Interesting.... still hard to understand, but at least a few of you have tried to give me a realistic explanation of why somone would act like that.

I saw a movie once about a couple who kept the napkin from the restaurant of their first date. Our object wasn't a napkin, but was along the same lines of being a meaningless object except to the owners as in the scenario presented in the movie. NO one would want it, except us. That is ALL she took!

If she did it because she had an emotional need to feel close to her ex, she would have stolen our copies of pictures of them together. (I wouldn't be upset about those, and I would be quicker to understand the behavior!) But to take a symbol of another couple falling in love...at the time you're falling out of love? Come on, if it's not jealousy, what is it?

I've never had those feelings. For example, I've heard overweight women say they get angry when they see thin women. What's up with that? I simply can't see how someone could be so mean. But as I type this and read the responses, I am starting to feel better. I hope more people can open up about jealousy (or seemingly jealous) behavior. Thanks.