Why am I such a bad looker?

I am horrible at finding things; my wife can find things in a flash.

Example: Last night I was looking for Q-tips. I looked in the place they would usually be, but I could not find them. I asked my wife is she knew where they were. She said, “there in there”. I said, “no, I looked”. She got up, went to the cabinet, and pulled them out.

What’s wrong with me? Do you, or did you ever, have this problem?

Oh, and ‘looker” is my term to refer to looking for something. So please don’t attack my grammar.