My name is Augustine, a 45-year-old man
who has been married for eight years, with
two children. But as it stands, I have
resolved to send my wife, Laura, packing
because of the kind of disgrace she has been
bringing to me and my family.
I never knew I was married to a kleptomaniac
and pathological liar » until she displayed her
fast fingers by stealing my brother's dollars two
years into our marriage.
My younger brother, Ben, had come into the
country with his family and wanted to stay in a
hotel but I vehemently refused, saying they must
stay with us since we lived in a large house.
But two weeks into his stay, he discovered that
his money was missing, a whopping $3,500.
When he raised an alarm, I was shocked on how
such a huge amount could be missing.
I remembered vividly that the day the money went
missing, Laura had been the only one in the house
as Ben, his family and I had gone out to visit an
uncle.
My brother, being on the quiet side, did not want
the matter to escalate. What he did was to quietly
leave my house and moved into a hotel. I was
very disturbed and questioned my wife but she
vehemently denied ever going into Ben's room
and even quarreled with me for wrongly accusing
her.
But a few days later when she was out of the
house, I searched the house thoroughly and
found the money well hidden in a shoe box in her
wardrobe. When she came back, I confronted her
and she broke down and begged me not to
expose her.
That was the beginning as she has gone ahead to
embarrass me and my family several times with
her stealing, including taking things she does not
need from friends and family members.
I can't count the number of times she has stolen
money and other items from me, even things she
does not need or could even ask me for them.
She has been fired from two jobs because of her
light fingers and all of these things make me so
sad., we
want you to advice Augustine on how to handle
this issue.