Recently I wrote a post about how I dealt with my wife who has ADHD, losing her car keys for two months. It seems absurd that I felt guilty that my wife lost her keys and could not find them. Heck, I lose stuff all of the time, and often find the stuff I am looking for in a strange place because I was distracted when I put it down. The three things I misplace the most, are the TV remote (usually I find it in a different room), my wallet ( usually when I am thinking about a purchase), and my cell phone ( at least you can have someone call you number to help find it).
The reason I am good at finding stuff is because I have so much experience with looking for my missing stuff. Based on my skills, I was very frustrated that I could not find my wife's car keys. The reason I felt guilty over the lost keys, is because I am the person who is usually responsible for dealing with the clutter around the house. Since I do not have ADHD, this makes sense. I felt guilty because I thought that since the keys could not be found, that either by I put the in the trash by mistake and the keys would never be found again, or I got distracted and put them in a place that would only be discovered several years after we stopped using her current car. My wife found her keys and better yet it was not my fault. Not only did my wife learn to put her keys in one place, (see photo above) , but I learned not to jump to conclusions and to not blame myself for her missing items.
How did she survive for two months without her keys? Do you guys have lots of extra copies of everything laying around?
Posted by: Joe | June 22, 2010 at 06:18 PM