edie3
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Post by edie3 on Jul 14, 2014 1:16:22 GMT
I have a ton of single earrings, where I have lost one of the pair. But I can't bring myself to throw away the remaining one. Tell me I am not alone!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 1:18:08 GMT
I have lots of one of earrings. I don't want to throw them out as they are gold. (Back from the 80s when everything near me was 10kt) but I probably don't need them anymore either.
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Post by lilacgal on Jul 14, 2014 1:22:41 GMT
I do the same! I really, really doubt I'll find the other gold earring I lost as a sophomore in college but I can't bring myself to get rid of it. What if?
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GiantsFan
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 14, 2014 1:26:52 GMT
Me too. I have a whole drawer in my jewelry box for them.
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Jul 14, 2014 1:27:38 GMT
According to my new issue of Lucky magazine, it's a trend to wear mismatched earrings. Voila!
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Post by melanell on Jul 14, 2014 1:27:50 GMT
One day I took a pile of lone earrings, backs, and a few mangled chains to a local jeweler and made some money from them. I've also used non-gold lonely earrings as thumbtacks, or I snipped off the post and used the decorative portion in crafts.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 14, 2014 1:28:16 GMT
Oh yea, I do too
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Post by winogirl on Jul 14, 2014 1:31:39 GMT
I can't throw them away on the off chance I find the other. It's happened before.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 1:38:02 GMT
We could make a fortune. Set up a website where you post a picture of the lost earring. Charge $1 for each post. People could link up and send each other the mates. We would make a fortune just off of me.
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Post by Really Red on Jul 14, 2014 1:45:41 GMT
Literally at least 100.
You are not alone!
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purplebee
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Post by purplebee on Jul 14, 2014 1:49:05 GMT
I wear two earrings in my left ear, so I always have a place for the lonely single from a pair!
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on Jul 14, 2014 1:49:33 GMT
I only have a few pair, so I don't have this problem.
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 14, 2014 2:09:49 GMT
I can't throw them away on the off chance I find the other. It's happened before. Yeah, it happened to me years afterwards. I was shocked.
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Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Jul 14, 2014 2:13:41 GMT
Yep. And why is it that I always lose one of my favorites?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 14, 2014 2:35:36 GMT
If I have a gold earring singlet, I sell it for its gold value. Unless it was part of a sentimentally important pair. Then I keep it.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 14, 2014 3:45:49 GMT
Yes me too!! A girlfriend bought me a pair of earrings and I lost one. I loved them a lot so I went and bought myself another pair the same. Then I lost one of those, but at least I still had 2 left. I ended up losing yet another one (this was all over the course of several years) and I couldn't find a pair to match. I still have the lone little earring in the box.
Just last week I lost an earring at the snow. I was glad that it was an old pair that I don't love rather than my favorite pair that I usually wear every day. But yes, I have kept that single earring anyway!
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Post by angel97701 on Jul 14, 2014 4:30:40 GMT
Ah yes . . . I too have a collection of "singles" and once I did buy a pair and was able to match 2 when I lost another. You are not alone!
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Jul 14, 2014 4:35:52 GMT
Yes and same thing goes for cute socks that I can't find the match for.
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 14, 2014 6:09:46 GMT
Me and my drawer full of single earrings are sitting right next to you.
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conchita
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Post by conchita on Jul 14, 2014 8:29:16 GMT
I lost a gold hoop earring about five years ago. Last weekend my husband was detailing our car and came inside and handed me that lost gold hoop. He retrieved it by completely taking apart the console and removing it from a deep, dark crevice. Today I am wearing that pair of gold hoops that were recently reunited after five long years! Don't lose hope my friends!! Or any more earrings either.
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oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Jul 14, 2014 9:35:34 GMT
One day I took a pile of lone earrings, backs, and a few mangled chains to a local jeweler and made some money from them. I've also used non-gold lonely earrings as thumbtacks, or I snipped off the post and used the decorative portion in crafts. I use costume jewellery in altered art all the time. I don't think I would use gold though.
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BarbaraUK
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 14, 2014 9:40:42 GMT
I do. However, after knocking a jewellery box off the chest of drawers yesterday I really think I need to do something about them pretty soon!!
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Post by Patter on Jul 14, 2014 10:09:55 GMT
I rarely lose them anymore because I mostly wear hoops, and I link them together when I am not wearing them so they stay safely together in my jewelry box. When I want to wear a certain pair, I just pick up a hoop and the other one is attached to it. The only studs I wear are a locking set of diamonds that I never take out. They stay in my second hole.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 12:18:26 GMT
Oh my god yes! The worst part?!? I don't even wear earrings anymore!!
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 14, 2014 12:29:18 GMT
Yup. And it drives me crazy... but I can't help it!
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Post by fruitysuet on Jul 14, 2014 12:45:47 GMT
Me too (though I can ditch the odd socks).
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 14, 2014 13:05:31 GMT
... I've also used non-gold lonely earrings as thumbtacks ... Loving this idea!
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