You run into someone who in the past made some personal sacrifices in order to help you get on your feet during a financial struggle. Now, society has completely collapsed and he comes to your door begging for help. To give him the bare minimum that he needs, your resources would be depleted by 50%, and you don't know if and when you'll be able to replenish your supplies. Would you be able to do for him what he did for you by giving him half of your supplies?
If he went out on a limb for me, I would certainly do the same for him.
Yep, sure would.
Yep, this.
If half my supplies are a day's worth of stuff, I'd be looking for more tomorrow and the next day anyway. I'm not out that much. If half my supplies are a year, I probably wouldn't hand over a full 50%, but I'd have no problem offering him 3 hots and a cot in exchange for helping out around the place. No reason that him taking up 50% of my supplies can't turn into him returning 100% or more of what he uses up, and we both benefit in that case.
This is more in line with my thinking. Also, what he did probably did not jeopardize his family's survival when he helped me. I would have to weigh apples to apples, not oranges.
My way of thinking is this, a life of good deeds and morality is a successful life. BUT I will never help someone who won't help themselves. So it really depends. Are they really trying to survive or are you being scammed by a past relationship in now hard times
