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

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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!

Legs11 Thu 11-Jun-26 06:05:50

I once lost a gold bangle. No memory of where it might be. It turned up months later inside a shoe! And I remembered immediately what I’d done! I’d put the bangle in the shoe for safe keeping before carrying upstairs to put both away. Oops!

Witzend Thu 11-Jun-26 09:30:28

Hobbycat, I tried the Vaseline thing and it worked! First time I’ve worn any earrings for a few years.

Now I just need to find somewhere that sells gold (can’t wear anything else) butterfly ‘backs’. I’ve got a few pearl studs without their ‘backing’.