I found a wallet with $230.00 just before Christmas and kept the money, but returned the wallet.?

Question

What would you have done. I still feel bad about it.

Answer 1

Don't worry, they "KNOW" you ripped them off.
They will remember that, as long, as YOU will.


I would have returned it, with ALL it's contents.

They would have remembered THAT, longer then I would have.
But the nice thing is, every time I thought of that incident, I would have felt better, knowing that I helped save their Christmas.
That might have been the difference between having and not having a Christmas, this year.

If you are a youngster, there is always a chance to "Do Right", if there is ever another time.

If you are an adult, "Shame on You", there is no excuse, you're a thief.

Be a "BIG PERSON", make a REAL effort to get the money BACK TO THEM.

DON'T EXCEPT A REWARD!
APOLOGIZE, and be sure to THANK THEM for "letting" you have a "CLEAR CONSCIENCE", about this.

Immediately, and for years down the road, YOU'LL FEEL BETTER, TOO!!!

You'll never regret this.
If anything, do this for yourself.
GOD BLESS YOU!

Answer 2

Feeling bad about what you did does show you have a conscience. You could make reparation to the victim by repaying him. You could return the money anonymously. It would be a very good thing to do, and you surely would feel better about what you did and hopefully would not be tempted to do that again. Repaying the victim as soon as you are able would be an honorable thing to do, even if you have to go without something you would like in order to make the payment. Then you can put the whole unhappy experience aside, and you will have learned something valuable--the right thing to do is not always the easiest thing to do. You ask what we would have done. I would have returned the wallet with the money. If you lost a wallet with money and somebody returned an empty wallet to you, and then later returned the money, I think you would be grateful that honesty finally won out.

Answer 3

Well,... what I would have done is returned the wallet w/all the contents.

That said, assuming the wallet had credit cards, etc. in it; good for you for at least returning the wallet.

You may have received a cash reward from the person if you'd returned it with cash (as someone else said in their answer). Maybe not much of a reward (particularly depending upon how much $230 was to their budget).

Can you look at the cash you took for yourself as a reward? Well, maybe you'd like to think so, but it wasn't a 'reward' given to you; it was essentially stealing the money from the rightful owner in my world view. Only if you don't know who the money belongs to is it maybe OK to keep it... but that's another subject.

I would like to say to you, if you still have the cash,... Please give it back. I could see where that would be really hard. I could see where you'd be concerned the person would be upset, and accuse you of stealing. What they'd be missing is that you did a good thing in returning the money, and became a stronger person because of it. You would know you did a good thing in returning the money.

If you still have the cash, & you're afraid of retaliation for taking the money if you give it back, you might consider a little lie like 'a friend took the money and told me to give the wallet back, and I convinced the friend to give the money back too.' After all, you are your own friend; at least if you give that money back.

Finally... I hope that, if given the opportunity to do a good thing in the future, such as return the whole wallet, you choose to do the whole good thing.

Answer 4

If you feel bad about it, then your own conscience must be telling you that you have done wrong. I firmly believe in doing unto others as I would have done unto me. If I were to have lost my own wallet I would want the money back. In fact don't you think the owner of the wallet suspects that you were the one who took the money. They might have quite possibly given you some of the money as a reward for your honesty of returning everything, however now you will have to live with the guilt of your actions.

Answer 5

I would have return the wallet and money. Went you think you have got over you really haven't because God sees everything.

If you still feel bad, go and ask God for forgiveness and then go and return the money. ( if you spend the money, save up the $230.00, and then return it)

What a way to bet the Devil at his on game.

Again, God is watching everything we do.

God Bless!!

Answer 6

unquestionably, i've got carried out the two. i've got back each and every wallet with each and every thing interior whilst there replaced into id in it. And the above posters are good, the sensation of goodness is magnificent. yet as quickly as whilst working in a bar, i got here upon a wallet without id, library card, not something yet money. I did take that abode and spent the money. ($2500) after approximately 2 months of no person calling to ask approximately it. That bar had loads of drug sellers that frolicked there and my reasoning replaced into that it in all probability belonged to a minimum of one among them and that i could do greater good with the money when you consider that i don't do drugs or drink. I spent the money to flow to my kinfolk who stay 4000 miles away for Christmas.

Answer 7

I once found a wallet with about $500 in it at my work. I held the wallet and contacted the gentleman and when he picked it up he gave me $100. What goes around comes around! You will feel bad about this for along time. Some one is watching.

Answer 8

When we're faced with temptation it really shows us the kind of person we are. It's easy to be good when we are never tempted and it's easy to say what we would do in a certain situation but who really knows until it happens. If you really do still feel bad about it then only you can make it right. Replace the money and explain the temptation you had and then the feelings you had and that you didn't like being that kind of a person. Just say you're sorry - you'll feel so much better about yourself and you'll be a stronger person for it.

Answer 9

Technically, it could be considered stealing because you found it, it wasn't given to you. And if you had the means to return it, but didn't, then you're really kept something that didn't belong to you. Did you try to find the owner? Who did you return the wallet to? If you really feel bad about it, you could still try to find the owner and return the money. It's not worth a guilty conscience!!

Answer 10

I would have returned the money along with the wallet. I understand that it was near Christmas and the holiday's are expensive and stressful. Just look at the stress that the guilt is giving you. If you remember who this person is contact them. Admit what you did and offer to pay back the money. If you can't afford to pay it all back at one time offer to pay it off as much as you can afford over as little time as possible. Remember what goes around comes around. You need to set this right to get your Karma back on track.