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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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OftenHangry · 09/02/2019 11:27

Take a deep breath. It's indeed a shitty week.

You can access your old and unused email too. Just go through forgot password.
Bearer of bad news. Your sim really won't remember your password to facebook.

For future. Have some £20 "smart phone" at home for emergencies. It saved my arse few times.

Hope you find your ring!!! Flowers

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 11:30

Soupdragon, I don't have an Ipad, will just have to see what happens when I get my phone back.
ILove- I just don't want to disappoint him. He would probably be really nice about it but that would make me feel even worse! He dealt with apple because he is better at negotiating stuff like that.

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SoupDragon · 09/02/2019 11:32

Mentioning the iPad was just to show that passwords seem to be tied to the Apple ID not the physical device.

itwaseverthus · 09/02/2019 11:41

It does indeed sound like a shitty week but you also sound like someone who is easily depressed or worn down, maybe a tad negative? I don't mean to bring you down further, honestly I don't. It's just that sometimes we can frame things in a way that puts a positive spin on things. So a few days without technology could be a much needed chance to focus on your inner life, your emotional health, a forced holiday from the outside madness? Your ring ought to be included on a home insurance policy/contents. Please do tell your DH, it's just one of those things and no one's fault.

Thecabbageassasin · 09/02/2019 11:44

Most of this is related to your lack of phone, I would be more worried that you are so dependant on it and it has the capacity to ruin your week.

Im honestly not competing with you, but I’ve had similar happen along with my car being off the road at the same time too and whilst it can be frustrating, I quite enjoyed being uncontactable and using public transport. Maybe it’s a generational thing - in that I’m old enough to remember a time before mobile phones.

Sorry for your crap week though.

HoraceCope · 09/02/2019 11:50

actual physical note pad for your passwords, unless,like me, you lose the pad!

no my point was op couldnt access facebook due to lack of password but could access mumsnet. you can recover your password for facebook

GabsAlot · 09/02/2019 11:56

your sim card wont remember passwords only phone numbers and only then if they were saved to it and not the phone itself

gamerwidow · 09/02/2019 11:57

Would you really be okay that in the same week your partner broke her £500 phone and lost her £500 engagement ring?!
Yes I might say ‘oh my god you’re a muppet’ but I wouldn’t be furious. People make mistakes sometimes those mistakes are spaced out and sometimes life’s shit and one thing after another happens.
Tell your DH, you’re turning it into a bigger thing than it is by keeping it a secret. Unless he is some kind of bullying monster it will be ok. I’ve done the same, made a mistake and built it all up in my head and tried to hide it but it never ever was bad when I owned up. I’m my own worst critic and you probably are too.

FlagranceDirect · 09/02/2019 12:03

Maybe it’s a generational thing - in that I’m old enough to remember a time before mobile phones

Indeed. I managed to bring my children up to being teenagers, hold down a part time job, and have a social life with neither a phone nor a car. However, I suppose you get used to having this stuff and it's an inconvenience when it breaks/malfunctions.

diddl · 09/02/2019 12:07

"Would you really be okay that in the same week your partner broke her £500 phone and lost her £500 engagement ring?!"

The phone was an accident & it should have survived what happened.

The ring-I think my partner would be upset for me.

So I'm guessing you missed your purse & it fell on the floor at the gym?

It's something I would have left at home though rather than going to the gym.

That said, asking to use my husband's phone to ring the gym & telling him why wouldn't be a problem-rather contact them asap.

JudgeRindersMinder · 09/02/2019 12:07

Poor you, it’s horrible when you have times like this, you just feel like a walking shit magnet!
I be5 your husband will be no more than mildly irritated about your ring (although I hope it turns up), if he’s anything ike mine, he’ll be more concerned about you

Thecabbageassasin · 09/02/2019 12:12

Flagrance
I hope my comment hasn’t come across as a ‘when I was young we had it so much harder,’ it’s all relative really, but it is a worry that we’ve become so dependant on technology.

quizqueen · 09/02/2019 12:16

Your shitty week happened because of your own carelessness with your property and over reliance on technology in your life. Yes, it was a bad week, but you haven't said once it was all your own fault in the first place by losing and breaking stuff. Leave jewellery at home when going to the gym, don't have a phone in your hand constantly especially near water, retain a house phone and learn to read a map!.

Meangirls36 · 09/02/2019 12:16

That's why I have android phone / google account they remember everything for you google passwords is amazing. When you buy a new phone you just put in your gmail account and everything like apps and passwords are reinstated.

MumW · 09/02/2019 12:17

FlowersCakeWine for your shitty week.

Just to give you a bit of hope, I lost a sentimemtal necklace. It turned up in the garden a year or so later.

Ellie56 · 09/02/2019 12:20

You say you put your rings into your purse, Have you felt in it to see if there is a hole that the ring could have slipped through into the lining?

DianaT1969 · 09/02/2019 12:21

OP, I think you may need to review your decision-making a bit. Why did you take your rings off? To use a weight tracking machine, why can't your rings stay on? What's worth the risk of losing them?
The satnav - that's hard and I've had similar problems when relying on my phone to get around. No A-Z in the gove compartment anymore..
Home along with your daughter and no access to facebook or social media for a day - sounds like a wake up call that you rely on and miss it so much.

mirialis · 09/02/2019 12:33

ah it's rotten when these things all compound one another - the more stressed you get, the more likely to drop/lose things.

Fingers crossed you find your rings. Sounds like your DH is helpful and supportive (as is mine) and I don't blame you for wanting to try to find the rings before fessing up that you've lost them.

mirialis · 09/02/2019 12:35

Yes, it was a bad week, but you haven't said once it was all your own fault in the first place by losing and breaking stuff

Blimey.

FlagranceDirect · 09/02/2019 12:36

I hope my comment hasn’t come across as a ‘when I was young we had it so much harder'

Not at all. I was agreeing with you.

it’s all relative really, but it is a worry that we’ve become so dependant on technology

Also agreed. My daughters are amazed at how I can reel off people's mobile numbers out of my head. Theirs are all programmed into their phone, and without it can't remember a single one of anybody else's number. I also write things in a proper diary, with a pen and everything. Old habits die hard.

Whisky2014 · 09/02/2019 13:01

Yes I'd be fine because it's not like you did it on purpose. Pretty sure you're passwords aren't stored on SIM but phone memory.

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hidinginthenightgarden · 09/02/2019 13:39

Diana, you have to take off Jewellery as it send electric currency through your body. I'm not saying that having no social media was the problem on Friday - it was that we couldn't go out because it was raining and on top of that we had no car to go to an indoor thing PLUS no Facebook and phone means I can't even contact my family and friends to make plans to speak or see them. I haven't spoken to anyone but my husband (and work clients) since Monday! My cousin was induced to have her baby this week. I don't even know if the baby has been born!
My other ring was still in there so don't think I missed and there are no holes. I rang the gym and they are looking for me. No hole in the lining. I'm guessing it fell out when I put my purse in the locker to go get my son from the pool.

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PollyMycroft · 10/02/2019 20:45

Cry away-sounds like a crappy week; and blimey but some responses on here are harsh (and seem to have deliberately misconstrued your genuine sadness at telling DH about the ring).

cakesandphotos · 10/02/2019 20:52

Wow these responses are a bit brutal! We all have crap weeks OP, I hope next week improves for you and I hope your ring turns up! Flowers

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