OK, where did I put my house key? I've looked everywhere!

[CTyankee]

Seriously, beside the usual places you would look, can you suggest one I might not have thought of? I've tried: the last store I was in, the store before it, all my pants pockets, handbag, car (between seats, etc), driveway, laundry basket, bathrooms, nail salon, hair salon.

I ask because sometimes you miss the obvious place and maybe you can make a suggestion...

Thank you!

[randr]

1. Try the door lock

[Ohiya]

2. That's where I usually find mine!

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I did that just the other day.

[JDC]

25. +1

[Jamastiene]

3. Are you in your house?

I mean, did you lose it after unlocking the door to your house? It might be right at the door or if you have a storm door, between the door and storm door. I have lost a key that way before. Also, check your A/C vents, if you have any. Things fall in those so easy, especially if you have cats around. Cats like to stick things down in those to watch things fall. Cats are smarter than we think. So, ask the cats or watch them, if you have cats. They are jokers.

P.S. Did you drive all those places or do you live in a city where you can walk back to all those places? If you drove, it might be on your key ring still or in your car, depending on how you normally keep up with your car keys and house keys.

[zbird]

4. Refrigerator or pantry if you put food away. n/t

[Squinch]

7. I do this a lot.

[Doreen]

6. Refrigerator

[cayugafalls]

8. If you have bookshelves look there...I have sometimes put keys on a shelf by mistake.

Then forgot about it.

Another great way to find keys is to start cleaning up.

Also, looks around the area you normally put your keys, look really well. They could be under a piece of paper within a few inches of the place you normally put them.

Search or clean systematically. Clean and search one space at a time. Move to next space after you finish.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Losing things have always been inspiration for me to clean up.

[cayugafalls]

15. Same here. I used to be notorious for losing things.

I've had to develop a good strategy for finding them and the best one was cleaning up or at least picking up and moving the clutter in a systematic way.

Over the last couple of years, I settled on trying to improve my memory a bit and that has helped, but it still happens and off I go cleaning.

I also repeat the name of the object over and over. Probably sounds crazy, but it seems to work for me.

[qazplm135]

9. It's where you last left it

😋

[Me.]

10. Did It Fall On The Floor Somewhere?

[Bayard]

11. Did you check your donkey shed?

I keep an extra key hanging there, since I had to break in the house last time.

But seriously--check your purse. I'm always losing mine in there.

[CTyankee]

18. purse was first thing I checked as it has several compartments. Been thru it 5 times.

Now I am thinking I didn't have it when I went shopping since I knew hubby was home and I could leave the door unlocked. So I have been over the kitchen counter a LOT. I alerted my house cleaner who was there at the time so if she has any memory of a key she can call. I'll check some places there (it's a small kitchen, however).

We have a couple of extra keys so no problem. I just will miss my special fob (a museum memento).

[Polly Hennessey]

28. If you have extra keys wait a day before

searching. I have found if I let my mind relax and quiet down the frantic search the keys 🔑 will reappear. You seem to remember that you did not take them to the store and they are in the house. Half your problem solved.

[CTyankee]

47. hubby is handicapped and usually home so no problem. I'll have another copy made soon, tho.

We always have his key so it doesn't matter that much. Just annoying the hell out of me...

[Wawannabe]

53. Idk. This is THE FUCKING THREAD WINNER!

Fuck

[Wawannabe]

54. Good GAWD , Man.

Damn near pissed my pants reading your reply. Can hardly hold it togeth! You tickled my shit! Ha. Fucking ha!

[2naSalit]

13. Is there a floor that has a crack or opening somewhere

that a key could fall in it?

[procon]

14. Pockets.

Check the pockets on every item of clothing you wore. Once I found keys that were in a laundry hamper where I tossed the sweater I was wearing.

[iemitsu]

23. Once my dad lost his keys while we were at the beach.

We looked for hours and finally found them in the cuff of his pants.

[Amy-Strange]

16. Garbage can

[CTyankee]

19. Yep. Did that.

[Amy-Strange]

34. Call those places again. Someone might've found them by now.

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Even if you told someone there to call you, because that doesn't always work out, but really, how'd you get in the house or drive home?
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[CTyankee]

40. door key on a separate fob. car "key" is a device. House key is real old fashioned key...

[IowaGuy]

17. My wife always says, "It's where you left it!" (I know....real helpful)

[Amy-Strange]

35. It's always in the last place you look...

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so go and look there now!

That's another helpful one. </sarcasm>
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[iemitsu]

20. One Spring I lost my car and house keys and I didn't find them for months.

I came home and let myself in with the keys and the next morning couldn't find them anywhere. Ultimately I had new keys made.
In the Fall I found the keys inside a glove in the cupboard by the front door.
Good luck with your search.

