Do you borrow or lend personal belongings?

[Janice]

I try not to. I've had some lousy experiences through the years. I'd lend out nice clothes and get them back in lousy condition....or didn't get them back at all.

I lent a friend a nice pair of shoes once, not knowing she had extra-wide feet. I couldn't wear them and ended up giving them back to her to keep.

Forget about books, CDs or DVDs - never get those things back.

I buy what I want, and I don't want to borrow anything from anyone.

[Brian Damage]

Thankfully, nobody asks to borrow my clothes, I think that would be too weird. lol It really depends who the person is though. If it is someone I trust, I'll lend them dvd's or something like that. I never lend anyone money anymore. I have been burned several times with that. I would rather give someone money than lend it to them.

[Courtnee]

if it's like a pen yeah but big stuff like clothes (except with my friend sarahpuff) i don't lend out.

[Kazza]

I don't lend out anything but think that my 8 yr old daughter will be borrowing my clothes in the near future.

[Janice]

I don't lend out anything but think that my 8 yr old daughter will be borrowing my clothes in the near future.
And beyond...your makeup, perfume, jewelry, your car, etc, etc, ect. ;)

[Kazza]

And beyond...your makeup, perfume, jewelry, your car, etc, etc, ect. ;)

:(
At least it's some relief that she won't get use my makeup,perfume and jewerly because I don't use any. LOL

[Brieannas21]

No, a lot of my friends have small chest so my shirts wouldn't fit them at the moment in the chest area. And I don't lend out my pants or jeans to anyone. I don't want my butt or any area in the same area that theirs been. I will lend them shoes and earrings things like that. I've let a friend of mine borrow my car for a week.

[Mijada]

No, not anymore. I learned my lesson after being taken advantage of a few times.

[evilNpunk]

I dont really like borrowing things, and I never get back anything I lend out, so no... I dont do the borrowing thing.

[TJL]

I lend my tools out to friends. I'm pretty lenient when it comes to return times, but I do get annoyed when an item isn't returned after a while.

[gidgetgrape]

No, no never ever lend. I don't borrow either.

My freshman semester of college I loaned my new typewriter to a girl I had met in my dorm. We had been eating lunch together and hangin' out so I thought it would be okay. She spilled brown soda in my typewriter and gave it back to me without telling me. I got ready to use it and the keys were stuck together and the soda had dried up on the inside. Thankfully, I had purchased a warranty so I was able to have it replaced. But still...:mad:

[PZelda]

Not anymore, and I never will again.

- In the early part of 1999, my sister's guy friend and I swapped our video game consoles. I borrowed his original Playstation (this was nearly two years before Playstation 2 came out) and he borrowed my Nintendo 64. We had each other's consoles for close to two months. When we returned our consoles to each other, I gave him all his games, his controller + his PSX. When he gave me my N64 back, he returned everything with it, EXCEPT two games!!!! I was PISSED. They were San Francisco Racing and Diddy Kong Racing. I never did get either one back. My sister's friend graduated from high school that spring, and I never saw him again. I have since long gotten a replacement copy of Diddy Kong Racing, but it's not the same.

- I can't even trust my stepfamily -- my stepsisters and their friends -- with my own personal belongings when I leave them at my dad's house. I stopped doing that when I moved. In the process, I gathered up all my belongings, to discover that somebody had jacked a very important part from my N64 (this was a different one -- I have two N64s). It was the 8MB expansion pack that came with the console when I originally got the N64. I was SOOOOOOO pissed. I did get a replacement pack for it, but I was still very pissed. Never again. :mad:

[Brad Russ]

Yeah, I lend things out quite a bit actually. I have trouble saying no to people. If I get the stuff back, it's usually after about a year or so. :lol:

[swedeace]

It's funny how most people talk about how they don't lend stuff out because of lousy experiences, but how many people are the ones who haven't returned something to someone? Come on. Fess up. :lol: ;)

I really do not like to borrow things because then I obsess over the whole "trust" issue. Am I going to lose it? Am I going to forget? Am I going to leave it for many weeks? Will I later think it's my item? Then if it's lost or damaged, you have to think of how to repay the person. That usually stresses me out.

