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Finding a good deal is a skill. Some people compile coupons, compare prices and scrape together any and all possible discounts, promotions, and other sales. But for every educated buyer, there is a person whose strategy boils down to “give me things because I said so.”

The “Single mom is not a coupon code” Facebook group documents and shares all the unhinged encounters sellers have had with women who tried to leverage motherhood into free stuff. So get ready to roll your eyes as you scroll through and be sure to upvote your favorites. And don’t forget to comment your own “choosing beggar” stories below. 

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    Undercover
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "My daughter wants to learn violine, so give me your Stradivari, bitchh!"

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    Let’s get it right out of the way, single mothers do often have a lot to deal with. It’s not easy, looking after kids alone and trying to fend for themselves at the same time. However, as the old adage goes, if you make the bed, you lay in it. So trying to have random people subsidize the consequences of your own actions is deeply entitled.

    Unfortunately, a feeling of entitlement is very often wholly unrelated to the things we might think would make someone entitled to benefits, station, ability, or even disability. Instead, particularly entitled people tend to have very poor social skills, which means that everyone who has to deal with them ends up getting unreasonable demands from the most undeserving people. Entitlement is linked with poor emotional regulation skills, so many of these single moms do sincerely believe they deserve what they are asking for and are more likely to get angry at a refusal. 

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    Bart
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    $250 for babysitting during a date? I guess the babysitter also does the groceries at this place. Creative scam though...

    SCamp
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ‘Tired of dating broke men’ quoteth the Broke Woman

    xolitaire
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was about to say "finally someone pays their babysitter enough" but that was probably my naive inner optimist speaking

    Susan Robinson
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    $250 for babysitting?! Just how long do you expect this date to continue?

    JE Cummings
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's not looking for a date, she's looking for a sucker or a sugar daddy.

    Id row
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He should be very grateful for that bullet he dodged. Ask one of the baby daddies for money, ya scrounge.

    Awkward Froggy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tired of dating broke men? Wow if I were the man I would've been pissed. Tired of dating broke women.

    Urlocal_phyco
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Off topic but ******* every TMR fan has been summoned at the number 250********

    Katona01 l
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UNFORTUNATELY THATS HOW MOST OF THIS GENERATION IS. you should of thought about dating BEFORE YOU LAID IN BED AND HAD KIDS. Or HAVE THE EX WATCH YOUR KIDS or YOU STAY HOME AND BE LONELY

    Maxine Peel
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because of women like this men feel devalued and used - it's ok = whoever this guy is - there's a good woman coming your way...

    KieLeaHar
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has the babysitter earnt their experience through looking after celebrities kids or something? What an absurd amount of money to even request!

    Janet Floyd
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. I guess I need to start babysitting as a career. Who knew it paid so well?

    Couragetcd
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's the treasure with 6 kids and this was supposed to be the fifth date

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    something tells me that even if some sucker did pay the $250, she doesn't show up to the date.

    Gmaddles
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is he referring to her as like bacon or French fries? Hopefully something referring to what an a*s she is

    Korean Boi
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well the guys are tired of dating entitled bastards who don't understand how much money 250 dollars is plus a evening out.

    RabidChild
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is hoe you tell your date that you're a prostitute without actually saying you're a prostitute.

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    Never, EVER EVER, date single moms. This is exactly why; you're not a beau to them, just a fresh checkbook.

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    Sometimes entitlement can come from the belief that the universe owes you something. After all, being a single mom is unlikely to be the main choice of lifestyle for these women. So they may rationalize their situation with the belief that because they have gone through hardships, they are owed a break by karma, God, or some other cosmic arbitrator. This tends to cause some amount of anger when it crashes into the reality that a seller won’t just give away free things. 

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    DrumKat
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d like a kitchen alliance as well. The bedroom furniture is starting to act up and I could use some help.

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    This behavior isn’t just limited to single moms, in fact, they at least have a reason to try and ask for a discount. But there are just as many random people online who simply decide to get free or discounted things because they feel like it. Entire online communities are dedicated to sharing and documenting these encounters, for example, the “Choosing Beggars” subreddit. The risk of being shamed and immortalized online doesn’t seem to stop most of these individuals, so at least we can get a nice laugh out of the situation. 

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    No idea who this is. Just some random lady.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't send money but if I see people struggling and in need of food I would help for sure.

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    If you are not familiar with the term choosing beggar, it’s just a play on the old saying that “beggars can’t be choosers.” Simply put, if you are asking for a free thing, you should be grateful for what you get and not start making demands. Unfortunately, as this list and the aforementioned subreddit demonstrate, there are people who believe they absolutely can and should be choosers and will try to negotiate from a position of zero power. Brave, misguided, but you can’t knock their confidence. 

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    Corvus
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting a tattoo is as much of a "struggle" as getting a fancy haircut.

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    There is a sort of twisted logic to just trying to guilt people into free stuff. Normally, begging has some shame attached to it, but doing it online creates a bit of a barrier. Similarly, digital communication lets people reach a much larger audience, so many of these choosing beggars seem to believe that if you just cast a net wide enough, someone will send you money. I’m not sure who they are envisioning, as I have never sent a random person money or free stuff, but statistically, there must be a few individuals who do it. 

