Woman Says She Is ‘Pretty Annoyed’ Her Friends Haven’t Offered to Sponsor Her Husband in a Charitable Event
"They just can't be bothered," the woman said of her friends
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A woman is at odds with her friends after they chose to not support her husband in a charity event.
In a post on the U.K.-based forum Mumsnet, the woman wrote that she was pretty "hacked off" because none of her friends responded to her multiple requests to sponsor her husband's charitable efforts.
Detailing that it was a "huge challenge in April" tied to motor neurone disease (MND), the woman wrote, "Someone in the local community has MND who we are friendly with, and some of our friends also know him."
MND, according to the National Health Service, is a disease that affects the motor neurones, which are the nerve cells that control muscle movement.
"The sponsorship has been live for months, and I’ve sent the link out twice, and not one of them [have] sponsored him," the woman continued, referring to her friends.
"None of them are badly off — they just can’t be bothered, I reckon, and I’m pretty annoyed," she added.
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The woman then said she was especially upset, given she has been charitable to others' causes many times before.
"In the past, I’ve sponsored friends' kids for things like walking around the playground at lunch time, sponsored silence, etc., you get my drift, but there’s been loads over the last few years, and I always give £10-20."
Concluding that she will now think twice before donating to any of her friends' charitable efforts, the woman asked the forum if she was being unreasonable, which prompted many to go against her.
One person wrote, "I never give sponsorship to any adult. I'm not subsidizing someone to enable them to engage in heroics and (often) indulge in their favorite hobby! If your husband wants to help out a charity, he could just donate a chunk from his salary one month. That's what I would do. For 3 years, I had a standing order set up for £20 a month to a local dogs home. No heroics needed."
Another echoed that sentiment, stating, "It's bad enough sponsoring kids! I dislike the whole premise [to be honest]. I'll cough up for kids because I don't want to disappoint them, but adults should know better, really. What's the point in reminding them more than once? They've had their chance to donate if interested."
In the comments section, the woman decided to defend herself, writing, "As stated before, none of them are badly off, and I’m a firm believer in paying back where I can, but [obviously] others aren’t."
That response prompted another person to comment, "Um, no. Just because people don't donate towards your husband's challenge doesn't mean they don't believe in giving back! That's ridiculous 😂 I definitely give back, just not towards grown adults asking for sponsorship."
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Another person told the woman that she sounded "breathtakingly entitled," adding: "And you sound very angry that people aren't doing what you think they should be doing. Life isn't transactional, and you don't do something, or give something, and expect — indeed demand — that people 'pay you back.' "
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