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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like I could totally be this person. Although I'd never be posting pictures using it on vacation! I can keep track of what we have borrowed but I'm terrible about like, remembering at the time when doing something about it is possible, if that makes sense. Like a great example, I have a friend's cooler right now because we had to transport dry ice for an event we were running together and I took the cooler home to clean it out. I know its hers, I haven't been using it, and I am constantly trying to remember to bring it with me but I just keep forgetting. I will be seeing her at dinner and I will be mentally reminding  myself all day but then will forget when I'm walking out the door.

I am just absentminded and have been my whole life. I actually fight it by trying to NEVER be in this situation so I would never borrow your gloves, I would buy some because I would dread this happening hahaha.

But if I loaned you something I honestly would forget about it entirely and likely never care if I saw it again because I dunno, some acknowledgement of karma for my own scatterbrained-ness and also stuff is just stuff I really deal with what is in front of me at any moment in time. Which I know sounds privileged but really we just like...operate that way. DD stepped in a frozen puddle today and her boots were wet and we couldn't find her other ones. So DH put on new socks and wrapped them in saran wrap and put her back in the wet boots. I would never spend time getting mad about not being able to find the backup boots. I think that is totally a personality thing and no one is right or wrong there just like...explaining how its just a different way of thinking that results in this.

I would echo what PPs said, never let them leave the event with the the thing. Everyone is way happier in this scenario. [/quote]

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