Friends not sponsoring dh

Nah, I wouldn't donate either. I have seen people try to raise money for their sponsored sky dive, when the first £200 is paying for the actual skydive to begin with. Like a PP said, you are paying for them to fulfil their bucket list.
I would rather sponsor someone who is doing something they would really find challenging that is free... such as giving up chocolate or something like that (or for some people, actually shutting the fuck up for 24 hours as a sponsored silence).

This sums it up for me.

I am bombarded with requests for sponsorship of (usually middle class middle age) blokes to go do something they love doing. I just think ‘pay for it your bloody self’ to be honest.

It’s April so plenty of time yet.

personally I’d knock sponsoring on the head if they opted not to

I've done a 5k swim before. It was a big deal for me, but it was also something I wanted to do. So I didn't realise sponsorship.

If I had signed up for a marathon (which anyone who knows me knows would be my last favourite thing in the world) then I might hope people would sponsor me. Because I'd genuinely be making a sacrifice, rather than doing something for myself that is sort of vaguely implied to be a sacrifice.

Oh God, another 'look at me doing something for chari-dee' activities. It's boring. You've put your friends in a difficult situation where they probably feel awkward and now you're berating them for not sponsoring him. Why can't he just crack on with it without the fanfare and leave that to the children who need support as encouragement?

So is this one of the situations where someone wants to do something they've always fancied doing, and want lots of other people to stump up money to justify it? I find it very irritating.

I think people are more generous with kids' events

Urgh yet another person wanting me to pay so they can have a go at the London marathon or whatever

I will happily donate to charity, its incredibly inefficient how much of the funding money for such challenges pays for the participant taking part in the challenge.

Yanbu to stop sponsoring peoples kids

Yabu to expect people to sponsor your dh.

Generally people ask for sponsorship as its something they want to do...fair play to them if they do raise money for charity whilst doing it, but people shouldn't feel obliged to give.

What’s he doing and what’s the charity?

If I sponsored everyone I know who is doing a 10K or a Marathon or the 3 Peaks or a skydive or whatever, I’d never have a pot to piss in. I already give quite a bit to charity by direct debit every month. I’m not going to sponsor everyone and their spouse to do stuff they enjoy doing, sorry.

Depends what it is and who it’s for
I hate sponsoring people to do skydive or abseil etc which they really want to do, knowing some of the money goes towards paying for it.
Similarly, I hate it when people DM me a link to the sponsorship page even though it’s on social media etc. I find it really annoying so won’t sponsor

Maybe it’s not a charity they support.

Personally I’d give money to someone’s kid doing a bake sale for the local hospice but not to someone’s husband sky diving for the National Trust.

The only thing that is annoying I think really is that you sponsored their little darlings to do random shite. They should reciprocate.
On the other hand, and I say this as someone who has run dozens of marathons, if you’re just funding someone’s hobby then fuck em. Sorry

Sponsoring children is not the same as sponsoring adults who are fulfilling their own bucket list and claiming it’s all about the charity.

Maybe they don't support the cause he's chosen.

I hate sponsored stuff with a passion for adults). Just normally people just doing stuff they want to do anyway and or to get attention. Normal people just give to charity without making a look at me fuss. It's also totally different a kid doing something than an adult. (gap year his etc don't count and are also awful) Yabu, massively so.

The sponsorship money goes to a charity - not to the person’s current account.

What’s he doing and what is he raising money for . I rarely give to sponsored things , I’m happy giving to charity but ones I support not random ones that other people like .

I'd sponsor friends and relatives children because they're children....but I really really resent sponsoring adults. I begrudgingly give the lowest amount that's socially acceptable but I'd rather give nothing. Yabvu. You have no idea really of what financial pressures people are under.

When DH got a charity place to run the London Marathon (which I assume this is given it’s April), he just paid the minimum contribution himself. It was something he desperately wanted to do, so happy to basically ‘buy’ a place. I usually get about 10 requests from people each year running the marathon - it does get a bit much.

Everyone hates sponsorship requests.

So many sponsorship these days, but if I do sponsor anyone I tend to do it just before the event or after depending what kind of event it is.

There’s a big difference between a local community children’s thing and a MAMIL-type hoopla.

The thing is, there are so many sponsored things these days - it does get too much.

I'm not 'sponsoring' anyone to achieve their goal. Want to do KMJ, off you go. I I sponsor / donate / volunteer where I want.