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Giving money
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27 Nov 2005 Sun 12:36 pm |
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I was in Antalya last week and there was a wedding. A guy was trying to stop various cars. I asked my friend (turkish) what he wanted and he told me he was trying to get some money as it was a wedding. We drove on withut stopping!
Laura
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 07:27 pm |
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Quoting laura: I was in Antalya last week and there was a wedding. A guy was trying to stop various cars. I asked my friend (turkish) what he wanted and he told me he was trying to get some money as it was a wedding. We drove on withut stopping!
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omg.. have u ever walked passed a beggar asking for money without even looking at them...?? some people tell me that they are not really poor and homeless.. they are just lying a**holes who want u for what they can get..
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after i told a small, dirty looking girl selling tissues that i had no money when my pocket was full of fresh new liras.. i felt really guilty... and then i wanted to go and find her.. bless her... im bad eh?.. how could i do that... im just cruel sometimes omg...
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| 12. |
12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:22 pm |
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if its kids i cant walk by although its probably their parents that have sent them out on the streets anyway, fortunately where i live there arnt too many child beggers on the street but when i have been in turkey i have always given to the kids i cant bare the thought of children going without and to me it may only be a pound or two but for them it is a fortune ,maybe i am just a bit of a softy at heart
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:23 pm |
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Quoting deli: if its kids i cant walk by although its probably their parents that have sent them out on the streets anyway, fortunately where i live there arnt too many child beggers on the street but when i have been in turkey i have always given to the kids i cant bare the thought of children going without and to me it may only be a pound or two but for them it is a fortune ,maybe i am just a bit of a softy at heart |
i now feel so much worse... o dear.. the guilt is killing me. she could be dead now.. i should have bought a packet of those little tissues...aaa... not even 1 lira... im terrible eh?
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:31 pm |
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I would have to give if it was a child....it would play on my mind, and I would be wondering if the money was for food for that night. It would be very hard to walk away from that.
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:33 pm |
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Quoting Lindaxxx: I would have to give if it was a child....it would play on my mind, and I would be wondering if the money was for food for that night. It would be very hard to walk away from that. |
you are really making me feel better.. thanks :'( and i am still thinking about it months later, look..! that damn conscience of mine... i thought id told that where to go a long time ago! 
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:41 pm |
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Quoting miss_ceyda: Quoting Lindaxxx: I would have to give if it was a child....it would play on my mind, and I would be wondering if the money was for food for that night. It would be very hard to walk away from that. |
you are really making me feel better.. thanks :'( and i am still thinking about it months later, look..! that damn conscience of mine... i thought id told that where to go a long time ago! |
At least you think about it, that is good. I don't want to make you feel bad about it. I was just saying that I would find it hard to walk from a child. An adult on the other hand, I wouldn't give a second look to. An adult is not helpless unlike a child.
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:43 pm |
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yeah but what about the ones who sit there with like, 1 limb...? :S
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:48 pm |
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Quoting miss_ceyda: yeah but what about the ones who sit there with like, 1 limb...? :S |
Again that is different I think that you just have to go with your instinct at the time. When I was in Tunis I had people begging for the shoes off my feet! I used to hate going out of the complex and having to face so much poverty, I used to want to cry every time.
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 08:57 pm |
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Quoting Lindaxxx: Quoting miss_ceyda: yeah but what about the ones who sit there with like, 1 limb...? :S |
Again that is different I think that you just have to go with your instinct at the time. When I was in Tunis I had people begging for the shoes off my feet! I used to hate going out of the complex and having to face so much poverty, I used to want to cry every time. |
i was like that the first time i went to tr.. it was the first time id seen beggars like that.. and so many limbless people.. do they all live in tr or sth.?? hehe...
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12 Dec 2005 Mon 09:01 pm |
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Quoting miss_ceyda: Quoting Lindaxxx: Quoting miss_ceyda: yeah but what about the ones who sit there with like, 1 limb...? :S |
Again that is different I think that you just have to go with your instinct at the time. When I was in Tunis I had people begging for the shoes off my feet! I used to hate going out of the complex and having to face so much poverty, I used to want to cry every time. |
i was like that the first time i went to tr.. it was the first time id seen beggars like that.. and so many limbless people.. do they all live in tr or sth.?? hehe... |
I shouldn't laugh at that ceyda but I did  naughty me!!!
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