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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/26/2007 9:08:06 PM | | The nicest thing someone did for me was not to long ago. I have a friend that was coming over one afternoon and we were going for lunch. I was cleaning my house before he got there and reached to pick up a glass that was next to my computer…my arm touch the side of the computer and shocked me. FRIED my computer! When he got there I was a bit upset. We went to lunch and then went to a few stores shopping. I had recently moved in my house and needed a cable wire for the tv in the bedroom so we stopped to pick that up at Circuit City. While I was getting the cable he went looking around. We met outside the door and he handed me a box…. A new laptop. At first I refused to accept it but when we got back to my house he refused to take it with him. It sat here for a week before I would use it. He is a great friend and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/27/2007 8:28:32 AM | An old boyfriend, who I am forever grateful to, loved me for me and taught me what true, deep love really is.
Before I met him, I thought I had it all figured out, thought I had been in love a couple of times, but it was not until I met this man, who was gentle, kind, and patient, that I learned what it was really like to feel love. There was passion and compassion, trust and honor, commitment and at times, compromise. There was devotion and just wanting to make each other happy.
The relationship, which lasted more than four years, was one of those rare ones. We did not part because of not loving each other or fighting, we parted because his job was keeping him in Europe and we decided it best not to uproot my daughter.
He taught me a lot about love and relationships and I will never forget him for that. That was, by far, the nicest thing anybody has ever done...and he did it without even realizing what an impact he was having on me!! | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/28/2007 8:02:42 AM | If I was to answer for lately....one of my employees....his mom....made lazana for me enough for 3 night's....I was not expecting that.....it really touched me.....
I really enjoyed it (homemade Italian food) and I am still in shock the kindness she showed as living in a cold city like this....
I never see anyone doing anything for anyone here ..........I had only experienced that back home....
I will never forget that.... | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/29/2007 2:52:44 PM | What is the nicest thing someone has done.
Hitchhiking across Canada and a dude said, hungry, not really, here is 50 bucks , next time you see someone like yourself do the same when your older.
Needless to say, I was hungry, it was not for sex or any favour and he dropped me off right there.
My family now does the same when we see someone really in need. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/29/2007 3:07:39 PM | as I have made many attempts to pull the heart of people into view on this site I am thrilled to see someone shares an affinity for positive thought, and by all means send me some ideas on how to bring more of it out for us to see thanks, amyalityiscool you are after my heart | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/29/2007 3:21:25 PM | | A few years back, I had poison ivy on me, including my ass. I was at this woman's place, who I barely knew, helping her move a very heavy, expensive vase, when I tripped between some stacked boxes and got stuck, while holding the vase above my head. That's when my ass began itching terribly and I couldn't scratch it. I had difficulty holding it b/c the itching was driving me crazy and tried to wiggle it against the boxes to scratch it, but that gave me no relief. So, I had to ask her if she'd scratch my ass for me. I don't think she believed me b/c I had not told her about the poison ivy and refused to do it until I began begging her and threatening to drop the damn vase. So, she began scratching my butt for me, too lightly at first, but could tell it was helping and then finally scratching it furiously and laughing hilariously. Something I'm sure she shares, to this day, with groups of fam and friends - the ole "you won't believe what happened to me" funny story. But it is the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/30/2007 4:14:09 PM | Cool thread.
I keep trying to think of that one nicest thing. The more I think about it, the more it seems like life is pretty good to me. Its not that I can't think of anything that really stands out that someone has done for me. It's more the fact that I think of so many things people have done that were the nicest thing that could have been done for that one monent in time. There have been a lot of moments when I was reminded, in a good way, who my friends are. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/30/2007 8:33:54 PM | | Let's see the nicest thing... hmm well at the time I didn't think it was so nice but My ex best friend slept with my then husband. The nice part of that is ... I don't have to put up with him anymore. But the truly nicest thing someone has done for me is after leaving said ex, my sister and mother helped me in a big way. Sister loaned me money for a rental deposit on a house, and my mother helped me with furniture. My family came through in a really tight bind in my life. Now they are a constant support for me and my daughter. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 10/30/2007 10:25:24 PM | | Whenever I spend time with my dad...he will do something insanely nice...after grocery shopping...he'll carry my bags...when I'm cooking...I'll look down and he would have placed a ladel for me to cook with...when we go to the driving range...he offers his tickets and place the ball on the T for me...when I have a tummy ache he'll run out to the store and get me ginger ale... | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/1/2007 4:44:14 PM | One night I was having a tough time with my kids not being very happy with me leaving their dad and they had refused to talk to me ot have contact with me. I was feeling very down well my boyfriend picked up on my mood while talking on the phone even with me say I was fine just tired and he drove 25 miles late at night just to give me a hug that was the best.  Mel | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/1/2007 10:48:49 PM | There have been a few, from different sources:
A stranger...In Ireland, I arrived, my bags didn't... for 6 days. The sweet landlady at the B&B washed and pressed the clothes I'd been traveling in . I had nothing else to wear and she washed them while I slept and left them neatly pressed for me in the morning. She was so darling, she asked if I was ok with the french "man" who wanted a room, because if I was afraid, she would refer him to her friend's b&b so I wouldn't be uncomfortable. She was so "mom" with me, I had no idea what that felt like before that.
A boyfriend... I had to work late and missed our date. He told me to stop by his place after work and he had made me a lovely dinner of all of my favorites and bought me a stuffed rabbit that I had been looking at weeks before.
A friend... was ok and just held me when I cried. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/3/2007 2:58:51 AM | Hard to pick the nicest - I've been blessed I think.
A young neighbour who looks out for me and my daughter and takes care of any internet hassles. Another neighbour who helped me to finish my "daughter's" science project - when I was just at the end of my ability and tether...
Unpaid, a man I never even met before nor did I even know his name, mowed my 1/2 acre block 3 times when I didn't have a mower and was sick.
A man who I had never met before when I introduced myself and asked - did know how to drive a truck, drove it loaded/unloaded tied in the fridge and washing machine etc to the side walls properly, and became a good friend and wouldn't accept a cent.
A man I had never met before, came to my home and fixed my back door that I was having trouble with for nothing. Another man came and installed my front door - again for nothing another man lifted my water tank into place. The plumber lifted a large sandstone slab on his own, to my horror, to set off the brick letterbox I had built when the brickies refused to do it for under $100.
My beloved mechanics who trusted me to work on my car and pay the autoelectrician to fix the car airconditioner when I was selling up and moving house interstate - they got paid when my house was sold and I was at Ayers Rock at the time!
My karate teacher who taught me how to defend myself - saved my life by what he taught me. At one street incident, one man didn't run away when I used him to circle around and evade an attacker with a knife - even though he was scared himself. He also gave up his taxi to me - when one came.
My kindergarten teacher - who taught me to read from scratch.
My school music teachers who used to teach me and my friends for free on the weekend and school lunchtimes.
A university lecturer who took time out to welcome me and my daughter to a new uni and go over my assignment. I was completely broke and he shouted us a milkshake each as we talked.
A grandmother and aunt both in their 80s who cared for me and my brothers and sisters when the four of us were all primary school aged and my single dad worked double shifts and most weekends.
The Papuan "houseboys" who cared for me as a baby, so much so, I am still sad to this very day - to be white. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/3/2007 6:55:56 AM | This thread is way cool...so nice to see a thread with positive stories. It's nice to know that people can be so loving. I have had a rough life and since my divorce have learned that there are people out there that care about you. My best friends Robin and Maggie have been there for me through thick and thin. When I was tight on gas money, they offered to allow me to stay at their place (I live an hour from work). One time, it had snowed so badly that I couldn't drive home. Robin allowed me to stay at her place. I didn't have any clothes, so Robin's SO had given me some clothes to wear and washed my uniform and undergarments and when I awoke the next morning, they were neatly folded up in the bathroom, waiting for me. I have had the opportunity to go with Maggie on her reunion camping trip, so I wouldn't be home alone and she paid the way. My friend Kim, who had been through a divorce, told me you should always look your best. She helped give me more confidence and made feel good about myself. I was in a major financial crunch, bills everywhere and worst of all late on my house payment. I wasn't getting child support and the law was looking for my ex. I called to tell him and got yelled at about it, "If I didn't have to pay......" blah, blah, blah. I was just so stressed that I broke down and started to cry at work. I never cry at work, so my boss knew something was really wrong. I told her my whole story and she asked if she could help me by giving me 40 hours of her PTO (paid time off/vacation pay). She said she had plenty and is wasn't going to hurt her any. It was equivalent to $2500. I was lost for words, I'm not much into allowing anyone to help me, but she did. That was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me. I know that I am loved and I know that if I have a problem, my friends, boss and my co-workers will come to my rescue and not even think twice about it.  | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/3/2007 9:14:46 AM | Love me for me.
Support me by just being a shoulder to lean on when someone very close to me died.
Ran to my house in a snowstorm just to give me a hug and kiss for 5 minutes when I was super stressed and swamped during my first year of University.
The best things in life cost nothing.  | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/3/2007 1:34:41 PM | This is such a tricky one as I have been so blessed in my life. Not because I am well off financially or had an easy path. Speed bumps, there have been many! Financial hurtles too many to count. If you ask me it is because I walk with the angels and have a gift to touch people when they are in need. It comes around in return.
The nicest thing (sappy) someone did for me was my ex husband providing the fertile semen for my son. I was 16 and many people provided me with alternatives to solve the problem. I rejected and had the little guy despite knowing I would have to struggle. I requested a divorce 2 years later. The ex was a thistle in my a** for 14 years after the fact but he did help make a very fantastic person who is a contribution to society and can't seem to catch onto that. My son is the longest ongoing mutually loving and accepting relationship I have experienced. He at 23, independent, in college, lived on his own 11 hours from home ,for 4 years and asked for nothing .... and still doesn't stop hugging first. With ,I must say very minimal help from the donating source, to get him to where he is now. Too bad he missed out on some of lifes most wonderful experiences; his choice.
Oooh this reads as bitter but the long and short is Cheers! to all single parents out there male or female. Cheers to the EX and all he provided with 1 out of three wasn't so bad!
The son still has a relationship with his father because I wouldn't play the games but kept my head on straight. For that I am proud. Adult games do not belong in our childrens hearts. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/4/2007 7:35:06 AM | I have never thought of this questions. And it's pretty sad that beyond the great thing my parents did for me growing up....I can't think of a thing.  . I get a ton of joy from helping others though. I guess that kinda counts. | |
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| What was the nicest thing anyone ever did for you?
Posted: 11/4/2007 8:03:36 AM |
And it's pretty sad that beyond the great thing my parents did for me growing up....I can't think of a thing.
no it's not actually. the best things done for me was from my family as well. I can't really rank anything a gf did next to them.
nicest thing ever done... hmmmm
i was piggybacked home with a twisted ankle during a huge rainstorm w/ lightning in an open football field.. i was probably 6 then and we were too young to know about the danger of walking in an open field when there's lightning outside.
it's only then i learned what the phrase "blood is thicker than water" truly meant.
here's to older brothers. when everyone in the world turns their back on you.. they don't. 
thats love for you. real talk. | |
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