I saw some questions about the
a friend set up. Lots of ridicule about it online elsewhere.
This couple seems young in their careers. She was taking a test so maybe not completely practicing yet?
Scientists don't make as much as people think although private sector does better than academics.
They likely have incredible student loans.
They were in the middle of moving so they likely are low on savings.
She just lost half the family income.
Funerals are expensive.
When your spouse gets murdered it's kind of hard to work.
I'm always shocked by how many people find
's in these situations to be greedy or suspicious.
These are the worst times in a person's life. No ability to function. Tremendous loss of income.
These cooperative funding sites can make things a tiny bit easier on traumatized, grieving people as they navigate the hellish reality they're in.
In days past people indeed bought casseroles but they also watched kids, sometimes for weeks, collected money to help with funeral costs and chipped in on work that needed to be done like home repair, livestock handling, and harvesting.
Nowadays there are many funds for the families of LE who are killed. They get paid well, and have good life insurnace typically. But I don't hear people complain about their funds often.
It makes me sad that these funds are what people chose to focus on at a time like this.
For this family, their lives are destroyed right now. The monies are a ray of hope. It saddens me how that can be criticized or scrutinized.
