What is the most valuable thing that you've lost?

[Missy]

My virginity

Hahaha from what some of my friends have told me if you wait long enough (hello menopause lol reason it was called that I think) you can be a virgin all over again. Born again virgin.

 

[AV_]

@Austina Amen!

 

[cmd2014]

I lost a beautiful Greek Key turquoise and silver bracelet that my father bought my mother in Mexico when they were first married and she gifted to me when I was in my early 20's. One of my roommates stole it and I never got it back. I still feel horribly guilty.

 

[Dancing Fire]

My virginity

I was waiting for that one...

 

[Rubymal]

In terms of material possession- the piece that immediately comes to mind was my first piece of real gold jewelry. Granted, I think it was only 14k, but it was a tiny pendant of a dog, maybe similar to a Labrador. It had a collar on it with a little bell. I wore it everyday to school (I was in middle school). The clasp broke one day while I was out in the courtyard for PE. I noticed I wasn't wearing it anymore after changing and went back out to look for it. Never found it My parents didn't make much money then so it was very disheartening to lose something so valuable like that.

 

[KristyDarling]

My mother's original wedding band. It was my fault, and I will never, ever recover from that loss.

And these were not so much lost but STOLEN from me (by my cousin, of all people! She later fessed up out of guilt but never returned anything to me. Freakin' klepto!):
- The first piece of jewelry ever given to my mother by a boyfriend, when she was 15. A simple V-shaped band in WG. My mom gave it to me because it no longer fit her.
- The first piece of "real" jewelry ever given to me by my mother - a dainty little 18k YG ruby and diamond band from Florence, Italy, when I was 14.
- A platinum and paste ring from the 1930s, from my late grandmother
- A YG and diamond ring from the 1980s, from my late grandfather

I'm super sad and bitter about her stealing all these little treasures from me, which weren't high-value monetarily but were *extremely* precious to me in terms of their sentimental value. We strongly suspect that this cousin also stole my mother's expensive 1.5 carat Tiffany-style diamond solitaire, which was in her jewelry box one day and then gone the next. My cousin is now a saintly, church-going mother of three who has everyone fooled.

 

[Calliecake]

I’m sorry @KristyDarling , It feels so much worse when you get taken advantage of by a relative. It really is sad.