People Asking For Money

[SilentFilm1988]

This isn't a post that has anything to do with being gay but its something that's been on my mind. I can't tell you how many times I get stopped in the street asking if I have spare change, I wanted to post this to get some thoughts by my fellow users here of how they handle the situation if they've ever been in it. First and foremost, I don't like to lie. When asked for change, sometimes I've given it, sometimes I've tried ignoring the person asking, and sometimes I say "Oh I don't have any change, sorry". And nearly every time I say I don't have any, I usually do, and I feel bad that I just lied, and not just that, some people not all that ask for change I think really are homeless, and I think to myself, "What if that's me 1 day?". In a situation like this, is there really a right or wrong answer? A few times I've been asked and I didn't feel bad about saying I didn't have any because I could tell the person asking was going to blow whatever change I might have given them towards booze/drugs. To anyone that might read this, and has been in this situation, how do you handle it? Like to get some opinions.