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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This may sound odd to anyone but me.Earlier this year I lost my oldest friend to cancer. It hit me kind of hard and it dawned on me that in the last 5 years I've lost 4 friends (2 to cancer, one to suicide and one to annorexia). My brain kind of went a bit screwy because I figured that at the age of 25, I shouldn't be losing so many people I love, especially since they were all around my age. As the spiral went deeper, my depression turned into what can only be described as madness. I pretty much convinced myself that I was some kind of grim reaper who somehow causes those he loves to die. I felt as though my entire past was dying with my friends and I was freaking out. Apparently I was also freaking out people at work with my increasingly erratic behaviour. But I was convinced my past was vanishing and pretty soon I would do too. If you think that sounds stupid, please read the title of the post.
Anyway, one morning I come into work and my friend Laura came in with a WH Smiths carrier bag. I opened it and inside was a copy of Short Circuit on DVD. She said she got it because she remembered me saying how much I loved that film the first day I met her. Just that gesture of acknowledgement at my past reminded me that while I've lost a lot of people, there are still people very much alive and well who love me and I love them back. Like I said, I probably sound like a nut but had it not been for that bargain bin DVD I probably would have snuffed my own candle.
(, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 19:20, 6 replies)
It's often the littlegestures that mean the most. Nice.
*click*
(, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 19:28, closed)
...Badongism5...is...alive...
(, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 19:33, closed)
*Click*Understood, mate.
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People paying attention to other peopleis splendid. If only it was more common...
I have to say that having read a fair number of your other posts recently, I looked at the last four words of this one and wondered briefly it if was a euphemism for wanking...
(, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 17:21, closed)
Click!It's totally understandable for you to feel like that after such crappy circumstances.
Glad you're feeling better now.
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DUMBLONDE is a rubber lover girl, Tue 7 Oct 2008, 13:11,
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