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More like borrowing and forgetting to give it back...forever. In my case it tends to be socks too!

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Every year my mom gives me PJs for Christmas and they are always stuff she would wear but necessarily not me. I'd never tell her though. :)

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I get gifted the shirts she buys that don't fit. They are, without even having to look, guaranteed keilbasa makers. They are always unflattering and I have learned to take them straight to the donation bin...

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I have to include my 15 yr old sister in this...I steal her itunes, her books, her makeup, gift cards if she leaves them lying around...after i ask her of course!

from my stepmom i steal her canned goods all the time! Its so much better than the crap you find in the stores!

My mom deliberately leaves toiletries for me after she visits. She pretends to forget, I pretend not to notice. It's our sickness, she treats, I revel.

If I could I would swipe every last thing from her alpha hydroxyorgasmic medicine cabinet.

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I steal my moms books and makeup all the time! And jewlery, just the cheap stuff, but then she gave me her diamond ring! She steals stuff from me too though, so I think we're even!

My grandmother recently downsized from her house into a small apartment. As a result, she has boxes and boxes of stuff that gets sent to me as gifts. I'd say it's about 50/50 neat stuff that I like (Christmas decorations I remember from when I was little, soft old scarves that have been much loved) and stuff that I wonder, "....why? Do you not like me?" I'm talking about a sweater that is supposedly made out of wool but feels more like a Brillo pad, half of a Christmas ornament (Why?!), and a Bible-carrier (I don't own a Bible!).

I didn't realize how much stuff gets exchanged between my family members until just now... but with my stepmom, it's the opposite problem I have with my mom. She's the same size as me clothes-wise, but we have wildly different styles. The first time we went shopping together she tried to convince me to buy a dress patterned with red chili peppers in sun glasses. I wish I was kidding!
She found out through my (well-meaning) father that I've started collecting "vintage" clothing to repurpose into modern styles, and now I'm being inundated with weird old tube tops with giant bows, sleeveless shirts with kittens patterned on them, and pants that I could swear are made out of the tarps you use when you go camping. I keep accepting them and then sending them off to good will...

My mom has a tendency to get a lot of jewelry as gifts that she doesn't like. I swear every time she buys a new pair of earrings it's exactly the same as the twelve other pairs she has in her jewelry box at home. Before heading off to college, I raided an old jewelry box she kept in the basement and hadn't opened in years - GOLDMINE! (Literally!) I got tons of amazing necklaces and earrings and bracelets that I have been wearing ever since. Now and then she'll see me and point and say, "Hey, that's mine!" And she'll say it indignantly until I say, "You know, I've had this for six years now..."

My sister buys the best eye shadow colors. She spends a lot more than I would and therefore owns colors and textures that I don't have. I "borrow" different shades from her makeup table as I need them. I always end up putting them back a few days later, almost always without being caught.

When I lived with my mom, I used to thieve her dresses all the time....

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My mom has a huge closet, but every so often decides to get rid of stuff she no longer fits. She brings those things to me. Once in a while I can use them, but mostly they are not my style and meant for a much more conservative dresser.

What I WANT to steal is her jewelry. So far I have contained myself.

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My mom was always for me a style icon!
Even now, I so much admire her taste, her figure!
Therefore, one of the most common sneak moves was walking in her shoes!

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When I lived at home, I used to steal my mom's necklaces all the time. Such pretty, fun stuff!

Now when I visit I like to sample her beauty products because she always has some new moisturizer or yummy lotion I haven't heard of.

My mom always has tons of lipsticks in various colors, so when I am looking for a new color, I take a peek in her makeup bag. Since I've moved farther away, she sometimes sends me new glosses and lip balms in the post.

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I used to always borrow my Mother's sunglasses. She used to have these totally 70's era GIANT ones that I made fun of for years. And then suddenly giant sunglasses were in fashion. Of course I could never tell her that the glasses that I teased her about for so long were getting tons of compliments every time I borrowed them. hee hee!

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My mom's house is full of antiques, I haven't stolen any outright yet, but I would love to inherit some of them early!

I have not stolen anything from any of my female relatives! And neither would I!

I'm searching through my memory banks and I can't believe I've never stolen something from my mom. Actually, I've never stolen anything from a family member. Hands off was the rule in our house. Maybe I'll remember something as the week goes on...

I do get the family heirlooms. The only things I haven't fully appreciated are the hooked rugs and granny square afgans my grandmother made. The colors are just so gawd-awful bright, it hurts my eyes.

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well...years ago, I would take Mom's cool Frye Boots. It was the era of Prairie Skirts/petticoats and Leg-o-Mutton frilly blouses--the boots *made* the outfit. Smuggling them out of the house was another story. Of course, then my feet exploded into double digit sizing and mom's size 8 and a halfs no longer fit.

In retrospect, it was fitting that I outgrew them...I pinched them from Mom, and in turn, the boots wound up pinching me!

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Quite honestly I 'took' some fabric to sew some projects...and then never got around to making them...yet. But I love that fabric so much. It honestly joys me to just see it sitting there folded on the shelf still. And I think of her, and my grandma, who I believe she got it from originally, every time I see it. Hmmm...perhaps I won't ever make anything out of it but just keep it as is.
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I have several of my mother's books. When I was a teenager I always stole her newest razors to shave my legs. And when she bought new emery boards they ended up in my room, too. ;)

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Oh, this cracks me up! I'd say (demand) the exact same thing to my little sis!

