Things Left Behind

[3AM]

I'm moving and packing. A year ago I also moved and packed, breaking up with a long-time boyfriend. Moving sucks, packing sucks, breaking up sucks, not sleeping sucks. In other words, I accidentally left some things behind that were important to me - hard-cover graphic novels signed to me by the artist/writer. When I remembered I'd forgotten them I emailed my ex and asked for them back. He said he'd sold them to a bookseller. I was crushed.

Even though time had passed since my books were sold, I went to the bookseller to see if by any chance they were still there - they weren't. It's not the same of course, but I did order new copies of all of them so at least I have the stories.

Have you accidentally left anything behind in a bad situation? It doesn't have to be a relationship thing, it could be something important to you forgotten in a gas station bathroom. Whatever it was, did you get it back? Has anyone left anything important to them with you?

Ok, break's over, back to packing....

 

[Ordinaryundone]

I've lost a lot of games, books, movies, whatever to ex's after breaking up. Its a pain in the butt, but I usually just write them off in favor of not having to talk to the person again. I rarely lend things out to people without having already finished with them first, so it's rarely a huge loss. Did lose my copies of SMT: Nocturne and Vagrant Story this way, though, which really pissed me off.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Two things actually-

In my childhood I always carry this transformers/ Gobot that transform into a plane. I carry it with me 24/7, in fact in some of the photo albums you can see me holding onto it so it definitely held some importance to me. Of course when I move towns I no longer had it with me as I did left some toys behind.

Another one may sound stupid but it was precious to me. One of the towns I lived in is a coastal town (well I'm back to living in that town) as a kid I tend to collect rock and pebbles that look cool. One of them was a perfectly sphere shape transparent dull greenish rock. Seriously it was a perfect sphere shape that is the size of a marble, when would such erosion could form a rock into a sphere? Just like the toy robot (except carrying it and seen photo of me with it) I kept that with me for a long time since I kept it in a small storage box. However when I was in universe my parent move again so I had lost that storage box containing it.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Well, uh, i forgot a pair of relatively expensive leather gloves recently, but i got so angry i bought another pair
I once forgot a much beloved childhood felt doll somewhere
I think it was in crete

And i keep forgetting to bring my cutting board from mom's house back with me

 

[Muspelheim]

I've never had a critical breakup like that, thankfully. However, I did have quite a lot of my guff in my dad's place when he died. It was mostly some old toys, my comics and a few books and other random things. But I picked out the goodies and left the rest to its fate. I do miss some of that stuff now, but honestly, there's a limit to how much you can keep with you, until it becomes a burden.

I do try to avoid becoming too attached to things, however. You never know.

Although, I must say that it's exceptionally mean to sell someone else's stuff like that. Breakups are awful, but there's still no reason to do that. If you can't stand having it around, then the easiest thing to do is just asking the ex wether they want those things or not.

 

[Doneeee]

I remember when my family moved out of our old apartment we left behind my Dads framed Misfits poster. It had autographs from all the band members and a number of guitar picks he had caught. It's kinda sad to leave something like that behind.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I lose cool hats, sunglasses, watches and necklaces all the time. In one case my polished 'onyx' rock arrowhead I picked up as a souvenir in the States went missing for months. I later found my sister wearing it as she had discovered it in her car, had asked around and finally claimed it for herself.

Usually I don't get such things back and as such I tend to keep valuable hats, watches and necklaces at home. I hate losing cool things. >.<

 

[Kae]

Well you could say I lost my entire life, you see I move form city to city, normally I just stay a year and a half in 1 place sometimes less 1 time more, but I just left everything behind in fact other than my N64, GameCube and GBA I don't seem to have much of the old stuff, granted a lot of it was lost in a fire so it doesn't really exist anymore, but my point is that I never stayed in one place long enough to make a life for myself, I mean I'm 21 and I have 1 friend and 1 acquaintance where I live, I know absolutely no one, it's kind of weird but I'm used to it, it's like my life got reset so many times that the reset is now my life, and now every time I start to get used to one place and it's people it feels weird, not normal if you will, though on the upside I probably have seen more places than most people, and I do love exploring.

