When The Wonderful man and I got married thirty years ago he was a young student, we had three children (from my first marriage) to keep and a mortgage to pay. Times were hard financially and every single penny counted. Our church understood our situation and many people (some we didn't even really know) helped us out with food, clothing for the children and sometimes hard cash. At first it was very hard to accept being a 'charity case', especially as I was always of the opinion that others were worse off than us, but over time I came to see that 'receiving' was just as important a role as giving.
Since that time our finances have improved and I like to 'pay it forward' when I can by helping other individuals out, preferably anonymously, but sometimes that's not possible. If someone just wanted to give you a gift (for no particular reason) how would you feel about accepting it? Would you be offended? Would you be delighted? Would you question their motives?
Things you find stressful that other people don't notice.
Water Pollution -“ A National Disgrace”? A case for renationalisation?