Page 9 | If a box suddenly appeared with everything that you had ever lost inside it...what will you look for first?

00100001 · 2021-08-10T18:58:11+00:00

I'd look for my old baby blanket that went missing one day on holiday when I was around 8. My Nan made it me, and I still wonder where the flip it could have gotten to. We were staying Inna caravan and I couldn't find it one evening...we looked all over.its a real mystery. What about you?

Peach1886 · 11/08/2021 11:56

The diary I kept of DS's first year - all the "firsts" and descriptions of our days together and how he was growing up; a sort of love-letter to him and a memory-book for me. It took us many years and a lot of heartache to have him, so he was/is very precious, as were those early days.

It disappeared twice whilst we had another family member staying with us, the first time I found it and put it somewhere I thought was safe...only they went looking for it and took it again.

It hurts me every day to think I don't have it to give him, and that I won't have it to remind me of those special times when he's grown up and I'm an old lady...when people ask "when did DS do X for the first time" I have already forgotten a lot of it

Needless to say the family member is no longer welcome in our house.

ConnectedToSandsview · 11/08/2021 11:56

Currently the left lens out of my glasses

Fell out in a taxi this morning

I’m screwed - go on holiday tomorrow and hate flying in my contacts.

If that could turn up, I’d be grateful.

MistySkiesAfterRain · 11/08/2021 11:58

@ConnectedToSandsview

Currently the left lens out of my glasses

Fell out in a taxi this morning

I’m screwed - go on holiday tomorrow and hate flying in my contacts.

If that could turn up, I’d be grateful.

Haha I think before I could look for anything a whole pile of contact lenses, teaspoons, socks and wallets would fall out

DoubleShotEspresso · 11/08/2021 11:58

A beautiful necklace my grandmother bought for my graduation (was burgaled whilst in a house share having worn it for an interview the day before still heartbroken it's gone).
A vintage Vivienne Westwood dress that I picked up in a charity shop, fitted like a glove and was much cherished. Went missing during a house move and I miss it still

Peach1886 · 11/08/2021 11:58

oh @faithfulbird20 and @drspouse, yes those too

MistySkiesAfterRain · 11/08/2021 12:00

Sorry @ConnectedToSandsview I wasn't laughing at your misfortune.

Sallycinnamum · 11/08/2021 12:06

My camera which went missing in the hospital the day my DS was born 12 years ago.

It had all the pics of him just born and I think it was pinched while I went to the loo. Didn't realise it was missing until we got home.

On a lighter note I had a fabulous navy cotton coat that vanished into thin air a few years ago. I loved it and have no idea where it went (prob left it in the pub after one too many drinks!)

LibbyL92 · 11/08/2021 12:27

A necklace that belonged to my mum when she was a kid. She gave it to me on our holiday in Spain. And I stupidly put it in my beach bag and shook it over the balcony. I spent ages trying to find out. I couldn’t. That’s probably the only thing.

Ivytheterrible1 · 11/08/2021 13:13

My two dolls houses made by my great uncle. I left them at my mums when I moved out and she gave them away. I've tried to track them down ever since as she can't remember who she gave them to.

He was my grandmother's brother.
He was lovely.

He was gay and died of AIDS when I was 10(42 now).
I had my first girl crush at 10, and came out a few years ago.
I wish i could see him again, but the dolls houses would be lovely to have too.

Underpaidsnackbitch · 11/08/2021 13:36

Oh I have a few.
A lovely heart shaped crystal necklace that my nan bought me. My sister chucked it out of our bedroom window in a strop one day and we never found it.
My immaculate boxed original game boy, although I suspect ex DP helped himself to that when he moved out.
A 1970s Levi denim waistcoat that belonged to my dad. After much nagging as a teen he relented and let me have it. It was so lovely and I lost it

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00100001 · 11/08/2021 17:00

@Peach1886

The diary I kept of DS's first year - all the "firsts" and descriptions of our days together and how he was growing up; a sort of love-letter to him and a memory-book for me. It took us many years and a lot of heartache to have him, so he was/is very precious, as were those early days.

It disappeared twice whilst we had another family member staying with us, the first time I found it and put it somewhere I thought was safe...only they went looking for it and took it again.

It hurts me every day to think I don't have it to give him, and that I won't have it to remind me of those special times when he's grown up and I'm an old lady...when people ask "when did DS do X for the first time" I have already forgotten a lot of it

Needless to say the family member is no longer welcome in our house.

What a horrible thing to do...and bizarre

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StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 11/08/2021 17:28

Scan photos from DS 2 which must have fallen out of my folder.
Silver baby bangle given me by my aunt at birth and was stolen by the boyfriend of a housemate.
Locket given by my nanna also in the theft.

Peach1886 · 12/08/2021 08:14

@00100001 they asked to move in when DS was born and from Day 1 they were insanely jealous of the attention he got, despite our small house, and our lives, having willingly been turned upside down to make them welcome.

The diary is the most hurtful (deliberately so) of all the things they did, but there are many more - some of DS' favourite toys disappeared, his nicest clothes vanished seemingly into thin air, DS started to have "accidents" which were nothing of the sort, and many of my things were covertly damaged...it was all very unpleasant and it took a while for me to realise what was happening due to lack of sleep, I thought it was me losing the plot...but it wasn't .

It also took big lumps out of our marriage because DH didn't believe me at first, and even when he did finally accept it, he didn't deal with it and I had to insist that the person moved out. The repercussions of all that are still with us today, unsurprisingly .

IndieTara · 12/08/2021 08:38

My red vintage cowboy boots, lost in a room move in Egypt

Makinganewthinghappen · 12/08/2021 08:38

My engagement ring!
I have no idea where it went my fingers were swollen when pregnant with my first dd (16 years ago) I took it off and it vanished.

TheFormidableMrsC · 12/08/2021 08:54

A Tiffany ring that disappeared into thin air. I wore it daily and it's been about 8 years and it still bothers me. Also my parents wedding album that my Dad insists he gave to me. He didn't. My mum is dead and it hurts my heart that it's gone.

GreenWhiteViolet · 12/08/2021 09:04

The handbag that someone stole when I put it down to try on shoes. I was a teenager on holiday and I'd been saving up for months to have spending money for it. All gone. It probably wasn't a large amount of money, but I've never forgotten how I felt, so getting it back would be justice!

After that, a couple of the soft toys I'd had since I was a baby but got rid of aged ten or eleven, having outgrown playing with toys (but being far too young to anticipate any sentimental feelings about looking back on early childhood!)