Have you ever had a friend steal from you?

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A recent post about shoplifting in store reminded me of this, about 5 years ago, someone I thought was a friend stole things from me and other friends. In my case is was my 10 year anniversary ring, packs of cigarettes, and use of my home. We live in a very rural community and back then didn't worry too much about locking our house. One day I headed out grocery shopping with my kids, my son got sick about 5 minutes after we left the house so I turned around and headed back home. When I got there I found this person and 3 others sitting in my living room watching tv. I was extremely upset and kicked them all out, after my son had a nap and was feeling better we went to a hardware store and bought a new lock that afternoon and my husband installed it(the old one had been broken for years but we never thought about it). That night I went to put my earrings away and found my anniversary ring missing. She denied it but another friend told me later that she had seen her wearing it and was told that I had leant it to her, NOT! So have you ever had this type of thing happen to you? What would make a person steal from a friend?