Dear Queenie,
One of my relatives has a child who just takes anything they decide they want without asking permission, not just things like food but anything they decide they want no matter who it belongs to. It’s stealing, that’s what it is.
They do this when you visit their house, like things out of my purse, or when they visit your house, like trinkets or pictures or magazines or anything that happens to be lying around that they decide they like.
I am planning a big party for my husband’s birthday and I want to invite my relative and the rest of her family, but not her thieving child.
Queenie, how do I make my relative understand that the invitation does not include that one child?—Fed up with thief
Dear Fed up,
Is your relative aware of what a thief her child is? If so, she may understand that your invitation does not include that one child, especially if you apologise for the exclusion. Nevertheless, your relative may be offended or at least she may decide not to attend.
However, you cannot be expected to welcome into your home someone who has stolen from you and probably will do so again, and possibly will steal from your other guests also.
