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Lost - I thought forever - but found during a clear out!

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 08-Jun-26 17:24:40

What a wonderful surprise Witzend it’s so satisfying when lost items turn up.

I’ve mislaid my house keys (using spares at the moment) and a solid silver bracelet from my grandfather bought in South Africa and given to my mother. It’s chunky and I don’t live in a mansion so 🤷‍♀️

NotSpaghetti Mon 08-Jun-26 17:24:39

Thank you.
I took them off when my fingers got puffy post-stroke.
Thought I had put them at the side of the bed.
No.
Never seen again.
😕

GrannyIvy Mon 08-Jun-26 17:23:54

I cannot find my diamond eternity ring I am sure I had hidden it somewhere safe and will find it one day 🤞It’s been missing for many years 😳

Cossy Mon 08-Jun-26 16:47:20

How fab! I’ve managed to lose FOUR rings all inherited from my mother and she inherited two from her mother!

Smileless2012 Mon 08-Jun-26 16:45:17

Fingers crossed that your treasures will turn up when you least expect it NotSpaghetti and Wyllow.

Wyllow3 Mon 08-Jun-26 16:19:38

I'm hoping I haven't lost forever the one precious letter I got at uni from my Dad before he died suddenly when I was just 20, but can't recall any clearcuts that would have lost it.

NotSpaghetti Mon 08-Jun-26 16:15:17

How lovely!
I hope my beautiful wedding and engagement rings turn up like that.
I fear I've hoovered them up some years ago.

Fallingstar Mon 08-Jun-26 16:12:19

That is the joy of clear outs. I found old photos of my mum and dad that I swore I had lost and that are now framed in my living room. They were taken when they were courting, standing against the railings on Blackpool promenade.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 08-Jun-26 16:05:46

What a lovely surprise!

Smileless2012 Mon 08-Jun-26 16:03:21

How lovely Witzend smile.

Witzend Mon 08-Jun-26 16:01:37

I was tackling the drawers of a small chest, full of goodness knows what, the stuff and junk of ages, when I found some pearl and diamond earrings dh gave me many years ago. I had been tormenting myself for a few years with the idea that they had been lost through my own stupid carelessness. I thought I even knew exactly how.

But lo, there they were - in a little box, but not the fancier one they’d come in. What sort of memory lapse I must have had, to have forgotten where I’d put them, goodness only knows!

Evidently I need to do clear-outs more often!

He’d never asked why I wasn’t wearing them, but then he’s never been a great ‘noticer’. And for some time I haven’t worn any earrings at all, having lost one of my ‘everyday’ pearl studs, and not bothered, so piercings closed up.
I shall now get them pierced again!