She Donated Part Of Her Christmas Bonus To A Local Animal Shelter And She’s Telling The Internet A Guy She Knows Got Mad She Didn’t Donate To His Friend’s Kid Who Has Cancer
A 23-year-old woman recently received her Christmas bonus at work, and it totaled a few thousand dollars.
This past year has been really hard on her, and something that has made her feel so much better is that she volunteers at one of the local animal shelters near her.
The other people who volunteer have turned into wonderful friends to her and she also ended up adopting her bunny from the shelter, whom she adores.
“I’ve been thinking for a while about donating to them because they can’t always afford the things that they want and every little bit helps, so when I got my bonus I went to their website to donate, but the only way I could find was to donate through Facebook,” she explained.
“I ended up deciding to donate $500 to them through Facebook.”
Well, when she made the donation, it showed up on her Facebook feed somehow and prompted her friends to donate to the shelter too.
She then got a message from a friend of hers; a 25-year-old guy that she had gone to high school with. His message included a link to a GoFundMe page for his friend, who has a child with cancer.
While she felt awful to hear about this, she only intended to spend $500 of her Christmas bonus on donations, and she had already done that.
“I told him this and I said that I was sorry that I couldn’t help, but I didn’t even know about the GoFundMe,” she said.
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“He said that the kid is more important than a bunch of dumb animals and I should go get my money back and give it to his friend instead.”
She refused and pointed out to him that the animal shelter means so much to her.
This guy from high school called her a terrible name and tried to say if she got the money back it would help his friend so much.
She’s left wondering if she did something wrong here by not going to the animal shelter and asking for her money back.
She understands why this guy she went to high school with thinks badly of her, but she knows that shelter desperately needs every dollar.
The bunny she adopted from them only had a $30 adoption fee, but she gave them $130 for her bunny, and it made their day.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“There are a million worthy causes out there and no one can give to them all. You have to pick which one(s) you want to support. You have chosen an animal shelter and that is completely valid.”
“Your Facebook friend is being ridiculous to think he has any right to control what you do with your money. I would suggest blocking him.”
“You clearly see the good that your donations are doing in this animal shelter. Major props to you for volunteering your time and money to a worthy cause.”
“I feel for the sick kid, but it’s your choice how you distribute your charitable contributions.”
“I’d block the former classmate on social media over his comments. He doesn’t get to decide what is important to you.”
“This sounds a little harsh, but you don’t owe anything to a child whose parents you’re not close with. And you are free to spend your money however you’d like to.”
“Thanks for helping animals in need! And scritch your rabbit for me. Pet rabbits are awesome.”
“The person that reached out to you should have left it at sharing the link, period. Very crass and rude to lay guilt and judge your financial situation.”
“Especially if its a ‘friend of a friend’. It is a terrible situation for the child, and as you said, had you known before maybe you would have considered splitting the amount.”
“Not that you should feel you have to do anything, but also, not all donations need to be large–small ones add up too, maybe donating some small amount would ease your feelings a bit.”
“This is why I always look for the buttons when donating that ask about do you want it to be public, etc. and adjust the settings to my comfort level. For the life of me can’t understand why everyone makes their venmo transfers public.”
“The fact that some random person from high school can trigger this guilty response in you is really unhealthy.”
“You should be feeling great about helping the animals but now you’re feeling weird that you didn’t hand cash directly to strangers. That’s sad. Feel good.”
“It’s an unfortunate situation but you don’t owe anyone money just because you got a bonus. Sounds like this person took advantage of thinking you have money to blow.”
“And to dictate how much you should contribute? That’s insane.”
“I’d ask him to donate an extra $500 to that GFM on your behalf and see how much he enjoys that.”
“You barely know this person and don’t even know the family that is in the situation and this was totally out of line for him to demand anything.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say here.
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