To accuse my house of eating a pair of trousers

[belly36]

On Monday evening I took out three pairs of navy trousers for DS's nursery uniform. I left them on the upstairs bannister to which I added three pairs of socks and three pants.

DH then took the whole lot downstairs and put it all on the sofa. I didn't get around to packing the nursery bag till Tuesday morning. Then there were only TWO pairs of trousers. Where has the other one gone?? So I've been looking since then, and nothing. WTF How can a whole pair of trousers go missing between one floor and the next in a house? I can understand socks maybe, but trousers??

YANBU

my house has eaten my engagement ring, I KNOW it's somewhere between the bedroom and the bathroom but haven't been able to find it yet. Hungry houses suck

My house has consumed 77 single socks and a brand new pair of jeans (unworn!!)

YANBU - mine has eaten a school cardigan and all our savings.

My house eats packets of biscuits and crisps.

Best thread title ever

and for some benign reason I have the other 77 in a carrier bag awaiting the day they are possibly reunited with their significant other

YANBU. My house has eaten one pair of sandals and two pairs of flip-flops. I have looked everywhere for them. I have now been forced to go shoe shopping .

"My house eats packets of biscuits and crisps. "
WillowM2B I used to think our house did this but then I realsied that actually, no, that would be me!

We find it most noticeably with cutlery. On one occasion we realised we were down to about four forks. We bought some more but then it seemed that all the knives turned in to spoons as we had loads of one and hardly any of the other.

Right now I could believe the house has consumed my denim blouse.

Mine devours library books (sigh).
Occasionally regurgitates them again, too, mind.

Belly, I've lost a pair of lovely trousers too. D'you think they ran away together?

I wish my house would eat dog hair and dust

My house eats socks all the tme. And now I have a bag in a wardrobe with all the odd ones in case they come back like Pammie at the end of Dallas...

Mine eats knickers, and only the nice pairs, never the nasty old grey baggy ones.

Perhaps it wears them to try and get next door house into bed?

Tablefor6, I do the same with single socks, live and hope.

I do also clearly remember putting 500 euros in my bedside drawer a couple of days before our holiday a couple of years ago. Still missing. Spent the holiday eating beans on toast, didn't mind at all, it's the mystery of it all that bugs me (although 500 euros is a very significant amount of money to us, I still struggle not to cry about it and it's been two years).

love this thread! My house eats socks, toddler cutlery, tommee tippee beakers and bibs. the biscuits and cakes is all me I'm afraid...........Oh and I bought a pack of nappies last week, remember bringing it into the house and everything........haven't seen it since!

My house has eaten my pink birkenstocks and ds's favourite tractor spoon. At least the house has good taste.

It had to be quite new M&S trousers too. All the Primark ones in a size too small (which we still put him in - terrible parents) are still hanging up in the wardrobe grinning the bastards.

Tablefor6 maybe we could start up an online sock matching service? If so many of us have odd socks there must be some pairs if we all pooled our odd socks together ?

I have also taken to just encouraging my children to wear the odd socks - in a 'I'm a kid so I can get away with this quirky look' style.

My house has just eaten some shoe nourishing cream I stupidly bought at Clarks today!

Oh, just seen this thread after starting mine! So it seems it IS true.

Pippy - my children positively embrace that look. As a slattern I encourage them at every turn 'oooh, I bet spongebob wears odd socks, ooh I bet Nick Clegg wears matching pairs' etc...

My house has eaten one pair of v. expensive sunglasses, a pair of gloves, two hats and a lemon zester. Oooh and just realised my cashmere bed socks are missing as well.

diamonds, for a sec there I thought you said that your house eats toddlers, now that would be bad...

My house only eats designer clothes, dontcha know!
1 pair of Ray Bans
1 Diesel shirt
1 Omega watch (£3000!)
Various poncey pants

Enormarse - glad I am not alone in this, some of my DS's friends look a bit & raised eyebrows at some of the fashion looks my children rock - cue spiderman dress up tops with striped shorts and mis-matched socks - hell if you can't wear what you like when you are 3 and 5 when can you ?