No, not just you at all Snacks!!

Back in my single, disposable income days, I regularly supported lots of charities - including several sponsor kids through World Vision. Once I got married, I kept it up, as I'm Christian and believe that giving is a big part of our faith, but once DD came along and I stopped work and we had the mortgage coupled with DH trying to start his own business, things became very very tight - like my IL's paying a mortgage repayment for us once I had to ring all the charities and cancel our donations as it was seriously crippling us, our budget just couldn't allow it - as DH said, God doesn't want us to starve ourselves to support other charities.

Well - when I rang World Vision, the woman made feel like absolute cr@p. She went on about how I'd been a supporter for so long and then how my children would miss the support and they'd struggle to find another supporter. It got to me so much that I ended up in tears on the phone. I told the woman that it was lovely giving when I was able but that I just wasn't able at the moment and I had to think about my own child. That shut her up... until she started on about suspending my sponsorship instead of cancelling it

I appreciate that there are targets and stuff... but seriously, she should have let up when I was crying!!!