Here we have "the gift registry and resource for the newly single," also known as TheyTookEverything.com. What's the worst thing an ex ever stole from you? Like my sweetie's ex took his cat on the way out. Now THAT is low.
Hmmm. She racked up about seven grand in credit card debt on our shared cards, "borrowed" 10 grand from my parents and moved back to Argentina when we divorced. I'm still paying it off.
oooo squid!!! ouchie!!
Wow. Take squid's story, swap the genders, change the "seven" to "twenty-five" (but drop the loan from the Bank of Mom and Dad) and change the country to Ecuador, and that's my story.
So when we have the inevitable "Curious George: What kind of car do you drive?" thread, and I say I'm driving a 1993 Honda accord that my parents were kind enough to sell me for cheap, you'll understand why.
what always amazes me about these stories is, how can these people live with themselves? sheeeeeesh.
This thread seems like some form of self-punishment for monkeys.
I took a sweater and two T-shirts from my ex.
(i thought it more of a support group, sull...)
He took my fucking HEART!!!
Er.. fortunately, the last time I lived with a boyfriend (before the current fiance), I didn't have anything for him to take really. Other than my favorite spatula, but really that's not such a big deal. And I got his comfiest pair of sweatpants out of the deal.
What about roommates who've walked off with your favorite CDs?
Grumble, grumble, grumble...
Off topic: This one's for SideDish since this is Beltway stuff.
Apparently, Matt Labash of the Weekly Standard tried to sneak into the Emily List breakfast. This was for women only.
She took my copy of Latcho Drom and I made off with her ILWU sweatshirt. Fair trade, in terms of monetary value, but I can't tell you how many times I've been stoned late at night and desperately wishing I could watch the Romanian scene again. Arg.
Trish, I'm still waiting for the return of the following albums of mine:
Fugazi "Margin Walker"
Big Star "Third/Sister Lovers"
Half Japanese "Half Gentlemen Not Beast" (this one is RARE!)
Thelonius Monk "Live In San Fransisco"
Damnit.
Will to live, trust in fellow humans. And we weren't even married.
Ah, I can be such a dramatic, whining monkey sometimes...
whimper
SideDish: There's nothing quite like a well-developed victim complex, carefully nurtured by friends, to convince someone anything they do to an ex is Perfectly All Right.
from a college-ex: his favorite shorts (I LOVED them!)
to a later ex: MY HEART!! (since returned)
re my hub: we have a couch over which the struggle could get UGLY (rowe's bellagio in burgundy w/fringe and a 3' diameter ottoman to end all ottomen!! think of it as our child, we do)
a friend's ex took his cd collection and wrote her breakup note on the backs of them with an awl.
A tongue stud (in a clean film canister - thank god), a belt, and one of those chain-type necklaces.
Someone should start that Curious George thread.
He swiped my class ring, my watch, my jade/gold earrings, my opal earrings, a diamond ring, my helmet, my leather chaps, a 1974 xlch sporty...pawned them all ... bast**d thief.
$40,000 in debt on credit cards to which he'd forged my name. I had to commit bankruptcy to get out from under it. By the time the bills found me, I was living a couple of thousand miles away, having left him several years before, and would have had to go back to where he lived to press charges for fraud. How embarrassing! But, it was my bad choice in spouses that was the real cause.
I've said too much, I've said it all.
Sounds like path and ambrosia had the same whammy put on them but worse.
It's funny. I actually just started therapy again, and even though I thought I had processed this whole thing on my own, I discovered in talking with the therapist that I was still hung up on it. I found out that I was not so much pissed off that she took the money, but was jealous that her career was doing well and was getting married again.
Seems there just ain't no instant karma after all...
squidranch, rest soundly at night knowing that instant karma is about as appealing as instant coffee. the stuff that takes longer to make always tastes better.
so sorry to hear that some monkeys have been so terribly screwed over by those they are *supposed* to be able to trust the most
/bananas to all the lovelorn and shafted
I will have to try harder to appreciate my hub, who so far (10 months!) had shown no tendency to be more than annoying. thanks honey!
My ex-wife took almost all the furniture. When I got possession of the house, all that was left was a bed, a futon couch, my guitar, and my single malts.
I was happy.
In my last two relationships I've lost custody of two cats, derailed my self-esteem for awhile, paid around $10K (USD) in stupid tax, and there's a few years I wish I'd have spent more wisely.
The hardest part is letting go of what I *thought* those relationship were, and the illusions I had of who my partners were.
But most (and best) of all, I got my life back.
I've learned some difficult difficult lessons, but it was worth it.
sadly, I still miss the cats
My one major breakup before I met Mike was a comedy, seriously. We broke up in a bar and I caught the bus home, and on arriving home found him trying to carry off my queen-sized mattress and base. He also took the clothes he had bought me for my birthday, until I politely asked him what he needed a bunch of women's clothes for.
I got to keep the cat, but I think he was pleased about that since she cost me a hundred dollars a fortnight in ongoing medical stuff after she fell off the roof (seriously!).
I just about managed to hold on to all sorts of stuff when I split with my last girlfriend ... but it was touch and go for a while ... and I'm not just talking about possessions here, cash, sanity, self-esteem and reputation were all on the line.
She kept the cat ... and some bits and bobs of mine ... 3 years on I still occasionally go to look for something and find I don't have it anymore.
But like Space Kitty I learned some difficult but important lessons which are coming in handy right now as new and much lovelier girlfriend has just moved in ... it's a bit scary, but great as well
You know what's weird? Reading over this thread and reviewing over in my mind, I don't think any of my ex-girlfriend's have *ever* taken anything of mine at the breakup.
I'm not sure that's a testament to the quality of women I used to date or the relative shittiness of my stuff, though.
I had the opposite problem; my partner split by Greyhound and left a bunch of junk with me of his own accord. He also forgot some things when he visited (as a friend) earlier this year.
Can't get rid of it (it's still his, we still talk, it would be rude), but can't give it back, as he lives in another state. We arranged to hand it over once, but he skipped out on the meeting.
"Oh, dear, I'll remember you forever. In no small part because that damn trunkful of books is still in my closet."
Though reading this, not to bust out the schadenfreude or anything, but I am glad to not have dated a grabby psycho type. Wow.
What if you're the taker rather than the takee in the situation? Because right now, at this very moment, I'm wearing a stolen pair of my ex-girlfriend's boxer shorts. (I know, I know, seems igsinificant, but I've got a plan in the works to migrate to Uruguay with large cash sums)
Seems that there's a theme of moving to South America with large sums of money...
As to the site posted, I think that's a fantastic idea, and perfect for the interweb. Good place to help out a friend who got his/her clock cleaned (I'm sure some of the monkeys above could have benefitted from the service).
What's the worst thing an ex ever stole from you?
SHE STOLE MY FUCKING PENIS.
SORRY - SLIGHT TYPO. THAT SHOULD READ "PENS". MY FAVOURITE PENS.
CRACK.
ME.
UP.
Quidnunc, darling,
Did you ever get your penis back?
I'm sorry. This really is a depressing thread, to think that so many good Monkeys have been done over. To all of you who have loved, and lost, please have a banana.)))))))
What about those who lose their dignity? Is there a site where you can buy that back?
Did you ever get your penis back?
NO! Waaaaaaaah!
ps - really, really sorry to hear about actual losses by sweet monkeys :(
Dignity, given time, comes back of its own accord. Like a cat with conjuctivitis, in my case.
I agree, tacicle. It is is an inflamation that can be cured with time and care.
And frequent application of a topical cream.
and glass after glass of internally-applied disinfectant.
is back?is back? NO! Waaaaaaaah!