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Asking for donations for charity for your birthday
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:27 pm
I just got an invite from a friend on fb who's bday is coming up soon. The invite is asking for people to donate to a charity for her bday instead of giving her bday gifts.
On one hand....it's for a good cause(the charity is a domestic violence shelter).
On the other hand, I'm not that close to her and wouldn't have gotten her a bday gift in the first place. She already invited a bunch of us to some expensive restaurant to celebrate her bday(and I'm assuming all of us will be responsible for paying her bill). Also I now see her getting loads of praise on fb for doing this. Background on this fb friend...she posts selfies all the time of everything she does. She's the chick that posts a selfie in a bikini with a caption "Sunday Funday!". So this thing kinda seems like another grab for attention and praise.
Would this bug you just a little bit?
On one hand....it's for a good cause(the charity is a domestic violence shelter).
On the other hand, I'm not that close to her and wouldn't have gotten her a bday gift in the first place. She already invited a bunch of us to some expensive restaurant to celebrate her bday(and I'm assuming all of us will be responsible for paying her bill). Also I now see her getting loads of praise on fb for doing this. Background on this fb friend...she posts selfies all the time of everything she does. She's the chick that posts a selfie in a bikini with a caption "Sunday Funday!". So this thing kinda seems like another grab for attention and praise.
Would this bug you just a little bit?
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 7:28 pm
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Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:28 pm to lsunurse
Pics?
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:28 pm to lsunurse
Omg all of that and you don't tell us if she's hot or not.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:29 pm to lsunurse
I am more upset with adults making a big deal about their birthday
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:29 pm to lsunurse
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On one hand....it's for a good cause(the charity is a domestic violence shelter).
frick that, I've been supporting a victim of domestic abuse since my wedding day.
ETA and grown-ups don't get birthday gifts.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:32 pm to lsunurse
Isn't this just a way to say no gifts vs donate to charity?
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:33 pm to lsunurse
I'd say well over half of charity is intended to make the donor feel good rather than for actual altruistic purposes. Donate if you want to and don't if you don't want to.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:33 pm to lsunurse
You're not close to her.
Pics.
Pics determine whether or not to donate and, if so, how much.
Pics.
Pics determine whether or not to donate and, if so, how much.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:33 pm to lsunurse
This friend is an attention whore. Ignore her sorry paladin arse.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:35 pm to lsunurse
quote:
a selfie in a bikini
Please share.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:36 pm to lsunurse
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I'm not that close to her and wouldn't have gotten her a bday gift in the first place
quote:
So this thing kinda seems like another grab for attention and praise.
That's exactly what it is. She wants attention and feels this is the most acceptable way to get it. There's no other reason for a person to send gift requests to people who would never buy them gifts.
I also have a problem with people over the age of 21 (at most) expecting gifts on their birthday from anyone who isn't a significant other.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:42 pm to lsunurse
I would 1) not go, 2) not donate, and 3) unfriend. Problem solved.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:45 pm to lsunurse
What kind of 40 year old has a birthday party with birthday gifts???
Posted on 7/13/17 at 7:49 pm to lsunurse
How old is she? Maybe this was just for close family members or very close friends because after a certain age friends usually stop buying gifts for each other.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 8:00 pm to lsunurse
No
Posted on 7/13/17 at 8:01 pm to lsunurse
People get bothered too easily. Just ignore it
Posted on 7/13/17 at 8:03 pm to lsunurse
No, it wouldn't bug me. I just probably wouldn't donate.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 8:10 pm to lsunurse
quote:
She already invited a bunch of us to some expensive restaurant to celebrate her bday(and I'm assuming all of us will be responsible for paying her bill).
If I invite people out for dinner, birthday or not, I'm picking up the check.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 8:10 pm to lsunurse
Wouldn't bug me. I would just roll my eyes a little.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 8:32 pm to lsunurse
quote:Wait, you were going to go to her Bday dinner and NOT get her a gift? That seems a bit odd. I mean, for guys, we never get each other gifts, but that's pretty standard for girls, I'm fairly certain.
I'm not that close to her and wouldn't have gotten her a bday gift in the first place.
quote:Seems pretty irrelevant to the point. The end result is she's taking money or stuff that would have gone to her and asking for it to go to charity. Seems pretty miserable of you to bash someone for that.
Background on this fb friend...she posts selfies all the time of everything she does. She's the chick that posts a selfie in a bikini with a caption "Sunday Funday!"
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