[CTyankee]

21. dwill check the gloves in the front seat!

[happybird]

22. On the bathroom sink or shelf?

I’ve left mine there a couple times after having to make a mad dash to the br upon arrival at home.

[Freddie]

24. My car has a "black hole"

Between the drivers seat and the console. Once I lost my debit card, searched everywhere, stopped it, had to get a new one and change all my online payments. Of course I found it in the “black hole” later.

[onethatcares]

26. can't add much to this but

it's time for you to get one or two of those push button deadbolt locks with numbers. No more lost house keys.

15 minutes and you have that peace of mind. Look on the ground next to the car. or in the ignition

[lillypaddle]

29. A cheaper solution which I use

I keep a spare car key and house key at the bottom of my purse. Just don't lock your purse in the car.

[CTyankee]

48. But that's just what I'd do!

[Kali]

27. with your car keys?

do you keep them separate?

[CTyankee]

42. door key is a regular key. Car key is device.

It's not a big deal since there is no identifier on the house key but it's making me crazy...

[Aristus]

30. It's under the throw rug closest to the sofa.

If it's not there anymore, it's because Kali moved it...

[Foolacious]

31. On a bed....

or on other multicolored surfaces that can camouflage small things like glasses and keys.

[donkeypoofed]

32. Close your eyes and ask your Guardian Angel for help

I do this all the time and it's never failed me yet !

[MissB]

33. Maybe it's time for a tile?

The newer tiles have a replaceable battery.

One for your key chain and then load the app on your phone.

Dh loses keys, phones and wallets with some regularity. Setting off the tile app has rescued his key/wallet more than once. And of course hitting the button on the tile will find his phone, so it works both ways.

[3catwoman3]

51. I have one TILE on my keys, one on my...

...TV remote, which I am always putting down somewhere different, and each of our 3 cats has one on his/her collar - they like to scare me by hiding for everlasting hours.

[peacebuzzard]

36. I would say the door locks, close to the door or

check your handbag for the 6th time in every corner of the purse.
or, on one of the shelves.

[MLAA]

37. If you brought groceries in or anything that came in a plastic bag....

Look where you shove all those plastic grocery bags 😊

Sofa / chair cushions

Night stand

Silverware drawer

Mailbox

Good luck!!!

[CTyankee]

43. hmm, will try the mailbox...brb

[MLAA]

38. Forgot to add

Check all trash cans inside and out

[mr_lebowski]

39. Try slitting open the belly of a Tibetan Mountain Goat

and reaching into its still-steaming guts.

Don't you know ... it's always the last place you look?

[matt819]

41. Freezer (nt)

[CTyankee]

44. nope.

[kimbutgar]

45. Redo your steps when you last had it

Or lie quietly on your bed in your room and try to visualize the last time you had it.

Sometimes we get so frazzled we forget things. But if we calm down and think about it sometimes you remember.

[wishstar]

46. Recycle bin and window ledges and around couches and chairs are possibilities

[CTyankee]

49. I FOUND IT!

It was where I had first looked (but not well enough)!

I had done a visualization but never got past the one place I had seen it last. So I wasn't crazy, I just had overlooked it the first time I searched there. I had changed purses, always a treacherous venture, IMO! I was getting ready to throw the old one out, but decided to empty it of all of its contents first and there it was!

A huge thanks to all of you who gave me moral support and great advice. It was, in the end, in the last place I put it...

[MLAA]

50. 😊

[Amy-Strange]

55. You found it in the FIRST and LAST place you looked?

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That's what I'm going to tell anyone, who tells me, that I'm gonna find it in the last place I look, like it's one big joke to them.

I'm glad you found your keys, and thank you for keeping us up to date.
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[Laffy Kat]

57. Oh, darn purses!

When I do carry one, it's more like a tote bag and I can't find anything. Glad you located it.

[CTyankee]

59. Handbags are a problem, IMO. I now use one that I can wear across my chest, to leave my hands

free. It has three major compartments and on a good memory day I can remember where my credit card, car key/fob, and house key are all located.

I no longer use cash and have one credit card for everything I need on a regular basis. I can easily pay it once a month and voila, done!

[Wawannabe]

52. So. To my best friend. I would say...

In yo ass?




He’s into ass!
Not sorry

[CTyankee]

60. Aww, that sounds like something my husband would say!

He can get a little grunty at times...

[Laffy Kat]

56. Do you have a kitty cat?

Every once in a while I find something weird in the kitty box: my comb, hair ties, etc. I don't know why my cat does that, but it may be worth a look if it applies. They can also bat items under furniture and appliances. Good luck.

[CTyankee]

61. No kitty...

[lastlib]

58. Try this:

"Ode To A Key Ring"