Community Property?

I have been reading with amused interest the blog "That Girl Emily" which has quickly been labeled "Viral Marketing." If it is, they did a pretty good job of getting people all over the web to take a look at it. (Though, they could have done a much better job of keeping everyone guessing if it was real or not by just having one billboard in New York, not several across the country). Anyway, Emily or whoever, lost me on the revenge crusade when she claimed to be mailing her cheating, soon to be ex-husband his childhood teddy bear in pieces. Give away the wine collection, delete the perfect fantasy baseball team, but spare the childhood keepsake!

Anyway, this got me thinking- there are those possessions that somehow got left behind with an ex. Usually some little thing lost in the shuffle of moving out or moving on. Months later we realize that it is gone- perhaps forever, tossed by an ex who may not have even known who it belonged to or its value.

Bet you are wondering about the picture. Well, here's my request. I want back my creme colored half slip! I went on a double date in college. Got all done up in the height of 1980's fashion-purple low cut dress with slits on either side of the dress. Since the side seams were also scalloped I had to buy a special slip for the dress. Went out to a private dinner club at the top of the Prudential building with my date and another couple. Then my date and I went back to his frat brother's dorm room (a single- frat bro was out of town that weekend) Yada, yada, yada- and trust me, that's being generous. Next morning- dress there, slip not. Never found it. Was it taken as a trophy...keepsake....?

So, that's the question- what item would you like back- perhaps a photo where you looked smashing or maybe the sweater you spent months knitting for the clod?

Maybe one day- you may just get it back.

Taffy