When I was raising my daughter, I made a point of teaching her to "look like a mom, not like a dad." I'm not talking physical appearance, but knowing how to search for and find a given object.
I've done some research and my conclusions show that when most men walk into a room to look for something, this is what happens. The make a cursory glance around the room. If the item they seek does not jump up and wave to them, tackle them, whistle, or run toward them, they are likely to announce "It's not here. I don't see it."
Women walk into the same room, look carefully around and begin moving things, looking under piles of magazines or clothing, actually opening drawers and cupboards with a determined attitude. They are, of course, far more likely to succeed in finding the lost article.
My darling daughter is now twenty one. To this day, we still use the terms "look for it like a mom" and "If you didn't find it you must have looked like a dad."
So, guys, take heart. Finding lost stuff can be done. You'll just need to learn to look like a mom.
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We sent my stepson to the basement to find something in the freezer (another pack of frozen hamburger) he ran back up in less then a minute saying he had not found any when I in fact KNEW there was some there. I sent my hubby back downstairs telling him it was definitely there I am not crazy and to actually LOOK FOR IT! He found it behind a few frozen dinners but had I not said something they both would have said we were completely out of hamburger and rushed to the store to buy more!!!!!!
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Of course when I am told that something is "on the table in the kitchen" it's not my fault when it is actually in a dresser drawer in the bedroom.
My favorite method for finding lost items is to first use the psychic approach (a method which works surprisingly well for me), then I move to the search and rescue method; and if that fails, I resort to combing (a method has had me nicknamed CSI on occasion). Yes, folks grin as they lay out that moniker.
Peace --
It's so cool that men can do that far off vision thing, seeing objects and dangers before they're too close. A reason we need each other--one to see far away and one to see the stuff right in front of us.
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