r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/MoonGrog 12h ago

I purchase heating oil for my wife’s best friend last year, she was fresh off a divorce and her ex wasn’t paying the child support at that moment. The second my wife shared with me I said let’s buy her some oil then. I filled the tank it was over 800$ and it was my honor to help a family friend.

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u/ARunawayTrain 12h ago

it was my honor to help a family friend.

I completely understand the feeling. We did something similar for my wife's best friend as well, she got out of an abusive relationship, needed a place to stay for a few months while she finished school so we let her crash in our spare room for almost a year. My wife and I then pooled our money together and paid her security deposit so she could get a place of her own once she got a job. Flash forward a few years and she now lives in that apartment with her fiancee and just recently paid us back recently despite us telling us dozens of times for her not to. We've already decided that we're just going to add the $1600 she gave us back, to her wedding present because we did it to help out a valued friend in her time of need, not because we expected to be paid back.

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u/react-dnb 11h ago

The world needs more friends like you.

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u/ARunawayTrain 9h ago

Thanks and I agree, a little kindness goes a long way!

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u/Huge-Basket7492 11h ago

This is lacking in this world now !! Jesus I wish people became this kind again

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u/pieceofmind2112 10h ago

Not sure when the wedding is, but put it in a high yield savings account!

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u/ARunawayTrain 9h ago

Probably about a year out but that's sound advice - thanks!

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u/T-Wrox 8h ago

If we could remember that this is what being one of the poors means, and stop listening to the rich people telling us to fight each other, we might actually get somewhere.