A quick cheery note...

So much negativity going around, just thought I'd throw something in there about the good side of things.

About a year and a half ago, I was set to move in with my girlfriend and get married. But money was incredibly tight for both of us, and I came up a few hundred bucks shy of the security deposit for the rental we had our hearts set on. So since she was my big priority, I offered my Glock 26 to my boss saying I'd rather have it go to somebody I knew than a stranger. (It's my baby - the one gun I never really wanted to part with.) He being a gun guy, he said he'd take it. When I met him, he never even looked at the gun - just took it, gave me the cash, and told me whenever I wanted to buy it back I could. We've been friends for most of the time I've worked there, but we both knew I never would have accepted or asked him for a loan. It didn't even occur to me until I had gotten home, what he did. It was a nice back-door way of loaning me the cash I need, and allowing me to save face. Today, me and my daughter met him for coffee and I bought it back. He plays like he's a bad-ass at work, but he's got a big heart and definitely has been a positive influence in my life.

That is all.

:-)

I've often found myself wanting to do the same thing when I see someone selling something I know they don't want to sell.

glad it worked out in the end for you. [Awesom]

Thats really cool! Good friends and people can be hard to find.

I have done that a number of times with friends and family. I always put them in the safe, never fired them and let them buy them back for the same price I paid. That's part of the guy code. Pass the favor along to someone else when you can.

Yup. That's what friends do. Congrats on getting your feet back under you!

everyone needs to have people like that in their life, and when we can, be that person for someone else[Beer]

good deal! I've done this a few times, especially when they were considering taking said item to a pawn shop.

That is a good story.

How long between you selling it and buying it back? Awesome story.

nice story, very cool of him to do that for you!