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AIBU to ask if there are any psychics about? Or anyone good at finding things

44 replies

whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 08:43

Shamelessly posting for traffic. I am desperate. Went on holiday at Easter, lost my tooth retainer (200 quid down the drain). I thought I put it in a box with another medical type thing but when I opened it in the caravan the retainer wasnt there. Maybe I put it somewhere else. Searched the caravan from top to bottom before we left. Searched the car, roof box, luggage. I didn't see it all holiday, halfway through I remembered to wear it then couldn't find it. I have an appointment to replace (starting from scratch unfortuntely) next week, but my teeth have already moved out of place so I really want to find the original besides the cost. Please help!

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AntiHop · 30/05/2025 09:01

Pyjama or dressing gown pockets? Inside your wash bag?

HedgeWitchOfTheWest · 30/05/2025 10:16

You left it in the bathroom block at the caravan park. It’s already gone in the bin. Sorry.

breakdown98765 · 30/05/2025 10:22

fallen into a shoe by the back door.

I’m not psychic at all.

Good luck!

Justme2023123 · 30/05/2025 10:25

Seconding the dressing gown pocket. It's where I found my Fitbit yesterday after checking the entire house and the pockets of everything else, apart from my dressing gown.

whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:24

HedgeWitchOfTheWest · 30/05/2025 10:16

You left it in the bathroom block at the caravan park. It’s already gone in the bin. Sorry.

No bathroom block. Fully ready before leaving the caravan!

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whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:25

Just checked dressing gown again, nothing :(

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Purplebunnie · 30/05/2025 11:26

Where did you use to keep it and where were you when you put it in the box with the other medical item? Try these places and look around and under things

Swiftie1878 · 30/05/2025 11:27

Makeup bag or toiletry bag?

BMW6 · 30/05/2025 11:28

Isn't there a particular Saint that one can appeal to? Can't recall the name......

givemushypeasachance · 30/05/2025 11:31

Where do you keep it at home usually, did you definitely take it with you? Could you have been collecting things to pack and taken the retainer with you to e.g. get a suitcase out of a wardrobe, or a specific item you were going to take on holiday, and you've put it down on a shelf somewhere as you picked that other item up?

MistressoftheDarkSide · 30/05/2025 11:31

St Anthony.

Not psychic but is there anywhere near where you were packing that has beige or brown tiling and a glass vase with some sort of dried or artificial flowers, possibly near a window?

ScarlettOYara · 30/05/2025 11:32

BMW6 · 30/05/2025 11:28

Isn't there a particular Saint that one can appeal to? Can't recall the name......

Anthony. Lost causes as well 😄

MyUmberSeal · 30/05/2025 11:34

Get a new one asap before your teeth move out of shape. I left my retainers in my hotel in Cancun, realised when I got to the airport to fly home but it was too late. Cost me £350 for another upper and lower one. I have fixed retainers on the back of my top front teeth but could still feel the difference by the time i got new night time retainers made.

whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:35

Purplebunnie · 30/05/2025 11:26

Where did you use to keep it and where were you when you put it in the box with the other medical item? Try these places and look around and under things

I normally keep it in the toothbrush mug in the downstairs bathroom. The box broke so it was just loose.
I was in the kitchen when I thought I put it in the box. Cleaned all the kitchen sides. Other thing in the box (lovely nasal steamer) kept in medicine cupboard, Need to empty it out again. Think I packed the box in just a tesco bag with some random things. Searched through all the tesco bags and the car

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whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:36

Swiftie1878 · 30/05/2025 11:27

Makeup bag or toiletry bag?

Had everything in packing cubes. need to go through them again

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whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:36

MyUmberSeal · 30/05/2025 11:34

Get a new one asap before your teeth move out of shape. I left my retainers in my hotel in Cancun, realised when I got to the airport to fly home but it was too late. Cost me £350 for another upper and lower one. I have fixed retainers on the back of my top front teeth but could still feel the difference by the time i got new night time retainers made.

They are already moving out of shape :(

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whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:38

ScarlettOYara · 30/05/2025 11:32

Anthony. Lost causes as well 😄

Apt 😂

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Londonmummy66 · 30/05/2025 11:38

Maybe ask St Apollonia as well as St Anthony as she's the patron saint of dentistry....

whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:39

givemushypeasachance · 30/05/2025 11:31

Where do you keep it at home usually, did you definitely take it with you? Could you have been collecting things to pack and taken the retainer with you to e.g. get a suitcase out of a wardrobe, or a specific item you were going to take on holiday, and you've put it down on a shelf somewhere as you picked that other item up?

Bottom bathroom, no the thing is I'm not 100% sure it made it to the holiday

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whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:39

Londonmummy66 · 30/05/2025 11:38

Maybe ask St Apollonia as well as St Anthony as she's the patron saint of dentistry....

You guys 😂. I may laugh but I'm going to try!

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whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:41

MistressoftheDarkSide · 30/05/2025 11:31

St Anthony.

Not psychic but is there anywhere near where you were packing that has beige or brown tiling and a glass vase with some sort of dried or artificial flowers, possibly near a window?

Not that I can think of, maybe my dead herb collection in the kitchen window. Will check window again.

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ScarlettOYara · 30/05/2025 11:41

whereisit1 · 30/05/2025 11:39

Bottom bathroom, no the thing is I'm not 100% sure it made it to the holiday

Surely you'd remember sleeping with it, or not?

Smelltherain · 30/05/2025 11:41

You maybe didn't take it with you at all. You've probably dropped it somewhere while you were packing it. Try looking under things like bed , storage boxes etc.

CapitalAtRisk · 30/05/2025 11:42

But if your teeth have already moved out of shape, what's the point of finding the old one?

sesquipedalian · 30/05/2025 11:43

“Anthony. Lost causes as well 😄”

I thought it was St Jude for lost causes. I have found both useful in the past, when all else has failed….