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LJ, sorry to hear man. remember the green jeep i drove down to your place when i was picking up the integra? about a month after that my youngest brother totalled it head-on into a parked Explorer after taking out 7 other cars while running from the police. evidently he was high as s*** from pills, weed, etc... didn't even know what he did until 3 days after. he spent over a month in jail for that. i was telling you all about my younger bro and all the problems we'd been having... he's stolen money from me countless times, right out of my own wallet while i'm sleeping. like your case, my dad never believed me. well when the cops showed up after the 'incident', he FINALLY swung around to my side and started to realize that i was right all along. sad to say, i know all about the problems within the family thing.

to all of you guys who are critizizing him for doing certain things 'wrong'.. i.e. leaving money in his room.. someone should not have to protect things under lock and key from people living in the same house. family. these are people you're supposed to trust. after it happens the first time i'd be aware and start protecting it more, but still.. it's hard to switch over into a guarded mode where you have to keep everything secret from your own family members just to keep what's yours. it's something that noone wants to believe when it has happened to them, especially parents.

also, beating the s*** out of your younger brother because he stole money from you or whatever is not going to change things. i tried that. it made him worse. it makes no progress at all.

unfortunately, you'll never know how it feels until a family member does it to you... which i wouldn't wish on anyone. it's a s***ty feeling to have to guard your belongings in your own house or even in your own room.