So I haven't really made my view on this known, but I honestly think it's kind of stupid.
I think it's great that people are raising awareness and donating, but honestly, couldn't we all have just donated and skipped posting videos of ourselves on facebook?
Up until now I've remained silent in every aspect of this- I've not commented on ANYONE's video out of fear of being tagged. For one thing, I don' have the time or the desire to dump ice water over my head, and I certainly am not interested in posting the end result of it on facebook. I also don't have a spare $100 laying around.
Even my father had the sense not to tag me for this, because he guessed how I would react.
But leave it to my mom's asshole friend, who did the challenge with her daughter, to challenge not three people, but three MOTHER DAUGHTER duos. And...you guessed correctly...SHE FUCKING TAGGED ME AND MY MOTHER
So in the last 5 minutes
I got the notification on facebook that I'd been tagged.
I got a phone call from my mother. The following conversation ensued:
Her: "Have you seen facebook in the last few minutes?"
Me: "Yeah, I saw I was tagged for the stupid ice bucket thing and I'm not doing it."
Her: I forget exactly what she said but it involved her packing my bags to send me on a massive fucking guilt trip. Something about the two videos that she posted that featured people with ALS and how I should watch them because they might change my mind because ALS is a death sentence.
Me: "I think it's great that this has raised awareness and money, and I'll donate, but dumping ice water on yourself is fucking stupid. Ain't nobody got time fo' that. And I certainly don't need to post about it on facebook."
Her: "Come on we'll do something creative" and some more of the guilt trip
Me: "You know my dad had the sense to not tag me for this stupid thing. Leave it to Kate (her friend who tagged us). "I'm not doing it."
Her: "Well you're just fucking miserable I'll talk to you later."
Me: "Alright see ya." Click.
My mom is the type of person who posts videos of herself and hopes that they go viral. I assure you that she's more upset about the fact that I won't participate in her latest showboating venture than about the fact that I appear reluctant about donating to ALS.
We might cure ALS out of this but there ain't no cure for mother/daughter drama.