Is it normal to give 20 dollars to a young homeless girl?

i was in the city and I saw a young homeless girl sitting on the side of the street. She really didn't look any older than 25. The first time I passed by her, she was eating something. I passed by her about half an hour later and she was just sitting in the same exact spot looking down at people's shoes as they walked by and it was really cold and she did have a jacket but I just felt bad for her. She wasn't looking up at anyone or anything and seemed so sad. I got behind a building and watched her for 2-3 minutes. No one was helping her, some people were looking at her but nothing more. I decided to give her 20 dollars because I figured she probably doesn't make that much on average week or maybe even month. I just put the money in her hand and said "you need this more than I do" and walked away. Immediately after I did that, I felt very nervous about how she would judge me or what her reaction would be, and I was too scared to look at her even though I wanted to. It was just that I see homeless people all the time but I never help them. It was only because she was young, female, and good looking that I felt more sorry for her than I would if it was someone else. I actually felt a little guilty about that. I mean I didn't know anything about her, she could have made some very choices in life or she was a terrible person or something like that, but just based on her appearance I thought that whatever had happened for her to get into this situation was all an accident or misfortune and it wasn't who she truly was. IIN?

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  • Lonely2

    she's probably addicted to drugs and you just bought her 4 bags

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    • kittycatrelle

      Hawt

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  • RoseIsabella

    You did a nice thing for a downtrodden person, don't over analyze it, just accept yourself for the good person you are.

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    • The_Creep_is_back

      That was a nice thing to say, Rosie. The OP might consider this, "People don't really wish upon shooting stars. They wish upon the ones that have the courage to shine right where they are."

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    • I don't consider myself a good person because I only chose to help her because I was attracted to her physical appearance.

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      • 12eahtsdrateri

        so you were hoping she was a hooker

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      • kittycatrelle

        alas, she ate well that night

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    • snarkygirl

      If more of us did this, the world would be better.

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  • Goku19

    Helping an attractive person made you GOOD and helping unattractive ones in addition to former will make you VERY GOOD.

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    • snarkygirl

      Yeah.

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  • thegypsysailor

    Or it could be this girl has mental problems and has nowhere to turn, since Reagan closed all the public mental institutions and chucked all the patients out on the street. The republicans still perpetrate this obscenity, preferring instead to pad every bill with pork that puts huge sums of money directly into their pockets.

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    • I didn't ask your political views just if this was normal or not..

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      • thegypsysailor

        Indeed you did not. But if you are going to post on a public forum, you get whatever you get.
        However, my question to you is if this had been some old, ugly, homeless woman, would you have forked over the $20.00?

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        • Arm0se

          Bͼͽbies!

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        • no, that's why I want to know if I can justify my actions.

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          • thegypsysailor

            I don't know about justification, but if it felt good helping someone out, that should be all you need be concerned about.

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            • I wanted to look at her face to see her reaction but I felt too nervous and couldn't force myself to look at her, maybe because I have never had sex with a woman

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    • Explosive_Diarrhea

      Well I guess we could have just kept printing money at that time to pay for it, but if we did that we would have collapsed as a society even faster.

      Obama seems to have us covered.

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      • thegypsysailor

        Brilliant contribution. Thanks. It makes all kinds of sense to dump the mentally ill on the street with no support, but keep the pork flowing. Yep, that certainly is THE AMERICAN WAY. I bet you support The Dumb Donald, huh?
        You are nearly aptly named. Perhaps you should call yourself, "Explosive_Verbal_Diarrhea"!

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  • wigz

    She was probably a runaway...someone a lot less nice than you probably snatched her up by now.

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  • Lonely2

    So many people ask for money that i get sick of it...they should ask if i need something done..its always about them that is one of the reasons they are in that predicamemt..they are usually very self centered and their family and friends grow tired of it...they need help but not that...so it depends how i feel ..sometimes when i see people disabled i will try to help

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  • sillygirl77

    I live in nyc. There are so many scammers out in the street. It's hard to know who really needs help. OP I hope it was a person actually in need!

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  • gay

    great job

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  • 12eahtsdrateri

    i bought a homeless girl a meal once

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  • ews3

    I always think what would Jesus do? I try and give people cash when I can afford it.

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    • thegypsysailor

      jesus is too busy weeding someone's garden to lurk around watching homeless girls, and he certainly doesn't have the disposable income to give away 20 bucks.

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      • snarkygirl

        Nah Jesus made tables and chairs....probably not futons.

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        • thegypsysailor

          I thought Manuel Labor worked in the furniture factory and Hesus was the gardener.

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  • snarkygirl

    I think its normal. I give homeless people money if I have it...the other evening I saw a young man standing out in the freezing weather but I had NO cash. I wanted to pick up a meal or something but my mom got freaked out and wouldn't let me drive back.

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    • deepdankstickygoo

      A young man....lol.. you are a young woman yourself...**remotely search for tracking chip registration number**

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  • heroinsuicide

    Looks are misleading
    . Im a young pretty blonde and was that young homeless girl at a point of my life because of poor choices. But i still give money to homeless no matter what they decide to use it for. If they want to better themselves and life they will. I bring food to them on holidays. I went from a hopeless n homeless junkie wanting to die to a sucessful employable collage graduate as of just reccently. I have a nice car. Bf. Ect. Just because people make bad choices doesnt mean you cant do something as simple as tlking to them or buy them food to make there day
    xox heroinsuicide

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