Definitely, probably insane. Or have haunted house.

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For the 3rd time in as many weeks, since we moved, something has gone missing in the house. Last week, it was my strip of contraceptive pills which is ALWAYS in my bedside cabinet and hasn't moved in years (no other women in my house, so I'm the only one who would have use of them).

Today, it was the antibiotic cream for DS's scabby toenail. In the lounge this morning, gone this evening.

First time was when we'd been in the house about 5 days and my wedding ring and engagement ring went missing. Till now, I'd been pretty positive I'd left them somewhere else, but now I'm doubting myself.

In all cases, DH and I have turned the house upside down looking in places we know those things have never been, just to make sure we're not crazy, but no joy. We even thought maybe our new landlords were messing with us but DH was at home all day today so they couldn't have snuck in.

We're both baffled. WTAF is going on? Has anyone else had stuff like this happen to them? Please tell me yes as I'm fairly certain the only other option is collective household insanity...

It seems like a very medically minded ghost. Pills and footcream.

You are almost certainly absent-mindedly picking up the items and putting them down somewhere else, but I do like a bit of woo, and the idea of a sneaky ghost nicking your contraceptive pills is funny. Maybe the ghost wants you to have a sibling for your 11 year old? Dunno what he wants with your husband's foot cream though...

Sorry,,,😋

Yes, who benefits from the OP conceiving and having manky feet? There's your culprit...

One of my old dogs built up a secret collection of my personal effects and hid them under his mattress in his dog bed.

A sock, a bra, a pair of sunglasses, a glove, a small hairbrush and some general bits and pieces that solely belonged to me.

It seemed rather sad to me that he has gathered them up as he only started doing it when he became ill.

I let him keep everything as it obviously had some special meaning to him.

Found the antibiotic cream in the pocket of a fleece I wear.

I wish it were ghosts - far more preferable to me seemingly going batshit bonkers.

You know there’s people who break into people’s houses jut to fuck with their stuff? Check your locks and windows op

Ah, absent-mindedly putting things in pockets is far less worrying than household insanity or poltergeist activity, OP, hope you're feeling reassured!

I had 4 forks when I moved into my tiny studio flat last year now I only have one. Turned the flat upside down but they have disappeared. My conclusion is I must have thrown them away by accident

Had other weird stuff happen also, a clock fell off the bedside table on its own when I was on the other side of the room, weird breezes, electronics turning themselves off. Definitely the wierdest place I've ever lived but never felt uncomfortable

@TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth What Dowser describes is not a reality that I myself experience but think it's not respectful, realistic, or objective to dismiss it. I accept that many people, including artists, scientists, religious people, and various sorts of "healers" see and perceive things that I don't. It's not a reason to be contemptuous or dismissive. Best just to let it hang in the air and say "I don't know, yet. Maybe one day I will, maybe not."

I had jewellery go missing and keys when I knew where I had left them. Live in a very old house and I asked for them back. The items would turn up in the most random place (think fireplace) a few days later. I believe it was my nan letting me know she was around

Do you have a cat, or have a cat flap / leave windows open?
My cat loves pill packets (combination of foil and plastic crunchiness). She'd happily bat rings off the side and under the fridge. Ditto tubes of cream etc. Maybe you have a feline visitor?

Best just to let it hang in the air and say "I don't know, yet. Maybe one day I will, maybe not."

I couldn't say that with a straight face, to be honest. The day with never come when I "know" about 'open channels for lost souls', for example.
I think it perfectly scientific and objective to dismiss anything that is asserted without a scrap of verifiable evidence, and flies in the face of common sense.

@TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth Unfortunately the nature of scientific evidence (and I write this as a science writer whose partner is a research scientist) is that it is extremely limited in terms of what it can or can't prove. So it can prove, for example, that a certain dose of a pesticide is or is not toxic to rats when given at x dose over y period, looking at z endpoint. It cannot prove that you love your husband/kids/dog or that God exists or does not exist. It's not within its purview. Sorry but that's just the way it is.

Sheesh OK. Im not a scientist, and I know I cant disprove anything; but as I said I think that whatever has been asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.
There is no evidence of open channels for lost souls, for example, so it can't possibly be proved or disproved. Doesn't mean we have to give credibility to all fanciful claims.

Update! I found the pill packet. Opened the bedside cabinet to get nail polish remover and it was exactly where it should have been when it went missing.

I shit you not, it wasn't hiding down the back of the cupboard, or anywhere I'd have thought "Oh, no wonder I couldn't see it" but literally on the shelf underneath the new packet I had to open when I couldn't find it.

No one has been at home today!

@Soola That's so sweet, it almost made me cry!

Inexplicable you see... and this is what happens to me fairly frequently 🤷🏽‍♀️.
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