OK, so...

Thursday, October 22nd I am at my local private club observing the initiation of my wife. After all is done with that we move into new business and a member brings up a dilemma of another member; specifically, while away at basic training from which he will be deploed to Afganistan, the member's son discovered that his girlfriend is pregnant. I'm not condoning that.

Anyway, neither his parents, her parents, nor he or she have a pot to p*** in or much of a winbdow to throw it out and are askiing the club to use the hall at a deeply discounted rate or free for the wedding. Well, long story short for this part, the hall is available, the membership waived the rental fee, and grants the member proposing this a small budget to cover any additional costs with the stipulation that the budgeted money must be replaced.

So, I look over at my wife and read her mind. She knew exactly what I was thinking and was enthusiastically knodding with a smile. So, since I was available, I donated our services as well.

I was not looking for any kind of compensation but what I got was very valuable because, you see, the groom's mom works in a day spa that is used by many brides in the area and the bride's father works for a bridal shop that also is very popular in the area I DJ in. Both have agreed to link to me as a recommended vendor and keep a stash of business cards on hand.

And I was going to quit...

Good stuff, Tom...

If it feels good, do it!

Mark Beecher said:

Were you going to quit because your wife was joining?

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Not the club. I was going to quit DJing. I joined the club so that my wife and I could have an organization in which we could serve the community together as equals.

Sounds To Go said:

They don't have a pot to *** in, but they are members of a club? :sqconfused:

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Because of my membership oath I cannot say which private club this is; however, I can say that it works very hard in the community (the reason why my wife and I joined), the parents of the groom are very active (just not able to make that meeting), and some members have been helping them keep up their dues. When you have folks that give of themselves to help others you try to help them when they hit hard times.