Isn't that the sweetest thing...

[Spider-Who?]

So, I want to know, what is one of the coolest/most kind/sweet things someone has said or done for you? By a friend, son, daughter, parent, husband, wife, stranger, doesn't matter.

I have a couple things in mind, but I'll save some of them for later. Here is one, though:

A couple years ago, I was having a real hard time financially (being a recent college graduate will do that). I'm a long time guitar player, and my instruments are my babies. Things were getting really tough, and I needed money in a big way. With much heart break, I posted one of my most prized guitars (a PRS, for those of you into that sort of thing) for sale. A close friend of mine said a friend of his from college wanted to buy it. We made the trade, and I sulked away, but with money to pay rent and other bills. A few weeks later I was out having dinner with my folks to celebrate my birthday. All of a sudden, my friend came into the restaurant. He was toting a big box with him. When I opened the gift, it was my guitar. He and several other friends had pulled their money together and secretly bought the guitar (the guy I sold it to was in on it) just so they could give it back to me. It was an amazing thing.

 

[Sensi]

Awww that is really nice. You have the most wonderful friends. You are so fortunate

 

[knowsbleed]

What kind of friends are they? Plotting/scheming behind your back to obtain your most prized possession in order to throw you onto an unwanted emotional roller coaster ride? And then when all hope is lost... they SAVE you... of course making themselves look the hero, despite initiating the entire psychological mindgame experiment in the first place. They're laughing at you right now... just sayin'.

 

[AndThePickles]

Aw, that is so so kind of your friends!! That's a nice story.

One of the nicest/most thoughtful things that comes to mind for me is SUPER nerdy, but bear with me

When Spoons and I started dating, like most couples we would talk for hours about the most random things ever. Amongst this flood of talk, I mentioned wanting to play the Kingdom Hearts games very badly, but since I didn't have a PS2, I'd never tried them. Same with Final Fantasy.

A few years later (I think it was for an anniversary?) he gave me a PS2 with both Kingdom Hearts games and a FF game. I couldn't believe he'd even remembered that we talked about that. It was incredibly sweet

 

[knowsbleed]

What kind of boyfriend is that? Plotting/scheming behind your back to obtain your most prized possession in order to satiate his hunger for gut getting? And then when you are at your most emotionally vulnerable moment... he SAVES you... of course making himself look the hero, despite... uhh... something...


... who am I kidding? That was pretty sweet. Spoons is a big ol' softie.

 

[Wolfwood]

I was tutoring a bunch of kids and there was this one older girl who I thought hated my guts, she always gave me the most attitude and made everything a fight, but I did my best to help her anyways cause that was my job. Plus, I kind of saw a lot of myself in her when I was that age, so I understood where she was coming from.

Anyways the final day comes and I say goodbye to all my "students" and as she leaves she just kind of waves goodbye to me and walks out the door. A few seconds later she walks back in with tears in her eyes, gives me a hug before I can react and says "Thank-you" before leaving again.

I don't know, it's not a big thing, but it's pretty significant to me.

 

[Erzengel]

Erzette once plagarized the Winnie the Pooh line in a card to me about living to 100 minus a day etc. It was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

 

[ComicChick]

i would post some things but i dont want nosebleed to spin em on me and make me scrutinize em lol

 

[Scourge2099]

Aw, that is so so kind of your friends!! That's a nice story.

One of the nicest/most thoughtful things that comes to mind for me is SUPER nerdy, but bear with me

When Spoons and I started dating, like most couples we would talk for hours about the most random things ever. Amongst this flood of talk, I mentioned wanting to play the Kingdom Hearts games very badly, but since I didn't have a PS2, I'd never tried them. Same with Final Fantasy.

A few years later (I think it was for an anniversary?) he gave me a PS2 with both Kingdom Hearts games and a FF game. I couldn't believe he'd even remembered that we talked about that. It was incredibly sweet

Spoons is truly a king among men .

 

[JewishHobbit]

I used to have some major self esteme issues growing up and no one would notice because I was just naturally quiet. Then one day it all came down somehow and I was in my bedroom very upset at my stepdad and my Mom came in to talk with me. Now, she's never been the kind to really be good at that, I seldom hear her say she loves me, and she's never had the right words to say. So as I layed out my frustrations she wasn't much help. She was actually very stunned because she hadn't noticed at all, and I'd felt like that for years. Nothing was accomplished and she just gave some awkward "It's okay, hun" type of comments but that was it.

The next day after school I came home and found a letter on my pillow. 10 Reasons Why Brad Is Great.

It went on to list reasons she thinks I should be proud of myself listing things she thinks and that other people had told her through the years. It wasn't much but it made me cry, and I didn't cry often back then. And believe it or not I really did start to feel better about myself after that. It was only one thing among several that added my my self image rising, but I think it was the defining thing that led the way for the others.

I still have that letter to this day 15 or so years later.

 

[ComicChick]

i think that's great. i now have the urge to write 10 reasons lists to my friends

 

[enterthemadness]

I get free coffee from a friend at DD. About it. He's cool. One of few that signed my high school year book. Um...about it, this off top of my head.

 

[AndThePickles]

I used to have some major self esteme issues growing up and no one would notice because I was just naturally quiet. Then one day it all came down somehow and I was in my bedroom very upset at my stepdad and my Mom came in to talk with me. Now, she's never been the kind to really be good at that, I seldom hear her say she loves me, and she's never had the right words to say. So as I layed out my frustrations she wasn't much help. She was actually very stunned because she hadn't noticed at all, and I'd felt like that for years. Nothing was accomplished and she just gave some awkward "It's okay, hun" type of comments but that was it.

The next day after school I came home and found a letter on my pillow. 10 Reasons Why Brad Is Great.

