Have you ever comforted a stranger?

[reecejackox]

I comforted a stranger outside a hospital who's baby had been moved to a different hospital and she was worried.

 

[Stratman50th]

I was a cop. I comforted a lot of strangers in my time.

 

[prairie_girl]

Yes, of course.

 

[low-key]

stranger danger, people

 

[fly girl]

Comforted strangers too many times to count for a gamete of reasons. Many passengers have touched my heart, and my hope is that I helped them through their struggle.

 

[indimom]

Hospice nurse, so yes, regularly.

 

[slo]

Nope…..and I wish we lived in a world that I could do that.
The scene in Silence of the Lambs where the girl helps the guy move a couch into a truck because she thinks he has a broken arm and is then kidnapped, haunted me then and still haunts me today.

Now…..I’ve comforted patients that come into our office (I manage a chiropractors office) and when I did custom picture framing (people would frame pictures for sad/emotional reason) but I don’t consider them strangers.

 

[ronandannette]

Hospice nurse, so yes, regularly.

Bless you - it’s an extremely noble thing you’re doing and you’ll never really know how much even the smallest and most insignificant gestures can mean in a setting like that.

 

[Welsh_Dragon]

I don’t know whether it is U.K. wide, but in Wales we have a scheme for lonely people. Villages have benches with a sign, which says something like, ‘please sit here if you would like some one to chat to’. Then if someone passes, they can choose to sit with you and strike up a conversation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-50098114

 

[TippyThomas]

I don’t know whether it is U.K. wide, but in Wales we have a scheme for lonely people. Villages have benches with a sign, which says something like, ‘please sit here if you would like some one to chat to’. Then if someone passes, they can choose to sit with you and strike up a conversation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-50098114

That is a truly wonderful thing. Loneliness is a terrible feeling and it's nice to know there are people out there who will help someone like this.

 

[Blondie58]

Teacher and school administrator - all the time.

 

[pwdebbie]

I was the comforted stranger. When my husband was in the hospital, I was told to gather the family because there was nothing more that could be done. I requested a transfer to a teaching hospital ninety minutes away. After watching the ambulance drive away, I went into the bathroom and was having good bawl in a stall. The restroom door opened, there was a pause, and then I heard, "Whatever is happening for you right now hon, I can pray for you and ask for the Lord to comfort you." She prayed, and then was gone. It was exactly what I needed at that point in time. PS, he's still alive, twenty-five years later.

 

[NannyBeBe]

There have been a couple of times when I was in my veterinarian's office on a routine matter and have encountered folks who just had to put their dog or cat down. I hugged them and cried with them.

 

[E&Cmom]

I am a nurse so all the time.

 

[gojoe]

A few year ago we were spending the day at the Beach Club pool. A women apologized for crying. We had not heard her but we invited her to our table. She had just lost her husband a few weeks before. She wanted to take her son on the family trip they had all planned.
We spent the rest of the day with her. We became instant friends. So sorry we never stayed in touch.

 

[Kittyblue]

I don’t know whether it is U.K. wide, but in Wales we have a scheme for lonely people. Villages have benches with a sign, which says something like, ‘please sit here if you would like some one to chat to’. Then if someone passes, they can choose to sit with you and strike up a conversation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-50098114

I've seen that at schools. I don't know if it gets utilized much but it's a really nice idea.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Another nurse. It’s what we do. Inside and outside of work.

 

[cedricandsophie]

Yes. Children and adults. I’ve given money to strangers in need. If I was scammed I don’t care. I could afford it and it made me feel good. I try to assume that people are good and honest until proven otherwise. My husband and I were once approached by a little man in Vienna when we looked lost. He ended up escorting us all around for two days. Of course we paid for meals snd drinks and gave him money but we got more out of it then he did. And in Japan we asked for directions to a restaurant frim a young man who escorted us to the restaurant snd we bought him dinner. I gave money to a distraught woman with a baby at ohare once. Again, probably a scam but I felt useful.

 

[luv2cheer92]

If you consider patients strangers (many of whom I have never seen and likely never see again, nature of my position), then several times a day.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Yes