Tough story man, sorry for your loss, but I am glad you made it when you had to.i try to feel sympathetic for most folks and help when I think it is going toward a good cause. I usually give if the person doesn't look like a crack head or a drunk. I usually try to buy them the food or gas if that is what they are asking for to make sure it goes for what they say it does.

We were in Knoxville for a tn home game a few years back and there was a guy there asking for money for food on the street. Just so happens we were in front of a McDonald's so I asked him what he wanted to eat and I would go get it. He asked for money only and got pissy when I told him I would go get it. I looked under the bench next to his bag and he had a bottle of whiskey in a bag and a bag full of burgers already. That incident changed the way I thought about people asking for money.