“Consider yourself lucky”: Man sets a trap to catch a thief. Then he realizes who’s been taking his money

A Redditor’s sting operation to catch a petty thief ended with heartbreak when the culprit turned out to be their own girlfriend.

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Reddit user u/scum-and-villainy recently sparked a conversation on trust in the r/Wellthatsucks subreddit. In their post, they shared a photo of their nearly-empty wallet. In their post, they explained that they had grown suspicious about missing cash, so they set a trap. They placed two $20 bills and a $100 bill among a few singles and left the wallet out in the open.

Then, their girlfriend spent the night. When u/scum-and-villainy checked later, the larger bills were gone. The singles remained untouched. The implication was hard to ignore, and it didn’t take long for Reddit to explode with reactions.

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The post quickly racked up over 52K upvotes and 4K comments. Folks jumped into the comments with a mix of outrage, advice, and tough love.

Redditors reacted swiftly to OP’s predicament

Many Redditors didn’t mince words. One person warned them, “Put a lock on your credit before you break up with her.” 

“That sucks but one way to look at it is it ‘only’ cost you $140 to figure out you need to get rid of her,” u/Local_Error2866 said, trying to offer a silver lining. “Consider it a screening fee that probably saved you a lot more money and heartache down the line.”

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Others urged them to tread carefully, especially since they didn’t technically have proof. Still, the damage had clearly been done.

In the comments, u/scum-and-villainy elaborated. They admitted the emotional weight of the situation felt heavier than the loss of money. “If she had told me a sob story and then asked for the money, that’d be different. But a post-theft sob-story could not ever cut the mustard.”

When someone asked OP how she thought she could get away with stealing from them, they said, “there is no way she thought I wouldn’t know so WTF is right. I wrote in another comment that the reason I thought someone was stealing was, my cash went missing a few weeks back, too.” They went on to explain that they narrowed it down from possibly happening at the gym by specifically putting a $100 in their wallet because it was something they would remember spending.

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In the end, while Reddit was quick to deliver judgment, many users also expressed sympathy for OP’s situation. 

u/KazeSenseii wrote, “Some of us had to spend thousands before finding out she wasn’t the one. Consider yourself lucky man.”

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