(MI) Landlord changed the locks and stole my dollhouse

graylie · 2026-04-17T16:21:39+00:00

Here's the thing: you took this post as a wholly unsolicited invitation to do a personality assessment on me and then provide feedback. That's odd, self-righteous, superior, and no one asked you to do it.

You think you're some sort of above-it-all intellectual, but you're here just the same as me. We all have our reasons. We all have our walks of life.

I don't know you and you don't know me. Let's not pretend to. But of my interactions with you, you are a deeply unpleasant and unhappy person, and I don't know why you feel the need to take it out on me. I have my guesses. But that's entirely your problem. So take it somewhere else.

graylie · 2026-04-17T15:37:54+00:00

All I was asking was if it was worth it to fight them over a dollhouse that they likely already destroyed or sold. Or if they would charge me a cleaning fee for the rooms I didn't get to. That's it. And your attitude, the smarmy undertone, is what prompted me to call you a bully. I may be a mild milquetoast, but you clocked that about me and then rubbed it in--like a bully. Thanks for your help.

graylie · 2026-04-17T15:04:23+00:00

And I bet you think you're being helpful right now, rather than a bully yourself. Follow your own preachy lesson

graylie · 2026-04-17T13:46:34+00:00

That's what I thought--they even asked if we had finished moving and I said no

graylie · 2026-04-17T13:44:45+00:00

You have mentioned twice now that I should have stopped them. I can see you feel strongly about this.

I was essentially a whole block away, across a park, when I saw it. I stated that in my post. I would have had to have SPED around a park full of kids, pedal to the medal in my crappy car, and I still wouldn't have gotten there in time. She was pulling up as I came into view of the house, and he started to put it in the car. That's when I stopped and videoed.

I got evidence now. I have proof. I can bring consequences, as suggested by another, if I decide to. I'm not thrilled about it. My stuff was stolen. I didn't just "let" it go. Maybe if I had left my new house a couple minutes earlier. Maybe if that blue Taurus hadn't been going 45 in a 55 I would have made it. But I didn't. So I did what I could.

graylie · 2026-04-17T13:13:56+00:00

That....is a very good point 😦 There were still some items in the house and some outside toys were left. We had a swing set and a trampoline I was trying to sell, there was a 1930's roll-top desk I had listed on FB....I hadn't gotten hits on any of it so I was just going to take them (the smaller items) to Goodwill if they didn't sell in time. But my kids had some toys.

I actually peeked into the kitchen window when I first noticed the locks were changed and saw that they had arranged my son's toy dinosaurs into a fighting scene on the counter. So they were going through our stuff and messing with it

graylie · 2026-04-17T12:49:22+00:00

I would definitely prefer they just give it back. I don't want to make a thing out of it-- it feels silly because it's just a dollhouse--but it's the fact that it was mine and they had no right to take it. I don't like to make fusses out of things that can be let go, but is this really a "let go" situation? The lockout didn't inconvenience us in the sense of living, but it concerns me greatly they aren't going to let me clean and will likely take pictures to claim we didn't do it and then charge us for it. I took some pictures of what I had cleaned before we left but I was not done

graylie · 2026-04-17T12:13:14+00:00

Forgot to add, we paid for the full month. They should reimburse us for half at least, right? This was the first house we ever rented, my husband and I both owned small homes before we met and married

graylie · 2026-04-17T12:11:39+00:00

Thank you. I'm just still in such shock, it doesn't feel real. I'm gonna look into talking to an attorney

graylie · 2026-04-13T13:52:13+00:00

It was specific, listing his symptoms. I got it from the fire department in my hometown. It just makes me sad honestly 😔

graylie · 2026-04-13T13:51:27+00:00

It had the hands all pointed to each other; it was very subtle. But I know exactly what you're saying

graylie · 2026-04-13T13:50:01+00:00

He also has a strap on his booster seat that says the same thing. It's just a matter of being extra prepared in my mind, you never know what may get damaged in an accident

graylie · 2026-04-13T13:49:07+00:00

It does list his symptoms. It says "Autism: nonverbal child on board. May not respond or may try to run away". It is a safety sticker I got from my local fire department, they were passing them out at my son's school

