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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Sharing the cashFor the first few years of my life, I lived with my grandparents (both sets*) whilst my mum finished her uni. course. My parents being young when I popped up meant that to my grandparents, I was more like the child they never had rather than a traditional grandchild, if that makes sense.
When my father's mother died a few years ago now, after the funeral her four children sat me down and said that given that I was more like a son than a grandson, they wanted to split the inheritance five ways (i.e. giving me a share). This despite the existence of numerous other grandchildren, albeit much younger than I was.
This remains the nicest thing ever done for me; I was actually better-off than most of them, which made it even more poignant if that makes sense - in that it wasn't the money that was important, it was the gesture.
A boring story maybe, but it meant a lot to me at the time.
The other instance I can think of is my last birthday, when my fiancee got me a day's track-racing but made it a complete surprise. I'll post that one separately.
* No, it wasn't like "Charlie and the Chocolate factory" with all the grandparents living in one house. I did a kind of one week at grandparents X, one week at grandparents Y routine. Given that grandparents X lived in a council house, and grandparents Y were a Mayor and a Lt-Col, it must have been an interesting existence, although one I don't remember at all.
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I_Was_Mordred, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 16:41,
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Is it possibleThat they just needed your agreement to set aside a will that left everything to you?
My mind just works in an evil way.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 6:58,
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I don't think soas my grandmother knew that two of her children were living in social housing at the time with 3 kids each. Whereas I was living in a 5 bed detached place. Which is what made the gesture on their part so touching to me. I didn't need the money (not that we're talking vast amounts here - a few thou.) like they did, and still they insisted on sharing it with me.
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I_Was_Mordred, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 10:35,
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