Today an old woman at the gas station came up to me and said, "I'm so embarrassed, but could you help me?" I thought she was going to ask for money, but she told me that last week her husband died and she had never pumped gas before. She had no idea what to do. MMT

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This is the saddest story I've ever heard! It made me think immediately of the person I love, and called him to tell him how much I appreciate him.

This is sad and sweet, but I can't help thinking that if she's capable of driving, she should've learned to pump gas by now, and maybe her husband was absurdly traditional and controlling.

This reminds me of my grandparents. They were very traditional, they only had one car. My grandfather would always make sure the car was filled with gas so my grandma didnt have to worry about filling the car up with gas. When he died she had no idea how to pump her own gas.

Yeah, this was one of those MMTs where I literally stopped, and looked up at the sky. This is one of my favorites.

beautiful..

My grandfather passed away last year and I helped teach my grandma how to fill up her gas tank. and at Lichen, my grandfather was never controlling of my grandma, he just always made sure the tank was full, and it was never something my grandma had to worry about.

seems to be a common thing, was the case with my grandma. grandpa would fill his car up on payday, drop it off after work, then pick up grandma's car and go fill it for her.

It's all how one views a situation. It is sad, in that she doesn't have her husband there anymore for her to rely on. But it is a lesson to the rest of us, in that maybe we should do little things like that for our partner and/or learn to rely on others a little more than we do.

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