To not do the ice bucket challenge

[Morethanalittlebitconfused]

I've not been nominated so it's a moot point really but if I were nominated I point blank wouldn't do it

DH thinks I'm being unreasonable on this, am I?

Oh ffs, if you don't want to do it, then just don't do it. I know several people who have, for whatever reason, said they don't want to. No one actually cares. All that's bothering most people is being criticised for doing it. Because, obviously, taking part in an awareness and fundraising event automatically makes you the absolute worst kind of self absorbed, terrible cunt.

p.s. my kids wanted to do it so I let them and filmed and posted it and made a donation for them too.

there have been several comments on my news feed criticising people who havent done it e.g. one from my from my sister-in-law! Puts the wimped out brigade to shame!! Made me

Fortunately almost all the people on my FB who have done it have also donated to ALS/MND.

I have spoke to 12y dd about it too as she has Instagram. Apparently on there some are being told that if you do the challenge within 24 hours, you don't have to send money, so put her straight - that the idea is to raise awareness of what MND is and that the idea if to raise money anyway, whether you do it or not. she has told her friends to donate if they can too, as a result. She's not done it, but if she wanted to and wanted to donate alongside it I would support her.

The idea is to raise money and raise awareness. So there is no issue if you don't want to do it. But the fact that you know about it means that part of its purpose is done - it has raised awareness.

I am confused everyone on my facebook is doing the ice bucket AND donating. I thought the idea was donate in 24hrs or tip ice water over your head not do both. It makes no sense to give money and do a forfeit. And I hate the way Macmillan have hijacked this.

It's not a forfeit.

You do the challenge & encourage your friends to donate & nominate them to do the same.

I'm loving the theatre ones as they are using buckets full of just ice rather than water with a few ice cubes. They then hold an audience bucket collection.

Dd has been nominated by a friend on instagram. All her school friends have done it.

Dd has already donated to MND when we were at the theatre last week but I banned her from doing the challenge yesterday as she spent Friday night throwing up.

After the mess dh left when doing his, there is no way I am joining in. Happy to donate as I agree with the cause, wouldn't be happy to be forced to support a charity I wasn't keen on just because of the peer pressure though!

It is supposed to be donate £3 plus do the challenge or if you are not doing the challenge you donate £10 instead so they actually get more money if you don't pour a bucket of cold water on your head

You pay a smaller amount & do it or pay say £10+ and not do it

A friend has donated to the National Autistic Society so you can do it for whichever charity you want.

how is this a challenge?
you can pay good money to go to a health spa and have an ice bucket after a sauna

it's not really very challenging is it

might as well have a eat this chocolate cake challenge!!

PATHETIC

How is it pathetic? When its raised millions? Money that they wouldnt have had!

Thankfully Obama refused.

He didn't refuse the challenge. He donated instead of dumping water on his head.

Do the challenge or not. Just understand even though you don't have to do it, it doesn't make you look good to refuse.

im quite happy to donate a tenner but it would have to be cash or cheque. DH doesnt want transactions done over the internet or phone.

This has raised terrific awareness for MND (ALS) which killed my Mum and Grandpa thus is so, so close to my heart and my family. Much more so than anything ever before. To me, this is a good thing. Even if people haven't donated, they are now talking about MND which has never happened.

Some of you may have seen this one but I post it as it shows my fear.

qpolitical.com/ice-bucket-challenge-end-like-rest-gotta-see/ (it actually starts the clip after the ice bucket and goes straight into an explanation)

I am obviously not the guy in the video (him being an American Male, me being a Scottish female) but every day I worry about getting MND. Every time something slips out of my hand, I worry that it might be the start of MND (my Mum's thumbs were the first part of her body to go). I can't get tested in case it confirms my fear. Even if it doesn't, I'd never get Life insurance that covered it if I have the test.

My Mum is gone, I miss her terribly every day but her passing wasn't the end of our nightmare. It's always lurking.

I've done the challenge and donated as have many in my family. One of the people I have nominated has not done it or mentioned anything about it. I was surprised and a bit sad as I'd thought really hard about my nominations and chose people I thought would be up for it as well as having been touched by the disease in their family too. I hope they don't feel I was bullying them. I'd never dream of going on and on about it to them.

I abhor what Macmillian have done and will never donate to them again.

cheep that is heartbreaking I cant imagine what its like to live with a fear like that.

I don't get the problem with the whole 'attention seeking' thing. If you are friends with someone who you think is an attention seeker then you can't really be surprised when they engage in attention seeking behaviour. Either way, an attention seeker using their natural fondness for attention seeking to promote a good cause is surely better than one who isn't? Even you disapprove of their motivation, the job still gets done, awareness and money are raised so that's something to be pleased about rather than annoyed isn't it?

Cheep, I hope that this fundraiser has brought you some sort of comfort, little consolation though I know.

As I said earlier, I am currently fighting breast cancer and the no make up selfies really touched me, especially as over 50 of my fb friends did it in my name. Made it particularly hurtful when people sneered at the campaign and called those taking part 'just attention seeking', 'self absorbed glory hunters' etc etc.

Darkesteyes, you've made your point that you don't want to do it. So don't. As an aside, why you'd have a fb account full of former bullies, utterly mystifies me. A 'chill' can't be passed on to your dh (I can say this confidently as someone who spends 90% of my time neutropenic due to chemo), and surely, it's not your dh's decision what medium you use to donate money, whether that be text, internet or throwing coins in a bucket.

TM i stay on fb cos of fan pages ive joined. most of the time the Chat function is off

I was nominated, I have done the challenge and I have donated £5 to mnda.

Op, yanbu to not want to do the challenge.

However, those of you who think it's pathetic and just attention seeking are being very very unreasonable.

I am not attention seeking in the slightest. I usually actually hate to see videos of myself but it's for a good cause and anything that raises awareness and money for charities such as this can only be a good thing.

I think some of you need to lighten up a bit. It's a great way for charities to raise awareness. It's also good fun so more people are likely to get involved - I bet there is more chance of people taking part in something like this and sending a £5 text than there is of them putting a fiver in a fundraisers bucket when they are walking down the street. Campaigns like this are more likely to get young people involved too.

So just delete the people who've treated you like shit. Honestly, life is too short to surround yourself with people who make you feel bad.

TM im sorry to hear you are ill. My best wishes and good thoughts to you.

Thank you

I didn't do the no make up selfie either and I wouldn't do the ice bucket challenge much less post it on Facebook. Luckily none of my friends would nominate me as they know me well.