A couple who set up a GoFundMe to pay for their 7 kids Xmas presents have been criticised as people insist the pair should “get a job”.
The couple have raised £3400 so far, but they haven’t escaped criticism from others online who say they are horrified the pair are unwilling or “unable” to work.
“We feel really ashamed to have to do this as we’ve never had to do anything like this before,” Ms Grimes wrote on the GoFundMe page. The couple said their children “wanted for nothing” until Mr Rodgers lost his job over a cancer scare last year. But his mother-in-law, Ms Grattan, told MailOnline: “Ryan is a feckless liar who is trying to con the public into giving him money which he will just pour down his throat.
Ms Grimes’ sister, Jo Jo Grimes, said Mr Rodgers, the son of a police sergeant, was “feckless and work-shy”.
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