Left my phone in an Uber today.

Left my wireless earbuds somewhere (who knows) last week.

Lost my keys so now keep a set in a key safe on the wall.

The ADHD tax is real! What’s your best “lost” or “lost and found”?

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Lost my phone at a concert, my then-bf tracked down the guy who found it and managed to get it back for me … then I lost it permanently when I left it in an Uber two months later. 🤦🏻‍♀️

On the plus side, the bf is now my husband—somehow my propensity for losing all my important belongings didn’t scare him off 😅

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What. A. Keeper!
My gf did literally that. Called the phone. Driver didn’t nothing but the lady kept hold of it. And we went and picked it up. Kindness of strangers.

Best I tie it to me!

Wonderful about your bf and now husband!

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I left my laptop in a taxi several years back and never got it back. Although I was devastated at that time, I became a lot more careful about belongings in an uber or taxi ever since

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Owwwwwwcccchhhhhhhh. Reminds self to back up all.

You might not be able to stop forgetting things, but try and get into the habit of putting things in the same place, and it should make it less likely that you lose things as often. It’s worked for me.

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To be fair I think that’s where I got it wrong. I had the phone in my hand not my pocket and just got distracted in the whole exit carrying bags etc.

One of my childhood traumas was I left a brand new pack of magic markers in the seat pocket of a plane. I wasn’t exactly flush with toys back then so it was roughly emotionally equivalent to leaving an iPad.

You’d think I would have learned from that experience - but no! I kept the unclaimed baggage center well stocked with odds and ends for decades. The most recent was a neck pillow that I bought specifically for a very long haul flight. How I left that behind, only an ADHD person can explain.

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Keep an AirTag on your keys and wallet.
And keep a copy of your apt keys in your wallet and/or car.

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*adds to cart*

I left my phone in a bathroom stall once realized it went back to get it and someone stole it.

When I was a kid I left my mom’s really expensive camera on a public bus while on vacation luckily it was found and we were able to get it back.

It’s pretty frequent I leave my purse in the fitting rooms at stores. So frequent I stopped carrying purses.

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And I guess even worse with purses is all the contents going too! Make up, keys, cards. I guess now it’s phone only and hope for the best.

Lost left AirPod, pondered forever if I should get another set of them or cheaper ones, knowing myself. got cheaper ones. Now lost the right one of them ✌️I am putting it down as a success 🤷‍♀️

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No, they are black ✌️😂

I lost myself somewhere in 2016.. haven’t found him ever since

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Ouch. Hope you can find a compass? Or some light?

I lost a friend because I kept losing things

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Oh that’s tough. I hope it’s better now?

Ouch, I’ve left small things in Ubers but phone is tough. Hope you get it back OP

Yeah got it back thanks to gf having more faith in strangers.

Not sure if it’s ADHD/AuDHD related but I immediately went into catastrophic mode.

She was like - let’s call it - the driver or passenger might pick up. Sure enough they did. And agreed to need to return it.

Amazing.

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