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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly this sounds kind of like my SIL. I can’t say that I’ve known her to do this exact thing, and certainly not with the diapers, but I could see her doing the towel or glove thing. I don’t think she intentionally rude, or even flaky, I think some things just don’t register for her. She also sees stuff as not a big deal, so if she had an extra towel she’d lend it out and not be concerned if it never came back. I don’t know if she’d even notice. It’s funny, she’s an engineer and extremely detail oriented about some things, but other stuff just... doesn’t register.

Drives me crazy though. [/quote]

I think there is the most truth here. And it definitely comes from a place of privilege. They have so much stuff and the means to replace stuff (borrow from friends who seem to always have extras or buy brand new things to replace forgotten stuff) that it literally doesn’t occur to them that other people keep track of their stuff. Always having more than you need means you’ve set yourself up to also be seen as people with all the stuff. Stop doing this. [/quote]

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