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I'd treasure and wear her childhood cashmere sweaters. And I'd go into my dad's closet and thieve his warm, fuzzy socks and flannel shirts. It was the going trend.

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how many people steal their mothers socks. I saw this article on Facebook first and was like "oh Ill tell them how I steal my moms socks" and then I read it and apparently you all do! haha thats awesome. My mom always find the softest and thickest tall socks. We ride horses and I can never find decent socks but somehow she always magically has the perfect pair for wearing under my boots. And no, I dont usually give them back hehe

Ha! I wanted to know how it felt to wear one, so for a day, I took one from her drawer and wore it to school! I felt so grown up!

When I first read the title to this post, my first thought was all the times I open my mouth and my Mom's words come out such as phrases like, "Lady Jane", "Stop wishing your life away"

I remember thinking I would never be like my mom but the older I get the more of her I see in my own actions and words. I don't think I could have asked her for more in life, then her great personality and outlook on life that was passed down onto me.

My mom works at Sears and is constantly picking up fun and funky costume jewelry. Somehow it migrates to my wardrobe and sometimes my daughter's toy box.

I don't think she minds b/c it gives her an excuse to buy more:)

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I steal books from my mom, but then she steals books from me too so it all works out, lol. We do the same thing with music.

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My mom had a black velvet choker with an onyx and gold medallion that I absolutely loved in high school. Let's just say it's sitting in my jewelry box years and years later...

I pack enough clothes for my son that would cover him in rain, wind, sleet, hail, snow or a heat wave. But I am incapable of being prepared myself. So whenever we're out with my mom I always need some sort of sweatshirt or jacket, of which she has many. She has them in the car just in case! So I always end up going back home wearing something of hers. And yeah, it might take a while to give it back :-)

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My Mom gets the best magazines - she is a magazine junky - health, cooking, family, you name it, she gets it. And I love to read them when I go over and maybe even borrow a few to bring home :)

I never understood why she was upset when I would read them first and then return them (heck - she has a million and would not get through them before I returned the ones I 'borrowed') - but now I get the same way with my magazines - LOL My daughter goes grabbing for Entertainment Weekly or TV Guide and I get all mad because I want to read them first.

I guess there is just something about totally pristine pages :) I get it, Ma - I get it :)

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I was forever raiding her closet. She's a bit older than me, so I didn't do this until I moved in with her when I went to college. And I would totally lie about it... "Did you take my new skirt?" "What, no, I haven't seen it." We joke about it now, but I think I'm lucky to have the nicest big sister in the world and she doesn't hold my past thievery against me.
I never really borrowed from my mom as she is much smaller than me and I could never fit in her clothes or shoes.

Oh I forgot that I also steal shoes. If they're open back/toe, my mom and I can share shoes. I have been known to steal a pair now and again. She usually demands them back, though. And to be honest, my mom borrows my clothes and shoes as well. She usually asks me if she can keep them, but I say no and hide away.

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Kitchen supplies!

When I first moved out, I raided the cabinets for pots, pans, dishes and other goodies. Now that I am temporarily at home, I make it known that I have a running list of things I am stealing when I move back out. Microplane, a certain spatula, a cookie scoop...all mine!

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well, lol. this sounds all to familiar. I've went after new sweaters- (i vividly remember chasing a pink sweater from my aunt) jewelry, nail polish, socks of course ( can't never have enough of those)

i do see now though that my sister is in college (we're 6 years apart) she likes to come over and snoop a bit. definitely see her with my shoes! put those bacckkk!

I live too far away from my family to "steal" anything but when I was growing up, my sisters and I used to swap clothing all the time. I grew up in a family of 3 girls and we were all very close in age and size, so it worked out great!

I have 2 sisters who are twins and 11 months older then me. We would try to be the last one to leave the house for school so we could get something from each others' closets. Often I would be walking down the hall at school and run into one of my sisters who would say, "Take it off!"

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My sister and I are about 362 days apart in age. We use to steal eachothers clothes all the time! We both were the same size and had great taste!

I loved everything about my mom growing up, I still do.. Ever since I was little I would play in my mothers jewelry box and I loved her antique cameo necklace. I use to take it out, while she wasn't looking and wear it. I thought she didn't notice I had it on, I would tuck in behind my shirt so she wouldn't see me wearing it. Just the other day, for a going away present, my mother gave me a box and inside of it was the antique cameo necklace that I adored as a child.

Yikes. I feel like I'm confessing a mortal sin here. It's so tough to choose just one thing, but ... facial products and cosmetics.

My mom gets a lot of stuff that comes with free samples, and she has this awesomely stocked "free sample" drawer.

Never with permission, I raid that drawer every time I go to her house.

Lipsticks, scrubs, eye shadows, and creams ... you name it, I've pilfered it.

She's never said a word. So now, I like to think that she keeps her drawer stocked just for me.

Oh, I want to go there right now, just to see what's new!

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I'd bought her a couple of nice pairs of Smart Wool socks, and after she died, I reclaimed them...