If you were given a box full of every item you've ever lost, what would you look for first?

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Mine would be a stuffed toy that was lost in a house move when I was 9. (I don't need a psychologist to tell me it represented more than an actual toy!)

The shoe box of photos my Dad threw out after he cleared Mothers things after she died.
He could not understand the idea of family history.
"What did you want those old things for"?

He has been gone a few years but I still scream; silently.

The locket my nan left me in her will.

I think it's under the floor boards of a house we moved out of twenty years ago 😭

The spoon from the family silver that I accidentally through away when I was 19. It's the only bit of the set that's missing, despite it having been stolen in the 19th century and recovered in a bundle from a river - it took a whole summer holiday in the garden when I was a kid to clean the set. I still look for a matching one every time I'm in a junk shop or antiques fair. Never found one.

Oh I wish I could edit. I threw it away. I can spell, honestly.

My mum's engagement ring, and the wedding rings of my aunt and nan

A stuffed toy I brought in a jumble sale that I called Henry.

A black leather satchel that was the perfect size for a huge day at work

A beautiful ring with a stone in from wales

A ring my Nan gave me. It was so beautiful though she said not expensive. I stupidly took it off to do yoga, thought I’d put it in my bag but couldn’t find it later. 12 years ago now and I’m still upset about it. She’s since given me another ring and I have never taken it off!

Do you have a HMRC Personal Tax Account?

Different country, and the paperwork I've managed to retrieve from the system so far has been useful from a state pension angle but inadequate for the employer concerned. It's exhausting.

My house keys. Just before Christmas I noticed my kitten had got them out of my bag and was carrying them around in his mouth so I took them off him, Ironically so they wouldn't get lost! Four months later I have looked everywhere in my entire house even down to looking in the fridge! and it's like they grew legs and ran away to start a new life!

I have since decorated and got new carpets so at different points my rooms were completely empty of everything. Nowhere to be found.

Never did find them. I now have an air tag for my new keys!

1/ An absolutely beautiful Biba dress bought at Biba in 1972/3, a gauzy pink halter-neck full length, skin tight number that looked amazing on. No idea what happened to it.
2/ my go-to silver necklace from Monica Vinader, lost last autumn. It went with absolutely everything. I suspect it got swept up with a load of papers and thrown out.

I have lots of single earrings which I live in hope of finding the other somewhere.

Oh, and a plastic file/folder of newspaper clippings of recipes, lovingly collected for over 20 years, that DH threw out with a bundle of newspapers. Irreplaceable.

A floaty, silky top that disappeared into thin air. I used to wear it to special occasions when I was breastfeeding, it was perfect.

Shallow I know, but I don't think I'll find my deceased ex, brought back to life, in the box and I haven't lost anything else.

The necklace my mum gave me as a wedding present. It wasn't to my taste then but when I looked for it a few years later I couldn't find it. Been married 28 years now and I doubt it'll show up now. Never told my mum, wonder what she thinks - probably that I don't like it or treasure it.

My wedding ring. I cried for weeks.

The first thing that came to my mind was "my mother".

My favourite lovely red handle kitchen scissors and all the apostle spoons that disappeared from our kitchen. They are things I used almost daily, but somehow went poof.

It makes me cry every time !

A gold cameo ring given to me by DH (he was my boyfriend at the time) just disappeared, no idea where it went.

Some purple ray ban sunglasses that vanished without a trace about 15 years ago.

My first thought was that it would be an incredibly large box as I'm always losing things. 3 things come to mind: a lilac/pink Warehouse jacket - no idea how I lost it, but really miss it & haven't found anything close to replace it, a Prohibido denim jacket which I left in Dereham churchyard. I have another denim jacket, but it's not as versatile. Also a turquoise silk cardigan that was stolen at Lords cricket ground, of all places!

My engagement ring.

Mine would be my childhood teddy bear, who was thrown away by accident, by dh - he found a bag of toys and thought they weren’t wanted any more, so took them to the tip. I cried on and off for a fortnight - I cried more than when my dad died, and I wonder if losing teddy opened the floodgates from when I hadn’t properly grieved for dad.

A gold and sapphire bracelet I lost in a taxi on the way to a wedding in Didcot in 2014. I think that is where I lost it. The other option is my ex has it and has never given it back.