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AIBU to ask you to explain missing ironing board

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Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:19

Hi,

This may seem trivial to some but it has totally freaked me out to the extent I am spending the night with friends. Please help me see reason!

Yesterday, I had a meeting which required a more formal outfit that was nice and crisp. I have an ironing board which is rarely used but ha ALWAYS been placed in the coat cupboard in my corridor by the front door. However, when I went to retrieve it yesterday it was NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. I am disturbed as I can come up with no logical explanation as to why it was missing. The last time I used it was 3 ish weeks ago.

  • I live on my own in C. London
  • My visitors arrive on foot, tube etc
  • I would notice if they walked off with the ironing board- it is 100% not in the flat.
  • Why steal a rarely used ironing board
-I live in a secure building with the concierge (until 7 pm)

AIBU to ask you to please explain this. I'm really unnerved. Am I crazy? What would your natural reaction to this be?

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StormySpanielz · 05/04/2026 05:11

OP has been missing for years. Most likely her artisanal ironing board wind chime dropped onto her head from the ceiling of her poorly plastered new-build and she perished. May she rest in peace

JohnTheRevelator · 05/04/2026 02:48

ivykaty44 · 20/02/2019 21:07

It’s probably with the single bed I lost in 1998

Along with the Christmas tree that simply vanished from my flat about 20 years ago!

JohnTheRevelator · 05/04/2026 02:33

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 20/02/2019 20:34

Did you lend it to a neighbour?

Honestly, if someone came into your flat, is your ironing board the most desirable thing in it?

😂😂😂

JohnTheRevelator · 05/04/2026 02:31

Wasn't there a thread about someone's ironing board going missing a few years back? What is with these ironing boards?!

LaurenOrdering · 05/04/2026 01:25

Perhaps we should have a sweepstake for when it returns?

I reckon things fall into another dimension/universe as DH lost a book he was reading just a normal David Balducci thriller.
Looked everywhere in the house pulled beds, sofas even wardrobes out, nothing.
4 years later we're moving house, the removal men lift the big sofa & DH's lost book is right there, looking like it hadn't been anywhere else, ever 🤷‍♀️

ItsNotNormalLove · 05/04/2026 00:59

CHEESEY13 · 04/04/2026 12:18

Will you quit your unhealthy obsession with a bloody ironing board? Why?

Sick and tired of message after message after message after message.

This has reached a sinister level and appropriate steps will now be utilised.

Step away from the message board…no one here is forcing you to open the thread. The ‘hide thread’ option exists!

DoctorDread · 04/04/2026 13:23

CHEESEY13 · 04/04/2026 12:18

Will you quit your unhealthy obsession with a bloody ironing board? Why?

Sick and tired of message after message after message after message.

This has reached a sinister level and appropriate steps will now be utilised.

Huh????

CHEESEY13 · 04/04/2026 12:18

Will you quit your unhealthy obsession with a bloody ironing board? Why?

Sick and tired of message after message after message after message.

This has reached a sinister level and appropriate steps will now be utilised.

Coffeeistheway · 04/04/2026 08:29

ItsNotNormalLove · 04/04/2026 07:57

I can’t believe the ironing board went missing SEVEN YEARS AGO and we still don’t know what happened to it.

Yes, it is a most unsatisfactory situation being left on a cliffhanger!

ItsNotNormalLove · 04/04/2026 07:57

I can’t believe the ironing board went missing SEVEN YEARS AGO and we still don’t know what happened to it.

Coffeeistheway · 22/03/2026 09:09

Purrrplexed · 20/02/2019 20:19

Hi,

This may seem trivial to some but it has totally freaked me out to the extent I am spending the night with friends. Please help me see reason!

Yesterday, I had a meeting which required a more formal outfit that was nice and crisp. I have an ironing board which is rarely used but ha ALWAYS been placed in the coat cupboard in my corridor by the front door. However, when I went to retrieve it yesterday it was NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. I am disturbed as I can come up with no logical explanation as to why it was missing. The last time I used it was 3 ish weeks ago.

  • I live on my own in C. London
  • My visitors arrive on foot, tube etc
  • I would notice if they walked off with the ironing board- it is 100% not in the flat.
  • Why steal a rarely used ironing board
-I live in a secure building with the concierge (until 7 pm)

AIBU to ask you to please explain this. I'm really unnerved. Am I crazy? What would your natural reaction to this be?

OP, please give us a happy ending!

Midlifecrisisaverted · 18/03/2026 22:08

I saw something on tik tok the other day where kids (teenagers) in a European city are carrying their ironing boards with them on a night out, to use as a stand for drinks in the street. Made me think of this.

Christ0nABike · 18/03/2026 22:03

I think about this ironing board every time I iron something (about three times a year)

@Purrrplexed

Highlandtown · 18/03/2026 20:25

Has it reappeared yet?

Opink · 02/02/2025 12:55

update? Couldn’t find mine for a few minutes this morning and it reminded me of this thread

TheMagiciansNiece · 09/10/2021 20:45

Any update on this OP?

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 16/03/2021 13:52

Those pictures of your neighbours are interesting as I see that they don't have an iron board either... Clearly something very odd is going on around where you live.

DaphneBridgerton · 16/03/2021 13:19

This is insane

Nenevalleykayaker · 16/03/2021 12:37

It’s metal. Gypsies picked it up for scrap.

Tangogolf55 · 16/03/2021 11:49

Damn, me too!!!

Raniket · 16/03/2021 11:10

How to iron without an ironing board

nagnagnag · 13/11/2020 06:51

@Purrrplexed - did it ever turn up?

Sameoldhasbeen · 06/11/2020 09:38

I don't think it has appeared? Angry

Somewherein2021 · 31/10/2020 21:13

Please tell me you found it?

CadburysTastesVileNow · 23/01/2020 18:56

Realistically, you will only find it when you have ordered a new one and it gets delivered.

THEN your old ironing board will be staring at you, bold as brass.