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To ask what the most annoying thing was that an ex took with them? (Lighthearted)

90 replies

BillyNotQuiteNoMates · 27/09/2017 03:52

Until last night, I though it was the toothbrush charger, but last night, I discovered that he'd also taken my vibrator charger with him 🙄
Anyone else got a funny one?

OP posts:
SaucyJack · 27/09/2017 14:34

He kept the cat Sad

I got the kids instead SadSad

wasonthelist · 27/09/2017 14:34

Mine took sofas. I came back from a work trip and had to sit on the floor. Otoh, a previous ex didn't take a hideous cupboard that was super vital and nearly bankrupted us to buy.

Ahardmanisgoodtofind · 27/09/2017 14:34

My wedding dress Hmm

rightsofwomen · 27/09/2017 14:35

2 of the 4 dining room chairs. Either take none or all of them!
We have statement odd dining chairs now.

Can we have a thread on what he didn't take and should have? !

weekfour · 27/09/2017 14:36

But, he left a huge fish tank full of bloody tropical fish! I had to look after the bloody things for years until the last ones kicked the bucket. I think I had his fish longer than I had him!

Evilstepmum01 · 27/09/2017 14:36

My beloved dog.
He 'stole' her so I 'would know how it felt to lose something you love'.
Spiteful fucker. I did the only thing I could, I went out and took her back. He hadnt fed her properly or given her her meds, so she was happy to have me back!
I did have to move away from my home in order to get my freedom as the creepy stalker bastard would follow me. He came to my parents house and verbally abused my friends but I kept my good old faithful friend until she died a few years ago. He was abusive and made me too scared to leave the house, my lovely dog helped me through that and depression.
(I kept his favourite childhood cutlery and still use it to this day, whilst smiling)

musicposy · 27/09/2017 14:40

My childhood copy of A Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. It was a first edition - probably not worth a dime but annoys me 25 years later that when we split up he didn't give it back to me!

DH and I have tried to mitigate such annoyances by agreeing in advance who gets what, should we ever split. The only thing we struggle over is the dog. She's MY dog, but adores DH (has always lived with both of us, so is unaware she's my dog, lol). However, she runs rings round me alone but is a perfect angel for DH. I think we'd need a custody order with visitation rights for me Grin.

I've been married to DH for 23 years, so am hopeful this is all immaterial!

KurriKurri · 27/09/2017 14:43

Mine also stole a lot of money from me and from my mother and left me with a lot of his gambling debt to pay off.

For some reason he thought this was OK, but went around putting labels with his name on them on CD's and DVD's in case I should try to make off with his 'Die Hard' and Iron Maiden collections Hmm

bibliomania · 27/09/2017 14:43

Reminds me of the old rhyme (from memory so poss misquoting):

She suffered the night he left her
That evening she went through hell
It wasn't the fact of his absence
He'd taken the corkscrew as well.

Laiste · 27/09/2017 14:44

My lovely oiled oak dresser. And it was mine. It matched a bloody great oak dining table and chairs (also lovely) which he left behind!

Why split up a set?!? I loved that thing, but i think i'd have felt less bad if he'd taken the lot and at least kept it all together.

Every time i look at the table i think of the lost dresser :(

Dixiestampsagain · 27/09/2017 14:46

My Michael Bolton CDs- it was 1995 and I'm still bitter! Blush

DJBaggySmalls · 27/09/2017 14:46

This will out me but the bastard took my socks.

K425 · 27/09/2017 14:48

The LPs. He was an avid vinyl collector, but I did buy some of them myself, with my own money and everything.
I did spot, when he'd packed but was waiting to pick everything up, that he'd packed my Flanders and Swan albums, so I took those right back.
Oh, and he got custody of the John Piper print we saved up for, but I did get to keep the artwork his dad did for me. The print did little for me, and his dad's work is now worth almost as much so I think I won there.

rightsofwomen · 27/09/2017 14:49

OMG, the socks! The SOCKS! Yes.

I may have over-shared with the lovely till woman in M&S when I replaced them!

A year on and I still get a sense of peace putting my socks on.

Thingsiseeinmybathroom · 27/09/2017 14:49

He took my favourite CDs and DVDs and eft me with 15 grand debt.. thoughtful darling he was.

rightsofwomen · 27/09/2017 14:50

He also took DS2's hand knitted blankey my (now late) Mum made.

That was retrieved very quickly.

Sohurt17 · 27/09/2017 14:51

Every right shoe. Bastard Angry

DJBaggySmalls · 27/09/2017 14:51

Evilstepmum01 I hope you left a kipper behind his radiators as revenge Angry

coffeeslave · 27/09/2017 14:52

My ex took a whole roll of sandwich bags. Why?!?

dollydaydream114 · 27/09/2017 14:52

The ashes of a beloved pet of mine which died shortly before we split up and which I had cremated. The pet was mine and mine alone and was with me long before the ex was.

The ex was a nasty, abusive piece of work and phoned me to taunt me about it.

Sorry, not actually very light hearted! Confused

Miserylovescompany2 · 27/09/2017 14:53

My wedding dress, all my cd's & DVDs (left the empty boxes), all my underwear, 20 odd shoes, passport, marriage certificate and left £30,000.00 worth of debt - I got bailiff letters etc...

I can just imagine him shoe-horning himself into the dress whilst wearing a shoe and a boot!

I gifted him with a restraining order Grin

DSHathawayGivesMeFannyGallops · 27/09/2017 14:54

I did a reverse and refused to keep the sex toys he'd bought me. I would have thought of him when I used them. They must have been fun to throw out! if he's used them with anyone else that's grim

Brakebackcyclebot · 27/09/2017 14:55

He took my cheese slicer. And all the plates and bowls. But I'm bitter about the cheese slicer.

JustPutSomeGlitterOnIt · 27/09/2017 15:01

A beautiful massive wooden sideboard...

I got an unfurnished flat, he moved back into his DAD'S TRAILER! Angry

Whywonttheyletmeusemyusername · 27/09/2017 15:01

First ex husband kept everything, but I'd kept a house key. He went on holiday, I let myself in, and took everything back (apart from white goods, beds etc). Recent ex bf took his tv - I'm not sure why I was so gutted. It was worth it