Another Money Grab? WWTPS

True. I don’t get it. It doesn’t make sense to put out a request like that. At all.

Well, what if I bring avocado toast for the whole group?  And my own knives to cut it?

Long time lurker, first time poster
Does anyone remember when she left her husband for a while and moved out on her own a number of years back? What was that all about?

My 17 year old lost the spare key for my car twice. The first time, I found it. I told him if he loses it again, he will pay for the replacement.  Two months later, he lost it again. I made him call the dealership, place the order, and pay for it. I did go with him to the dealership when they had to program the new key, since the kid had never done anything like that before. But he paid for it all. A $300 lesson. He won't lose that key again. And I found the key again a month later. It was stuck in the couch. We tore that couch apart when he lost it. I have no idea why we couldn't find it. So now we have 3 keys! 

ETA: He has a part time job so that is how he had money to pay for it. And to his credit, he is a saver not a spender. So I know he will always have money put aside for these types of things when he is older. 

I noticed her son was no where to be found in any of the posts she made thanking her followers for helping him. No posts by him thanking her followers for donating or Margie posting that my son thanks you. Such disgusting entitlement by this 30 year old man-child.

Inheritance is actually the single greatest financial privilege: no work is required from the heir to acquire the wealth. It's literally given. Hence why many economists plead for a major reform of inheritance tax and fiscality.

As for going from a 3/4 million $ home to 1/2 million $ home, I see no lesser privilege here either, especially when you consider they're empty nesters now. It's not unusual at all to downsize and free up capital as you move closer to retirement age/become active grandparents. This by no means indicates a loss of income or lesser privilege in itself.

Not tapping you on the fingers, scraphappy0501, just wanted to showcase the other obvious side of the fairness coin. 

My favorite is the woman that thanked Margie for giving her the opportunity to help Max. WTF! Someone needs to give that woman a list of charities that will give her the opportunity to help people that are in dire straights and actually need her financial assistance.

The language she used and how she worded things was pressing hard on those mummy feels by invoking helplessness (the #helpmehelpmax hashtag was an excellent embodiment of that) and elevating the victim status of her son. If you look back at her messages, the story she wove was that of a mother desperate to save her child who was circling down the drain. There's no mention of his father, of any other "characters" in this tale. This was all about a mother begging for help to reach out to her child drowning. Homelessness (a blessing in disguise for a mother who can't help but love her child, "He's home with us, lucky me!"), pandemic, joblessness, mental health. "His literal life depends on them to work." I don't even know what that means but except if Max is about to commit suicide over not having his knives, his literal life doesn't depend on them. It was pressing extremely hard on the pathos and exaggeration. She invoked emotions, not followership vs "celebrity" status. 

No mention of any other people able to assist Max (like his father, the rest of his family)? Check.
Invoking physical and mental health? Check.
Victim status dichotomy (black and white vision: Max is good, the thief is bad so be on the good side of the world by joining Max - with your cash)? Check.
Mother begging for her child's life? Check (and a big fat one). 
Relatibility parallel? Double-check: her as a mother ("I'm asking you to help me.") + Max as a fellow artisan ("His art. His talent." "Most of you who follow me are artisans, crafters & makers.")
Emotional af? Check. 

She literally wrote: "If I could afford to I'd go out & replace every knife." She's not only claiming she doesn't have the money to do it (which is what we all picked up on here) but she mentions "every knife". This is of interest. She's not looking to build Max a basic roll to add to as he manages to work and make money to buy back all his knives one by one (which makes sense, both for young children and adults). She's looking to sponsor the whole thing and pretend the loss of his backpack never happened. To me, this indicates her mindset is hyper focused on her son's innocence in the matter (was he being careful with his backpack?) and repairing this injustice of the world. I can see how she'd think "the world" would thus come to his rescue (her nook of it anyway). It's a very immature way of approaching the situation. And beyond not helping her son build resilience, responsibility and management of emotions (threatening to quit because you lost your tools/toys is a young child's reaction), she's demonstrating she thinks this social reparative justice mindset is the normal way to operate in the world. No shades of grey (or valid questions) allowed.

imagine being an adult and having your mommy's ~followers~ pay for your own property? grift of the century.

Maybe it’s time for a Google search of Max Aslett. ...

😂 Hopefully, her collecting of funds took a hit after she turned off the comment section on IG.

maybe he didn't know about it?  I dunno... just a guess.  I certainly wouldn't want my mom asking for a handout for me.




This type of thing is why my DH says that sometimes he wants to try it for himself as an experiment... stand on the side of the road, dressed in a nice dress shirt and khaki pants, with a sign that says 'Want to drive a Maserati - help me out' and just see what happens.  (yeah, we both have jobs, but we'd like NICER stuff, you know? and hey, if we don't have to WORK for it, even better!!)

Maybe I should take a picture of him looking all pathetic sitting in his used Volvo, and post it on Instagram instead.  whaddya think?  

I’m thinking he didn’t know about it, too. Also, I’m pretty sure a few years ago his gf killed herself, so maybe his cooking helped with the grieving process? Doesn’t make the money grab any better.

It's just one long donation jamboree.