429. Prom Night

December 18, 2024•Ep. 429•2 min 45 sec
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429. Prom Night
429. Prom Night

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We are celebrating the nice things strangers have done for you, and today Brooke talks about an act of kindness she’s been thinking about since high school. 

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If you have anxiety, depression or any sense of the world around you, you know that not *everything* is going to be okay. In fact, many things aren’t okay and never will be!

But instead of falling into the pit of despair, we’re bringing you a little OK for your day. Every weekday, we’ll bring you one okay thing to help you start, end or endure your day with the opposite of a doom scroll.

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Share your OK thing at 502-388-6529‬ or by emailing a note or voice memo to [email protected]. Start your message with “I’m (name) and it’s going to be okay.”

“It’s Going To Be OK” is brought to you by The Hartford. The Hartford is a leading insurance provider that connects people and technology for better employee benefits.  Learn more at www.thehartford.com/benefits.

The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, Amanda Romani and Grace Barry.

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Transcripts may not appear in their final version and are subject to change.

Hi, it’s Brooke, and it’s going to be OK. I wanted to share a story of the nicest thing a stranger has done for me. When I was in high school, it was prom night.

I went out with my boyfriend and two other couples, and we had dinner at a hibachi restaurant. There were two extra seats at the table, so an older couple joined us, and we had a great time with them, ate dinner, chatted, near the end of the meal.

They said goodbye, got up to leave. We asked for the check and found out that they paid for our entire meal for six adults. We were just gobsmacked at this, and it remains one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me.

And to pay it forward, every year, when I’m out around prom time, I try to find some teenagers that are clearly out on a prom date, and I like to secretly pay the bill for them. It really just tickled me that they did that.

Obviously, they knew we didn’t have a lot of money, and they wanted to make the night special for us, so loved it, loved Stranger Kindness. I hope you get some great stories. Look forward to hearing them.

Thanks, Nora, I love you.

I’m Nora McInerny. This is It’s Going To Be OK. We love hearing your OK things.

You can email them to us, Igtbo at feelingsand.co. You can call and leave a voicemail. We got a new number, 502-388-OKAY.

Feelings and Co. is a bunch of people who love feelings, including Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, Grace Barry, and Amanda Romani mixed this episode. And our theme music is By Secret Audio.

We are celebrating the nice things strangers have done for you, and today Brooke talks about an act of kindness she’s been thinking about since high school. 

About It's Going to Be OK

If you have anxiety, depression or any sense of the world around you, you know that not *everything* is going to be okay. In fact, many things aren’t okay and never will be!

But instead of falling into the pit of despair, we’re bringing you a little OK for your day. Every weekday, we’ll bring you one okay thing to help you start, end or endure your day with the opposite of a doom scroll.

Find Nora’s weekly newsletter here! Also, check out Nora on YouTube.

Share your OK thing at 502-388-6529‬ or by emailing a note or voice memo to [email protected]. Start your message with “I’m (name) and it’s going to be okay.”

“It’s Going To Be OK” is brought to you by The Hartford. The Hartford is a leading insurance provider that connects people and technology for better employee benefits.  Learn more at www.thehartford.com/benefits.

The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, Amanda Romani and Grace Barry.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcripts may not appear in their final version and are subject to change.

Hi, it’s Brooke, and it’s going to be OK. I wanted to share a story of the nicest thing a stranger has done for me. When I was in high school, it was prom night.

I went out with my boyfriend and two other couples, and we had dinner at a hibachi restaurant. There were two extra seats at the table, so an older couple joined us, and we had a great time with them, ate dinner, chatted, near the end of the meal.

They said goodbye, got up to leave. We asked for the check and found out that they paid for our entire meal for six adults. We were just gobsmacked at this, and it remains one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me.

And to pay it forward, every year, when I’m out around prom time, I try to find some teenagers that are clearly out on a prom date, and I like to secretly pay the bill for them. It really just tickled me that they did that.

Obviously, they knew we didn’t have a lot of money, and they wanted to make the night special for us, so loved it, loved Stranger Kindness. I hope you get some great stories. Look forward to hearing them.

Thanks, Nora, I love you.

I’m Nora McInerny. This is It’s Going To Be OK. We love hearing your OK things.

You can email them to us, Igtbo at feelingsand.co. You can call and leave a voicemail. We got a new number, 502-388-OKAY.

Feelings and Co. is a bunch of people who love feelings, including Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, Grace Barry, and Amanda Romani mixed this episode. And our theme music is By Secret Audio.

Have a story you want to share?

Share your OK thing at 502-388-6529‬ or by emailing a note or voice memo to [email protected].

Start your message with:
"I’m (name) and it’s going to be okay."

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