Helping Out A Lifelong Friend

I have known Dave it seems forever.  We met while working at the local amusement park.  This summer Dave and his girlfriend Carrie decided that they wanted to stop renting and fulfill the American dream of owning their own house.  They looked at many houses, and finally decided on one.  After sitting down and putting a bid on a house, they realized that it was going to be tougher than they thought, especially with the bills that seem to be coming out of nowhere.  Although they knew they’d be OK after they closed on the house, closing wasn’t for another few weeks, and they weren’t sure how they were going to make it through these next few weeks.  Carrie already works two jobs, and at this point anyone getting another job wouldn’t help them any, as they needed the money sooner rather than later.

When I told them about what I was doing with Pay-It-Forward, they were delighted to say the least.  They had never had this kind of gift before, and didn’t know how to react.  I again explained the purpose of pay it forward, and how this was the perfect situation.  The money didn’t really come from me, it came from Paradigm, and they didn’t have to pay me back, in fact I didn’t want to be paid back.  They had to “Pay-It-Forward” to someone else.  Dave explained that it helped a lot, and he would definitely do what he could to “Pay-It-Forward.”