#22: You Can’t Take Back Gifts
Our parents taught us that you can’t take back gifts; once you give something to someone, you can’t take it back – especially when that something is a vital organ. Besides, when you give someone you love a gift, you shouldn’t expect anything in return. I guess Richard Batista has never heard of unconditional love…
Four years after donating his kidney to his sick wife, he asked for it back as they were going through a divorce. It must have been an ugly divorce, as he was being very petty and resentful. The court rightfully ruled that the kidney was a gift and shouldn’t be expected to be given back, and Richard did not receive any other form of compensation.