Why do people always need evidence they did charity?

[Tiffany]

There are many people who donate time and money to charity but we don't know about them because they shy away from publicity.

People who post their good deeds on social media sites are attention hogs who like to "toot their own horns." They will not change. They like the attention it brings.

My brother took my father and me out for dinner, and before I could post it on my Facebook page, my sister-in-law beat me to it, telling everyone what a wonderful thing they did for us, like we were charity cases. And so many people had already "liked" it and commented on how terrific she was for doing such a good deed, I felt like I had no choice but to comment and "like" it too, otherwise I felt that I would appear ungrateful.

Before Facebook, my sister-in-law was a frequent writer of letters to the editor of our local newspaper. (They always publish public opinion letters in a special column.) And, even though we read the paper every day, she would always call us to make sure that we had read her letter.

I believe that charity is only true charity when it is anonymous.