My 17 year old started a Facebook birthday fundraiser...for herself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No different from the cheerleaders in front of Walmart asking for donations so they can go on a trip to Hawaii.

OMG! Seriously?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No different from the cheerleaders in front of Walmart asking for donations so they can go on a trip to Hawaii.

begging for donations for a school trip for a competition is a bit different than a teen begging for money on facebook.


"hey folks, we all now my b-day is coming up, and the one gift I really really want is a pair of christian louboitins for the spring formal, and cash/gift cards, as a gift would go a long way to helping me reach this goal.

Yeah, one is more up front and honest, the other is disguising a luxury trip as a "school trip," a "charitable mission," or whatever...

Well, the cheerleaders had to have won a spot at nationals or something.

[Anonymous]

OP, I assume it was (mostly) a joke unless she actually created a mechanism for people to donate.

Frankly I find the FB donation thing really obnoxious. I just had a friend soliciting donations from all her friends to a homeless shelter for her milestone birthday. The next day she posted photos of the massively expensive birthday extravaganza her husband had orchestrated for her. It's a weird thing to demand charity from your friends in general, even weirder when you are showing off your super fancy self-celebration.

[Anonymous]

sounds like a joke and that you should get a sense of humor, OP.

[Anonymous]

Your DD has a great sense of humor! Cracks me up! Good for her. She is actually mocking herself, you do see that don't you?

[Anonymous]

Today, this. Tomorrow, GoFundMes and Cam Whoring.

[Anonymous]

I’m hoping it’s a joke?

[Anonymous]

lol

[Anonymous]

She's also raising money for Facebook, which takes a sizeable cut from those fundraising posts.

[Anonymous]

It was a joke. -OP.

[Anonymous]

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