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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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[b] I will be mentally reminding  myself all day but then will forget when I'm walking out the door. [/b]

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

Then why did you take the cooler home?  And why are you mentally reminding yourself and making mental lists (next post)?  That clearly isn't working for you. Set a phone alert/reminder![/quote]

Most of the time I avoid this type of behavior! This one time I let myself bring the cooler home and viola it was the bad decision. Mostly because I wanted what was in the cooler at the time. But it has been another reminder that I just shouldn't do this. Every once in awhile something like this happens where I am reminded.

I actually do set a lot of reminders with Alexa but this one has for some reason escaped the tools I try to set up to combat this. Like right now I am thinking about it but my husband is on a coference call right there so I'm thinking, 'I will set an alarm right now, but oh DH is on the phone so I can't do it right now I'll do it when his call ends.' But then I will have forgotten by then and the next time I remember it will be something else.

I'm not really making excuses just explaining how it happens. I know it is not my best quality.  Like other PP I try to make up for it by just being extremely generous whenever I am asked for anything at all. For example the reason we had the coolers is because we were getting dry ice for a kids party which I bought and acquired myself along with a bunch of other stuff and put together a whole table for the kids to interact with it and stuff. [/quote]

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