Help a friend: fundraiser for a getaway from an abusive spouse

I’ve followed the development of this mess for a couple of years now. A former competitive air gun shooter,  Stacey modeled for several of my RKBA posters, and I got to hear a bit about her situation. My advice was “get out now!” but the reality proved more difficult. Now we can all help. If you can spare just the price of a box of pistol ammo, it would be a help. Stacey is doing her best to get out of this situation without orphaning her own kids.

Support the escape.

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11 Responses to Help a friend: fundraiser for a getaway from an abusive spouse

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  2. Chuck says:

    Done and I pray everyone who can contributes.

  3. revjen45 says:

    Too bad it’s illegal to solicit collections for a contract to break the coward’s legs.

  4. Lyle says:

    Done.

    We’ve all heard stories like this. They’re common. I don’t know the statistics, but a large percentage of marriages end in divorce. Among those that don’t, these sorts of problems can still exist, but the couple might just be toughing it out. The same sort of problems may exist without any actual physical abuse. Psychological abuse can exist, in very mild form, or all the way to the extreme, without any physical violence.

    So, People; how and why does what we think of as “love” so often turn to hate? How does that wonderful, giddy, excited and happy feeling turn to pain, frustration, anger and despair? Wouldn’t this be one of the Great Questions of All Time? Shouldn’t it be pondered and discussed more than politics or the economy? Isn’t it more fundamental to the human condition than just about anything that’s in the news?

    • LibertarianLurker says:

      Here’s a good place to start that discussion.
      Link to “Cupid’s Poisoned Arrow”:
      http://amzn.com/B003WUYP9M

    • Y. says:

      >>How does that wonderful, giddy, excited and happy feeling turn to pain, frustration, anger and despair?<<

      Love(initially) is an evolutionary adaptation, basically a variation on addiction. Same kind of biochemistry. People are irrational when in love, can't think critically about the other party. The 'intimacy' is often an illusion of understanding.

      So, once the initial rush goes away…

  5. cover72 says:

    I almost contributed but when they wanted my credit card number directly on their site instead of trusted gateway, I googled up reviews of GoFundMe and now I don’t feel like it: a LOT of people claim they never got the money that were raised for them on GFM and some also say that GoFundMe literaly stole their money: they sent a contribution but it was never written to the GoFundMe campagin. And one person reported that GFM has been periodically withdrawing money from his credit card and there was no stopping to that.

    So, Oleg, isn’t there a way to send her contribution using PayPal?

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