Go fund me for a wedding? UPDATE: it got worse!

Most of those go fund me pages are for kids with cancer who can't afford treatments, and insurance won't cover it. How in the hell can you justify setting one up for something as extravagant as a wedding.Urgh

This is beyond tacky!!

I want to know, has anyone ACTUALLY donated??

NO ONE has donated .... But she's not getting the message and must think no one sees it ... Logged into Facebook to see her share it again 5 minutes ago... Seriously debating removing said person from friend list so I don't log onto it very time I get on FB

Wow. Very tacky. She clearly has no clue. I'm not sure how you tell her this without pissing her off, but someone should. Also, on FB you can change your settings so her posts don't appear in your feed. You can still go to her page to see her posts.

Hahaha wow, I'm glad no one gave in and donated. I hope she gets the clue. It's one thing to support someone who has been dealt a bad hand, it's another to just expect people to pay for your party. I'd rather it be a potluck wedding.

Blue one 4, if it were me, I would remove her so I wouldn't have to continually be subjected to her inappropriate behavior.

If she isn't a personal friend, and just an acquaintance, I would let her know. If she gets offended, who cares?

Here's why it's wrong to ask for money to fund a wedding in lieu of presents:

A wedding is one day. It's a party. Yes, you'll make memories, but it's not really helping out your future (once you say your vows, of course).

Presents are to help you start your marriage. Even if you ask for cash (which is also not quite right), that money will help you with your marriage/future, be it you use it to pay off student loans, a new dishwasher (we did), etc.

If someone I knew was asking for cash in lieu of a gift to pay for something they couldn't afford, I would buy them a boxed gift anyway - not fund their party.

That's so awkward. It's not even like all of her Facebook friends would be invited anyway but she's still hitting them up for gifts.

@Emily From what I have heard about Honeyfund, the money you contributed won't necessarily go to zip lining. Honeyfund just takes their percentage and cuts a check to the person registered. They don't have to use it on a honeymoon at all. Im not saying your friends aren't going to go ziplining, but Honeyfund is a bit sneaker than it appears if what I have heard is correct.

Really tacky.

Ugh. Gross.

That's just ridiculous

If I knew people wanted to give money and wanted a way like that site to do it, then I'd set it up, but there's no way I would go announcing it on facebook! it would be a private thing.

things are changing and it seems that more and more such things are appropriate in the eyes of many people. I don't care for it.

I have a second cousin (he's around 25 or so) that got married a couple of months ago (I wasn't invited but thats fine by me, I barey know him). So one day I was bored and nosy and decided to see if I could find their registry (for some reason I like to stalk the registries of people I know and see whats on it) and somehow came across the gofundme account that he set up for their wedding and I believe they actually got around $500 in donations!!! Its ridiculous how many of those are actually on the site!

Just like what was said above, if you cant afford it then go to the courthouse and plan a big bash for when you do have the money!

I'm honestly just so sick of seeing gofundmes.

I think that's hilarious actually.

People see that one kid who only wanted $10 to buy ingredients for potato salad, and he raises, what was it, $30K for potato salad? Anyone who donated to that, please give me your money because you're spending it WRONG.

There's really no use in trying to talk to people like that, honestly. They will be the shameful talk of the town. The only reason I'd keep her "unblocked" from your feed is to one day see that status that reads something like, "I'M SO MAD THAT NO ONE DONATED TO OUR GO FUND ME PAGE! I GUESS WE CAN'T HAVE A NICE WEDDING NOW ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!"

Snicker.

That's crazy. Clearly she doesn't know that everyone is capable of planning a wedding within their own financial means. A wedding can be anything from a simple courthouse matrimony to an extravagant 6-figure budget celebration. She should have found the place in that spectrum that best fit her budget and planned from there. If I were invited to that wedding, I probably wouldn't even go.

@Blue, you can block her posts so they don't show up on your Feed. In the upper right corner of her post, click the down arrow, and then click "unfollow."

I wonder if she'll add me to her FB page, so I can leave a comment like, "Hey, don't be an idiot. This is tacky. Take it down now. Kthanksbye,"