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Car keys

goldensrbest — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:16:21 GMT

I think i am going crazy, can't find my car keys,it has my house key on it,and other keys , i have looked,and looked,i thought i had put in my coat pocket,so i would know where they were,can't go any where,only keys i have.

Re: Car keys

lynnie61 — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:32:35 GMT

@goldensrbest I swear I need an AirTag for mine. I misplace them a few times a week. I added a bowl in my entryway. Going in there every time I walk in the house. Good luck. I've left them in the door on occasion. They should be in the house if you needed them for your front door.

Re: Car keys

FranandZoe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:28:44 GMT

Have you looked in the car? Or your front door lock? Purse?

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on the bay — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:34:19 GMT

@goldensrbest,

A lot of times when I'm coming in the door with things I'll carry my keys in my hand and put them anywhere while I'm unloading groceries or whatever.

So then, I start to look in places I've been in the house.

Also if you can try to remember where you had them last.

And don't just look in pockets but on the floor where your coat is or everywhere you walked and the sleeves of your coat, even caught in a bag you had, shopping or purse though I'm sure you looked in your purse if you were carrying one.

Just some things I do for the many times I don't know where in the heck are my keys! Wishing you luck to find them!

Re: Car keys

goldensrbest — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:47:08 GMT

@FranandZoe wrote:
Have you looked in the car? Or your front door lock? Purse?

Oh yes, i have.

Re: Car keys

Desertdi — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:55:54 GMT

If you brought groceries home...look in the FREEZER.

Re: Car keys

jlkz — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:23:45 GMT

@goldensrbest

Question:

When you left the car with your groceries in tow, was your house door locked ? If it was, the keys are either on the floor outside the door or IN your house.

Suggest you use a flashlight when you check your floors, even if it is daytime because the light will keep you focused. When you move the light, keep it moving line by line....not jumping all over the place. This ensures you have thoroughly checked the area the first time.

Let us know how you fare.

PS: I found my DH's week ski pass while skiing in the Swiss Alps... be as methodical as you can.

Worst case, you have to have your house lock ( locks ) changed with several spare keys made....I would keep one pinned inside the zippered compartment of your purse.

Usually cars come with two fobs or keys....Call dealer if desperate but it may be expensive to replace.

Good Luck...Dear St. Anthony come around, something is lost and can't be found. ( prayer )

Re: Car keys

Kachina624 — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:25:01 GMT

Pants pockets?

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threecees — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:41:35 GMT

Check all your coats, pants, purses etc.

I just went through a search of my own the other day. I came home from shopping

and put my bags away and quick changed from my jeans into my sweatpants

and walked my dogs.

A day or two passed since I had driven my car and the next morning I was running

in circles looking my keys. I checked my coats, my purse, the car and my jeans I

had on that day. No luck. Still looking and wasting time, searching all kinds of

places. My daughter said to check my hamper as I usually lay my jeans over my

hamper and voila my jeans were thrown over the hamper and into the hamper under

some clothes my keys were. So aggravating.

Re: Car keys

drizzellla — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:59:56 GMT

The last time you had the keys, did you go shopping? Could the keys have slipped into one of the bags from the shopping trip?

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shoekitty — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:01:05 GMT

@goldensrbest I hear you! I have lost 3 times, only have one show up in a produce bag, in fridge 3 DAYS later. guess I came in from store and in a rush had keys in hand, and let go in bag when putting produce away. The other, the housekeepers found, we don't know where 2 YEARS later. The last was found in back pocket of old jeans that fell in back of closet hidden. All that time we were down to one key, and at one point had to purchase second one.

look in the oddest places. Retrace steps. Remember if they fall, they bounce some where. You poor woman.!!

Re: Car keys

shoekitty — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:03:08 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
If you brought groceries home...look in the FREEZER.

@Desertdi yes, done that. And as I said found mine in produce bag. If you can find them on ground, etc. they are in weird place. Freezer and fridge@,,,

Re: Car keys

on the bay — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:14:58 GMT

and when you find them @goldensrbest,

fingers crossed! make some extras ok?

I started carrying an extra car and house key in my wallet. Sometimes I just take that and my keys.

I'm determined to never be locked out of my car plus house again!

Re: Car keys

tansy — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:41:48 GMT

Is it possible you dropped them into another one of your purses? @goldensrbest

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pdlinda — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:45:20 GMT

@goldensrbest I'm TERRIFIED of losing my keys. That's why I have duplicate keys that I always carry in a zipped compartment of the wallet I keep all my credit cards in so it's ALWAYS on me.

I sincerely hope this isn't true but is it possible that the keys dropped into a bag you threw out or dropped into your trash can?

So very sorry this happened to you! Good Luck finding your keys,

Re: Car keys

Kachina624 — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:12:34 GMT

The fancy electronic key fobs they use now can't be duplicated and cost hundred of dollars from the dealer.

I have a dog-leash type of spring clasp on a key ring and as soon as I take the keys out of the car or door lock, I clip it to my handbag.

Haven't lost keys since I started doing this, and they're easy to grab.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:18:50 GMT

I never keep my house keys on the same chain as my car keys. Always separate. I keep both hanging on the front door.

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Desertdi — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 02:28:01 GMT

I always hang my keys on a hook by the garage entry to the house. There is NOTHING within walking distance here...not even home delivery of mail.

Wish I had thought of the remote location 30 years ago...

Re: Car keys

elated — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:05:08 GMT

@goldensrbest Have you looked in the washer or dryer? Have you gone through all your kitchen drawers? Do you have grocery bags that you use all the time, maybe they dropped in one of them. Could you have dropped it in your car or the trunk? Just suggestions. Hopefully, you will find them soon. Sometimes, we are in a hurry and put things in odd places.

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WRXtoo — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:20:19 GMT

Check every surface or room, even if you think you never went in there. I lost my keys one day after a trip, looked everywhere, high and low, EXCEPT the room I thought I NEVER went into after coming home. Guess where my keys were?!

Good luck to you, I hope you find them soon!