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Aibu to think keys can't vanish

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DaftyLass · 13/01/2025 20:09

They have to be here somewhere!
I'm in a panic as I've lost an important set of keys.
I have not lost something, like keys or a phone or a wallet , in more than a dozen years. I am not the one that loses things, I find the things, ffs.
I have tossed the car, my purses, coats, counter tops, side tables, boot rack (even inside boots incase it fell off the key rack) I'm losing my mind!

I am trying to be methodical, but I can't actually remember the last time I used them.
It's been a few weeks, as any time I have gone out it has been with other people , so I wasn't the one locking up, or driving.

Please, suggest places I may not have thought of, or maybe tell me where you've found yours, so I can check there too?
I have to find these

OP posts:
Fizzygoo · 14/01/2025 22:06

inside a duvet cover…I kid you not

ForPearlViper · 14/01/2025 22:13

At a business social event some years ago, I became the new best friend of one of our biggest clients. She couldn't find her car keys - we were in a field at an outside event at night. Being an experienced loser of things, after many options were exhausted, I suggested keys could have gone through a hole in handbag lining.

Yoyokitten · 14/01/2025 22:20

Our house keys went missing and we searched everywhere for days.
Luckily we had another 2 sets of keys so no real problem.
After much brain bashing we narrowed it down to a particular day..He arrived home from work just as it started to rain so he dropped everything and brought the washing in.
I was upstairs cleaning hadn't noticed the rain..
A few days later I found the keys in the peg bag.
Relief all round.
Don't give up.

Bogginsthe3rd · 14/01/2025 22:23

If they were in the cup holder in car they could have easily caught on something as you exited car and fell onto pavement. If you have a parking space I would double check around there.

BendingSpoons · 14/01/2025 22:24

I found the car key on the floor of my wardrobe - must have been in a pocket and fell out.

House keys on the floor of a cupboard at work. No-one had noticed them for a week.

TheRoseBear · 15/01/2025 07:37

In the car between the door and the seat, both sides.

LoudSnoringDog · 15/01/2025 07:39

I lost my house and car keys for over a year. Pulled the sofa out one day to get the dogs ball and they had fallen down the back

Upstartled · 15/01/2025 07:42

I find that they are usually where I looked first but I didn't look hard enough before I set off on a weird journey of looking more and more thoroughly in less and less likely places.

KrisAkabusi · 15/01/2025 07:49

I lost a set of keys two years ago. It took 3 weeks and €400 to get a replacement from Seat. They gave never turned up. I have a tracker on them now.

DollopOfFun · 15/01/2025 07:52

Friend misplaced bunch of keys last year. Once he'd bought replacements and had house locks changed etc, he found them in the freezer.

Maggieb90 · 15/01/2025 08:17

Where I have found lost keys:
Under or down the sides of sofa cushion seats under the sofa
In the boot of the car - placed them in there to pick up heavy shopping then forgot
Down the side of the driver car seat - that tiny space that you can't get your hand down near the gear stick!
In a different coat/jacket or bag to the one I normally wear/use
In a cupboard, I had placed them in there in a rush, when unpacking shopping, and the phone went which distracted me

user1471505356 · 15/01/2025 08:22

When found, place the keys in a regular place as soon as you come home. Car keys cannot be lost only misplaced.

JJZ · 15/01/2025 22:20

I found my missing keys under a loaf of bread in the kitchen once.

That was after I had been searching around the forest in the dark by torchlight 😆

brunettemic · 15/01/2025 22:22

Socks can’t vanish either but the 7 lonely socks in our utility room would suggest otherwise. Sorry I can’t actually be of any help!

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