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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know why everyone is acting like the OP is completely ridiculous. I love my cleaning lady and trust her implicitly, but my parents and grandparents (who live/d in a country where having domestic help is common) have had items of value stolen by their employees. It's not uncommon. I'm NOT saying that all, or even most, cleaning ladies/housekeepers/babysitters do this - I'm just saying that it's not totally ridiculous speculation to suggest that it might happen.

OP, I would check with your kids (if you haven't already) and if you have teenagers, ask if they've had friends over recently. It's unlikely they'd steal from you, but you never know. I wouldn't make any accusations, but let the cleaning lady and anyone else who has been to the house recently (including your cousin, kids' friends, etc.) know that you're missing your jewelry box and ask if they've seen it. I'd probably mention in passing that you've filed a police report ("it's probably just me being an idiot, but I filed a police report just in case.") Also double and triple check anywhere it could possibly be, and then check places you think it couldn't possibly be. I once convinced myself that I left my phone in Starbucks, went back and didn't find it, decided it had been stolen from there, panicked, and then found it later that day in my pajama drawer.

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I wish with all my heart that I find these items in a random place and can have a good laugh/cry about it afterwards. I have a four year old and a 1 year old. I already ransacked the four year old's room. I also asked her about and she said, "I'm not a stealer." haha.  1 year old can barely walk.

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Hold up! You have a 4 year old and a 1 year old and you are not at all suspecting the 4 year old because she said "I'm not a stealer" ?? Jesus christ OP.  It's probably your 4 year old or her most recent playdate companion.  [/quote]

OP:

My 18 month old loves cleaning things.  He loves to wipe things, and put things in the trash can. Last month, my 5 year old came to me and said, "Mommy!  Larlo just threw your tablet away!"  Sure enough, my 1 year old had put my tablet in the trash.  If my 5 year old hadn't seen it and told me, it probably would have been thrown out and I would have never known what happened to it.  We now check the trash every time we open it to put something in, and we have found many toys in there that we've pulled out.  My 5 year old has also put items in his school bag and taken them to school without me knowing, and he's also taken toys to school with him to give to friends that "don't have many toys", and then told me about it afterwards.  Just this morning he told me he gave his special gloves (the ones that have numbers on each finger) to his friend who had a pair like them but lost them and was upset.

Just some other scenarios of what could have happened to your jewelry box....[/quote]

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