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Originally Posted by Sliver
I understand the cost. It's not like it would be a nothing for me, but if I can find a way to do this I would be happy to pay because I think the cost to their life by not doing it will be far more substantial than the cost to my life to do it. You can't save everyone and all that, but in this case it's a person who has been handed every difficult hand a person can be handed and the dental issue is almost the physical/visual representation of a good person getting a raw deal. I would pay to make that go away for them.
You're right about trying to 'trick' them, though. They'll see through it. I'm honestly not sure that - barring them actually asking me for help - there is a way to do this that won't crush them. Maybe I'll have to wait for teeth to start falling out and then offer to assist.
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I’d say you have to be really careful with this, because it’s probably a few factors. Yeah, the money is probably a huge one. But then the poor guy has the physical embarrassment of being at the dentist and explaining to someone that he’s never been (or hasn’t in however long), and that’s not going to be fun for him either. Then you have a friend paying the freight, which is likely a huge source of embarrassment for the guy.
It’s not that it’s not coming from the right place or the right reasons, but there’s likely a lot of shame in a situation like this. I don’t have a solution to offer, but like I say, I’d just be really careful about how to handle it.