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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Christmas eve..I do seasonal work, cooking on Charter Boats from the west coast of Scotland, but during the winter months I go back to my home town and live from what I make over the summer.
Usually fine, but that summer, I'd made very little due to an injury I sustained through work. Anyway.
Had just broken up with the ex some days prior, and was basically walled up in my flat drinking very cheap wine with the last of my money when I got a call.
It turned out to be the best call I didn't 'not answer'.
It was the parents of my best freind , the same freind I've been getting into mischief with since School days.
These are the kind of people who ask for nothing, but give a lot. They grow their own food and make their own wine and are just the nicest family in the universe.
During my after School years, I was a bit 'lost' as my family home had been sold and I didn't want to go to Scotland with the rest of the family, I wanted to stay and study where my freinds were. These people would put me up, no questions asked and for as long as I needed.
Anyway, they rang me up on christmas eve and asked me why I wasn't at the folk's for the big day.
Obviously there is only one reason, and that was that I was skint and feeling sorry for myself. (Okay, two reasons.)
They whent above and beyond , and as soon as the phone was down they had rang the train company to see if trains were running on Christmas eve. They then went and booked these expensive tickets and drove to my flat with them! I was a bit of a mess, and wept true tears of gratitude. In the packet with the tickets was also £20 for some food on the train , as they knew I probably hadn't consumed anything but wine in days.
This whole long winded tale is just my way of saying thank you. If not for them, I don't know what I would have done as I was feeling a bit of a failure and definitely too old to be sponging off my freind's parents. I said this to them, and they told me to shut up.
They are fantastic people, and they saved my soul that Christmas. Thank you so much, if you read this (unlikely) and know that I will do the same for someone else if I ever get the chance.
No apologies for length, or lack of funnies. This is my tale of Christmas spirit actually existing for once.
(, Sun 5 Oct 2008, 21:18, Reply)
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