It's literally right there in the name, Go Fund *Me*. It's not Go Fund My Friend Dave.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I would trust a self made fund way before one made my a relative or "friend of the family " cause there's no telling how much if any of that money will actually end up in the right hands otherwise.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yeah have you ever heard the advice "you can't sit around and wait for others to help you, you have to help yourself" or something along the lines. Well I think this applies to this situation and gofund**me** makes it easier for people to do that, so why would you want someone elss to make a gofund**me** for you when you could just do it yourself

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I get what you're saying but it seems like begging. In that case, instead of sitting around waiting, I'd reach out to a friend and ask them to set one up for me. I'd only make it myself if I had nobody to turn to and in those cases I understand the want to make one for yourself.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

So you're essentially begging your friend then

by Anonymous 2 years ago

At least if you do it yourself your doing all the work behind it, personally I'd be embarrassed asking someone else to do something like that for me and expect them to do all that work because I'm too prideful to do it myself despite needing the help of a gofundme

by Anonymous 2 years ago

There isn't much work you have to do to set up a go fund me. I get what you're saying and I say this with no hostility but as a legitimate question: you're too embarrassed to ask a close friend/family member to set one up for you but not embarrassed to ask large amounts of people for money by making one for yourself? Does that make sense? Sorry this really isn't supposed to come off rude at all please don't read it in the wrong context!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Basically you are framing it to be all about appearances. You want to personally appear self-sufficient, but you'd ask someone else to set up a fundraiser for you because you need the help but want to keep up appearances that you're not asking for help. Do you recognize how little this makes sense?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yeah it doesn't make sense. I'm not trying to be a hater. It is about appearances to me and other people doesn't feel the same and that's ok. I just feel like it looks better when someone is trying to raise money for someone in need versus someone asking for money for themselves. Especially in non extreme situations.

by Anonymous 2 years ago