A nice birthday surprise

[jrlee183]

Morning All,

With the fairly frequent posts about our partners/spouses and their families repeatedly asking for money, i just wanted to share something which I think is rather nice:

A bit of background .... about 2 years ago I helped the missus and her family set up a business (water refilling station) in her province.  It started slow, but eventually, with a bit of western business logic, it is now making good money to the point it pretty much covers their life down there and they have also started renovating/extending the house without a single contribution from me. 

Anyway, so i turn 18 again today (for the 39th time lol), and this morning I was presented with a scrap of paper which turns out to be a bank deposit slip.  It turns out that, in addition to saving for the house renovations, Papa had been busy saving money to buy me a birthday gift.  Apparently, when it actually came to buy a gift he had no idea what to get (he told my missus that he thinks i have everything already!) so thought better to just put some money in my bank account ....... P10,000.  

Of course, i would much rather they put the money towards the house renovations as its alot of money for them, but the missus was insistent that I 'taste the juice of the business'!

I was incredibly touched and kind of restored my faith in humanity a bit (not that i had lost it, but Filipinos and their families can be testing at times!).

Anyway, something nice to share for a friday morning.

Jamie

 

[Old55]

You have a wonderful thoughtful family Jamie. Nice to hear a success story like yours.

 

[Dave Hounddriver]

44 minutes ago, jrlee183 said:

with a bit of western business logic

I have noticed you have lots of patience and the ability to encourage, teach or uplift people which probably went a long way towards the family's long-term success.  Congrats and Happy Birthday.

 

[Jack Peterson]

1 hour ago, jrlee183 said:

so i turn 18 again today (for the 39th time lol),

 From all the Petersons 

[intrepid]

What a heart warming story.  Thanks for sharing with us.  I can only guess that gift was more meaningful than most others you have received.  Its times like this that you realize you do make a difference.

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[robert k]

Love it when a plan comes together. Happy anniversary of your birth.

[Balisidar]

Very nice story and Happy birthday 🎂.  I'm all about the "teach a man to fish" philosophy.  Nice to know that someone else has had it work on their favor!  Congrats