The nicest thing someone's ever done for meIn amongst all the tales of bitterness and poo, we occasionally get fluffy stories that bring a small tear to our internet-jaded eyes.
In celebration of this, what is the nicest thing someone's done for you? Whether you thoroughly deserved it or it came out of the blue, tell us of heartwarming, selfless acts by others.
Failing that, what nice things have you done for other people, whether they liked it or not?
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chthonic, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 16:14)
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She is wonderful.I think the guilt will pass if you find yourself doing something similar for someone else. (Not that I'm wishing any bad luck on you of course)
My housemates and I thought my friend was a bit odd because he'd turn up at random times during the first weeks of our first term at university, sit in our kitchen and not say very much. I would witter on to fill the silences, talking about various nights out and winge about my family.
Finally he said to me (whilst I was mid rant about my mum) "at least you have one". Which stopped me in my tracks.
He told me how 2 weeks before coming to uni his mum had died of a brain tumor and he was finding it hard to cope. He didn't really get on with his housemates and would walk miles to our house for someone to hang out with and distract him.
Immediately I felt guilty for all the comments about my mum, and afterward would kick myself for saying anything related to death. Throwaway things like "I could have died" for an embarrassing story, or "I could have killed him" about an annoying person, had me cringing and feeling guilty for days.
His behaviour got more unsettled - he got very drunk at a party he'd not been invited to, threw up in my room, then howled in his sleep which woke up most of the house. I could have told them the full story but I knew that they'd all have to feel the same pangs of guilt when they said something a bit thoughtless or mentioned their mums. Instead I edited the story down, saying that he wasn't settling in very well at uni and that we should try and make him feel as welcome as possible.
After that he settled in to uni life very well, and although I still watched what I said when I was around him, I feel glad that I didn't pass on any of that angst to my other friends.
After writing all this I'm not sure whether it's relevant, but it was a little cathartic - so I'm not going to delete it.
*Hugs* anyway
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e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 11:45,
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Don't delete itit's lovely that you went you went out of your way to help someone you should feel very proud of it.
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Mrs. Spatum, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 11:50,
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