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What do you most hate sharing with other people?

I have to admit - and though I'm ashamed I'm not going to dwell on it - I'm not a sharer. I'm particular about the condition of my stuff and 9 times out of 10 people do not return it in the same condition. In my own defense though, I'm not always as careful with peoples items and ergo choose to not borrow unless I know the person doesn't care or I know I can replace if necessary.

If I had to pick one thing I don't like to loan/borrow - it would be books. I don't fold corners, dog-ear the covers, break the spines (quite a feat if I must say so myself, considering I don't dog-ear the cover either!) or fuzz the paperback covers. I'm very careful with my books - and I don't expect anyone to be as careful because let's be honest - it isn't their book. I'll lend books to some, but they know how I am and they usually start off the borrowing conversation with, "If anything happens, I'll just buy you a new one." I don't think that's ever happened, but I like the reassurance to be there :) Point in fact, I recently borrowed The Other Boleyn Girl from Jane and I asked her, "Do you care what condition the book comes back in?" - and though I had no intention of letting Ripley chew on it, I wanted to know what her reaction would be if Ripley did.