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The kindness of strangers
March 07 2019
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RHP User
6 years ago
The kindest thing anyone’s ever done for me comes in the form of my good friend, the school chaplain, he was a total stranger to me at the time, next minute he’s at my house fixing my kid’s bikes. At a time when I was most desperate to believe there was some good left in humanity I was sent him, I’m not at all religious so I’m not getting all preachy, I’m just saying he’s genuinely such a good person and I feel lucky to have him in my life. Ever since he I steered himself into my life things have just been getting better. Mostly because of my own hard work of course but I can never thank him enough for helping me through some really shitty times in his awesome, non judgemental way. It’s not a one way friendship either, I like to think I bring a lil something to his life too, lol.
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RHP User
6 years ago
Way back in the day after catching a lift in with a couple of guys with a girlfriend after thumbing for a lift, the expected pay out was sex, my girlfriend offered me. Guys in another car turned up and saved us both. Thank God! I would have been no older than 16 at the time. Peachy
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RHP User
6 years ago
Long before coming to Oz, I had a champion Rottweiler named T.D.Panzer von Rommel (yes I know but the name Fluffy was just not well-suited) that had gone AKC CDX in the show ring and was at that time my best friend. I had lost my besty a week or so before as he was killed under rather extraordinary circumstances. 'Nuf said there...he was one hell of a companion and sometimes even now I do miss him. Anyway....I was feeling rather morose so went to a local play park where the dog and I had gone for socialization training getting one or both of us used to being around other dogs, people, noises et al and he had become a bit of a local star showing off his basic training moves. I plunked down on a bench and just sat taking it all in doing my best Gloomy Kerplopus impersonations when one of the locals walked over...and boy of about 8 or so, and asked where my dog was that day? I told him as best I could and tried to avoid any real "sad rap" then the lad just said softly "Oh he died, huh?" then he asked if I wanted some of the ice cream that he was happily slurping off his fingers. I did laugh just a bit and declined so the little boy started to leave then turned around and said..."Hey mister, he was a really nice dog and I'll miss him too". So much for dog day afternoon. Thanks, kid...I still owe you an ice cream. ʗɱ
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OkeyDoke45
6 years ago
I went on a road trip to see family a few years ago, was travelling over the Christmas break. Christmas night pulled in for the night to camp beside a creek about 50k outside this very small town in outback WA, which in itself was a million miles from anywhere out in the Goldfields region. Sat up that night, got a bit drunk listening to music on my car stereo, fell asleep in my swag. Woke up boxing day to find a flat car battery (thanks Kenny Rogers, you owe me one). Fuck me. The heat started climbing straight away as the sun rose, I had to walk about a kilometer to the road, hungover. Thankfully I had the good sense to drink about 2 litres of water before I set out, took another 2 litres with me. Sat by the road, along comes a campervan. Well aware that people are wary and suspicious of male hitch-hikers (and for good reason - I swore off picking them up after a rather unpleasant encounter many years ago), I didn't hold out much hope - but it pulled up and a lovely European couple gave me a ride back into town to try and get some help. Back into this small town, the only servo open on boxing day doesn't sell car batteries. Dude behind the counter rings a mate who comes and minds the shop while he drives out with me to my car to try and jump-start my car. This didn't work, so we drive back in. Servo dude rings another mate who is an auto electrician. Auto electrician guy is hungover from Christmas day but agrees to help me out with a new battery. Servo guy drops me at auto electrician guy's mother's place to wait for him. Mother is overwhelmingly accommodating, makes me coffee and serves me leftover Christmas food while we wait. Auto guy shows up, drives me out to my car with a new battery. I paid him handsomely in cash, he left and I was on my way. I was down a few hours on when I would normally have headed out, but was back on the road by lunchtime. I was raised in small towns and had truly forgotten how helpful everyone is - they really do appreciate the value of helping others. So many people that day went out of their way, on a day normally reserved for getting over Christmas day, to help a blow-in who had got himself in a bit of a bind listening to Kenny Fucking Rogers.
