Family : can’t live with them, can’t live without them. And sometimes, they steal your underwear.
Okay, that last sentence isn’t a common occurrence in families (we hope), but it did recently happen to one uncle who let his nephew stay with him.
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The whole situation is weird, but what the nephew had to say for himself is even weirder…
This severely creeped-out uncle took to Reddit’s AITA community to share his story.
He began by sharing that his wife’s 18-year-old nephew was having trouble with his mom.
His dad’s not in the picture and his mother is tough to live with. So to help remedy the situation, the man and his wife took the young fella in.
Soon, things got weird.
“Don’t know when exactly the situation started only that I began noticing over the last couple of months that my boxer briefs were going missing whenever it was time for me to do laundry,” he wrote. At first, things were a little bit noticeable.
“I keep it in the closet so figured maybe they fell out when I toss all my dirty clothes in there,” he wrote.
But he knew his boxers were legitimately being stolen when he had to buy more.
Meanwhile, his wife thought he just losing them by not paying attention.
One day, he made a shocking discovery in the nephew’s room.
“I was looking for some supplies we keep there in the closet and then I found a laundry bag in one of the drawers,” the Redditor shared.
“All of my underwear were in there. A whole big pile were stuffed in there and I couldn’t believe it.”
This led to a confrontation.
“We had a sit down with him, didn’t bring up what I found but asked him directly if he knew why my dirty underwear was disappearing from my hamper,” he wrote.
“He tried playing dumb at first, he’s a horrible liar and then we told him what we found.”
As you can imagine, it was an awkward conversation.
After adamantly denying it was him who stole the underwear, the nephew finally confessed.
Only thing is, he refused to say why. This just makes the situation that much weirder. The whole situation made the Redditor feel “grossly violated.”
“He was looking through my hamper and taking out my underwear for god knows how long, keeping them hidden in his room for I don’t know what reasons an it was an uncomfortable thought.”
The Redditor’s wife was supportive when he said he wasn’t comfortable with her nephew staying with them anymore.
He was sent by to his mom’s and the family eventually found out about everything.
Their reactions weren’t on the uncle’s side. “They admit that’s kind of gross but it’s not like he was stealing money and we shouldn’t have thrown him out for only that reason.”
The wife also feels caught in the middle since it’s her family.
Reddit took over from there, coming to the conclusion that he’s not in the wrong for kicking his nephew out.
“NTA that’s a massive breach of privacy and signs of something very unhealthy happening,” one wrote . “You definitely do NOT have to live with someone who does this to you, not for any reason.”
One user pointed out the double standard between genders.
“If it was your wife’s underwear id imagine the whole family would be up in arms and yelling at him, possibly calling him a creep amongst other things,” they wrote .
Some played devil’s advocate by saying that the nephew was poor and needed underwear.
For the most part, though, many believe that the nephew needs mental help.
“This sounds like something a perverted person would do? Sounds like a panty thief except he steals briefs. I just hope he doesn’t do anything rated r with them … he needs to see a psychologist?” one user wrote .
Where do you stand on this situation? Was the uncle right to kick his nephew out? Let us know in the comments!