It went on to list reasons she thinks I should be proud of myself listing things she thinks and that other people had told her through the years. It wasn't much but it made me cry, and I didn't cry often back then. And believe it or not I really did start to feel better about myself after that. It was only one thing among several that added my my self image rising, but I think it was the defining thing that led the way for the others.

I still have that letter to this day 15 or so years later.

Awww *tears up* That is so awesome. And I know that had to have meant SO much coming from her

 

[enterthemadness]

Oh...don't know his name...back in 9th or 10th grade...he was ok, cool I guess, found out it was my bday and he um, got me donuts and coke for lunch. Barely remember. Think he moved. I remember he almost got punched one time in class for starting crap though.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Awww *tears up* That is so awesome. And I know that had to have meant SO much coming from her

It did. You know those sitcom mom's with all the right answers and the lovin's and the snuggles.... totally not my family. My Dad left before I was born and I have next to no relationship with him, my then-stepdad was a drug taking alcoholic, and then there was Mom. She really was a fantastic Mom and the one that all my friends wish they had, but she's never had a way with words of any type. She showed us she loved us through her actions moreso and we never doubted that. So when the time came that I needed words of encouragement I wasn't expecting them nor did I get them. The last thing I expected was something like that but it worked.

I guess it comes back tenfold as well because on my facebook under 'heroes' I went on and on about my mother and talked about the letter. This was a few years ago so a good decade or more after the incident. My mom later joined facebook and I didn't think anything of it when I befriended her. She called me crying saying she never knew that had such an influence and it made her feel good because so many times she's felt like a failed Mom (though it obviously isn't true). So it was a blessing she gave to me that later in turn blessed her.

i think that's great. i now have the urge to write 10 reasons lists to my friends

I say go for it. Words of encouragement are always uplifting, especially when unexpected. Hmm.. maybe I'll start doing that on Facebook to various people just to lighten their day. Brad-o-grams

 

[AndThePickles]

It did. You know those sitcom mom's with all the right answers and the lovin's and the snuggles.... totally not my family. My Dad left before I was born and I have next to no relationship with him, my then-stepdad was a drug taking alcoholic, and then there was Mom. She really was a fantastic Mom and the one that all my friends wish they had, but she's never had a way with words of any type. She showed us she loved us through her actions moreso and we never doubted that. So when the time came that I needed words of encouragement I wasn't expecting them nor did I get them. The last thing I expected was something like that but it worked.

I guess it comes back tenfold as well because on my facebook under 'heroes' I went on and on about my mother and talked about the letter. This was a few years ago so a good decade or more after the incident. My mom later joined facebook and I didn't think anything of it when I befriended her. She called me crying saying she never knew that had such an influence and it made her feel good because so many times she's felt like a failed Mom (though it obviously isn't true). So it was a blessing she gave to me that later in turn blessed her.

Oh man, that makes it even more awesome. That's a really, really nice story to be able to tell about you and your mom. I'm sure she'll remember it forever

 

[katie_girl09]

A guy that I've been friends with since we were kids brought came over the other day with a guitar and sang "Hey Soul Sister" to me. Kinda nice.

 

[Paroxysm]

My friend Marla told me that she thinks of me as her brother and loves me more than her biological brother(who isn't very nice).

Made me feel really good.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

I tell this story all the time when people ask me how I knew my wife was "The One". When we were dating many moons ago, I believe we were about 20 at the time, I had an old clunker. I had already put like 2 transmissions in the darn thing. Needless to say I had no money. My clunker had no air conditioning and this was July or August, really hot, still she never complained and was always riding shotgun wherever I went.

Well on this unbearably hot day my clunker's transmission went out on me AGAIN, with her in the car. I was PISSED!! I pushed it to a near by gas station. The entire time she never complained, she just rubbed my back and said "Baby it'll be ok". She called and PAYED FOR the tow truck and sat with me for 5 HOURS at the shop and waited as my clunker was being fixed. From that day forward I knew she loved me no matter what and she had my back.

Once again, not once complaining. So as some of you know we have been married going on 8 years and have 3 wonderful children.

 

[BillPardy]

I was working downtown in the snow (Canada Eh?) washing shop windows, and this complete stranger noticed I wasn't wearing gloves and insisted that I take hers (Canada Eh.) So I took them after she badgered me for awhile and went on with my work. I never saw her again.

 

[Harls]

i think that's great. i now have the urge to write 10 reasons lists to my friends

I think I wanna do that, too

I tell this story all the time when people ask me how I knew my wife was "The One". When we were dating many moons ago, I believe we were about 20 at the time, I had an old clunker. I had already put like 2 transmissions in the darn thing. Needless to say I had no money. My clunker had no air conditioning and this was July or August, really hot, still she never complained and was always riding shotgun wherever I went.

Well on this unbearably hot day my clunker's transmission went out on me AGAIN, with her in the car. I was PISSED!! I pushed it to a near by gas station. The entire time she never complained, she just rubbed my back and said "Baby it'll be ok". She called and PAYED FOR the tow truck and sat with me for 5 HOURS at the shop and waited as my clunker was being fixed. From that day forward I knew she loved me no matter what and she had my back.

Once again, not once complaining. So as some of you know we have been married going on 8 years and have 3 wonderful children.

Awwww Mr. T! That's so sweet. Mrs. T really sounds like such a wonderful woman whenever you talk about her

 

[Schlosser85]

My best friend gave me a Christmas card with a long written paragraph thanking me for being a solid anchor when things get rough and how much it's meant over the years.

It really touched me, and I treat the card pretty sacred.

 

[Motown Marvel]

there was this one chick i used to go buy records with, we'd take the records home and make out to them. one time she said "take off your pants i want to show you a trick"....


....i was touched by its sweetness.