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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
You just think that they would borrow something from you and never return it.
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Yes. I
know that my friends would borrow
books and not return them. Or return them with cracks in the spine, dog-eared pages, cracked covers, dings on the cover or any number of issues
I would take exception to. Is this a problem?
Not for me because I don't lead my books to anyone. I think it's quite silly for me to assume that because
I am a book hoarder and a very cautious about my personal belongings to expect all my friends to be and act the same. Almost all of you here are just as fanatical about books as I am and I wouldn't lend you a book, either.
...and I think it's just getting beyond the pale for you (or anyone else for that matter) to sit judgement on someone (or their friends) because YOU don't like how I interact with them. Get over it. I don't lend my books to anyone. I don't feel the slightest bit of shame about it or any desire to change the situation. My friends prefer this because I will kirk the [language edit] out on them if they mess up my books so it works best for everyone that they
don't touch my books.
Like I said, get over it. The world won't end and nobody will die if they can't get into my library collection. It's not bread and water or the elixir of life we're talking about here...it's the latest release in the Dresden Files. Sheesh.
And in case I didn't make it very clear. These are the house rules:
You put your dirty little paws on my books and you draw back a nub. The answer is and always will be NO.