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RHP User
6 years ago
I had an experience a couple of years ago when my car was in for some work with the local mechanic. Car was needed until the following day which happened to be a Saturday and the busiest day of the week for running kids around etc. Managed to wrangle the mechanic for a loan car. When I got to the workshop on the Friday night to pick the loan car up what a sight to behold, a faded, chipped and dented banged up early 90's Commodore, with an interior that was disintegrating to the touch. She was a gem. Anyway next morning, packed the kids into the car and as I was pulling out of the driveway I noticed that the fuel gauge was lower than a snake's arse in wagon wheel rut, so was headed to the nearest servo before dropping the kids where they needed to be. Just managed to get through a roundabout on to a main dual carriage road before this bucket of bolts started to fart, burp and pop as it choked to death on the remaining fumes left in the tank. Didn't have enough momentum coming out of the roundabout to get the rear wheels over the high kerbs on the side of the road so was effectively blocking about a quarter of the right hand lane. I got the kids out of the car and under what little shade there was from a couple of twigs masquerading as trees eking out their meagre existence on the median strip. Then rang the mechanic and asked thru gritted teeth to bring some fuel. Was a warm day and getting towards mid-30's temperature, so my patience was already starting to be stretched. Patience was further tested as before too long, drivers and passengers took it upon themselves to cast judgment from the safety of their metal box traveling past at 40 or 50 km/h. 45 minutes of consistent and regular abuse from complete strangers as they were passing by in their new, or near new vehicles. For some reason it seemed that Jeep drivers appeared to the most attitude and be very vocal that morning. All chock full of themselves and full of worldly advice to get my heap of shit off the road, get a job you lazy 'C", white trash, etc etc. Very pleasant experience with two girls aged under 11 at the time by my side. I was ropable by this stage and ready to pull the next jerk that even looked like making a comment out of his moving car by the throat. I then noticed a banged up old Mitsubishi Magna that pre-dated my temporary chariot by about 5 years drive past, blowing blue smoke and in a worst state than the pig of a thing that I was driving. The occupants (male/female) looked like life had been pretty rough on them too. A couple of minutes later I notice the same Magna driving up the opposite of the road and pulled up on the median strip. My first natural instinct was to think that we could be in for a bit of trouble here, and put myself between them and my girls. I couldn't have been more wrong. They said they had noticed I had kids with me and wanted to check if we were all ok in the heat and if we needed any help with the car. I explained the situation and they insisted on sitting with us until the mechanics finally arrived with a fuel can and they even offered us bottled water, juice and some Monte Carlo bikkies, which they had pulled out of their Saturday morning shopping bags. What they did was a very small thing but a huge and very touching gesture to me that morning. Would have been so much easier for them to drive past and keep on going and definitely easier than driving past whilst yelling out foul abuse to a total stranger with kids. Still can't fathom that sort of bullshit. Really lovely people despite having had a bit of a shocking run in life as I found out thru our chat. Reinforced to me and a harsh but good lesson for the kids that it is wrong to judge anyone on initial appearance and a an eye opening experience in to the good and bad of human behaviour.
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RHP User
6 years ago
Mrs R here, My kindness came in the form of meeting a new friend. We both were members of the Pearl Jam fan club but have never met and upon finding out on who was going to be at Sydney Big Day Out we decided to meet as we were both going and were interested in seeing the same list if bands. Not only did we meet but my new friend bought along lunch, Cans of drink and some old fashioned cut up Sangers just like my mum used to cut up into squares and not triangles, how gorgeous was that. He knew l had an expensive trip up to Sydney and wanted to save me some money by not buying expensive venue food. We have remained friends since that day in 2014 and my prof pic was taken with Mr R at my new friends wedding last November.
