There are little things about our loved ones that irritate us. The big things naturally have to be taken up by those in question and resolved either between themselves or with help. The little ones of course may be aired, shared with friends, made fun of.
One such about the L & M (shhh… don’t tell him I told you all) had been his propensity to misplace keys to the house or of his scooter. After hurrying us up (Get ready soon. It’s time we left! We are late already!) and when it was finally time to leave, he’d go missing because that would be when he’d start looking for the keys.
Tell me this, how many times can anyone misplace keys? I will leave out the *once* and start with *twice*. Twice, thrice, four times…? Okay, may be a dozen times, two dozen? Ahh. You little know. In our case it was more like each and every single time we needed to go out. I kid you not.
How can you possibly manage to misplace them every single time, I have wanted to scream in exasperation while perspiring freely in the finery. Why can’t you keep the keys in the same place every day? Hasn’t experience taught you anything? Instead I bit my tongue and swallowed it all, smiled encouragingly and assisted in the searches while keeping a close eye on the children to see that they did not get themselves dirty before we had even started from home.
Being brought up in the old school ways has its disadvantages. One is afraid (and unable) to speak up and break the bhartiya nari mold in which one had been poured while still young and malleable and set for all eternity. Besides, you must remember this man of whom I speak is otherwise so very well organised that one feels positively ashamed to bring up the matter of the perpetually-missing-just-when-you-need-them keys. If he says left side of the shelf, fourth folder, pink with black lettering, inside you will find (fill in with whatever it is you need to find), it will be there, you can bet your life on it. Still, there you have it, he could never keep track of the house keys or scooter keys.
Thankfully, it is all in the past now. *keeping fingers crossed*
©shailsnest.com
I learned when I was in university and taking a psychology class how not to loose or misplace my keys. 1. Decide where you will be putting them. 2. Come into your house and place keys in “spot”. If and when you forget, 3. you have to put your coat back on, gather up your purse, scarf and what every else you came in with, and go outside to your car, scooter or bicycle. Then 4. Come back into your house and put your keys where you decided they will always go.
This works for children’s backpacks and ladies’ purses. The important part of this is to make sure that the brain does the complete exercise and not just part of it.
Shail, it really works. Have your husband read this and you will be off the hook.
🙂 Judy
Judy, thanks. Things are much better now. 🙂 No more missing keys 🙂
hehehe!! I have the habit of misplacing keys! So, we now have an orange bowl in which we keep our keys.
It’s got to go in the bowl – the keys. yet, even after placing the keys in the said bowl – I misplace them sometimes 😉
They could have legs or even wings. me thinks! 😀
Haha. It must surely be wings! 😉 😀
We all nurse our niggles
Happens to all us muggles
Disappearing keys
Make her, “Oh jeeze!”
And bharatiya nari give us the giggles
Lol. Yes, yes. Giggle away 😛 😀
Well, most of the times, our keys end up on the washing line, having been washed in the pant pockets when they are haphazardly thrown in the washing machine and then when I take them out to try, that’s when the keys fall out too!
Oh my! That hasn’t happened as yet! 😀 Maybe because I go through all the pockets of clothes diligently!
I know I should be doing that, checking pockets for spare money and keys and who knows what – even the cell phone might end up there.. Alas, I give my husband too many chances 🙂
maybe the keys hide themselves purposefully and try to annoy your otherwise organised husband or maybe it you who they want to annoy……you never know 😛 😉
Haha. Quite. I bet they had me in mind because I never know where to look! 😛
😛
Entertainment for you!
Lol, yes! 😀
I have utmost empathy for you L&M. I’m the original key/book/file/paper/pen/pencil loser 😛
A loser 😀 😀
Uh-ho! You too, eh? 😛