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Drahthaardogs

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39. So THEY steal, THEY get caught, YOU do the right thing

Sun Aug 16, 2020, 03:53 PM

Aug 2020

And THEY are furious at YOU?

Sounds like your daughter and ex wife both need a nice big bowl of Grow The Fuck Up with milk. You don't steal people's shit. If you do steal people's shit and get caught, you accept the consequences of your actions.

Jesus Christ you married a fucking child.

Count your blessings you are getting a divorce and go order a pizza.

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I need advice. My daughter stole a Trump flag. [View all] Beakybird Aug 2020 OP

I can see why the police would not give you the contact info Sanity Claws Aug 2020 #1

For starters, your daughter needs a good talking-to about The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #2

This. cwydro Aug 2020 #23

Sounds to me the ex-wife needs a talking to Bev54 Aug 2020 #31

+1 crickets Aug 2020 #43

Agree 100% beaglelover Aug 2020 #47

YOU really screwed up? No... THEY screwed up Takket Aug 2020 #3

This!👆 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #12

Excellent ideas in your last paragraph. I believe that would resolve the situation unless the Blue_true Aug 2020 #48

It hurts, tremendously, but I would have your daughter buy them another Trump flag woodsprite Aug 2020 #4

Tell them you'll look into it, but you hear that a lot of people are burning tRump stopbush Aug 2020 #5

A lot of people are saying that. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2020 #10

Some say lunatica Aug 2020 #26

They might not appreciate that. marie999 Aug 2020 #19

Very fine people and all. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #61

I suspect you would get the same reaction from the Trump fan that you would get from any Democrat... DFW Aug 2020 #6

Well, if your daughter is a minor, you might have more to deal with than replacing a flag. LuvLoogie Aug 2020 #7

It could be worse, she could have stolen it because she wanted it for herself. rzemanfl Aug 2020 #8

You did not screw up. Your wife and daughter did when they chose to steal someone's property. Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #9

You didn't do anything wrong. Codeine Aug 2020 #11

Interesting. Just had this same talk with my 17 year old daughter yesterday Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #13

Some people have booby trapped their Trump signs.. VarryOn Aug 2020 #15

Right. And we have a bunch of crazy gun nuts that would use that as an excuse to shoot someone. Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #17

You're not a fuddydud. cwydro Aug 2020 #27

When she gets older she'll hear what you said. lunatica Aug 2020 #28

Foremost it is on your wife, but the choice was the wife and daughter. They hold the responsibility. LizBeth Aug 2020 #14

Replace the flag and hopefully all will be well. LisaL Aug 2020 #16

I'd say leave it alone..the cops are busy. If they want to to take it any further you'll be Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #18

It's a misdemeanor. Lunabell Aug 2020 #20

Everyone needs to safeinOhio Aug 2020 #21

Here's what I would do struggle4progress Aug 2020 #22

That's good advice. yardwork Aug 2020 #34

Thanks so much for replies! I need to sift through these. Beakybird Aug 2020 #24

I wouldn't have told the cops anything. Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #25

Not everyone has a couple of thousand dollars to "lawyer up" as has been suggested. panader0 Aug 2020 #33

I understand.... Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #40

Exactly. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #62

I feel badly for the poster. He didn't create this situation. yardwork Aug 2020 #35

never tell the cops ANYTHING SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #29

They committed a crime in YOUR car? ismnotwasm Aug 2020 #30

Leave it alone. Don't talk to the cops again. That goes for your daughter too. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2020 #32

This exactly. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #64

This is just not true. Evergreen Emerald Aug 2020 #73

That's not entirely true RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #78

I would talk to a lawyer. Patterson Aug 2020 #36

I guess I do know a lawyer. Beakybird Aug 2020 #37

Did she save the ashes? Return the flag in an appropriate urn. Budi Aug 2020 #38

Given that she doesn't have the slgihtest remorse for stealing the property of others, be glad you Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #42

So THEY steal, THEY get caught, YOU do the right thing Drahthaardogs Aug 2020 #39

Thanks for support! When I get my Federal unemployment, I'll order that pizza. Beakybird Aug 2020 #41

I don't think giving the police your daughter's phone number was necessary, actually. pnwmom Aug 2020 #44

Agreed. But the cops just wanted the flag returned. Beakybird Aug 2020 #46

And they had just woken you up -- I can see how they caught you off guard. pnwmom Aug 2020 #58

This is unacceptable. Daughter needs a good talking to... Tarc Aug 2020 #45

Good pointers. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #67

It's wrong to steal someone else's private property and then destroy it no matter what ... Raine Aug 2020 #49

Your daughter knows where she stole the flag from. Mariana Aug 2020 #50

Call the police and explain that your daughter "lost" the flag in a rage. Blue_true Aug 2020 #51

I agree with this MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #60

I would suggest she offer to apologize and replace the flag... brooklynite Aug 2020 #52

This is my position as well, and my daughter's screamed at me to no end for maintaining it. Beakybird Aug 2020 #53

So she doesn't want your help. So be it. Mariana Aug 2020 #59

She did wrong and she knows it, hence the defensiveness. Trump takes NO RESPONSIBILITY Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #71

Your daughter screams at you because she doesn't like one of your political positions? Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #76

just buy a flag, hard as it may be but daughters lesson learnt, you spent money re-electing trump Demonaut Aug 2020 #54

I have no idea where this Trumper lives, and it's well over an hour from my house. Beakybird Aug 2020 #56

I'm very sorry your daughter and wife put you in this position MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #63

This is when you really should talk to lawyer and not us. marble falls Aug 2020 #55

When did it become against the law to burn the flag? AmyStrange Aug 2020 #57

They get those things from the campaigns, and they are usually free of charge anyhow. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #66

Why on Earth did you call the cops then? Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #72

Why do you assume the flag was free? SharonClark Aug 2020 #74

I looked it up. LisaL Aug 2020 #75

Stop talking to the cops, first. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #65

I am more concerned that your daughter felt it was ok marlakay Aug 2020 #68

Don't steal things from Private Property. Make a sign that says fuck trump JI7 Aug 2020 #69

You might have to buy a replacement flag yourself... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #70

Your flags in the mail... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #77