Made a new friend and helped him out

[53' Stude]

Good Morning folks. The gf’s daughter and I walked up to Shell station for coffee. She spotted her school friend “Tony”. They are both 14 years old. He got a small whole milk and a kite. He almost had enough money for both. He was short $1.9~


I paid for his things. He lit up like the sun. He walked back with us as he lives down street from us. The gf’s daughter said “even though you’re not my biological dad, you would be a great dad to a child”. That made m day

 

[Nukeman7]

Kindness and generosity know no boundaries and are most appreciated when it happens spontaneously. While ~$1.9x is less than a drop in the bucket for most of us, your gesture was priceless to Tony and your GF's daughter. Like @JeffKeryk and many others on BITOG, you are a shining example of the goodness and compassion in mankind. As the saying goes, it is often better to give than to receive.

 

[53' Stude]

Kindness and generosity know no boundaries and are most appreciated when it happens spontaneously. While ~$1.9x is less than a drop in the bucket for most of us, your gesture was priceless to Tony and your GF's daughter. Like @JeffKeryk and many others on BITOG, you are a shining example of the goodness and compassion in mankind. As the saying goes, it is often better to give than to receive.

As I always say “pay it forward” and I try to do that often. I’ve shipped members oil filters here at BITOG and ate shipping cause it’s only money.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Well done @53' Stude. I have to believe that one day, at a special time, will remember your selfless generosity. You just might have changed a life.

 

[53' Stude]

Well done @53' Stude. I have to believe that one day, at a special time, will remember your selfless generosity. You just might have changed a life.

I’d like to think this. His mom is a single mom as his real dad doesn’t want to work, rather smoke pot and be lazy. So she threw him out and won full custody. We all get together often.

 

[chainblu]

...he lives down street from us.

Yeah...., I'd be keeping my eye on ol' "Tony".

 

[53' Stude]

Yeah...., I'd be keeping my eye on ol' "Tony".

I’d be keeping my yes on YOU

 

[oilboy123]

Good to hear.......sad for the girl her dad can't be present for her.

My son in law has 2 boys 1/2 time. One is his from a previous marriage, but he is not the dad. That boy is a hand full. His real dad is not a good guy. He lives on the east coast. The boy goes to see him in the summer for a few weeks.


He is in 11th grade and got into a fight. Some guy at school allegedly said smack about his girlfriend. So he went MMA on the guy punching him and throwing elbows. The school basically just has him keeping a distance from the kid he beat on. Life is just going have to beach slp him to get him back on the straight and narrow. My daughter and her husband have him half the time even though he has not related to them. I have told them I would have kicked the kid out.

Apparently, his real dad plays violent video games when over with him in the summer. His mom lets him a junior in high school play video games with his brother who is 9 now. But I think both of them have been playing the games for a couple of years already. My daughter says the 9 year old comes from his moms walking in the door boasting I got 9 kills. Pretty messed up

 

[TnT_M]

Well done sir! Paying it forward. The impact these events have on young kids can be life changing.

FWIW, I was at a hockey coaching clinic years ago and the instructor said you will have a huge impact on these kids' lives, far beyond what you will know. I had the experience a few times now, when I see some of these young men in the community and they still say, "hey coach". In the spring I was invited to a wedding in KC for one of the kids I coached. Things like this make me even happier for the good times I spent sharing my love for the game and teaching them not only how to play hockey but be better people.

 

[chainblu]

I’d be keeping my yes on YOU

LOL You wouldn't have had anything to worry about. When I was 14-15 years old, I was a pimply faced kid sporting a bowl cut. When I got my DL, I was handed down a Datsun B210 that was an awful shade of green. Yeah, teen girl kryptonite I was.

 

[Ursatdx]

Seems good stories are few and far between.
Thanks Stude.