Not to personally give. That's why I tell people where the welfare department is and the Catholic parish. They are well better prepared to help people than I am.
In my teens I had a job at a donut shop. One night a "bum" came in asking for free coffee. I gave him the largest cup there was plus a maple bar. Later I saw that he had only taken a couple sips of coffee and a few bites of the bar. He had put the bar in the coffee cup. I learned my lesson.
When I was approached for money I told people the location of the local welfare department and Catholic church.
Back in the 80s I had a friend who lived in Los Angeles who kept spare change handy. She would often be approached by someone when she was parking her car and was afraid if she refused that when came back out of the store that she would find her car had been damaged,
Tomorrow is my aunt's birthday. She will be 102. She is my father's sister and the oldest of three children. The first to die was my uncle; he was 69. Then my father; he was 82.
My paternal grandmother was 91. My grandfather was 79.
My aunt has three daughters. The oldest died several years ago - cancer.
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My mother was 56. Her mother was 84, her father was 56. Her brother was in his 40s; never married, no children.
I had an older sister - same mother, different father. She died 42 suicide.
My sister had three children; daughter, son, daughter. The youngest died age 52. Only the oldest is married, none have children.
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My father had more than three times the number of years to be with his mother than I had with my mother.
At least if he is on his back it can't be seen.
In the European Escorts Forum there is a picture of a fellow with a Rosary tattoo on his chest. I think that is a turn off as are tattoos of women when having sex.
I can't. The walker can help me get around the apartment without holding onto furniture and clutching the walls but I can not walk far. My legs are weak and will give out.