One thing I've learned is to NEVER lend my luggage out to anyone. PERIOD. No exceptions. No and's, if's, or but's. Why? Simple. Because you won't get it back. Due to the very nature of what luggage is used for, this is almost certain to happen, whenever you lend it anyone. I've seen it happen over and over again. I don't remember too many times, where a person has ever left for several months and actually brought back and RETURNED the luggage they borrowed. Where does all this stuff go, anyway? Is there a special black-hole out there just for borrowed luggage?
Why do I bring this up? Chatting with someone about a rather odd roommate, brought up this memory of how this roommate once “borrowed” $75 worth of my luggage to take with her, on a "two or three week" trip to Rhode Island.
Well, three weeks turned into two months, and when all was said and done she actually stayed up in Rhode Island for about four months, before coming back down for about two months. ...and she even brought the luggage back! ...but said she needed it again. That was cool. And I agreed. She stayed up in Rhode Island for, I guess, another eight more months. Of course, she said she'd *only* be there for about a month or two more. Well, she came back alright, but, unfortunately, my luggage never did. To this day, I haven't heard back from that piece of baggage.. Not even a post card. I don't know about you, but I think that's a pretty long "two or three weeks", eh? 
Well this was several years ago. And not that I really ever cared about the luggage. I'd have bought her some, if she needed it that bad. You have to wonder why she had to, for lack of a better word, steal the luggage that my mother and step-father had bought me. But again, who cares? Like I said, it didn't really matter to me. At the time, we got along great and I didn't want to let a stupid suitcase get in the way of a good friendship. What did mattered to me, however, was the principle behind it all. Afterall, my roommate's actions did demonstrate what kind of trust (or lack thereof) I could have with her. In other words, I knew, from that point on, that I could never really trust this person too much. She already demonstrated that, and this was important to know. But then again, maybe the loaning of luggage is not such a good barometer of measuring trust – especially when you're loaning it to someone leaving for a very long time. You have to admit that, in that case, it can sometimes be very difficult to return.
Take my sister for example. She loaned luggage to (what is now) her ex-husband. He was in the Navy and had been sent away for six months. Naturally, when he came back, the luggage didn't. She never saw it again. It bothered her that he never returned it. At the time, she needed it because they were getting a divorce and she was getting ready to move. Well, why did she lend him the luggage, if she was hoping to get it back? Let's face it folks, 95 percent of the time, it ain't gonna happen. So, if someone's going away for more than just a few weeks, take my advice: Don't give them your luggage - unless you're doing just that – giving it to them, permanently, to keep!
Have a great day everyone!
- the Fuchian :)
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