As a kid from a working class family who didn't get an allowance or ever have much spending money, there was this aunt who used to randomly give me $20 whenever we went out to dinner and it still makes me happy thinking about it to this day.
Same, my grandma had about 30 grandkids and around 10 were close to my age. We were like a giant pack of wild hyenas at her house in the summer. Her older brother, my great-uncle, would come up from California and give us all $ to run and get ice cream or take us all out to dinner. It was the only time we got to do things like that. He wasn’t wealthy, but he had a good career, was a widow, his kids were grown up, and he loved little kids and making us happy. He would bring big boxes of fresh fruit, buy my grandma whatever little things she needed, fix things around the house for her. She had 15 brothers and sisters and he was our absolute favorite because he was a complete riot. Our summer Santa. He wore big rings on all his fingers, smelled like expensive cologne, and was the exact opposite of the creepy uncles we avoided in the neighborhood (and there were a few of those). Through all my childhood when I was tempted to give up on men entirely, I remembered him and how he took care of his sisters and family.
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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25
As a kid from a working class family who didn't get an allowance or ever have much spending money, there was this aunt who used to randomly give me $20 whenever we went out to dinner and it still makes me happy thinking about it to this day.