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another lone earring

route 7 — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:27:02 GMT

I did it again! Lost one my beloved earrings; put them both on and only one back; got distracted and not the other. It is now in Walmart or Dollar Tree heaven (yes, I shop both stores). Another one of a kind was lost at the Radio City Christmas show in N.Y. a few years ago. Still miss it. Why is it that my favorites are the ones that I loose; any else have this problem?

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Jannabelle — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:32:02 GMT

Retrace your steps? ...or call and see if someone turned it in?

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ennui1 — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:36:16 GMT

If they are leverbacks, you can use the one remaining as an enhancer.

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route 7 — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:37:22 GMT

On 6/24/2014 Jannabelle said: Retrace your steps? ...or call and see if someone turned it in?

Been there and done that! I don't live very far from the stores but no luck. It is kind of a big dangle so I'm sure someone picked it up. I'm thinking of turning the other into a necklace but it really looks like an earring. Rats!

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raven-blackbird — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:47:24 GMT

after losing a single on my diamond studs.......TWICE........when I replaced the lost one, I had the jeweler change the post to skrew backs.........have never lost them since...................................raven

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Lucky Charm — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:53:47 GMT

Yes! My every day go to earrings for over a decade! I have the one in the console of my car, don't know if it's worth it to take it to a gold buying place.

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issiestorm — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:57:48 GMT

I know that not everyone likes to do this, but sometimes I like wearing two different earrings. For example I'll wear a scarab earring in one ear and a hamsa or evil eye in the other, even though I haven't lost any. I've also picked up a lone earring at a flea market or bazaar on occasion. I like having fun with my jewelry. I'm probably in the minority however.

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Jannabelle — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:03:48 GMT

On 6/24/2014 route 7 said:
On 6/24/2014 Jannabelle said: Retrace your steps? ...or call and see if someone turned it in?

Been there and done that! I don't live very far from the stores but no luck. It is kind of a big dangle so I'm sure someone picked it up. I'm thinking of turning the other into a necklace but it really looks like an earring. Rats!

Oh I am sorry, I hate to lose something I love,

why can't it be a piece that is just OK,lol.

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brewhaha — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:19:09 GMT

I would try EarringMingle.com.

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Lakk — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:18:53 GMT

Never give up hope. The last thing my mother gave me was a pair of gold hoops. I lost one and later found it in the car, then a year or so later I lost one again. One day I was looking out the window and saw something shiny in my neighbors driveway, it was my earring. It had been gone for weeks and had been run over but it was not damaged to severely that I couldn't wear it. I wear them everyday.

Good Luck

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JustJules — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:19:24 GMT

That's a bummer, it is always disappointing when you lose a piece of jewelry that is special to you. Do you wear mostly post/clutch back earrings? Perhaps you should try wearing lever backs or omega backs, or like another suggested the posts with the screw on backs that are more secure. I rarely wear post/clutch style earrings anymore, although I do have a pair of diamond studs that are that style. I like the hook style earrings, but unless I use those little plastic "stoppers" they always come out of my ears. I practically live in a pair of 14k white gold omega back small hoops, I sleep in them, shower in them and never have a problem with them coming off. Maybe you could make a charm out of your remaining earring, either on a necklace or bracelet.

ETA: Perhaps call both stores and talk to their lost and found depts. You never know if someone might find your earring and turn it in, it's not like anyone could use a single earring. Hope it gets returned to you.

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JuJu Squeezie — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:30:26 GMT

You aren't old enough to wear good jewelry. When you grow up a little more you can try again.

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DoneTryin — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:48:54 GMT

I hear that! I never lose an el-cheapo earring that I got at a garage sale. It's always one of my better-quality sterling or gold earrings. I have gold/diamond earrings I inherited a few years ago & am afraid to wear them just for that reason. What a waste, huh?

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Preds — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:55:29 GMT

I lost a large gold bracelet a few years ago. Broke my heart. Two years ago I was cleaning out the files at work and thought that one felt a little ""heavy"". Opened it up and there was my bracelet. The clasp had come loose and it just slipped right off without me ever noticing. So glad I was the one to clean out the files.

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kittyloo — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:09:07 GMT

I ALWAYS use a rubber back on my earrings. (they come free on almost all of the fashion earrings now) especially with shepards hook style earrings. They grip so much better than the little gold ones. hypo allergenic as well. I haven't lost a earring in forever.

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Hoovermom — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:20:10 GMT

I am with you on that one! I just purchased SS hoop earrings, after looking for a long time, and lost one of them the other day. Going to keep looking and hang on to that lonely one. Maybe it will show up one of these days.

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Lila Belle — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:39:17 GMT

On 6/25/2014 Preds said:
I lost a large gold bracelet a few years ago. Broke my heart. Two years ago I was cleaning out the files at work and thought that one felt a little ""heavy"". Opened it up and there was my bracelet. The clasp had come loose and it just slipped right off without me ever noticing. So glad I was the one to clean out the files.

How lucky you were !

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gazelle77 — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:45:18 GMT

I am so sorry! It is awful, just awful to lose jewelry....

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Gidge — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:59:31 GMT

Oh gosh I have lost several over the years! Of course they are always favorites! Twice I lost them while trying on other earrings! Arrrggghh! Meant to say when shopping for earrings!

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mewsmomtoo — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:05:29 GMT

Have you tried Ebay? I lost one earring of a pair that I loved, luckily they were a specific brand and I just kept on searching until I found that exact pair offered at a good price. It's worth a try if you have something about them that will let create a search for them.

I also have a pair of earrings that I have lost one of twice! They were a gift from my sister and I swear God wants me to have them b/c the missing earring has miraculously turned up both times, one time in the car and the other time in a hotel parking lot in a spot I would not have seen if I hadn't decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator. I hadn't even been in the parking lot that morning, don't know how it got there, but there itwas on the ground as I walked to my car.

Have you searched your car? It could be under the seats or between them or by the seatbelt.

Hope you find it - good luck!