What do you think she is stealing from you? Money,clothing,etc? If you really think she stealing from then confront her about it,and let your husband know also.

Stealing is often not about 'needing' things. Many shoplifters are those with more than enough money to buy the items they steal. Perhaps it is an addiction? Perhaps she has some resentment toward you. Either way, if she truly IS stealing from you, you have every right to talk to your husband about confronting her and demanding that she stop, offer to help her get counseling, whatever you need to do. Good luck.

If it is true it is to make you look inefficient, useless, and many more things, it is not nice and if you complain to anyone you would look paranoid or worse, it is classic. Step back, look at the situation and collect info but dont rush things and certainly dont blurt all this out, be cold, calculating and wait until the time is right and then present your case to whomever but be sure, absolutely sure of your facts so there is no getting out of it by your mother in law. GOOD LUCK! :o)

Well over the last 4 years my things have gone missing from expensive diamond bracelets to cheap clothing and everytime anything goes missing she has expressed that she likes it and then within 24 hours it disappears.... The strange thing is that she can afford to buy these things 100 times so why take my things? She is apparently severly depressed etc but I still dont understand her need to take my things? I recently confronted her in a 'round-about-way' about the most recent items (some earrings and a shawl) and she said she found them in her cupboard and maybe the cleaner had found them and put them away!!

beat the ever living hell out of her - and I mean kick her butt from one end of the county to the other - be relentless in your punishment - scar her for life - let her know you mean business that's what you want me to say, but I am going tell you to confront her (assuming you some degree of proof) or set a trap for her and then confront her. tell that you are hurt by this and it leads you to not trust in her. see what that does to start a dialog.

If you are pretty sure that she is stealing from you, it is probably a power play. She does not need these things, but, by taking them, she has power. She also expects that you will say nothing to her son. You must gently break her power. If you have proof, make an ally of your husband and contront her with his support. SHe may react badly, and she will try to break your alliance, but you must stay firm together. If she continues to boundary bust, you must forbid her from entering your home. Hopefully, after a while of going up against a united wall of your husband and you, she might cave in and behave herself.

It's all about power & control. My ex-almost mother-in-law 1) took my money because she believed, at 21 years of age, I was too immature to handle large amounts of money on my own (her excuse). I was awarded a large sum of money due to an idiot running a red light and putting me in the hospital. She forged one of my checks in order to get to it because she hadn't paid the PG&E bill for her business in 4 months! 2) Whenever I didn't do what she wanted she would steal my belongings and/or empty out my bank account by forging checks or brow beating my ex-fiance into forging my checks. 3) If my fiance wanted anything, since he was no longer living with her, it was my apparent responsibility to finance the latest car or electronic gadget instead of her. She convinced my ex-fiance he had the right to steal my money to get toys I was denying him. It was my responsibility at the age of 19 to provide an upper middleclass lifestyle for her son. I'm adopted btw and hardly make anything. The two of them tried to cripple me financially to keep me from fighting or leaving. my family and I eventually took both of them to the cleaners and had them both drummed out of town (and their citizenship revoked).

Hmmm, if you're asking for an explanation - usually unscrupulous people ARE very successful; in fact, sometimes they go hand in hand - and usually very attractive people expect things from everyone else almost as though its their birthright - they're used to getting it. If you're asking what to do - normally I am all ABOUT confrontation - but not in this case. You're not going to change anything about her personality, and will only succeed in making a greater enemy - which will not help your marriage. I can only say hide your sh*t. Do not give her the opportunity to steal from you.

My mother-in-law has been doing the same thing to me. She has stolen 24k gold jewlery and a coach purse from me and had the nerve to wear it right in front of my face. I confronted her about it and she would say no these are not yours I got them at the dollar store. Yea ok well I made her take off my jewelry and i looked at it and sure enough it said 24k on it soo common a dollar store does not sell real jewelry. I dont know what she's trying to pull but I'm getting really sick and tired of it also. My husband has confronted her about this several times and she still has not come clean.