What is the most generous thing you have ever done?

I once held the door open for someone.

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to answer this thread and remain a humble man

I ve learned to love sleeping in the wet spot.

Ok, this happened about 45 years ago and its not my generosity but my sister's.

My sister is about 5 years older than me and we had an uncle come in from out of town and wanting to take my sister to this travelling amusement ride/carnival event. I was young about 6 or maybe 7 and my uncle only wanted my sister to go.

Well I kicked up a big fuzz complaining that it wasn't fair and trying to make my case. My family was pretty poor so we didn't normally do stuff like that. Well he tried to explain why he just wanted my sister, my mother then explained why my uncle just wanted my sister.

I didn't like it but I accepted it and was quiet. Suddenly out of the blue my sister says, if my brother doesn't go I don't go.

We both went and had a great time. I have never forgotten that.

I am now taking time off from work to help a close relative w/ the dying process. An amazing experience...I do recommend it.

Arlingtron wrote:

I am now taking time off from work to help a close relative w/ the dying process. An amazing experience...I do recommend it.

I'm doing the same thing right now. I don't recommend it.

I existed!!!

Aren't you so glad?!?

Created women's t&f and xc teams at three universities, I suppose.

Or else having let my kids live as long as I have.

In truth there was some self-interest in both of those.

I have to admit I haven't got much here. I used to shovel the cars out on either side of me in the parking lot during college, we called them Karma cars. I changed a womens tire in the rain once. Thats about it though I've donated money to good causes. Yup this thread makes me feel like a failure and an ass. Time to step up and do something worth while.

1)

My barber (close friend of mine for about 15 years at that point in life) had a mini-stroke, he found out he had type-II diabetes then also. He is overweight and the doctor said he needed to get exercise or it would get worse. He doesn't want to walk (on his feet all day) and he can't swim ... so I bought him a bike. It was a Specialized Rockhopper. It was used and only $276, but I only made $32,000 at that time.

2)

I had to pay my whole way through college (in the 80's) and it was very hard and the stress was hard on me. A few years ago I dound out that one of my friends was going to have to leave school or at least live at home (instead of the dorm). This had happened to me and made me feel like I was poor.

SO I gave him $1500 to stay in the dorm.

3)

My mom needed her house painted and she got a quote and it was $10,000 ... So I told her I would do it for a plane ticket to a wedding in Baltimore ($329). She never ended up buying me that ticket. Five years later (long before my awesome paint job had worn out), she vinyl sided the house for $15,000. Big, f***ing waste of money and the house has no character now.

4)

Gave the money necessary to my old XC program to get new singlets and shorts for 10 for the varsity men.

5)

Had a girlfriend who was a two-time Olympian (in rowing) and we were discussing her making a run at the 2008 Games. She has a mortgage and said she would have to move to Princeton to train and she couldn't work for 14 months. I told her that I would pay her mortgage during that period if she wanted to take a shot at it. I even set the money aside in a separate savings account so she knew for sure that she could count on it.

But I told her that we would have to be moving towards marriage or else we wouldn't even be dating for the 14 months. Making three Olympic teams for women is VERY rare.

That whore quit about a month later and now I row four times more than she does.

6)

My buddy was going to get evicted (he is actually a well-known columnist on Dyestat.com) and even though we had not been close for 10 years I loaned him the $800 he needed th NOT GET EVICTED. I assumed he was going to pay me back the next month or maybe over two months at most (he was married and had a good job). But here we are 8 years later and he hasn't paid me a cent.

I am still eternally glad that I am generous though, even when it hurts me. If I turned away from my friends when they needed help I wouldn't be much friend ... except for that fat rowing whore.

You are too generous. As long as you don't think people take advantage of you, thats fine.

I should probably try to be more generous.

#5 could have ended up a lot worse. You dodged a bullet on that one...

I gave my Girlfriend a pearl necklace, I had to work hard, blood, sweat and tears.

..................but the bitch deserved it.

......................shit

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Arlingtron wrote:

I am now taking time off from work to help a close relative w/ the dying process. An amazing experience...I do recommend it.

I'm doing the same thing right now. I don't recommend it.

It depends on the person w/ whom you are working. Some are better than others. My particular relative is handling it pretty well, all things considered. Issues of control.....

There are other relatives w/ whom I would avoid this at all costs.

But it is definitely tiring. I could not imagine doing it for a living.

I had sex with a guy I was not attracted to because I felt sorry for him. He said I broke his heart in college and that it ruined him for anyone else.

Less than 24 hours later his ego inflated like a hot air balloon, he started talking some insane nonsense about how he had all the power now, and he became the most obnoxious man I have ever known.

1. Shoveled snow off of my widow lady next door neighbor's driveway, and occasionally mowed her lawn.

2. Anonymously gave a co-worker $100 when he was going through a divorce around Christmas and had no access to his money.

3. My school has a deal where you can give one of your sick days to someone who has fallen on hard times and run out of their own. I always do this.

4. I occasionally give a student a buck or two for lunch.

These are very minor things that only serve to remind me of how much more I should do. It's funny -- many of us tell ourselves that "If I won the lottery I would help xyz..." when we don't even come close to maximizing our ability to help in our current situation.

sponsored needy children through the Christian Childrens Fund. 20 bucks a month does absolute wonders for a 3rd world child in poverty. I'm on my 4th girl in Kenya now, over 15 years. They graduate out of the program at 18, ready to face the world, healthy and with skills.

Banged a fat chick...well.