Conflicted About a Go Fund Me Fundraiser

[disykat]

I'd go even further if someone has the nerve to ask. Mention that you've already contributed to their cause multiple times AND that you can really sympathize since you are currently hoping to avoid financial disaster with your own expensive health issues!

 

[slo]

Thank you everyone for your replies and opinions - they truly are helping me to jump off this merry go round of guilt that I've been having. It will be very interesting to see if I'm approached on Friday about why we didn't donate. A few people are pretty bold and will come right out and ask. They are the ones that think we are made of money because we take WDW vacations, but they don't realize how much we sacrifice to save our money to go on these vacations, and that I have a small second job to help pay for our family vacations. Anyway....thanks again everyone. I do appreciate your input on this.

 

[slo]

I'd go even further if someone has the nerve to ask. Mention that you've already contributed to their cause multiple times AND that you can really sympathize since you are currently hoping to avoid financial disaster with your own expensive health issues!

No kidding....medical bills stink, they really do!
There's only a select group of people that know how expensive our Januarys are every year, and I guess The DIS is now part of that group - LOL!!! I don't like many people to know, because I don't want anyone's sympathy. It is what it is and my DH and I deal with it every year. Last year/2025 we met our $6600 out of pocket max by the end of January - crazy!!!!
ETA....not sharing that for pity, just to express how many many many people have crazy medical bills in this day and age.