For some reason, my brain finds the former to be worse than being unable to lend the book at all. If I can't lend it, it's more like seeing a movie or going to

For some reason, my brain finds the former to be worse than being unable to lend the book at all. If I can't lend it, it's more like seeing a movie or going to a concert. I paid for the experience and now it's gone. Being only able to lend it once is really less of a lend and more of a "comes with one free trial for a friend." I think it might be the abuse of the word 'lend' that bothers me more than anything.