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ifancyagreencard · 22/07/2016 15:46

DD(16) has been following the media attention being directed at the Off Grid Parents with interest (and incredulity . . .). She's looking forward to reading what the MN Jury has to say about this latest development!
www.fundmytravel.com/campaign/ng3EQl5kGR

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Cutecat78 · 22/07/2016 15:49

They sound like the kind of people I would steer well clear of Smile

MyKingdomForBrie · 22/07/2016 15:50

I just love this campaign. They want to be self sustaining.. As long as everyone else pays for said sustenance. Brilliant.

ssd · 22/07/2016 15:51

jesus, no thanks I'll keep my money to myself thanks

ditavonteesed · 22/07/2016 15:51

well I don;t really think it's off grid self sufficient parenting if they are expecting strangers to fund it.

Cutecat78 · 22/07/2016 15:53

I think it should be renamed "lazy parenting".

They just can't be arsed to put any rules in place or pay for their own relocation.

TheWeeBabySeamus1 · 22/07/2016 15:57

Haha, love it. We're so self sufficient, we don't need society or its rules... But we'd like some of the money you've earnt being slaves to the system so we can set up a little farm/commune and basque in our own smugness.

One of the comments described them as self-indulgent and self-entitled... I think that's more accurate than self sufficient.

Flossiesmummy · 22/07/2016 16:01

They couldn't even be arsed to spellcheck their own pitch for money. I'll pass thanks. Hmm

marcopront · 22/07/2016 16:02

It would help if they could spell the country they want to live in. At least I assume they mean Costa Rica not Costa Roca.

Chippednailvarnishing · 22/07/2016 16:03

Well it was only £47 last night, so some muppet has been dumb enough to give them cash!

MollyTwo · 22/07/2016 16:04

Lazy twats. Who would actually fund these idiots Confused

softjellyjunglecustard · 22/07/2016 16:04

basically setting up a GoFundMe so they can go live in a log cabin??

that wasn't very Good Life of them.

Queenbean · 22/07/2016 16:05

Ha ha ha ha.

"We would love to be totally self sufficient. So long as you give us loads of money so we can be self sufficient. Oh, and here's a picture of me with my tit out to help our cause."

JinkxMonsoon · 22/07/2016 16:05

They've got some fackin' nerve Grin

Newmanwannabe · 22/07/2016 16:07

They've made it to Australia. Didn't their baby piss on the floor in a studio?... That's something to be proud of

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 22/07/2016 16:10

They're aiming for £100,000. £140 so far.
How are they funding their current lifestyle? They said they live in a one bedroom flat with garden, but any property costs, whether it's rent or mortgage.

And why is it necessary for her to be breast feeding the five year old in every photo?

GloriousGusset · 22/07/2016 16:11

our 5 year old, Ulysses

Oh please.

hellsbellsmelons · 22/07/2016 16:11

What a cringe-worthy picture.
Awful
our 5 year old, Ulysses I only had to get this far and then closed the page.

GloriousGusset · 22/07/2016 16:12

These 'off grid' types always want to move to Costa Rica. What's poor old Costa Rica done to deserve them?

ABloodyDifficultWoman · 22/07/2016 16:12

our 5 year old, Ulysses

Someone's been reading too much Alexander McCall Smith - and not quite getting the joke!

Grin
Pinkheart5915 · 22/07/2016 16:13

I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than donate to that pair.

Just a pair of lazy arsed I can't be bothered people

GloriousGusset · 22/07/2016 16:13

We believe in natural medicine and refuse modern medicine

For me this is where it turns from 'ha, ha' to 'oh you utter dimwitted fuckwits'.

ABloodyDifficultWoman · 22/07/2016 16:15

Oh have a read of this!

breastmilk is our cure for an eye infection!

Well yes. I suppose an eyeful of milk squirted fresh from the bazoomba will do nothing if not take your mind right off your irritating eye infection!

Idiots! Grin

Goingtobeawesome · 22/07/2016 16:16

Come on guys, be fair. She donated a fiver herself.

And apparently the nappy leaked. They do that sometimes she said.

ifancyagreencard · 22/07/2016 16:20

I especially loved the pithy comments at the bottom of the page - there are some corking responses to these deluded souls.

I'm kicking DD out tonight as am hosting Pimms and Gossip. Feel less guilty now she can amuse herself reading this thread Grin

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Acopyofacopy · 22/07/2016 16:21

I would like to conduct a social experiment in which my family and I volunteer, under great personal strain, to document how being a billionaire corrupts family life.

Link to our funding page to follow shortly...

Deluded twats. Hmm