On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:04:57 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-10-27 10:54 AM, wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:47:21 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>
>>>
>>> It was kind of people to make suggestions about how I should deal with
>>> her visits, like hiding food or locking pantries. I wonder how many
>>> people here want visitors in their house who literally steal large
>>> quantities of food. I opted for Wayne's policy of not allowing them in
>>> my house.
>>>
>>>
>> I am looking back to before any talk about the poor woman you treated
>> your wife and her relative as if YOU are the OWNER of the HOUSE and
>> only you can say who visits. Do you know there is a word called
>> 'ours'?
>>
>
> Yes, it is our house, but I may have to point out that others had
>suggested locking the pantry cupboards and other things to stop this
>woman from stealing things from us and I wonder how many people here
>would invite someone into their house.
>
>FWIW, our son came by today and the three of us discussed the situation.
> As loyal as he is to the rest of his cousins, he agreed with me. He
>knows that she steals things and is concerned about something of value
>to him is missing from his old bedroom, which is now the quest room
>where the niece stayed last year, and the item went missing.

Regardless it's not wise to keep valuable items in a guest room, they
become what's known as an "attractive nuisance" and tend to disappear.
As an alternative guest facility for Big Niece you might consider
pitching a one ring circus tent in your back yard and supply her with
a fifty pound sack of in the shell peanuts.