I actually loaned one of my maternal aunts my "Selena" DVD just about a little over a year ago, and I haven't gotten it back since. My guess is she thought it was hers since or her son's (my cousin) she's had it for a while already. I keep forgetting to ask for it back. There were times when I wanted to watch the movie but couldn't because I don't have it with me.

[Polniaczek033]

not anymore because i never get anything back.

[Jo_Luvs_Ketchup]

The only person who borrows my stuff (without asking btw) is my sister and I can't even take her stuff because I'm heavier than her. But no, she borrows them and I don't see them for a while since she carries her stuff in her bookbag for some reason.

[Dragonflies]

Nope, not at all. Been burned too many times lending stuff out especially CD's and DVD's

[dawsongirl]

Well technically, no one asks, but if they did, chances are 99.9% that I'd say no. I hate the thought of other people touching my stuff. Eww. They'd just ruin it. And my car? No one will EVER drive my car but me. I hate taking it in for service, because it seems like I always get it back with the seat shoved back and the radio on a different channel. Eww...contaminated.

[Stuck In The '70's]

Never again

[Czas na Zywiec]

If I'm out of town, I'll give my friend my car and apartment keys. The car keys to drop me off/pick me up from the airport, then park it at her place, and the apartment keys to keep an eye on things/water plants/etc. I've known her since I moved here a few years back so trust her with everything. She then does the same to me when she's out of town. Other than that, I'll always lend a few bucks to people and get it back later on. I don't care if I lend a few bucks to friends, I see them all the way so if they don't pay me back in money, they can pay me in other ways. ;)

[Janice]

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

~William Shakespeare

[~LadyJess~]

Not a lot of people ask me for stuff but my friend Lindsay and I borrow stuff from each other all the time. I'm pretty sure at least a third of the clothes in each of our closets is the other person's. And when it comes to money, it always seems like one of us is short on cash so one will buy the other one food (take in to consideration it's usually from a drive-thru) knowing that the other one, while we won't pay it back in hard cash, will buy food or something else for them at some point in time. We have been friends long enough to know it will all even out eventually.

[Mikado]

Me and my bro have nearly identical tastes in reading, we both like to buy non-fiction Canadian history and so we lend each other books all the time

[AB]

My brother-in-law & family live next door and are always borrowing stuff and
not returning it. They borrow tools, ladders, DVD's, play station games, wrapping paper, scotch tape, foil wrap, food items, and thats within the last
few months. My husband won't say no to them. I want to tell them go to
"Walmart" for goodness sakes.

[Number 9 Dream]

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of borrowing/lending. I myself even dislike borrowing from someone because their stuff ends up being my responsibility and I'd hate it if I ended up ruining something of theirs on accident. The only people I won't hesitate to lend something out to is my immediate family or my best friend. That's about it. My best friend and I used to borrow clothes or c.d.s from each other all the time and it wasn't any problem because we were like sisters and we trusted each other.

Also, we used to do the same thing that Lady Jess mentioned--when one of us was short on cash while we went out to eat, the other would pick up the tab and the favor would be returned the next time, no questions asked. The same thing with rides--when she was living here and we went to school together, we'd switch off with carpooling. I find that method works with us.

I've had bad experiences with lending out stuff to a certain friend, which is probably why I'm so hesitant about it. I gave him my Pink Floyd 'Dark Side of the Moon' c.d. to borrow, and not only did he have it for months on end, but I found it sitting on the FLOOR of his van, scratched up and ruined to the point that I didn't even want it back. I was furious! Not only did he ruin one of my favorite albums, but his attitude was so flippant and non-chalant, like he could care less about it (I'm not friends with this guy anymore). He's done this to my best friend as well, so I should've known better than to lend him something.

[Georgia's on my Mind]

I try not to..I only try to own what I REALLY need, so if I have something I generally can't lend it out....it usually takes forever to get it back and I'm really cheap

[Already Gone]

Not anymore, especially DVD's.

[Crimson and Clover]

we borrow and loan movies