To hate it when people move house....

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It messes up my address book with crossings out.

Do I win a prize for first world problem or something?

I don't have an address book. I just save the addresses on my email contact/FaceTime contact, so I can just check on their. Easy, impossible to lose and can be taken with you anywhere.

I've moved around quite a bit, I admit but as I'm abroad from most of my family, I won't be getting sent much in the post tbh

Aww limited he sounds like my kind of bloke.

I should buy an address book, I don't even have most of my friends addresses written down. I blame my parents. One of them said to me a few years back "What number do you live at again?" I'd only been living here about eight years by then...

YY Dwerf everyone should get an address book. The modern equivalent is frightening.

YANBU. I too love a nice address book. I'm thinking I need a new one as it's getting hard to decipher. Then I can spend a lovely evening filling in the new one

Lovely Punk.Me too.

I much prefer having an address book although I have added addresses to my phone contacts. But there are some people I send a christmas card to but don't have their phone number so it doesn't work for everyone.
I could do with a new book though as I've had mine for years and it's a bit tatty. It's also a Forever Friends one - and I'm 44

Have a look in paperchase they do a brown fairly utilitarian address book which has enough space for each address, i always write in pencil to save lots of crossing out, my latest problem is people getting married and changing surnames. If they could at least be considerate enough to marry someone with same starting initial of surname that would be a start!

I'm afraid when friends get married and change their surname, I keep them in the same place

I have a beautiful soft burgundy leather address book. I call it Ron

But, I am one of those serial address change offenders: RAF dad, three addresses at university, moved abroad 8 times you'd hate me!.

I want a mini-ring binder. But I bet they don't come suitable for us left handles oppressive right handed bastards.

Oh, elQuinto I think I love you. Our address book has a name too, one I can't reveal because it would out me to friends who might lurk. Hodge will do.

I left my friends address books dizzy with my last 2 moves.....I rebought properties that I had owned before! Still get junk mail from when I lived here the first time - and a Christmas card from an ancient distant relative in Oz who has clearly been sending to this address for the last 17 years.

I have a small ring binder with a page for each person, address, phone number, dob. So much easier when they move as I take the page out and put a new one in its place. Crossings out give me the rage.

It is really annoying when people split up and you have to cross one name out too

Then they move on to a new partner who has to be added. Then you've got to bugger about with surnames too.

One of my friends has been divorced twice (not yet married to current partner) and has gone maiden name > married name1 > married name2 > married name1 again because it's the same as her son's surname. She has done a merry dance all over my address book.

I had the same problem so I bought a Rolodex.

I have plastic business card holder inserts in the address section of my filofax and blank business cards that I write all the info on because I too hate an untidy address section.

At least it means I only have to write out one replacement card if the details change!

Reminds me of when MIL sadly died. It was just before xmas and when cards came for her, I went through her address book and wrote to many of them to let them know. One lady sent a care for over 8 years and never enclosed an address. In one of the cards she even sent a note saying 'I hope you are well as I haven't heard from you'...but no address so I couldn't inform her. It eventually stopped so often wonder if she died too.

You don't want friends like me, then, OP. I've had twenty one different addresses in five countries since I left home... My parents have an entire section of their ancient address book dedicated to me.

Marylou that is so sad

Burren I would make you buy me an address book just to put you in.

My friend always says be careful who you have in your address book because that's what people use when people plan surprise parties.

This thread has made me think I may need to get an address book!

My current system involves ringing up my mum or MIL and asking for the address I need. They then got other address book and I write it on the envelope or parcel before sticking it in the post box then think, I should have taken a copy of that address!

YY treat yourself Cbeebies. Your Mum and MIL will thank you for it.

I don't have an address book, but if I did I just thought I would say that my F section would be my busiest. My mums maiden name begins with F so all my family are f's lol. So those who have no F's, I have loads to share

I got fed up with crossings out so I began to use cut-up computer address labels to stick over the defunct addresses.

I quite like the crossings out, I see it as a bit of living history

Don't move people when they change name either.