Sometimes my husband (or other family member) will come rushing in desperately needing some tweezers and we will all search the house. Everyone helps, going through drawers, under beds and behind cupboards and there I am, mucking in with the rest of them. But I know more than I say, because I have a secret.
I know where the tweezers are but I’m not telling, because they are my secret tweezers. I also have hidden about the house, scissors and sticky-tape. Never will I reveal the locations of these items to the rest of my family. If I do, they will disappear immediately and then where will I be when I need them?
In domestic terms these items are GOLD. It is not worth my sanity, my time nay my life to share these things. What if some-one, god forbid, got their hands on the good scissors, when they have been existing happily along using merely mediocre ones. Once someone gets a taste for that sort of thing, life can get very expensive. I must protect what is mine. So I must ask, am I alone in this?
My mum had some good scissors which she used for cutting our hair when we were kids (I have 4 siblings, so some home economies were necessary). We were forbidden to ever touch them. They still hold a certain mystique in my eyes…
Gervy, I dare you to use the good scissors next time you visit your mother.
I also have “good” scissors, ones I won’t let cut anything but fabric. I’m picky that way. I also keep certain pens away from everyone.
I also have little tools that no one knows where they are but me, like a clothes brush, a scalle…. because if my husband would know it I would never know when I would need them
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The mystery of disappearing items was revealed to me in Oceanography. We learnt that at the bottom of deep oceans were ’sinks’ into which particles such as sodium radicals were inevitably drawn. My student colleagues saw this could account for the world’s lost supply of biros. Later we extended it to scissors and small screwdrivers. It probably covers tweezers as well.
Every gal must have secret tweezers!!
Ha! today I broke “the good scissors” and had to promote the second best ones. But will buy new pair this week.
My tweezers? I keep a decoy pair………..
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I write with calligraphy pens, and the WORST transgression that can befall me is someone else’s nasty little hands on my special pens! More than once, I have had one out to sign a birthday card or something…. then someone ELSE will pick it up and it’s like I run in slow motion, a low gutteral voice coming out of me like a scene from the Exorcist…. “NooooooOO! StooooppppP! You can’t write with thaaaat!” The nib on a calligraphy pen literally bends to the pressure that the owner uses to write… it takes on your characteristics… it’s YOURS! So, to calm down and answer politely, let them get their own scissors, tweezers, pens, pencils, and yes…. paper too!
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Karen
Stingy with her toys…
Yes, I have all these secret things stashed away and I even have my own secret tool kit complete with screwdrivers, stanley knives and super glue. Without my secret stash nothing would ever get fixed at my place.
What a good idea. When I buy some new good scissors, they will definitely have a secret place to live. Sadly all my old good scissors were found, used, and rendered bad scissors. Useless!
Oh I’m so happy not to be alone in this…I have secret tweezers, scissors, tape, stamps, and even a full set of keys. My husband is always losing his keys (he has about 3 sets) so these keys are the last resort, super secret set. I also hide sunglasses and socks for my husband.
It just makes life so much easier at 6 am.
This is text book Imelda Mike behaviour, love it, but I’d make it my mission to find those scissors.
HAHA no you’re not the only one
My mum always had two pairs of scissors, and she made sure we knew which ones we were allowed to use to cut mundane, everyday things. The good scissors were for her sewing. I also took the same care with pens and pencils, espcially when lending them to someone in school. I didn’t go so far as to have a stash of crappy writing utensils to loan out, but there were certain pens I (almost) guarded with my life. I’m that way now with my makeup brushes and Tweezerman tweezers.
hahhaaa… i make everyone put everything back where it belongs and i don’t share my personal tweezer or scissors. they are mine!!!!!
I too have a secret stash of scissors, tape and Sharpie markers hidden in the house.
I have also been known to keep a stash of candy hidden in an empty tampon box. I know my husband won’t look in there…
One of the things that makes me wonder who ever suffers from “the empty nest syndrome.” After all my years with kids, then teens, then young adults in the house, the scissors and tweezers and the like now stay where I put them. And if they’re not to be found, it’s my own fault (even my husband can’t be easily blamed, as he lives and works away during the week and can only do so much misplacing over a weekend!)
Hi enc, glad to hear it, oh I forgot pens, yes I have a stash of those too!
Seeker, nice to see you here. Thats why we have to do this, husbands have a habit of losing things.
Janet, the mystery explained! How far down are these sinks and how do we get our stuff back?
Hi Couture Carrie, yes mine are special edition pink tweezermans and I don’t want anyone else touching them.
Hammie, a decoy, hmm another trick to add to my arsenal, thank-you.
Karen, now that sounds frustrating (with a hilarious response). Your sister in stinginess, Cybill.
SKM, ooh a tool-kit, I’ll put that on my secret stash list.
Marianne, you must do this! You’ll be thanking me next time you need a pair of scissors and know just where to find them.
Christine, You’ve got it all worked out, I hadn’t thought of keys either but thats brilliant. I keep a stupid looking pair of sunglasses for my husbands spare pair, it makes him extra keen to find his ‘missing’ ones.
Imelda, what scissors? I have no scissors.
Robo, i’m with you on the tweezermans, they are the most valuable tool in the house and no-one but me is going near them.
Hi savvymode sg, thats the way to do it!
goitaly, oooh you’re good, I am so going to do that (and I bet everyone else that reads your comment does it too)
Materfamilias, Another benefit of the empty nest, you can use your good china, your good scissors and you don’t have to hide your tweezers!
I have many of these same things stashed secretly along with nail clippers. But I have been buying scissors at estate sales and sticky tape on clearance right after christmas and I put them in drawers all over the house along with several in a drawer marked scissors in my studio (of course my good fabric scissors are hidden and not in that drawer!).
Hi Virginia, now thats clever thinking, an abundance of the stuff and still hiding the good ones!