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How do I keep someone I am living in the same place with from stealing my shit?
Okay, my apartment lease is up soooooon! I am moving in with my boyfriend and his family. (paying rent etc & I'll be saving like 300$ a month) This new place consists of his mom, dad, sister, sister's boyfriend(?) thing and her daughter. This would be all fine except frankly his sister is a psycho. (example: She had a fight with her boyfriend before and broke out the windows of her own car with bricks..?) She is also known for stealing and drugs. Her boyfriend person is wanted by the police but he always gets away from them, and he's known for drugs too (not sure about stealing). What can I do to keep my shit from being stolen? Not just like money and jewelry and my laptops and stuff but also just basic stuff like my soap, makeup, hairbrush, toothpaste, hair dye etc. My soap is like 20 dollars and so is my scrub & all my lotion, makeup girly stuff is expensive too.. I need some way to keep all my stuff safe for when I'm gone at college during the day & if my boyfriend is gone too so he can't guard our stuff haha Also, no answers like omg move out and call the police blah blah that's a bad environment to be living in. I already know this but I like living with my boyfriend and hanging out with him and the rest of his family is good except his sister and her boyfriend or whatever he is. So basically I'm not going to move out. Along with that, no answers telling me to stop buying the makeup/soap/perfume/whatever that I like so it won't get stolen. I feel that I shouldn't have to sacrifice things I like for some stealing druggie. Answers I would give points for are ones that go into detail about my different options & give me more than the average "just go buy a safe" thing because I am going to need more than one place to keep my stuff secure. Thanks! (: My boyfriend & I get the basement of the house; I will not have my own bathroom, but there is a sink and we might put a toilet down here because we're fixing it up soon, but I don't think a shower ): I have been trying to find a huge trunk!! I don't know what to search for online, and I don't want to spend a lot on it! What name are those sold under? We are probably going to get a lock on the main basement door, but it won't always be locked because the laundry needs to be done down here (: I think a u-store-it place is a little crazy for me, the things I don't need are going to my mom's house for when I get out of college & get my own (: Thanks! She's stolen clothes/towels/laundry from us before, mostly towels as me & my bf do not wear the same sizes as her/her bf. Usually we just take them back when we see them but eh
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- will you have your own room, bathroom etc? if so, get locks on the doors, and be sure its locked..its really easy to get in with a credit card even if it is locked, so be sire the flat straight side if the door latch is to the outside (make sense) that way she cant open it with a credit card.. you could also look into getting a huge trunk thing and keeping a master lock on it and keep the key.. as far as the bathroom stuff goes, you need to be sure you have your own bathroom so u can lock it all in there...im sorry you have to go through all that stuff, that doesnt sound fun at all lol best of luck!!
- A very simple place would be a u-store place for non essential items. They go for $20-100 a month. I used a $40/month one for my entire college, keeping only what I needed in my room. They are monitored and usually security is on premisis 24 hours a day. They aren't big, but I kept a couch and at least 20 boxes in a 8x8x12 storage room. That way you control it.
- From what you've noted, it doesn't sound like any of your boyfriend's sisters' behavior has affected you directly yet. I'd give her a chance and wait until anything happens to prompt action and try and give ehr the benefit of the doubt to start.
- if you dont have your own room, I suggest you get a box you could lock. as in lock up everything after use.
