I have an awesome friend (from the gym-Pit Barbell Club), Greg that was in the Marines for over a decade.

He served in Iraq on 2 tours. 

For the past 10+ years, I've let him use the woods in back of our house to hunt deer at this time of year.

My wife, who is a vegetarian was not too thrilled about that the first few years. I normally try to do whatever she wants in order to keep her happy and maximize our wonderful relationship.

However, on this I told her point blank. 

Greg is my good friend and he's the type of person that would do anything for me. 

I told her and also Greg, that if I was being attacked by a group of thugs and could only pick one person to assist me, Greg would be the guy without hesitation.

So after a few years we had a massive oak tree fall down across the road in front of our house blocking traffic. I have a chain saw and have cut down and cut up dozens of trees but this one was around 80 feet tall and extremely wide. It would have taken me a couple of days to cut it up into sections, then a week to cut it into manageable, smaller logs. 

I know because we had 2 other trees like that fall but not blocking the street. 

Greg works for the city and cuts up trees like that for his job. So I called him and he was out here the next day and they took care of it in 1 day........for free! It was a $1,200+  job if I had hired somebody to do the same thing! 

After that, I told my wife "See, I told you that I could count on Greg!"

Never heard a complaint again when his car is parked in our driveway.