WOMAN SPENDS SIX WEEKS LOOKING FOR LOST KEYS, ONLY TO FIND THEM AT HOUSE OF FRIEND WHO FAILED TO TELL HER THEY WERE THERE THE WHOLE TIME

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Woman Spends 'Chaotic' 6 Weeks Looking for Her Lost Keys. Where She Found Them Has Her Ghosting Her Group of Friends

By Ashley Vega  Published on December 16, 2025 03:32PM EST

 

A woman turns to the Reddit community for support following a months-long ordeal that left her feeling embarrassed, hurt and increasingly disconnected from her closest friends.

 

“I lost my keys,” she wrote, explaining that the set included her house keys, gym fob and a Taylor Swift keychain gifted by her cousin before their death. The loss of her keys happened during what she described as a "chaotic" week filled with overlapping crises.

 

That week, she said her truck broke down at work, forcing her to rush into buying a new car under financial pressure. She also took in a friend’s dog for three months while they dealt with their own crisis, noting that the animal was reactive and prone to biting.

 

For over six weeks, she searched relentlessly, explaining that she tore her house apart, checked her broken-down truck repeatedly and lived with an unlocked front door. “I paid for a gym I couldn’t access. I eventually drove to the main gym in the next town over to replace the key fob," she continued.

 

The truth came out while she was leaving a friend’s house, when she spotted the keys sitting out in plain sight. “My friends started laughing and explained that the keys had been at her house the entire time,” she wrote.

 

When she asked why no one told her, her friend responded simply that she never asked. The explanation left her stunned, especially given the stress she had openly endured while searching. Unfortunately, she said the incident did not feel isolated.

 

“There’s a pattern of exclusion called ‘inside jokes’ with them,” she explained, citing examples involving deliberate secrecy and manipulation among the group.

 

One situation involved a fake arrest story that was intentionally kept from one boyfriend for weeks, while another required coordinating lies to manage a friend’s behavior at Thanksgiving. “We are all over 30, mind you and two of them are over 40," she emphasized.

 

After the key incident, she muted the group chat and stopped engaging, though one friend reached out privately and acknowledged her feelings. "But she made sure to mention that the two-year anniversary of the friend who held onto my keys’s dog dying is coming up and that she can be difficult around this time," she continued.

 

At this point, the woman said she planned to quietly distance herself rather than confront anyone directly. “I kinda want to ghost them,” she admitted, asking Reddit if she was overreacting or wrong for walking away.

 

Commenters overwhelmingly sided with her, describing the behavior as cruel rather than funny. “Jokes are supposed to be funny, not downright cruel,” one commenter wrote, while another said they would leave the group without hesitation.

 

"These people are not your friends. Friends would be legit hunting for those keys right next to you," another pointed out.

AH: The further you read in this story, the more these so-called friends sound like crass, completely self-absorbed asses.