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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think sometimes they are started by well-meaning people even if the subject doesn't need the money? Like it's just become so ingrained in our culture which I think is very weird. I'm sorry, but if you are UMC or above, you do not need a go-fund me. Unless I guess you don't have health insurance but then you probably aren't UMC.

Still, I would be absolutely mortified if something happened and a well-meaning person started a gofundme on my behalf. And I AM poor. But I have health insurance and some savings.

Also this reminds me of the time a family friend's 17 year old started a gofundme for her mom, because the mom's rent money was stolen from her purse. Unclear why she was paying rent in cash but w/e. [/quote]

I had a well meaning friend start a GFM for my family after an accident.  I didn't know about it for a weekish because I was so pre occupied with other stuff.  I waffled quite a bit on shutting it down or not.  Our friends wanted to help and we were incurring a ton of bills that we could afford, but still ate up a chunk of savings.  Things add up quickly, parking at the hospital, food because no one wanted to cook and we were living at the hospital, unpaid time at work because recovery was long, etc.  We did end up shutting it down because I just wasnt comfortable with it.  Friends ended up giving money in other ways. [/quote]

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