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lost parents' good luck charm
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.
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I usually would double check all of my stuff, and then i'd begin to look in places which it could be in and then the unusual places (but it usually turns up in the second point). There could be a slight possibility that it could've fallen out, so don't rule it out yet.
Check around your table and see whether it feel out when you put your purse out? It's a thought.
Next, think back over the day and try and remember whether you did take it out and put somewhere else. I sometimes find that going through the day again, i can remember where i last saw the object and see whether it's there. Now, seeing that it was in your purse, i would recomend that you go and check every place where your tote bag was or where your purse was. Maybe you bought something and you popped the charm into your pocket? Anything is possible.
If you still can't find it, then go to your parents. You've looked everywhere and you've tried your best to find but you couldn't. Lying gets people nowhere, so does stalling. Just tell them and they'd be a bit more sympathetic, whilst if they found out later, they'd be a little more angry as to why you didn't tell them. And i can tell that this charm meant a lot to you and you'll do anything to have it back. They can help you try and find it again, 6 pairs of eyes searching tend to do better than 2 pairs.
I hope you find it,
triquetra
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You should just tell them that you put it in your purse, and when you unpacked it it wasn't there. Apologize to them and maybe check around your room where your bag was because maybe when you emptied out your bag it fell on the ground and you didn't hear it.
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This sort of thing happens to me all the time! You seem like a very organized person and that probably has you extra stressed out about this.. Start out by taking a deep breath, you're not gonna get anywhere when you are in panic mode. Search through your stuff, your room, the house, and the car you took there. If there is no luck with that try getting the number of the place where the tournament was held and see if they had any necklace's reported to them. Also call your friends and people on your team to see if any of them may have found the necklace. If there is no luck you shouldn't hide it from your parents, just tell them the truth about what happened. You might get in trouble but they would find out sooner or later. Hopefully you will find it though! I wish you the best of luck and if you need any more help, I'm here!
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Look through all of your things again, then if you can't find it, tell our parents.
It's best not to lie or mislead them, that will only make them angrier when they do find out, and they probably will. Explaining to them how sorry you are right away will let them know you understand the seriousness and are truly sorry. They might even help you look for it.
Mistakes are made, best just to do your best to fix them, and be honest about it.
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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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