I just need to let this out

I'm actually a very giving person, I like sharing but you know there are just things that you can't share or it seems that it's very difficult for you to lend or let other people use. 

When I was a kid,I had this collection of toy guns,like a shotgun, baby armalite etc,it was not just my collection,it was a joint collection of my guns and my brother's. I know,I'm weird, for a girl, I liked guns but yeah I'm weird so what's new. And they were not those cheap small toys,they were those expensive real looking ones (don't worry my dad supported this because he was part of the military and we know their just toys and for collection purposes but still we valued them) and we really treasured them but then there was this school event in which we had to make a film and I was the script writer, and my classmates knew about my collection so they suggested that I should let them borrow the guns and use it as props for the film. I was hesitant but I trusted them so I let them use 6 or 7 guns. I was not able to go to the actual filming day where my guns were supposed to be used because I had to assist in another filming location. Unfortunately, none of my guns came back. Not a single one. I was so mad and you know what's worse, they didn't even try to replace the guns that they lost. Since then I had trust issues.

Then came my new found love for collecting magazines (kpop related), I tried hard to save as much as I can because kpop magazines aren't really cheap. My classmates who also liked kpop learned about my collection and asked if I could bring some of my magazines. I was hesitant at first but since they were my friends and I saw how they were so delicate with their novels I decided to bring just 2 magazines. I brought two magz from my very first batch of magazines (they were old issues but in perfect condition because I just opened them once and I was taking good care of them) because the groups featured in there were the groups that my friends liked. I was so happy when they saw the magazines because they were fangirling #kpopfeels. of course there were articles and all and we had class so they asked if they could take them home. I was a little weary but they are my friends so I trusted them and said yes. When my magz returned to me,they were so mistreated,the first one,the cover page was detached from the magazine and the other,they had crumples and scribbles. I cried because those issues were special to me and they promised that they would take care of them but when they returned the magz, they just started pinpointing at each other saying that 'when it was with me it was still intact' or 'i handled it with care,it was in perfect condition when I used it'. Again, I was mad and didn't talk to them. I was really sensitive because I was "EXTRA" when it comes to taking care of my things. 

But the reason about this post is because of my guitar. I don't really want to rant and all but when I got to my room, I saw the state of my 7 yr old guitar and I felt bad again. 

A neighbor borrowed my guitar. He was my dad's friend. I couldn't say no because he was older than me and he's like an uncle to me so I let him borrow my baby. It had been a week since he borrowed my guitar and I really needed it back since my friend is trying to convince me that we join this kpop song cover contest and she wants me to play goodbye by 2ne1 with my guitar so I went to their house and I'll just retrieve the guitar myself. When I got there I saw his 8 yr old son strumming his life away using my guitar. I thought I was going to have a heart attack after seeing that. So I went home with my guitar. When I got to my room, I was inspecting it and I just started crying, at the back of my guitar where the handle was connected to the body was a huge ugly crack, there were a lot of scratches and there were even chips at the bottom that shows the paint of the guitar was chipped off. I took care of that guitar for 7 years and there were no paint chipped off,ugly cracks or deep, evident scratches that ever existed. I was and still am so sad about it. I don't know if I'm just paranoid because I feel like my guitar sounds different now and I think the crack at the back is the reason. I might seem dramatic about this but I really hope that people will learn how to treasure things that they borrowed. In the first place,they don't own them, they are just borrowing so it's their resposibility to take care of it with the same diligence or more of that of the owner.

I didn't realize that it would be this long. I'm sorry for wasting your time it's just I'm really grieving right now and I just want to let this all out. This is also the reason why I can't update as fast as I want to and all I do is look and comment on blogs of my friends here,hoping to get my mind off of things. But I don't think it'll be easy for me to lend or let others borrow and use my stuff now.

I'm really hoping that I'll be okay after this. Besides, what's done is done. I can't take back what already happened.

