So there was a time I was in Milan at my girlfriend’s house and down the road there is a supermarket so it was like 7 pm and we wanted to drink a beer during dinner so I went out to the supermarket that beer and I was heading back home. On the way home a woman from Naples with a kid, a young kid like two years old came by and asked me to go to the supermarket and buy her food. So I usually don’t give money to strangers because a lot of the time that money is spent towards something that is harmful like alcohol or cigarettes or gambling so I usually don’t do that but since she asked me to buy food for the baby I went back there and I bought everything I I could and I bought also some food for her since She said to me that she didn’t have a place to sleep also, so I guess I didn’t even Add the food for for her either. So I bought food for her for the baby and I just went back home. I Would love would have loved to to have help there more, but I really couldn’t. I couldn’t invite her home. It wasn’t my home and I didn’t have more money to buy them clothes or some other things. I just hope that everything went well for her because Milan during the nighttime is very very dangerous.
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So there was a time I was in Milan at my girlfriend's house, and down the road, there is a supermarket. It was around 7 PM, and we wanted to drink a beer during dinner, so I went out to the supermarket to get the beer and was heading back home. On the way home, a woman from Naples with a young child, about two years old, approached me and asked if I could go to the supermarket and buy her food. I usually don't give money to strangers because often that money is spent on something harmful like alcohol, cigarettes, or gambling. However, since she asked me to buy food for her baby, I went back and bought everything I could. I also bought some food for her since she mentioned that she didn't have a place to sleep. I guess I didn't even add food for her either. So I bought food for her and the baby and then went back home. I would have loved to help more, but I really couldn't. I couldn't invite her home; it wasn't my home, and I didn't have more money to buy them clothes or other things. I just hope that everything went well for her because Milan at nighttime can be very dangerous.
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