Nearly everyone has borrowed something from someone else at some point.
Sometimes, we give it back; sometimes not so much.
I’m in the process of getting ready to return something that was loaned to me (I didn’t ask to borrow it, but I was happy it was offered) two years ago.
Two years ago.
Yeah, I feel kind of stupid about returning it now. But: integrity. What’s left, two years later…
That said, there are things I’ve loaned out that years later, I still wish had been returned. (If you have my CD of Looney Tunes music, drop it in the mail, would ya? Someone in college had it, but I don’t remember who…)
I assume positive intent, and that people just forget to get stuff back.
There have been things I’ve taken a long time to get back to the giver, and they’ve told me not to worry about it. (Because they didn’t miss it? Because they already replaced it? Because it didn’t fit any more anyway?)
What’s your timeline on comfort level on returning something?