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my parents gave me a good luck charm which was a small statue of a god in my religion to take with me to the nj state forensics tournament on friday. well, as soon as they gave it to me, i put it right into my purse and put the purse right into my tote bag. not once did i take the charm out.

when i got back last night i was very tired and took out all my stuff in my purse & tote bag and put everything away in the correct spot. even when i'm extremely tired, i know i'd either put everything in the right spot or keep everything on my table, and i put everything away in the right spot & didn't misplace anything... i hope. well, this morning i was awoken by the thought... "why don't i remember taking out the charm from my bag?" so i got up to look in my purse.

and -- conveniently -- the charm disappeared. i had NO idea where it went. i mean yeah the typical answer, "duh, you left it at the forensics tournament" but it couldn't have just WALKED out of my purse. and the odds that i was taking something else of of my purse & the charm got stuck on the item and fell ... are unlikely because the charm is heavy for its size.

so i now need some advice.

should i just look through ALL my stuff (again)?
should i just tell my parents right off that i lost it?
should i do a combination of the above?
what should i do if they ask me for it? (should i stall and say, "ohh i don't feel like getting it now"?)
should i just hope that they forget about it and never ask for it again?

i feel so terrible. they told me not to lose it and i LOST it.

and no, it's irreplaceable. it's not from this country so i can't just BUY a new one.

This is tough. Go through your stuff twelve more times before you even think about telling your parents. Keep in mind that it could have fallen into little places in your bags. Also, since you were very tired, look all around your room because it could have gotten dropped somewhere accidentally. Last month I had on a necklace, and I was just standing in my bathroom when I noticed that the pendant was gone. So I looked all around my bathroom, and didn't find it, and then I ended up seeing it in the hallway outside my bedroom door. I hadn't even walked there with the necklace on (because I had just put it on) so keep in mind that it could be ANYWHERE. If you think the charm might be affected by a magnet, go ahead and find a magnet (or a bunch of them) and just sweep through your bag and all of your stuff. I think they make huge magnets for sewing kits and stuff so you might want to check to see if you have one. Also, if anybody else could have gotten into your bag at the tournament (even if you left your bag alone on the table once), call and ask them if they took it out. If you don't find it, tell your parents that you put it in a safe place in your bag (and didn't even take it out) and now it's not there anymore. Don't say that you lost it- just say that you can't find it. Hopefully they will understand. If not... keep looking... it's bound to be somewhere.

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