The utter despair of losing something

Nooooooo @bigknitblanket please start wearing it again! My engagement ring was an antique (not valuable as such bc of that, just an Edwardian ring) and the band was very thin so I didn't wear it very much. Then we were burgled and it was stolen. I wish I had been wearing it.

ETA: meant to say before that DS had some expensive Samsung earbuds that I bought him and one disappeared in his student house while he was sleeping (and wearing them in bed). He looked and looked and couldn;t find it. I went to give it a mum’s look (that's a thing!) and I also was very frustrated not to find it. ended up buying him some more. Luckily one of the original pair didn't work that well and that was the one that went missing but even so. grrrr

I also hate losing things @kindnessforthewin and will go one and on, driving everyone mad, until I find them.

I cannot have expensive sunglasses (umbrellas, earbuds, gloves) bc I either trash them in some way (scratch the sunglasses for example) or lose them. It’s odd how there are some things you lose and yet others you can always find.

In terms of where things turn up:

• DS found his phone in a football boot (only worn for matches on grass, so once a week)
• I found my passport on the scanner (oh yes; I had ordered a new one by then)
• I found a missing pair of my running trousers in DS2's clothes pile (my mistake)
• Other missing clothes are often put away with towels or sheets
• Dh puts house keys in coat pockets all the time

This is me! I lost my expensive sunglasses 4 years ago and still to this day live in hope that they will turn up. We moved bedrooms last year so I thought I would find them then ,but no. Still gutted about them :(

Air pods turned up months later in a tiny pocket of my husband’s backpack.
Sunglasses had fallen between the sofa and the wall.

OMG... this was me last xmas. I have a lovely Chloe handbag, bought for me by DD when she was working abroad in the fashion industry. I had it for her wedding in Sept (its in the pics). I was so desperately hungover the next day I don't remember packing to come home. Come Xmas and a party... where is my Chloe bag that matches my outfit? Not on the bag hangers, not in the wardrobe, not inside a coat on a hanger. Gone.

Found it last month after a forensic search. I'd given it to DH to bring home from wedding coz my case was stuffed too fully. He'd put in a random bag for life, with suit carriers stuffed on top and thrown it into the spare room.

I obsessed about that bloody bag from Xmas to March.

I once lost my engagement ring and I was bereft. I knew I’d lost it in the house as I’d always take it off at night and leave on bedside table, and I hadn’t been out. Realised I’d been ironing in the bedroom and had a brain wave - thought it could have caught on an item of clothing so emptied my wardrobe. It was inside a boot that had been next to the bedside table and I’d put away in the wardrobe. Never been so relieved, so much so I stopped wearing it and just keep it safely in a box.

I've done this, have you checked your pockets? I had taken them out when someone starting chatting on a dog walk and stuffed them absentmindedly into my pocket. Totally forgot and took the empty case with me the next time.

17 years ago I lost one of my topaz earrings.
Devistated as bought by a late family member.
I know where I lost it. Outside a sports complex.
Even all these years later I still look for it if we visit.

I’ve done this with £80 noise cancelling ear plug things. Easy to lose

I plugged in my AirPods to charge before heading off for a flight; opened the case on the plane to find it empty, and said pods cannot be found anywhere 😭 we are now on day 11 of the search

I lost my left earbud over a month ago - have ransacked the house no sign of it - I’ve bought new ones so I expect to locate it at any moment

I firmly believe in The Borrowers when you lose something in the house! It’s the only explanation sometimes 😁.

I lost my favourite pair of sunglasses on a walk the other month as well as a brand new pair of gloves on the same walk.

I'm the complete opposite as in if I lose something I really don't worry too much about it.. it'll turn up is my thoughts usually. My husband on the other hand will turn the house upside down to the point of no one wanting to be anywhere near him! He'll huff and puff and really do my head in. He once lost a pair of prescription sunglasses and was unliveable with for weeks. They turned up a year later under the passenger seat of the car.. really far in, he had checked that car inside out at least three times!

Ask St Anthony for assistance in locating lost items.
I have several lone earrings 😭.
Also I lost a bunch of bananas that were on the side in my kitchen. Just me and DH live here, pets sadly no longer alive so I can't blame them either. DH doesn't eat bananas unless forced to.

I have found my people. I also can’t let go of lost things and get really wound up about it!

I lost a gold chain and diamond pendant and found it a few months later in the solution in a jewellery cleaning jar. (similar to silver dip) was pretty chuffed.

I lost mine for months and eventually found them inside my carry-on flight bag. I had checked in there but black lining and black case …

They will be in the last place you look 😉 😂

I know it's really a metaphor, but I always think the Bible parable of the woman who loses a coin and turns the house inside out looking for it, and then tells all her friends when she finds it, is really good observation - I obsessively search for mislaid things. I even contemplated hypnosis when I lost a bracelet I was fond of. I just want to know where it went.

Yep I get totally obsessed if I lose something - especially if im fairly certain it's in the house. I'll turn the house upside down looking and get really cross and agitated!

Also, I will often will see something lying around for ages and then when I need it, suddenly I can't find it. Drives me mad (I have a bad habit of not putting things back in their place but I'm really trying to work.on it).

Hope you find them!

OMG me too! Last year I bought some expensive glasses and hadn't really got into wearing them regularly as they needed a bit of adjustment
I remember having them and another pair of spare glasses in my case when we went to visit friends a couple of months ago. Last week I suddenly thought I should start wearing them and, you guessed it, both pairs are nowhere to be found. I've turned out every bag, had the house up and had our friends check at their end but no joy.
It's driving me mad!

Yes, it's awful! I lost my prescription sunglasses two weeks ago. I swear they were on my head, I went into the utility room and...pouf, they were gone. I've turned the house upside down looking for them.

Yes, I couldn't find my old faithful coat today, which is very unlike me. I trawled back through my photos and calendar, realised that I lost it last Tuesday/Wednesday and then found it in my bike pannier 😊