HappY Hoilidays.
Empaths or sociopaths,
What is one of the "nicest" things you have done for someone?
Mine : I am a vegetarian and dated a chef. For him, I ate a scallop he had made for dinner.
Saved someones life a few years ago. Got a call from a buddy saying another friend had nodded off and was no longer responsive, and was pale. Heroin's a hell of drug. Had a .4mg bottle of Naloxone/Narcan which is what ambulances/hospitals use for reversing opiate overdoses. Drove as fast as I could to get there and gave him a shot immediately, and he began breathing within 2-3 minutes.
My brother and another boy had gotten into a fight at school due to some argument they'd had. When I saw them fighting, I walked over, took over the fight, and beat the shit out of the other kid. I didn't really do it to defend my brother though, I did it because I didn't like the boy he was fighting. He was a cocky little prick. He had it coming.
That still counts as 'nice' though, right?
2 years ago, a family friend, through my son, lost his job so I knew they didn't have the money for an decent xmas dinner. I bought champagne, a huge turkey and all the trapping and had the supermarket deliver it so he wouldn't know it was from me.
We meet up on boxing day and it was fun listening to his children telling my children how the Christmas fairy made sure that they didn't go hungry.
I'm by no means a saint but one can try.