Generally the TV remote, but much worse is baby wipes. They are never where they belong. My wife and kids ALWAYS use them elsewhere and will not return them where they took them from.

There's been instances of multiple bags of baby wipes on the floor in the living room. All open. NONE anywhere near the changing room. I've had to hide a small-ish bag in a drawer that no one knows about.

The remote is never able to be found. My wife allows the 5 y/o boy to carry it around the house and it gets constantly lost. I've actually resorted to purchasing a separate remote and hiding it. They've found it, and now I have to find TWO remotes. I've now hidden it in my work bag. When I get home it follows me in.

Anyone else have to deal with this BS?

Oh, and nail clippers. Kimber NEVER returns them. I've purchased several and store them in my underwear drawer. I'm sure I'll think of more...

I have hidden nail clippers for years cause the wife and kids never put things back where they belong. Bought my wife her own tools so she would leave mine alone. Worked my way through college as a mechanic and tools need to be put back where you found them.

Just stream via to your iPad and let the wife deal with the TV drama.

Put a clippers on your keychain (my dad did it for years) and never take the keys out of your pocket.

Other option is trade the wife in for a newer, lower maintenance model. It is a bit more expensive, however.

 
I have the same problem, though I am usually the guilty party who puts it down somewhere else.
 

I used to have a group of friend over to my apartment to play poker. We sat on the floor. They began to complain that their cigarette lighters had gone missing during the games. While cleaning one day, I found the missing lighters under a cabinet.
My Siamese cat had systematically removed all the lighters during the game and batted them under the cabinet.

Clippers, tweezers, remotes, hair ties, screw driver of each head type, yep.

Nail clippers especially, screwdrivers and my damn flashlights! My husband got tired of getting ground on about the clippers disappearing that he bought me six of them for Christmas. I got sick of him taking my flashlights (especially my Fenix!) so I bought him those for last Christmas as well. He may get more flashlights this year along with a new Citizen eco-drive watch, salted gourmet caramels and contractor grade drill bits...unless I hide any of them

I keep my clippers in my truck. Nobody can fool with them there.

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Originally posted by arfmel:
I keep my clippers in my truck. Nobody can fool with them there.

I don't know where my truck is. Has anybody seen it?

Pens! I’m going to buy a million pens and put 100in every cabinet, drawer,closet, crawl space, appliance, and jewelry box.

We buy Bic pens in ten-packs. My girlfriend leaves them wherever she wants, so rather than look for one, I just pull a new one out of the package. If I find one where it doesn't belong, I toss it in the trash.

She knows better than to take my good pens, which are in a place by themselves.

There's my stuff, your stuff, and our stuff - in my house and world.

They are distinct categories, each with their own rules (or the lack thereof).

My tools are distinctly different from all purpose "house tools", as is my toiletries kit, etc.

Some time ago, I discovered non monofiliment fishing line. It works great to keep "things" in place. Tie one end to a stable, heavy object, the other end to the "thing", giving the "thing" enough slack to still use. I think it is only 8 pound test, but it is usually enough to keep the offender at bay. It is a nice dark green color that camouflages nicely in my surroundings. At the very least you will hear yelling directed in your direction about what kind of monster you are for keeping your things yours.

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Originally posted by Kenpoist:
Pens! I’m going to buy a million pens and put 100in every cabinet, drawer,closet, crawl space, appliance, and jewelry box.

Marry a cop, and you will never see a pen again.
 

No, my people are pretty good about putting things back where they belong. I don't know if it's because they are naturally like this or they didn't like the fit I threw when there was an item missing from my tool box once.

I'm sure it's been done, but my "million dollar idea" was to put a 'locate' button on the TV that when depressed, would cause the remote to start beeping or making some kind of racket.

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I'm sure it's been done, but my "million dollar idea" was to put a 'locate' button on the TV that when depressed, would cause the remote to start beeping or making some kind of racket.

I'm pretty sure that this exists. I can't tell you the make / model TV & remote combination that has this, but I think I've seen it in a "features" list for a TV. Maybe I'm imagining this, and just channeling your idea.

Hammers, and tape measures.

I have my own nail clippers set.

But, just last night, I pulled out the nifty best of breed can opener I bought on Amazon. I noticed the rubber insert in the cap opener portion was missing.

I got upset looking at drawers for the missing part. I said I'm going to buy another one and hide it someplace where only I can use it. After a while, my wife went and showed me that the can opener I got isn't the can opener I bought. She got the other one that was there and showed me it had the rubber thing. I said I'm still going to take my can opener and hide it. She suggested a place where I could I stick it and always have ready access.