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does the logic work when the person politely declines and the beggar insults them. 'Oh, sorry, now that you put it like that, yes, I realise I am an a*****e and tell you what - you can have the car I was selling for free!'

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I imagine 99% of a FaceTime princess' job takes place on a child's birthday... the other 1% is telling them someone died.

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    So instead of trying a normal barging approach or accepting the (limited) help someone might give you, a lot of these people adopt a gambling strategy and just try to win big. This could be the result of overconfidence, as our brains, unfortunately, often overestimate our own role in our success while underestimating just how often we are to blame for our failures. So without sufficient self-awareness, people build up a massively inflated sense of self that translates into a breathtakingly misguided self-confidence. 

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    So in the case of these moms, we can see the interaction of a number of forces. First, the entitlement, the belief that they should just get stuff because they are forced to shoulder the burden of motherhood alone. Remember, entitlement also limits emotional regulation skills, so these types of people will at the same time likely suffer the overconfidence and inflated sense of self that could lead a person to truly believe they deserve free things and that any who stand in their way must just be greedy and evil. So remember to keep some Facebook marketplace sellers in your prayers. 

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be curious whether the people who gave away the car knew it had problems. Because if they knew it needed a ton of work it's actually just giving away a liability. Passing their problem on to someone else. I say this because I was in a similar position a couple years ago. My old car needed a ton of work just to make it roadworthy. Someone asked me if I'd be willing to sell it to them. I was honest and told them what was wrong with it and how much it'd likely cost to fix. Then said, if you still want it you can have it for free, you just need to know what you're getting into. They didn't take it.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s called ‘contraceptive’ lady, you can’t just have kids and expect to rave like you’re in your early 20s chewing your face off like a zombie 😆 you grow the f**k up when you have kids. (I chose raves, parties and drugs over kids, I don’t believe having both is responsible, I was also raised by idiots like this, kids need responsible parents not party animals.)

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    Lost Penny
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'm poly and he's mono" is one way of saying, "I cheated on him & got caught."

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    I'm not sure I'd trust anyone to watch an infant for $40/day, over 12 hours a day.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So far with this thread, the first thing I’ll be doing is going to court to make sure they pay child support

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly - it is not a very bad deal. It is not like she offered 500 or 1000. Usually, people will try to underbid a bit - that is how the marketplace works. Don't like her manipulating it, further down the story. Don't like his reaction either. Yet,basically, wanting 3000 and getting 2500 ( in cash) offered is not that entitled.

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    My gf and I are moving 14 hours away and selling things we don’t need or don’t care about to fund the gas. I had to beg her to send me a screenshot. She was MUCH nicer than I would have been. I wanted to screenshot this group name. Lol. Y’all ruined me. jk I’m here cause I’m already a kindred spirit. But the audacity. 200 dollar frame. 30 bucks.
    Oh. For my gfs privacy. I cropped her. She explained why it’s 30. And said if no one buys sure. Single moms response?
    “K” lol

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see how this is entitled. It's a bedframe being offered for $30 and she's just simply asking if she could have it for free for her kids. When told, basically, no unless no one buys it, she didn't clap back with insults like the rest of these posts. She just said ok.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, if someone sends you free money, is that not already a gift? It's asking for gifts is what's the problem with this one

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't have much money why not use reusable cloth nappies like they used to in the olden days I know it's a pain in the a**e washing cloth nappies but it's cheaper and environmentally friendlier.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think this is trying. They have just put it out there that they would like a bike. Not asking for the fanciest one. Someone may have. The right size bike hanging around in a garage that they are happy to donate.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as there is no manipulation, I don't have a problem with people asking for help. As long as they can accept a no without playing on one's feelings - there is no entitlement.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think this is too bad. She's just asking for a working laptop, not the latest top-of-the-range model. I don't see this as any different to when I posted on Freecycle asking if anyone had a satellite receiver they no longer needed. We'd moved into a new house and the previous owners had left their satellite dish, so I thought I'd try to make use of it.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one isn't bad all she did was ask and accepted his reply when he turned her down. Doesn't hurt to ask as long as you're not rude about it.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t see why this one is up here. This mom isn’t asking for a FREE house nor an extremely low rent. This shouldn’t be on this list.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree this list is pitiful. Some of these women deserve the shame BUT there are MANY THAT DO NOT!!!!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    enough... i was expecting posts like "need tv, need Apple gadgets and luxury car for free"... but people honestly needing help and asking for it.... no jokes to be made here.

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    Bart
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually not so horrible. If you know what you're doing, changing a alternator is a quick fix. If she has the parts, it's a fair deal.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's wrong with this? She is mostly just asking for advice.

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    My Grubhub driver tonight. With my luck she’s gonna pop on my food or in my driveway or right before she gets here.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds more like a hardworking mom than a choosing beggar. You have to be pretty hard up to be grubhubbng at night 9 months pregnant with a toddler. At least give her a decent tip instead of trashing her efforts.

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    Look how disgusting this is.  fully able-bodied woman who can work for money, exploiting her children like that.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The misspellings could be deliberate, but sheehs the fact that she's standig up straight doesn't mean she's fully able-bodied. You don't know someone's story. I understand where you're coming from but calling someone disgusting is harsh.

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