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Iheartkpop_93 #1
I totally feel you. I've had these kinds of experiences before. Because some people are like that, it's not their own things so they don't even bother to take good care of it. There's a saying that goes something like you won't treasure stuffs that doesn't belongs to you. If next time people wanted to borrow something from you, reject them. Tell them you aren't comfortable with lending because you have bad experiences before. Cheer up! :)
rosypeaches
#2
Omg I totally feel you. I have trust issues in borrowing my things too, even though I feel guilty about it and smtms I end up borrowing it anyway. Ppl would complain to me that I'm overreacting when I insisted on them keeping it in good shape and such, monitoring them even, but those are mine so I have my rights don't I? ;-;
pretty_ugly
#3
I'm so sorry to hear what happened. Even while reading, I could definitely feel myself getting angry because (mind my language) what the actual your 'friends' are really so infuriating with their action of pushing the blame away from themselves. Next on to the guitar, if it was me I would have flipped my the moment I see the damage done to the guitar. I guess you deal with it by crying. I just hope you can understand it's perfectly alright for you to say 'no' the next time someone asks to borrow your things and you aren't comfortable with the idea.
eunhaecupcake
#4
/hugs you. I know how you feel, sweetie. I actually had this friend one time (if I can even call her a friend because tbh it was pretty much a forced friendship but I'm not her friend anymore) borrowing one of my Sailor Moon trading cards so she can draw it... and because she was my friend, I said okay. Never got it back. I honestly ended up finding out she ripped it in her room and threw it out without telling me. I honestly can't believe people are so careless of taking care of others' belongings. Hope you feel better soon...
-hyphen-
#5
They're so mean! I know this isn't even close to that bad, but I borrowed years ago my favorite book to my best friend (we're not friends anymore, because she never lets me finish my sentences) and she promised to give it back to me after two weeks. Nope. Nope. IT TOOK ALMOST THREE YEARS. And that wasn't everything. It was covered by foundation :)))) She used my precious book as a makeup stand, it is a paper back so you can believe how pretty it looks now. It also has many pages in bad condition... Ah, but after that I had a very good reason not to let her borrow A THING. Not even a pen (she always manages to break my pens :c)
viweivi
#6
I know how it feels being taken for granted. People really take advantage of good people and they have no awareness that they should treat things they borrow with care. It's like, when you borrow a car, you should pay for the fuel and things. It's a thing called politeness. Too bad humans are becoming more ignorant nowadays. I'm sorry it has happened to you. I know how it feels and if I could, I would slap all those ppl for you because they are not worth your care and kindness
heartykeykeke
#7
Aw that really ㅠㅠ take a rest and cheer up!
jarinoona
#8
I feel for you so much.. I had a similar experience as well (original dvd's sent from my uncle who lived faraway was never returned by my classmates who only blamed each other but no one ever claimed to have it, broken guitar neck I left in our classroom since the class needed the guitar for a couple of days for an activity and it would be too difficult for me to bring it everyday - the guitar was also shared property with me and my sister - and again, classmates only pointed fingers, books and magazines either returned in bad condition or never returned... ughh.. those were such bad experiences and I completely understand how it feels... I couldn't do anything about it, too, and that's even more frustrating.. I just hope people would know that borrowing things also means borrowing a part from the person they borrowd it from. Sadly, not everyone puts their whole heart on things like we do. Still, I'm so glad you have a platform to let out your feelings to and I hope the people you mentioned were at least aware that what they did was not good..
veerus #9
oh god, if you're just "extra" when it comes to your possession, i must be on another higher level because i just can't stop being restless as long as my things are not with me (ie, phone borrowed by a friend or just my own history notebook). i'm really sorry to know that they didn't take care of your stuffs properly, you've a good reason to hesitate and lend them your stuffs now. and i hope you feel better soon, katy!
sleepingprince
#10
I'm sorry that you have to go through all of this :( I guess I can somehow relate to you . I always find it hard to trust others with my stuff too . You kind enough to lend it out despite of the other unpleasant experience. I hope this will served as an awareness as well to others to not take things for granted . I know that no words of comfort can heal your heartache but I guess time will heal. Hope you feel better soon