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I'm the kind of person who is careful with how I handle books so that they won't fall apart.
I honestly do not like sharing or lending out my books because more often than not, I find them returned with rips, unsightly creases and torn spines.
IIN?
Lending anything except your time, is generally a hit or miss deal. I agree about books and music, especially.
Polonius:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 75–77
The last time I lent someone books, I didn't get one back and the rest came back all bent and sticky. Sticky! So I understand. I don't even open them very far because I don't like the spines ruined.
This is normal. In the past, I would let people borrow my manga and they'd return it with bent up covers and destroyed spines, so now I no longer let people borrow them.
I'm the same way with my books and stopped lending them out. At least you're getting them back!