To ask what's the nicest thing anyone has done for you?

[Pricklypear12]

Inspired by the nice little thread about nice little things...
What is the nicest thing(s) that anyone has ever done for you?
Big or small, I want to hear it all!

[Pricklypear12]

@Marylou62 the fact you still remember and consider it as important 30 years later really just goes to show that a small act of kindness can last a lifetime

[Goldwispa]

My boss gave me my job back, no questions asked, after relocating with my partner went wrong and I had to move back.

My in-laws gave us £10,000 to help us move house

[nettytree]

A nice couple gave me a squirt of their hand sanitiser in asda on Saturday. As the store had no spray to clean trolley when we went in.

[Toomanydishes]

When I left the house I used to rent with my ex, I was struggling to get a van to move my stuff in time. I asked someone at worked if they knew "a man with a van" that could help. (I have no family in the UK and most of my friends live in London, whilst I'm based in the Midlands now
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They said not to worry and that night there were 5 people from work in their big SUVs , they loaded all my stuff in their boots and back seats after helping me pack everything that was left as I wasn't expecting it to be so quick. They took me out for dinner once everything was unloaded in my new flat and wouldn't allow me to pay for anything.

My manager who came over and helped me build some flat pack furniture straight after work and then donated me some amazing crockery as she heard me that I needed to buy some.

It meant the world to me, knowing that people actually care about me and I might not be all alone in this foreign country ❤️

[Pricklypear12]

@toomanydishes that's really lovely!

[BetterAlone]

The day the borders closed unexpectedly at lockdown in the country where he was, my DP dropped everything, rushed to the airport and spent hours trying everything to get on a plane to me. He wasn't meant to be leaving for another 2 months.

He is kind and fabulous generally, but this was so much......he went to border force, the airline, airline HQ, and so much else. He failed, but it's the most amazing thing anyone's done for me. And he's still trying 5 weeks later.

[Fandoozle1]

My father was taken to hospital after a work accident and not long after I arrived the medical staff told us that he was unlikely to survive and was in intensive care. I felt like vomiting and ran out of the hospital, where i slumped into a heap on the floor.
A young lady was getting into her taxi with a friend, she saw me and told her friend to hold the cab, while she came up to me and asked me was wrong. I told her my dad was dying and she sat with me for a bit and hugged me.
As an aside, it just so happend my job was working with addiction abuse patients at the time and i could see that she was in a bad way with her own problems, but she took time to pick me up off the floor quite literally. She told me to take care and then she was gone.
I think about her often and hope she managed to find a peaceful life.

[lightlypoached]

I've got a couple

When my exDH left me, on a Friday night of a long bank holiday weekend. I'd been expecting it but all my friends were shocked. Within minutes of me ringing one set of friends to tell them the news, they came round, helped me pack a bag and took me to theirs for the weekend. All of my other friends also made up their spare rooms. My self esteem was in the toilet at the time and the boost that gave me was immense.

The second one was when my dad was dying of dementia, DD and I were going through the supermarket checkout and DD started to cry. I talked to her gently, giving reassurance. The man in front of us started to talk as he'd overheard our conversation. He was a dementia specialist doctor. He explained a bit about the disease and then went on to say that in his research he'd confirmed that even long after someone had lost their ability to speak or recognise their loved ones, that brain scans showed recognition in that area of the brain.

"Even if your grandpa can't tell you, and it looks like he doesn't recognise you, please know that he does know who you are, and that he still loves you'"

I can't tell you how much difference that made to us all in the following months.

[RubyWho]

Adding to this as I remembered this just this morning:
The day after I’d had DS by c section, I was exhausted (hadn’t slept for near to 50 hours), emotional and beside myself. Huge PN Ward (Kings College for those that know it). One of the nurses took DS so I could take my time in the shower (she also helped me to the shower too!), stayed with me whilst I fed DS offering lots of encouragement, swaddled him so he’d get a good sleep and then also tucked me up in bed.
It was just lovely.

[ColdCottage]

My boss years ago when I was in my 20's shared an office with me.

I came in broken hearted one day and she knew that certain music really made me feel better so throughout the day she let me play it loudly on an off to cheer me up. Really lifted my mood.