DH said no to sponsor request

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Doorbell goes, DH answers it, came through and said it was a lad of about 9 or 10 asking him to sponsor him . I asked how much did he give and he said 'nothing, I didn't know him'.
Poor lad was probably nervous anyway and DH never asked what the sponsor was for or anything he just said 'no sorry.'
AIBU to feel my DH was a rude tight ass

Kids here used to do this to get sweet shop money. I remember once they came round with a hand written 'sponsorship form' on a scrappy but of paper.

As a pp said, when we did sponsored things at school rule 1 was always never to knock on strangers doors.

I wouldn't sponsor someone I didn't know either, irrespective of age!

And what sort of parent sends a child to knock on random doors scrounging for sponsors anyway?

Also agree with your DH. I once had a kid come to the door and offer to sell me a 50p Panda Pop for a £1 I could choose orange or bubble gum flavour.

I said no thank you.

You can't blame the kid for trying though, we used to go carol singing every Christmas as kids, round the local posh houses. We made a few quid and spent it all on sweets.

YABU. I wouldn't have sponsored some random kid who turned up at my doorstep and I don't care what reason he gave for collecting money.

Who the heck sends a kid that age out alone, knocking on strangers doors!

the boy should really have asked people he knew, not strangers.

This is MN.....I’m surprised anyone answered the door to a stranger!

It's very odd to ask total strangers for sponsorship. Sponsored events are generally infuriating and stupid anyway - as a secondary school teacher kids thought you had to sponsor all of them, and always to do things which weren't even challenging for most of them (like swim lengths or walk laps of the football field...)

The worst are "sponsor me to do something utterly mundane like ride an exercise bike, so that my well off middle class rugby team can go on a jolly overseas, as we don't want to pay for our own holiday".

I think it depends where you live. On our estate, this happens occasionally so I'd probably have given him a few pounds.

I've had this before. Grown women and their young school aged relative rang my bell asking for sponsor money. I told them no (in a shocked, I can't believe you asked me this manner) and shut the door.
I have three kids in school and we've always been told not to ask strangers or go door knocking for money. It's quite a obvious rule I think.

I'm really strict about who knocks at my door - chuggers, salesmen/women, political canvassers - they all get the door slammed in their face, usually with a NO THANK YOU, as I'm shutting it. And religious canvassers; gah!

I used to go door to door once a year when I was a St. John volunteer as a kid and it was horrible, so I'm with the husband on this one. My only exception is if it is someone I knew or they had a responsible adult with them to explain exactly what they were doing.