Anyone that has
been following my blog for a while knows that I never usually use my blog for
ranting but something has been ‘more than bugging me’ lately and I just need to
vent this one out.
I love blogland the
people are kind and generous of spirit and I am sickened to see some people
using their blogs (and I’m sure facebook, twitter and anywhere else too) as a
way to get people to give them money for no decent reason other than their own
greed.
Over the past week
I have come across 3 bloggers doing this and I was horrified, needless to say I
will not be visiting those blogs again.
There are many
things I wish to do in my life, some I will achieve and some I won’t but there
is one thing I will never NEVER do and that is blatantly ask for money from my
blog followers to help me achieve them.
My household is on
a very low income and if I want to do something I have to SAVE FOR IT and
sometimes even if I do SAVE FOR IT something else happens and the money might
have to go towards that instead but you know what?
I am proud of the
fact that I work my ass off for every penny I earn.
I paint and paint
until my brain and body aches and if people buy my art then that is fabulous
and if they don’t then I have to budget accordingly.
We live in a
terrible time of people wanting things NOW and not willing to wait for a while
and all this asking for money from strangers is just awful.
There are always
exceptions to the rule, people asking for you to donate money to help them with
funds for a sick child, loved one, animal etc and I am happy in these
circumstances to give what little I can, but when for example someone says “
OMG it’s my lifelong wish to: swim with dolphins/go to Disneyland/travel
overseas (insert other silly whim here)” then HELL NO……..get off your lazy ass
and earn the goddamn money yourself or get a loan if you really have to but
don’t ask for assistance from the generosity of your blog followers and the
like it is just plain rude, have some respect for yourself and other people!!!
I am not posting
this to start a debate there are people who will agree and people who won’t its
fine either way I am merely using my blog to put across my opinion on this
matter.
Feel free to leave
your opinion but I won’t be responding to comments on this one :o)
Rant over…..nuff
said!!!
My Latest artiness
will follow tomorrow x
I completely agree with you!!!! Thanks for sharing:O)
ReplyDeleteKudos!
ReplyDeleteLike you hun we (me and hubby) are on a very limited budget, and same as you we have to save for anything we buy. If the money is not there we dont buy it!! We dont do holidays for that very reason. I would be horrified if I saw a fellow blogger asking for money for such stupid things. I have always said that charity begins at home. You normally find that people who have nothing always try to give everything, and the ones that say "I want" are usually the same ones that are a hell of a lot better off than you and me! Good for you for not following them xxxx
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Micki xx
ReplyDeleteI agree completely!! It's tacky to say the least, to ask people for money for something frivolous. Where is their self-respect?
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. I can't believe some people even sink to that level. I have a hard time asking for money even when I *really* need it...I can't even imagine asking for money for silly things.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this one, I was brought up to Save Up.
ReplyDeleteOMG I am totally with you on this one. We're ok now, but after the huge loss we took last year with that real estate debacle and the subsequent ongoing legal battle and seeing what it's done to my husband. Hell no. We work damn hard for what we have and we give lots away to people genuinely in need. But yeah, our holidays etc are either added to our ever increasing mortgage or saved for. If we're bloody lucky.
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome for saying this. It's so spot on.
xo
Blimey Micki, i've been ranting about things for weeks, months even, glad i'm not the only one Ha! Never seen any blogs asking for money so will be wary of them if i do come across any. My rants at the moment are the amount of people coming into my shop trying to sell me things! Mostly advertising but one lady came in recently wanting me to pay her to put my shop on her website so she could offer a discount card, yep, thats right, pay her AND give people a discount - she wasn't happy when we sent her on her way! Hope you're well, loving all your work as usual. xx
ReplyDeletetotally agree xxx
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything you have said my friend ;o) Hugs ;o)
ReplyDeleteSadly I have come across this as well.I will love to do a painting holiday but I will have to save the funds to do so.I thought when I read it why should I send the money I need for the person to go when I would like to go just as much myself.I was taught at a very small age and all through my life if you want something work for it and save for it.
ReplyDeleteWhat the frig!!!!!!!!!!!!! do people actually do that??? how horrific that is DISGUSTING ..... Im in the same situ as you Micki income wise and also proud to work for myself and make as much money as possible through my own work and it is work!!! so much goes into selling art people do not realise apart from fellow artists its a full time job with a sea-saw income but we have to do our best ........... love oxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteYou need to work for what you want, that sickens me that there are people out there like that, expecting a free ride.
ReplyDeleteErghh !!! i totally agree with you on this