In fact now that I think about it, saying goodbye is way easier to me than saying hello, and now that I think about it this page is the closest thing I have to a home, I mean I've been here since 2009 that's almost 3 years, that's easily the most I've been in one place in my entire life and it's not even a real one.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Honestly, the answer is no. Years of experience moving combined with having relatively simple needs has resulted in my never really leaving anything of note behind. When I move again here in a few months, I will bring my bed, my couch, my TV, and three boxes containing the assorted goods worthy of coming with me. This includes a number of computers and video game systems, a large collection of movies and games, clothing, a handgun with three magazines and 45 rounds of high quality JHP ammunition, and a small selection of books that seem to be worth having around.

I could literally lose the lot of it and not be too heartbroken. It isn't those things I value but rather the people I associate with them. Without and Xbox I'd still have a best friend. I rarely get an itch to watch those movies. There are only three or so games I'm likely to play at any given moment. The bed is far less important than who I share it with and the couch less important than the community it offers.

Of course, I might just be saying all of that to justify the fact that I keep little because moving sucks. And, sometimes, you just need to pack your bags and move away.

 

[Bvenged]

I've lost (left) many games back in places I've lived, as I'd moved; and a rechargeable battery packs disappeared the other day just as I was moving my room around.

I left Unreal (original 1993) in a best friends computer (a notorious bullshitter, he bullshitted about damn-near everything to a hell of a lot of people, got kicked out of school for unrelated reasons) and when I remembered a month later, when we were no longer "best friends" so to speak, he claimed his mum sold his computer whilst it was still in the disc drive.

Whether that's true or not I don't know, but he did get a new PC at that time. I was fucking pissed and I've been really clingy with my things since then. Fucking original copy of Unreal... God damn it.

Also UT2004 has gone missing out of its case and has been for years; I've never lent it to anyone and the only other place it couldn't have been is in the disc drive when it went missing (which it wasn't). I've moved since then and I searched every corner of the damn house - no luck.

Saw a second hand copy in a shop for £3, so damn tempted but there's no point.

 

[Cry Wolf]

I usually lose sun glassess. No idea why sun glasses in particular. Not that it matters, I never buy expensive sun glasses and I'm not attached to them in anyway shape or form. What I always do leave behind, and usually miss, however, is the places. I get very home sick for a long time before I settle in.

 

[LongAndShort]

Just throwing it out there OP, and it might not be totally appropriate or sensitive thing to say, but he sounds like a dickhead for doing that. That was your shit.

OT: I've moved a lot and haven't really forgotten anything. My biggest problem tends to be things just disappearing, usually in moves. Really, it just disappears. Toys, books, about 500 bucks cash I'd collected for a charity thing. Never found that money. Replaced it myself, of course. Fuckin irritating.

 

[3AM]

Just throwing it out there OP, and it might not be totally appropriate or sensitive thing to say, but he sounds like a dickhead for doing that. That was your shit.

OT: I've moved a lot and haven't really forgotten anything. My biggest problem tends to be things just disappearing, usually in moves. Really, it just disappears. Toys, books, about 500 bucks cash I'd collected for a charity thing. Never found that money. Replaced it myself, of course. Fuckin irritating.

Aren't most ex's dicks, whether male or female? I agree with you though, mine was.

 

[LongAndShort]

Just throwing it out there OP, and it might not be totally appropriate or sensitive thing to say, but he sounds like a dickhead for doing that. That was your shit.

OT: I've moved a lot and haven't really forgotten anything. My biggest problem tends to be things just disappearing, usually in moves. Really, it just disappears. Toys, books, about 500 bucks cash I'd collected for a charity thing. Never found that money. Replaced it myself, of course. Fuckin irritating.

Aren't most ex's dicks, whether male or female? I agree with you though, mine was.

Oh yeah, no arguments about the gender thing. And some people are better about these things than others. But that sounds like a particularly dickhead-ish thing to do.

 

[Rawne1980]

After our passing out parade in the army we had a group photo done, everyone i'd done basic training with...

We all signed each others and went our various ways. I managed to hold on to that photo throughout my entire 12 year service. 2 days after leaving i'd just about finished unpacking and realised i'd left that and my Northern Ireland tour medal behind (had a special place in my heart, it was my first medal...and Northern Ireland was my first tour anywhere).

Still had another copy of the photo (minus the sigs) and got a replacement medal sent to me but it wasn't the same.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

Tons of trinkets, nothing really important really.

Kind of wish I still had my BB gun.