Quote Originally Posted by terrigurl View Post
Well, a crushing experience occurred the other day. I had just stopped by my storage locker to drop a cute pair of shorts there, but when I opened the door I was confronted by a nearly empty locker. All my dresses, skirts, tops, pants, purses, shoes, wigs, forms, everything gone. Even the hanging shoe rack on the door and the wardrobe closet that I set up there. I was devastated, needless to say. And, even worse, it turns out that, when I rented it, I had declined insurance. I can't report it to my insurance company, because my wife might find out, and she is far from supportive. So I guess I'll just write it off my taxes next year, and warn all you girls out there: if you have a storage space, don't think it can't happen to you. Get insurance, if it is offered.
I was probably about due to give it all away anyway, because I'm getting too old to play cat-and-mouse. Sneaking out on some pretense (like going to work out), having makeup done, going shopping for a brief time, then changing back and going home. It was time to give it up, I guess. The sad thing is that all my photos are gone, except for one from a glamour photo session, which is really wonderful. Not many memories at all...
And, instead of donating my clothes to charity, so that someone could get something out of them, I am out of luck there too.
Your post makes me want to cry. Loosing the clothes is one thing, but they are replaceable - even the pictures are just things, but your description of how you feel forced to live in secrecy and shame make me want to buy you flowers.

On the other hand - I'm guessing that this was not a robbery. Lets do the math for a moment:

Used clothes are worth almost nothing.

Personal photos are worth exactly nothing, unless you are famous, or the photos prove something horribly embarrassing / illegal and can therefore be used for blackmail.

You make no comment about there being signs of forced entry into your unit. In all of the storage places I have ever rented (more than I care to remember) the only way in would require cutting the lock, or ripping apart the door.

Even if thieves had forced their way into your unit - they would not bother to take your clothes, because they couldn't re-sell them for anything. They certainly wouldn't bother to take personal pictures. Even a used dresser, unless it is an antique or something is worth what: $100.00? Who is going to move a hot dresser? Who is going to risk jail time for $100? Especially when you figure out how much work it is to get it out of the unit, to get it sold - to split the cash with your accomplice...

It doesn't add up.

Someone else is behind this. Someone you know.