# How can I get a found diary back to wife w/o husband knowing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782 "2009-06-15T00:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/21 "2009-06-17T12:50:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I realize you’re in Australia, where the law on this subject may be different, but what you are suggesting is a [federal offense in the USA.](http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:Bb8q3DSIwhEJ:www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt%3FGGD-97-85+mailbox+access+law&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) From the linked site (scroll down to Page 6): Good luck getting anyone prosecuted for it. We get a lot of crap put in our mailbox, mainly be religious organizations and cleaning services, and I can’t even get anyone at the USPS to hear a complaint about it. Oh, for the good old days where they’d have strapped them in leg irons for that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/22 "2009-06-17T12:58:18Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Who the hell drops their diary with incriminating evidence in the street? Like that pot smuggling dude in California in the early 80s. He “forgot” his book with all his contacts, $$$, drop points, etc. in a diner. Dude did 9 years!! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/23 "2009-06-17T13:24:53Z")
I can actually understand that one. Rare is the pot dealer that can resist sampling his own wares. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/24 "2009-06-17T22:17:41Z")
Success! She was quite frankly so embarrassed that I wondered if I did the right thing. Hope she believed that I did not read much of it but I tried to be as reassuring as possible. She had put it on top of her car while loading it and it fell off as she passed the driveway. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/25 "2009-06-18T12:58:56Z")
What method did you use? Inquiring minds want to know. That and the morbidly curious. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/26 "2009-06-18T20:11:02Z")
As it happens, I caught her just pulling into the driveway. Possibly due to the bad storm and tornado watches, they were not home late last night so I couldn’t reach the car. By the look on her face as I called to her, she knew what it was about. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/27 "2009-06-19T06:01:55Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](#): > > By the look on her face as I called to her, she knew what it was about. Then you did do the right thing. She has probably been worried sick about it for the four days. She may have been really embarrassed when you gave it to her, but I imagine it is a drop in the bucket to what she was going through while wondering who picked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782/28 "2009-06-22T21:28:44Z")
I hope you snicker and shake your head whenever you see her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-found-diary-back-to-wife-w-o-husband-knowing/499782.md?page=1)