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RHP User
6 years ago
"I have always relied on the kindness of strangers"..Blanche Du Bois ,A Streetcar Named Desire, In 1982 I travelled to Europe for the first time by myself.I arrived in Rome by train and was completely overwhelmed by about half a dozen men all trying to grab my bags.Two women saw how distressed I was and they suggested that I go to Florence ,They were Italian but were living in Melbourne,They helped me book a ticket on their bus and I travelled with them to Florence. When I arrived in Florence the taxi driver couldn't find the pensione where I was to stay.He dropped me outside a hotel where I could only stay for one night, I went to a restaurant next door for dinner,The only seat available in the crowded restaurant was at the table of a business man from Milan.He offered to book me into his hotel which he did.It was an amazing centuries old villa. I never saw these kind people again but I will never forget their kindness to me. Thanks for the lovely topic Solitary. Hugs Q
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RHP User
6 years ago
This occurred a couple of years ago. This particular day I was sitting on my own outside our local IGA , Perth hills. I can recall feeling out of sorts, questioning certain things in my life. Sitting there trying not to make eye contact with those walking past , did not want to even encourage a hello. ( friendly little community) As I lifted my head I noticed a middle aged woman walking towards me with a large bunch of flowers. She was smiling and saying something but I could not hear her properly. Bang she was now in front of me, giving me the most beautiful bunch of flowers accompanied with a card. The lady spoke with such calmness, she went on to say it's going to be alright . I was utterly blown away by her kindness as I had never seen this woman in my life . I burst into tears as she hugged me , thanking her several times . No names were exchanged and off she went. What a special woman
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RHP User
6 years ago
Because I knew I mattered because of those people. Did not mean to be dramatic, have to say it was a big thing in my life though. Cheers y'all, Peachy
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The_Antichrist
6 years ago
One of the nicest things someone had done for me, was to bring to the fore my sleeping antics....sure it’s not a huge thing to most people, but it lead to the diagnosis of my sleep disorder and 6 years on, I still have no idea how on earth I survived prior to it....
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MzTracey
6 years ago
After rolling my own semi trailer on my way to Brisbane from Melbourne I had the chase car from royans DUBBO come out take me and my partner to the hospital then we were checked into a motel we had breakfast and after loosing everything someone cared I promised that I’d get him a bottle of whatever he wanted and would drop it off next time I came through It was nearly 12 months later before I was coming through Dubbo at a normal time so I picked up a bottle of chivas regal and met him outside the Western Plains Zoo opened the door and the bottle slid out hit the ground and didn’t break OMG He told me that in 20 years of picking up drivers after a crash everyone said they would drop off a slab and I was the second one in 20 years and he thanked me more for being a man of my word and I’m never going to forget that
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curious_72
6 years ago
A few years ago I had stopped at the servo to fill my bike up and the battery shat itself. I pushed it forward and was sitting there thinking what the fuck am I going to do. A young bloke and a girl in a van pulled up. Guy made a comment as he walked past that his girlfriend rode. I said it's dead. He and his lady went back to their house (they rode bikes) got a ramp, loaded my bike up and took it home for me. Never forget that :)
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House_of_Fun
6 years ago
Amazing heart-warming stories. Happy hump day, everyone x https://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/people-can-be-so-beautiful?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&ref=bffbbuzzfeed
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0z_boy
6 years ago
Theres now a whole day dedicated to humping!? Just when you thought your sex drought couldnt get any worse hahaha Anyway back on topic. Kindness, anyone out there prepared to donate a sympathy fuck?
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RHP User
6 years ago
I am sitting here turning my memory inside out and I can honestly say I have never been the recipient of a random act of kindness from a stranger. Not anything that is memorable anyway.
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RHP User
6 years ago
And just to make you feel worse,there is a hump day every week! Hugs W
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House_of_Fun
6 years ago
I twisted my ankle and went down hard in the middle of George St. A kind young stranger helped me up and made sure I was able to stand and walk ok. (I was, though today I found out I tore one of my ligaments. Faaark.)
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boobsandbusted
6 years ago
sorry to hear solitary,hope you heal well , rolled ankles are a bitch ,be careful in the future ,id never done mine until a couple of years ago and have done it three times since ,aperently once you do it ,it stretches the ligament and easier to do again than before ,
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On_Safari
6 years ago
Difficult times and I needed a car door replaced as my thrm 8yo daughter thought she’d take the car out while I was in Brisbane and reversed out of the carport with the door open buckling it (there’s a reason some mothers eat their young). This kind, beautiful man did the door for me, resprayed the entire car “black pearl” and when I paid him he gave me back $100 saying “I know you’re having troubles, please go buy something for yourself. I want you to treat yourself.” I was rapt!! And he became a friend..... I was once homeless (sleeping in my car) and I once had a lady give me some change to buy cookies for my daughter....was sooooo embarrassed she’d overheard our conversation and walked away in tears....grateful, ashamed but grateful.
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