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I dont let anyone touch my cards unless I give it to them or in a hard case or top sleeve.
This story reminds me of my oldest child when she was. She grabbed a card that books like 10.00 and bent I spanked her little boody. Then my middle child when she was about 3 grabbed a common I think it was Carl Crawford base card and bent it. Again I spanked her little boody. But my youngest always has to do it better. She grabbed a T-206 Miller Huggins and bent it all to heck. I could give her 20x the punishment as the others becuase I treat them all the same so I spanked her boody too.
Now I can leave a card on the dinner table that is not sleeved and be gone for 7 days and when I get back the card is still there. But if it is in a top loader or in a hard case they put it with my cards and let me know where it is at when I get home. They learned and I learned dont leave a 100 year old card down where someone could mess with it. All three times it was as much as my fault as it was theres. Sad thing they must be smarter than I am. It took them 1 time to learn and it took me three times.

I have moved 7 times since I been married and my wife told me on the first move " I am not touching your cards because if I damage them I will never hear the end of it." You know she was right. I am glad I havent moved now in 11 years and if I did I will need the largest U-Haul truck just for my cards. then another 2 just to move all my junk.

I just mark all three as stupid tax and I am sure we all have paid that at one time or another