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Regarding keys?

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PyongyangKipperbang · 16/03/2025 23:47

Very good natured disagreement with a friend about this.

I keep my house and car keys separate. My logic is that if I lose my car keys, I can get into my house to get the spare. If I lose my house keys I can drive to where I keep the spare.

She keeps her house and car keys on the same bunch. Its easier to keep track of and more convenient. Keeping them separate means that I am more likely to lose one set as they are harder to keep track of.

I think that she is daft as if she loses her one set of keys, she is screwed both ways. She thinks I am daft to give myself another job when I could just have one set of keys instead of two.

So, who is BU? Me or her?

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dialfor · 17/03/2025 00:15

I used to keep them together years ago. Now I don’t carry a house key at all as I never go out if DH isn’t here

Aparecium · 17/03/2025 00:12

If they're separate, how do you carry them around? Does it mean you have one in your bag and one in your pocket? What if you are wearing something without pockets?

My dgm kept her keys in her bra. No keyring fob, just a ribbon looped through a shoulder strap and through the ring with the keys on it.

LittleGreenDragons · 17/03/2025 00:11

I keep mine together and have never lost a key in 50 years
< touches various bits of wood quickly >

H keeps them separate and has lost umpteen house keys over the years. Think he's lost 2 car keys as well.

It's down to the individual person rather than if the keys are bunched together or not.

Blackcountrychik83 · 17/03/2025 00:08

PyongyangKipperbang · 17/03/2025 00:07

What is a non Apple alternative to air tags?

I have done some research but as one does I rather got stuck on the negatives!

Samsung do a version too .

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PyongyangKipperbang · 17/03/2025 00:07

What is a non Apple alternative to air tags?

I have done some research but as one does I rather got stuck on the negatives!

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ErrolTheDragon · 17/03/2025 00:05

I keep them separate because if I go out on foot I don’t want to be carrying the car keys too. I’ve got an AirTag on each so they’re all easy to find.

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PyongyangKipperbang · 17/03/2025 00:04

Pomegranatecarnage · 16/03/2025 23:53

I keep them separate-I used to keep them together till I lost them!

I have never lost mine but father did once on a 10 mile country walk, and because mother hadnt taken hers with her, they ended up stuck in the middle of nowhere until someone could go and get them to take them to mine to get the spare house key, then to their house to get the spare car key and back to the car.......took HOURS!

Mother seperated his keys and threatened divorce if they were ever on the same bunch again! Oh and she took her spares with her every time after that just in case!

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PyongyangKipperbang · 16/03/2025 23:58

takealettermsjones · 16/03/2025 23:50

No one's unreasonable, it's just a different preference. I have my house and car keys together and I've never lost them - it's surely not a common event? In any case if I did I would call DH who would let me in/get the spare etc.

I suspect that that is possibly part of her logic, she has a husband that could let her in. But I dont.

That said, I have always kept them seperate, through two marriages!

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Blackcountrychik83 · 16/03/2025 23:54

I never lock my front door coz of this logic , if I lose my keys (which is bound to happen) I can always get into my building by buzzing another tenant but if I lock my front door I can’t get in to my flat so I keep it unlocked .

Your logic is correct to me .

Pomegranatecarnage · 16/03/2025 23:53

I keep them separate-I used to keep them together till I lost them!

takealettermsjones · 16/03/2025 23:50

No one's unreasonable, it's just a different preference. I have my house and car keys together and I've never lost them - it's surely not a common event? In any case if I did I would call DH who would let me in/get the spare etc.

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