To have winced a little at this Go Fund Me page?

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It’s asking for money towards a stolen engagement ring as they cannot afford to replace it as it was nicked out of a car.

It came up directly under the plea to fund legal help for the poor children being affected by Trump.

It just made me feel a little

How much have they raised?!

I know what you mean but there now seem to be all sorts of personal, non-charitable funding appeals and I can't see them stopping.

People can do what they want with their own money

Who they want to donate to and for what causes isn’t anyone’s business. Where do you draw the line of what’s reasonable and what isn’t? Who makes up those rules?

They should have claimed out of their contents insurance. Also what was the engagement ring doing in the car and not on the person's finger? Sounds icky to me.

There is loads of stolen engagement ring stories on there. Not many donations right enough!

This is another cheeky one.

www.gofundme.com/help-me-pay-for-my-sad-divorce

I get that people can do what they like with their money, but it’s a little insensitive IMO.

I’m not sure how much it has raised, not a great deal I don’t think but in the hundreds.

How ridiculous and cringy. Some people have no shame.

A normal person would just take responsibility and pay to replace or claim on insurance.

I have seen one before for a breast enlargement. I was at the CF-ery.

Well if that happened to my friends I’d donate. Don’t really see the problem

all different people in the world I guess.thats what keeps it spinning.how people feel about certain thing means everyone can get a chance.
of course there are some people in real desperate need.but each person has there own points in life where they need/want/choose stuff so its all relative to them at that point.
you can still be sensitive about things and want stuff.

This is no different to the requests in classified ads over the years for help with finances. See Private Eye.
You don’t have to give to CFs!

Ah ex FB ‘friend’ put one on asking people to find her lessons to become a pole dancing teacher... the same day as she posted to say she’d just booked ticket to take her daughter to London to see a west end musical!

Fund not find

Hi i'm Jamie. I'm a 33 year old Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse. I have been married for 7 years and with my wife 16. We have 2 young Children Isaac and Elijah

If he's been married for 7 years to a 16yo, its not a divorce he needs , its prison

it doesn't hurt anyone to ask. If someone is willing to give money to random strangers, go for it.

There's always something worst happening in the world, it doesn't mean we can't get on with our life and first world problems.

Well, I suppose they think if you don't ask you don't get.

I can’t get wound up about this. I have seen ones that annoy me (for example the ‘I didn’t buy travel insurance please get me out of the shit I created for myself’) but I don’t think contents insurance typically covers jewellery in cars and being burgled is just horrible.

Ah WITH his wife for 16 years , not she is 16yo.
Must learn to read

I have done two Go Fund Me appeals.
One was for money to get six rescue cats and dogs neutered/spayed and I raised £400.

The other one was to lay for transport for a Spanish dog to come to the UK. That raised just over £200 and there was some left over to donate to the rescue in Spain.

I decided that if people didn't want to donate that was their prerogative, but it was worth a try.

I think there are definitely some cringy appeals but people don't have to donate.

I think they are worthy funds. I just don’t agree with funds where the rest of us have had to find the money or save up but others think their love is so special that others should contribute.

Sugar I think they are worthy, and not in the same league of CF-ery

Jamie has been with his wife for 16 years. Not married since she WAS 16!

Ahh, missed the further post.

Missing the point here but why is divorce expensive? £2000?