunate to have this weird experience be one of many in my life
but i thought i'd better reply just to set the record straight on a few things.......
i feel rather sad writing about this now as it was a few months ago
but i stil feel very bitter about the whole situation. And i dont like that side of myself
Firstly, the stuff was being taken over a few months i think, obviously the first few things that went missing i thought i had misplaced them, then i thought my house was haunted
and then i thought maybe i was mad, not once did i ever think someone close to me was taking my things.
I told one member of our group of friends of the scenario without mentioning any names etc and he insisted that the right thing to do was tell everyone in our group so that i didnt get treated any differently. So i did as and when i saw people after the whole thing went up in the air.
The things that eat me up basically are,
it took lots of denying and being made feel guilty and having it turned back around on me before the actual confession. But i guess i can understand how someone in that situation will not wanna admit to anything unless they have to.
The fact that the night i got the person in question to confess that it was him who was taking my things i was scared shitless on what he must be thinking and feeling etc etc and worried what may happen next, little did i know he was out and about like normal with our mutual friends whilst i was sat at home quite upset.
I just feel like i cant move on completley as sometimes when some of our mutual friends are out and about with the person in question we obviously dont get invited etc etc and i guess it just makes u feel like shit sat at home and reminds you of why, whereas before we would have all been doing stuff together etc.
The good thing to come out of this is obviously a few select ppl stood by me and told the person in question that it was wrong and they cant believe what they did etc etc and to me those people are people i can honestly say are my true friends.
And yeh i can understand how people may feel embarrassed and hate the whole awkward situation but i just wanted to know that i handled it well and this was Dylans way of showing me i did. But tbh if i was guna lose a handful of friends anyway makes you think "why didnt i just go straight to the police?" or "why dont i just shame them etc etc" " why didnt i get Ben kick shit out them" but im too soft for anything like that and i know my boyfriend is better than that and better than them.
I just feel annoyed i went out my way and had to have a few agonising weeks/months of trying get my head around this. And obviously being made to feel left out not just me but obviously this effects Ben too is just pathetic.
Who knows might lose a few more friends now for dragging this back up again but i guess its a way of filtering the bad ppl out my life....
sorry for the essay!