you do the washing, well some do, and get the stuff out of the machine, only to find a sock missing, why can't it be the pair, then you probably wouldn't notice. The same with earrings, never lose both, always one, so unlikely you can get a replacement, i have hunted high and low for the sock, perhaps it's fed up with the weather, and gone on its holidays.
I wear Pop-Sox when I'm wearing trousers and the same happens with them, althogh they're all same shade so no big prob. Do lose the odd Hs sock but being as he always wears the same colour its not always noticed.
Teaspoons are easy I think you will find them in the garden (kids digging) In the garage (for leverage) In the bottom of the dishwasher (They fell out of the cutlery container) and in fields and beaches the world over when you took them on a picnic. Alternativelt your friends are taking them to replace theirs!
Same socks is not boring. Buy more than one in black, blue, red whatever you like. As long as you have more than one pair you are OK until the next one gets eaten.
Cutlery now that's interesting isn't it, because how do you lose knives, forks and particularly spoons, i mean you wash up, put items in cutlery holder to drain, quite posh that, then hey presto one is missing, did it jump out and run off with the sock, maybe that's it. Earring are a problem though, snag one on a sweater, it rolls off someplace, there are only so many hiding places indoors, out comes the torch and its like aneka rice and treasure hunt.
As an opposite to things disappearing does anybody else find that coat hangers seem to multiply? I've hundreds of them yet I only recall buying ten decent wooden ones and whenever asked in a shop if I'd like the hanger I say no thanks.
I find I lose paring knives all the time and I don't learn by it I'm always doing it. I wrap it up with the peelings of the veg & put it in the bin.
They're not cheap to buy eother.
jemisa i have done that, lost my best veg knife, then tipped out all the rubbish on the floor, because was sure that is where it was, can't lose that one because its an inexpensive gem.