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[quote=Anonymous]I definitely took money from places I knew my parents kept it, but I never thought of it as stealing until I saw this thread and started really thinking about it. I didn't take it for the thrill or anything like that, I took it for specific purposes that they would have approved of (or that I was mostly sure they would have). I was the oldest of three with a large age span and my two younger siblings were extremely needy. My parents were almost always at activities with them or otherwise engaged with them, so it seemed easier to just take care of myself rather than start a conversation about what I needed, which would stress them out and ruin the limited time we got together. I worked very hard to be independent and distance myself from my high-maintenance siblings. My parents acted as if they had a ton of money and there was never a shortage of cash lying around,  which I guess contributed to my feeling like it wasn't a big deal. I hate to sound like I'm rationalizing it, because it would probably bother me if my DC did this, but I'd like to think I don't put them in that situation. I never shoplifted or took money from anyone else, and I do not have a personality disorder as an adult.[/quote]

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