A woman left devastated upon learning that her wedding rings were missing has taken to popular online forum Mumsnet, to explain how she thinks her 5-year-old daughter may have given them to a friend while they were playing together.
On the 'am I being unreasonable' thread, she said that her daughter had admitted to giving the rings to her school friend. But the mum was unsure how she could approach the child's mother without coming across as 'accusatory', and asked Mumsnet users for their advice
She said: "Long and short of it is - my DC [dear child] and her friend were playing in my house. They went up to my bedroom where my rings are normally on the nightstand. Next day I noticed they were missing. I asked DC [dear child] if she had given my rings to her friend. She said no. When her friend was leaving she tried to give her a wind chime which I'd discouraged. Previously, DC [dear child's] friend had taken an inconsequential item from her house and given it to my DC [dear child] which I gave back to the mum.
"I know my DC [dear child] has an active imagination and often makes up stories and is susceptible to suggestion. She's 5. Anyway, I thought I'd leave it for a day or two and ask her to talk me through the day when her friend came over. And I asked again did she give my rings to her friend and this time she said yes.
"Again, because she's not always truthful I left it for a day or so and then today I asked her to talk me through the day her friend came.
She told me they found some rings and that she gave them to her friend. I asked her if she gave anything else to the friend and she said she gave the friend a teddy bear which talks. She does have a talking teddy but it's not the colour she told me. However, there is a missing teddy among her toys.
"So now I have an unreliable child witness and missing personal item. I need to ask the mum of this child but I don't want to come across as accusatory. What would you do?"
The majority of Mumsnet users advised the mum on what to do to retrieve her wedding ring. Most commenters told the woman that she simply had to ask the child's mother for them back. One user said: "Just ask the parents for the rings back that have obviously been taken by the 5-year-olds.
Another added: "I would stop wasting your time talking to your DD [dear daughter], ring the other mum and say your child gifted your wedding rings to her child, could she please have a look before they get lost? I’m sure she will laugh it off and help you look for them."
While another said: "If her daughter has them they're probably lying around somewhere because she's already forgotten about them or hidden them with other treasures."
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