Cheeky request!

thorsoak

LameWolf wrote: »

Tell her you'll give her £1 if she comes to your house and does the week's ironing.;)

.....and she would be burning calories too!

barbiedoll

Why not decline the offer to donate cash but instead tell her that you'd be very happy to come round to her house and eat all of her biscuits?

Everyone's a winner!

BarryBlue

I think I would suggest that the slimming club could be financed from the money she would save by not buying chocolate, cakes, crisps etc.:D

NiallB

"Stop eating pies"

There will be no charge for this advice. Enjoy :-D

Podge52

I don't see it as cheeky, more opportunistic. Had she contacted you direct asking for a donation that I would consider cheeky.

silvercar

Suggest she runs a marathon for charity. She will lose weight, charity will gain £££, people more likely to give to charity, she can feel virtuous. Win, win, win, win.

Gavin83

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

I hate gofundme with a vengence.

I didn't know such a website existed so I thought I'd take a look. I'm shocked at what some people ask for. There are people asking for house deposits, holiday money, one girl asking for £65k to go travelling. We'd all like these things but most of us work for them.

What surprised me even more is the amount people donate. The travelling fund above had a donation of £3k made! I'm assuming these people are family and friends but why would you do this?

I can understand more in the case of disability or injury treatment as that is virtually charity but everything else can do one.

Turtle wrote: »

Yes that's very cheeky indeed. I was astonished recently when someone I know ran a sweepstake for the baby she was expecting due date, weight, sex, for a fiver a guess, with the takings going to the 'baby fund'. This is a couple earning about nearly £70k between them...

I'm confused here, was there a prize for winning?

trolleyrun

I'd write that if she stops buying junk food she'll soon save the money for whatever the club is.

I do think it's cheeky and rude to ask people to fund such a thing, especially when she and her husband are earning good money. For that matter, walking and running outside is free. Tins and water bottles can be used as weights. The kids probably have skipping ropes and a trampoline she can use. Healthy recipes are easy to find online.

dirtycredit

Utterly shameless!

Topcat1982

Of course people are correct in saying it's optional. But sometimes kindhearted people can be taken advantage of.