Have you ever done something amazing, unthinkable, or just plain stupid just to show someone that you care?

yep loads! i remember one cold night, years ago, my partner suddenly had an urge for a vodka and as we lived out in ‘the sticks’ there wasnt a watering hole anywhere locally, no shops or anything. it was late at night, i just grabbed my car keys and coat, and drove about 3 miles to the nearest pub, and managed to get what he wanted and balance it (very carefully) on the car seat and surprised him with his much wanted drink! lols he hadnt even known i’d left the house awww!!

@pikipupiba…if only there were more people in the world like you. This just made me feel so ashamed, I have never gotten the chance to do anything of that magnitude to anyone…

Awesome story!

@belakyre Don’t feel bad, it seems to me that all one can really do is wait for opportunities to arise, then seize them. That is the hard part, though: MAKE SURE YOU SEIZE THEM!! Don’t just let them pass you by. :)

Hard to top that story but more than once I took hours of company time to make special drawings for the girl of my dreams and even one time I had to explain WTF I was doing to the boss. That was amazing that he believed me! ;)

Actually, come to think of it…I do have one! Now you see, being 14 has its advantages, as I can go on school service trips (love service, there’s nothing like it). I remember this year, when I signed up for this CAS trip to Cambodia, we were to help out at this local school. I remember being frightened of the little kids (Do not ask me why, even I don’t even know why I was afraid of people two times smaller than me!) but then when I saw their faces brighten when they saw me look into the room, I shrugged off all fear. I mean, some of the kids didn’t even have clothes on (this was quickly remedied by the team clothing them with the clothes we got for donations) and they were shameless about it. These kids were innocents, and after the week I will stay, I will never see them. Seeing this, I loved them, nurtured them, taught them, laughed with them, painted their walls, drew with them, played with them…never expecting anything back (partly because they really don’t have much to give, okay, that was harsh).
When the team left them, I felt terrible, to say goodbye when I just said hello.

If your GF didn’t dump you after that, she sounds like a keeper!

Someone did something great for me along those lines. I was in college in England and told my boyfriend who lived about 90 miles away that I was very lonely. He borrowed a freind’s motorbike and rode 90 miles in a rainstorm that night to surprise me. He is now my husband of almost 36 years.

Hell yes. I got married. This meets all three parts of your question.

Edit: “friend’s”

Bros before hoes my man.. bros .. before… hoes… just kidding…. lol

I think it should tell your girlfriend a lot about your character that you would do something like that. You’re a good friend and that probably means you’re a good man too.

I bought an umbrella off a stranger in the middle of the street once (for £10) when it was pouring down with rain…I was stood at a taxi rank and the queue was getting longer…. 2 minutes after that a taxi turned up and I gave the umbrella to the next guy in line…I just knew I had to… does that count? I never knew what happened to the umbrella…hmmmm

I sure as heck did ! My nephew felt like no one was on his side , cared about him , loved him etc… so ..I co-signed for a $13,000 truck so he could go back ‘n forth to work , get a new job in some kind of wiring he had trained in etc… BUT; the job fell thru… he skipped out , and my FICO dropped from 786 to 425…

Wow, it’s great to hear all of these stories of true caring. It’s nice to see that other Flutherites are good people. I hope to hear more great stories!

Got down on one knee.
Well, she thought it was amazing, amazing that I also had enough money to buy a ring aswell!....

A few years ago, my husband & I got into a HUGE fight. It was totally my fault and I was out of line. Our TV conked out that night to top it off so the next morning (after not talking all the night before and him sleeping on the couch) he just said, I’m going to get a new TV. I asked if I could come too and he said sure, but not too happy about it. We rode there in total silence. When we got there, he was looking at the smaller TV’s (even though he had talked about getting a big screen for years). I walked over to the big screens, saw one on clearance and pretty much told the salesperson that was the one I wanted. Needless to say, fight was over after that! ((note: he loves to tell the story about how he got the TV and I alway recant with it being the one time I was at fault). LOL!!!

A few years ago, I had a life altering event. Not my boyfriend, mother, best friend, or anyone else could comfort me. They felt awkward due to the situation, and one person told me simply to brush it off as I could do nothing to change the situation. At my breaking point, I called the ex in tears. He rushed over and gave me exactly the support I needed – an understanding hug while letting my tears flow and reassuring me that ‘everything will be ok.” Even though we broke up on bad terms, he was the only person there for me when I was at my lowest.