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C.C.
Super August 2017

Cringe worthy GoFundMe's

C.C., on March 10, 2016 at 1:17 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 83

I see a lot on here about honey funds and house funds and all that, and I 100% agree, they are so tacky! Personally I've only ever seen gofundme's for funerals, freak accidents, ect. but today my cousin shared a friends post and it popped up on my feed... I was shocked. I had to share lol. The whole...

I see a lot on here about honey funds and house funds and all that, and I 100% agree, they are so tacky!

Personally I've only ever seen gofundme's for funerals, freak accidents, ect. but today my cousin shared a friends post and it popped up on my feed... I was shocked. I had to share lol. The whole idea is so tacky!

Is this a common thing? Have you seen a lot of pages for various extraneous expenses??


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  • Jess
    Super August 2016
    Jess ·
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    Snowflake problems. give her a penny and ask her for her thoughtsSmiley tongue

    kids today make me feel like an old person who wants to shake their fistSmiley sad

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    GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

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  • Tanya
    Devoted October 2016
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    @Richard, that's exactly what I was thinking. Where are her parents? That is NOT ok.

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  • AMW
    Master September 2016
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    "Sorry, I'd love to donate but I just gave to Kanye's GoFundMe to help him get out of $53 million debt."

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  • Sara
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    There were a bunch to get tickets to see Beyonce

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  • Bee
    Master April 2017
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    Hahahaha if GoFundMe was around when I was in HS and I pulled this shit, the reactions from my family/friends would have been hilarious.

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  • Jess
    Super August 2016
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    @AMW best response. i totally bwahaha'd at that.

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  • Mikayla
    VIP September 2016
    Mikayla ·
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    Personally I hate pretty much ALL go fund me accounts. People asking for money, especially in such a crass way, just kinda makes me cringe.

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  • OriginalLaura
    Master March 2017
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    Omg. I've seen something similar for college girls who want to go on a wild spring break. Like really? One came up on my newsfeed today for a high school friend but he was in an accident and the doctors don't think he'll be able to walk again. That is one of the only good ones I have seen.

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  • BicycleBuiltForTwo
    Master September 2016
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    My parents would whoop my butt if I did this as a senior in high school.

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  • Janelle G.
    Super December 2017
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    18???? Stress???? In dire need of relaxation??? Check me back in few years life really kicks in lol

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  • Patricia
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    Wow I cant imagine how stressed she is. I must not know the struggle considering the last vacation I took was age 11 to Disney. Donate to me too Smiley winking

    Edit: Spelling

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  • O
    Super April 2016
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    This is not the kind of thing people should make one for!

    my old best friend, from like middle school, her mom had horrific breast cancer that just kept spreading. she made one because it was her mom's dying wish to go to Lancaster, PA and do the amish tourism stuff. I was like helloooooooooo I live an hour from there, I'll take you and you can stay with me, etc.. sadly, she died before it was ever able to happen Smiley sad she only wanted a thousand bucks, for gas, food and hotels. I still wish I had been able to help them.

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  • Emily O.
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    Wow! I think the worst I saw was a couple who started a GoFundMe for their wedding. All of the stresses from high school? Being a Senior in HS was one of the easiest years of my life.

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  • P
    Dedicated August 2016
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    Go fund me has turned into an online version of a beggars corner.

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  • FutureLivi
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    I usually only see them for funerals and accidents too. Usually some horrific circumstance where there are no other options. I did see one like this for a trip to a mass concert series as a high school graduation gift. No one ever donated lol

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  • AshleeC423
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    I'd be so embarrassed to do this.. they got guts..I guess.

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  • GabyJuly
    Devoted January 2017
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    A friend posted one a while back for her sorority sister to be able to travel abroad. I don't remember the country but it was one of the hot-spots (Spain, maybe?). I've seen others that are for students of low income families, etc. but this one was just like the OP post. "It's always been my dream to travel to X." Yes, let me donate the money I've worked for so some stranger can go get trashed and make stupid choices in a different country.

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  • Jessica
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    There was a GoFundMe for an engaged couple that went viral because the groom had cancer and was given a few months to live. SO sad. Someone, not sure if it was the couple, started a campaign to move the wedding up to give them their dream wedding and make sure the groom was healthy enough to enjoy his wedding. Their wedding video practically stabbed me in the heart.

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  • Jenny92
    VIP May 2017
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    A girl from my HS posted a go fund me for her college tuition, um hello everyone on your FB is thousand of dollars in debt ourselves from going to college. And to make it worse every month she reposts it, still showing $0 donations have been made

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  • QB
    Dedicated May 2017
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    I am see this a lot nowadays. People are truly taking it a bit far. I personally would consider it tacky. But I know some people who it may be acceptable to.

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