I have heard quite a few times over the years members complaining about models who seem to buy loads of expensive frivolous stuff and go on expensive holidays and then complain about how broke they are while posting loads asking for extra money, and having noticed a model doing just this I can see how it could be annoying, especially as said model clearly has a lot of generous supporters and judging by their miss MFC stats must have made in the last year enough to put them in the high tax bracket even though the hours worked are pretty sparing. There is an element where it's not only a guilt trip doing things like posting a negative bank balance, it's also pretty unfair to expect others to fund your expensive lifestyle by putting them into a position where they're worried you can't survive or buy food (because that's what's been posted publicly), when you're off buying things they probably wouldn't get for themselves. I don't have an issue with models who let regulars know they've genuinely hit hardship, but it is definitely a little bit annoying seeing people who spend what I would see as excessive amounts then make complaints about how broke they are, especially in a sense that they put pressure by expecting/asking to be funded by others by making it a sob story. That's not just models, that shit is annoying in any situation. It could of course be argued that the model might be giving off the kind of "needs to be rescued" vibe deliberately as it's their niche, but I have seen this particular model pulling this with other models, who nicely did help her out financially, though it was pointed out (a bit less politely and not by me) that she was in top 100 at the time so while it was a nice gesture for them to help, she shouldn't really be expecting those who earn considerably less than her to fund her mistakes.
Generally I try not to judge other models for what they choose to do, but I guess I've been there with friends who've done this and have basically used other people like walking wallets to bail them out. I have a close friend who used to do this chronically, it wasn't anything malicious, she'd just learned she could survive that way. She's still not perfect but she makes a conscious effort not to do it now and to stand on her own two feet. I imagine the model who I've seen doing it probably doesn't even realise that it's not really ok to do this, or that she's putting excessive pressure on others to bail her out. But there is already a negative stigma attached to cam models "begging" for tips, and there is a bit of a blurred line with camming where you can throw it out there that you're struggling and people will often happily help you without any pressure being applied, and a model might feel that a member is underpaying her for the attention they get/expect and might put a bit of pressure on them to take them private/tip when times get tougher which wouldn't necessarily be wrong either, but I guess when you see someone crossing the line so blatently and publicly you can see where so many members get the impression that models do emotionally blackmail members for tokens, as it clearly does happen!
I hope that doesn't all come across as really bitchy, the girl I noticed going it seems like a really sweet girl otherwise and I don't think that there's any malicious intent in her case, it just seems, well, inappropriate? And I guess it's also just a little annoying (and insensitive) seeing people in general who earn over five times what you're living off a year complaining about finances.
cringe cringe cringe.
