# A four thousand dollar trip to Europe for a fourteen year old?

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**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-thousand-dollar-trip-to-europe-for-a-fourteen-year-old/715939 "2015-03-25T14:11:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-thousand-dollar-trip-to-europe-for-a-fourteen-year-old/715939/10 "2015-03-25T14:42:30Z")

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Its a reflection of the culture I was raised in, but I absolutely hate myself every time I have to ask other people for money. I will suffer through a lot and exhaust every single option before I start to beg from anybody. My friends are the same, and the flipside is that when asked for help I give it immediately because I know the request wasn’t made lightly.

So frivolous requests like the linked thread are just abhorrent to me. I simply wouldn’t have the bare faced cheek to ever ask strangers for money simply so a kid can have a holiday. Just how utterly clueless do you have to be to consider that an acceptable thing to do?

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