Jay Slaters mum asking for more donations

You're entitled to your own opinion.

A lot of people like to help out where they can to feel like they're making a small difference to people in horrific situations.

It's ok if you don't want to, but no need to insult people who do. It's no skin off your nose surely?

While I do think the GFM seems to have reached a donation amount that should be sufficient and the insurance would help towards repatriation, I think the onus is on the public to decide if they wish to donate or not.

I personally will not be donating.

Yes but a message of sympathy shows that you care? What do you think they need the money for? They seem to have plenty for a funeral...

Who knows how much all the other costs will come too.

If they have some left over and use it for a memorial or something else entirely, that's fine by me.

I know what it's like to lose a child and I can't imagine how much worse it must be making it to have all the trolls and vile comments.

The British public must be utter mugs....still I thought that during the captain tom nonsense....

Maybe people are just trying to be kind and supportive at an absolutely horrific time.

I don't know why it bothers you so much.

I know loads of people who have died...has never occurred to me to hand over cash to their relatives . Offer my sympathy, send a card, maybe make them a meal....but just hand over money. Er no.

Unless you know them personally, it's a bit odd. And you can feel sympathy...I mean I do, the death of someone's child is horrible. I still don't understand why they need more money and why they think it's ok to ask random people for it?

It's actually all the spiteful comments and trolling that has inspired me to donate.

I hope it helps them know that not everyone is a cunt.

It does appear that this very unfortunate young man had no morals and no boundaries, presumably this is at least in part due to his up bringing and parenting.
"Man hands on misery to man, it deepens like a coastal shelf", etc

See you can't actually answer the question.

Is it troll them or send money...are these the only two options?

Then again if you've never had much in the way of money would you be able to resist the opportunity to get a hundred grand or more in your bank account nice and easy like that??

I blame the whole 'be kind' movement for a lot of this nonsense....

Should be renamed be a mug and don't use critical thinking skills.

Nope, I'd never troll a grieving parent, knowing what that's like myself.

Just hoping to try and offset the vile trolls a little bit.

Still not sure why it bothers you so much.

I didn't take my donation out of your bank account.

Nice and easy?!

Yes, she only had a lose a son. So easy.

What a cunty thing to think, let alone type and post.

I think you meant to say "I hope his family know there are more mugs out there"

I know people who have lost children sadly. None of them asked for money. Some of them have asked for donations to charities which are close to their heart though...which is far less vulgar.

I've lost a child.

I don't judge how other people get through it.

I didn't.

In any case, it's still infinitely better to be a mug than to be a cunt to a grieving parent.

I mean it's not a binary choice

That was a bad choice of phrase on my part- apologies!
What I meant was she didn't have to do any work for the money.
Of course I'm not trying to suggest that losing a child isn't an awful and terrible thing for any parent.

As I said before, I'm trying to offset some of the cunty comments etc they've received.

It doesn't impact you in anyway. It's very odd that you are so bothered by me trying to help a fellow grieving parent.

“We should be careful of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.”

I find it absolutely bizarre that people donate money to random strangers.

I don’t have an issue with the GFM. They’re clearly not well off and the stress of having to pay to be there etc on top of the unimaginable horror of a missing, now deceased child makes this completely understandable. BUT l think I people are now asking where the initial 60k has been spent and I don’t think that is unreasonable. A simple statement to say this is how your donations have helped. I think that would help people understand why they need more money. I’ve been reading the limited updates from the family one them is super aggressive whenever anyone ask this question but never provides any answers - why?!

And to reiterate if they want an all singing/dancing funeral then they should find this out of their own pockets or ask family/friends.