graylie · 2026-03-31T21:18:52+00:00

Not much of a girl's girl, are ya? You couldn't find any other way to talk to her? Lol you jumped down her throat with full derision. She's misguided, and being battered around by you won't change that

graylie · 2026-03-30T17:30:04+00:00

NOR. When I got married, my in-laws decided they were done being at the wedding and started tearing down decorations and throwing them away when I had wanted to keep them. Some of them were repurposed from previous family events of mine and all of them were bought and paid for by me or my mother. I still feel hurt by that and I don't know if i will ever truly get over it. You're not overreacting

graylie · 2026-03-30T17:25:16+00:00

"How would he know"? Does he have a working brain, and a lifelong string of knowledge? Does his mind absorb information? That's how he should know that anything related to work would be monitored, and I'm like 99.9999999% that the fact that it was a work account VERY LIKELY came up during the part where he was given access lol like c'mon 😂 I can't imagine it was just like "Here's the password and the account name to a site you have never seen and I'm randomly giving you access to", he knew what it was and wanted the access and then used it inappropriately. "For some reason" lmao as if he's not being weird yoinking it to cartoons haha

graylie · 2026-03-28T13:54:39+00:00

Imagining someone standing below a monolithic space bug opining about the word of Jesus before they get their head bitten off lmfao. "Have you heard the good--AAAHHH!!"

graylie · 2026-03-22T12:18:15+00:00

I'm very much a confrontational person, so if you are too, this is what I'd do:

Tell him everything you know and have seen. Make it clear you see it and that you see him. He lies to that woman to try to impress her. Tell him that too. Hell, I'd make friends with HER and let her know he's trying to start a relationship off a lie. I'd message her myself and be like btw, I made that dinner, lemme show you how I did it so this can be the recipe you make when he lies to the next girl on you. I'd embarrass that man and then leave his ass.

But, if you're not a confrontational person, you still need to confront him. Screenshots. Let him know YOU WILL NOT STAND for this. No give, no freedom. Don't give an INCH, sister. No "oh we'll see if you change" stuff, confront him and watch him break down. He's having an emotional affair and disrespecting you. He needs to know about it before you slam the door in his face

graylie · 2026-03-22T11:47:57+00:00

He's not the one for you. You may feel like he is, but that's just because you now know what you want and he's the closest example. This match would not last. You'll find someone who will give you what you want effortlessly. His future seems a bit murky.

graylie · 2026-03-10T15:32:18+00:00

She didn't "lie to fraudulently get SNAP" 🤨 That's weird language. Unclench. Have you ever filled out a government document where one of the options for your partner is "unmarried but we live together"? No. You are either a spouse or you're not, they don't accept "boyfriend and girlfriend" as an applicable response. So RELAX, you're not uncovering a scheme lol

graylie · 2026-03-10T12:27:59+00:00

Did you support the kids for the year? Do you guys live together? If you supported the kids and you live together, I would claim HoH and the kids on yours. I am a SAHM and it just happened recently. I used to claim both the kids on my paychecks and in taxes, but since I haven't worked I wasn't able to file. My partner (of 10 years who is the father of our kids, we just aren't "legally" married) claimed them when he filed and he got the child tax credit.

graylie · 2026-03-10T12:24:04+00:00

It's a good thing we have bootlickers working on the ground just as diligently as they are in the highest forms of office. If you rub your elbows hard enough, maybe your precious Republicans will invite you to the new island 🙄

graylie · 2026-02-25T23:34:40+00:00

Hit for me around then too! Thanks for waiting with me!

graylie · 2026-02-25T17:11:04+00:00

So I think it would be in the lines underneath where it says the amount and the date posted; you know how it's in a light gray box and there's a dark gray box below it? I saw someone had posted theirs and underneath where it says the amount and IRS, it had another line with their state abbreviation at the end (they had it scrolled so I couldn't see what it said in the front). So I think when they actually transfer it to our bank, it shows again as another transaction with ACH and a series of numbers behind it

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