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A Woman Says She’s Being Blamed for Keys Her Mother Lost a ‘Month’ Ago — ‘This Is Insanity’
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A woman says her mother is blaming her for losing an important set of keys
She said that her mother briefly stopped by her home over a “month” ago and insists she left the keys on a hall table
The woman said the keys are nowhere to be found — yet her mother insists she’s at fault
A woman says that she’s being blamed for keys that her mother lost a month ago — and she’s now asking others if her annoyance over the situation is justified.
She detailed her story on the “Am I Being Unreasonable” forum on the U.K.-based community site Mumsnet.com, a place where women can go to seek advice from other women about interpersonal issues. In her post, the woman — who is married with a toddler — said that her mother briefly stopped by their home last month so that they could all drive to a wedding together.
Now, “weeks later,” she said her mother is insisting that she left an important set of keys on a hall table during the visit.
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“It’s keys to my grandparents’ house, and she said she took them from her car and put them there for safekeeping,” the original poster (OP) added.
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“The keys aren’t there and [my husband] and I haven’t seen them,” the woman continued.
She went on to say that her mother told her she is “very disappointed” in her for “losing her keys,” and keeps messaging her to ask that she “look again properly.”
The OP said that her mother even claims she plans to draw a “diagram” so that the OP and her husband can locate the missing item.
“AIBU [am I being unreasonable] to think this is insanity?” the woman asked at the end of her post.
The majority of commenters assured the OP that she has every right to feel frustrated by her mom’s behavior.
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“Yes, that’s bats—!” one person said. “I’d tell her I don’t want to hear about the keys again unless it’s her apologizing and telling me she’s found them somewhere else!”
“Just tell her you have looked and can’t find them. If she wants to look, she’s welcome, but there’s little point. Tell her to look elsewhere [and] that you haven’t seen or touched them and won’t be held responsible for ‘losing’ them,” said someone else.
Another person said, “I’d be pointing out that looking after the keys was her responsibility, not yours. I’d offer for her to visit and look for them herself. The likelihood is that she’s lost them somewhere entirely different.”
Some people, however, pointed out that there’s a chance the keys could be in the house — especially in a home with a toddler.
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“Toddlers do pick things and move them randomly, especially if it’s something out of the ordinary/unusual,” said one commenter, adding, “Have you checked cupboards, drawers, shoes, etc. in the vicinity and asked your toddler if they picked up what granny put on the hall table?”
“Kids love keys — maybe the child has moved them,” agreed someone else.
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