Doing a kind act and being made to feel like a bad person for it should be considered a crime.

This was exactly what happened to this man, who was kind enough to give a plate of food to a homeless man.

But many members of his cousin’s husband’s side of the family made him feel guilty about it.

Let’s analyze this odd situation.

AITA for giving a homeless man food from my cousins baby shower?

Today my cousin hosted a baby shower at a local park.

Not as big of a turnout as we expected due to cold weather, but we had a good time…

For the most part.

Towards the tail end of the event an old homeless man named Earl passed by and asked if we could spare a sandwich.

Earl is cool, all he does is pick up trash, collect cans and bottles to recycle, and minds his own business.

The obvious answer is ‘yes, of course’.

There was a lot of leftover food so I made him a simple plate with a sandwich, chips, and grapes.

I handed them over to Earl, who looked like he was going to cry, thanked me and went on his way.

My cousin, her sister, aunt, uncle, and guests from my cousin’s husband’s side of the family all told me I shouldn’t give food to someone who wasn’t invited, “especially a bum”.

That’s a very mean and out-of-touch thing to say.

I pointed out that there were like 11 sandwiches, a dozen untouched croissants, and a bunch of charcuterie stuff left over.

They said if I didn’t pay them, don’t give it away like an inconsiderate ‘jerk’.

AITA?

He’s definitely not the jerk here.

Let’s see what Redditors are saying.

A reader shares their thoughts.

This commenter shares their take on this situation.

Walk on the kind side!

Another reader chimes in.

Someone sounds baffled.

Someone makes a suggestion.

Exactly!

His family is totally out of touch.

Nobody should ever second guess being kind to another human being.

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