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To cry because my shit week keeps getting shitter!!!

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 10:49

I broke my phone on Monday. Dropped it down the sink and despite it being advertised as being waterproof, it was fucked!
DH managed to get apple to agree to a replacement which should arrive today but in the meantime- no phone. Phone is also my satnav which meant when going out to meet "clients" I got super lost on Wednesday, 50 miles from home with no way of contacting anyway. All was fine in the end but super stressful at the time.
DH then updated my computer which wiped its memory. I didn't know the details for my Fbook account so am now locked out of that. This means I have no form of communication at all with my family or friends since Tuesday night.
My car needed to go to the garage Friday so I was stuck home with DD with no phone, no other form of communication (could email DH but that's it) and it was raining and stormy so couldn't even go for a walk.
Today I have taken the kids to swimming lessons at the gym. Took my rings off to use the weight tracking machine whilst hanging about. Put them in my purse. Got home and my engagement ring is not there!!!! And I don't have a phone to ring the bloody gym!!! I either have to own up to DH or wait until we go back tomorrow.
Fucking bollocks!!

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Knittedfairies · 09/02/2019 11:00

Cry away; that's one horrible week. I hope you find your engagement ring🤞

GertrudeCB · 09/02/2019 11:01
Flowers
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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:03

I really hope DH doesn't notice.
If it doesn't turn up I will have to buy a cheap replacement. I can't bear to tell him I have lost £500. Sad

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Drogosnextwife · 09/02/2019 11:07

Could you claim the ring through insurance OP. Your insurance may cover you for things taken out the house. Hopefully it turns up. If you wanted to pm me I could phone the gym for you.

Whisky2014 · 09/02/2019 11:07

For fb why dont you just select forgot password and log in to your email to fix it?

Most of this stuff is a mild irritation.
The ring thing is a shame but I'm sure it'll be in your house. Check gym bag, all pockets etc.
Claim on insurance if not.

Get a map, get a house phone and and an address book to document numbers.

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:11

The email address is old and unused - can't get into it even if I could get the password set. Hoping my phone will remember it.
The stuff may be mild irritation in isolation. But all in one week is pretty tuff to deal with!

I don't want to tell DH and he has all the insurance info, not me. And even if they could replace it, it won't be the same one so what is the point?

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Whisky2014 · 09/02/2019 11:13

How will your phone remember it if its a replacement your getting?

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:13

Using DH phone to gym whilst he is in shower!

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Crunchymum · 09/02/2019 11:14

Sounds awful (especially the ring) but I also think it shows how much we rely on our smart phones..... and it's terrifying.

I'd be fucked without my phone OP, so I'm not having a go, but it's shocking how much we rely on devices?

Crunchymum · 09/02/2019 11:15

Can you 118 118 the gym and call them from landline?

Whisky2014 · 09/02/2019 11:15

And your marrying this man. He's supposed to be a supportive partner. Just tell him. He can help you look and you can use his phone to call the gym. You're making this all a lot harder than it needs to be.

HoraceCope · 09/02/2019 11:16
Sad horrible week for you.
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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:17

Same sim card. I am clutching at straws to be honest!

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iklboo · 09/02/2019 11:19

Has your ring fallen into your bag? Sometimes my purse doesn't close properly and things fall out, getting stuck in the folds of the lining of my bag.

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:19

Crunchy mum - we don't have a landline.
Whisky - we are already married. He has helped me so so much this week, he is very supportive. Would you really be okay that in the same week your partner broke her £500 phone and lost her £500 engagement ring?!

I have rang the gym and they are going to look for me.

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Ferfeckssake · 09/02/2019 11:19

Cry away .It does sound like a shit week.
And losing your ring must feel like the last straw.Can you call the pool place to see if it has been handed in? Don't tell DH until you have been able to check out all possibilities.Flowers

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:20

Didn't have my bag with me. I put my purse in the boot of the car. Have checked the car, it isn't there.

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HoraceCope · 09/02/2019 11:23

?yet you are on mumsnet

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:24

Yes Horace, not sure what your point is?

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iklboo · 09/02/2019 11:25

yet you are on mumsnet

Some people use tablets / laptops

HoraceCope · 09/02/2019 11:26

being stuck at home with dd is ok, can do different things that dont involve chat with friends.
my dd broke her smart phone, got a brick, her laptop broke, she didnt know how to get to Currys, she had to text me, on her brick phone and i had to text back very clear instructions!

we should all become less reliant on technology

SoupDragon · 09/02/2019 11:26

I think passwords and stuff should be saved to your Apple ID rather than the SIM card. I can access mine on both my phone and my iPad

Chottie · 09/02/2019 11:26

OP - sometimes life just goes like that.

We've all had difficult weeks. Flowers Have you taken out the lining in your car boot to make sure the ring hasn't slipped down between the boot lining and the car?

ILoveMaxiBondi · 09/02/2019 11:26

It’s a bit worrying that you’re afraid to tell your DH about your ring. - -I won’t ask why he was the one dealing with apple or your computer- -

HoraceCope · 09/02/2019 11:26

my other dd keeps losing her phone but she will insist on important notes, ie, bank details, being kept on said phone. Completely screwed.