Should my mom press charges

[Icka]

My boyfriends morphine addiction led him to stal not only my credit card but my mothers as well. My mom filed a police repost and is pressing charges. It has been over 2 weeks since I found all this out and since then he has been trying to make things right. He went back to work and has been paying us back. But my parents what me to stay away from him. I think this is the main reason my mom is pressing charges. I don't know what his son and I would do if he went to jail for a long period of time. I Love him and want him to have a fair chance to prove that he can do this and make everything right. Any advice?

[Icka]

I just turned 25 and he is 24. He moved out of my house once I found out about the addiction and he is trying to get clean. and is not allowed to come back to live for a long long time. Being that I am not a child anymore as a parent would you still oress charges?

[oxygirl487]

did he get cash advances?im just curious because with my credit cards u have to have a pin number to get cash advances....they were the only thing i wanted when i was an addict....im sure he just didnt go on a shopping spree....i know this doesnt answer your question im just curious.....

[Icka]

He traded gas for cash. I guess he knew a lot of people that needed gas and gave him money for it. Errr makes me mad just to think about it. He said he was messed up and didn't realize what he was doing but managed to go to like 15 gas stations.

[avisg]

to be honset if you were my daughter and your boyfriend stole from me i would press charges .....I am an addict , sometimes to get better you have to hit rock bottom

[Icka]

I value your honesty. Maybe it is the best thing, but he is doing really well now and I think realizing how much he messed up and what all he lost was enough to wake him up I really don't think Jail will help at all just put him behind in trying to make things right!

[PromisedLand]

Yes, I would still press charges. I'm not going to have someone living in my house who steals from me or my daughter.  Anyone dating/living with her had better have better respect for her and her mother and I, or out they go.


Jim