Question:
The graduation trip for my grade is coming up and each girl has to fundraise a certain amount of money for the trip or pay $250. At the beginning of the year I didn't think my parents would let me go on the trip so I didn't fundraise at all. A week before the trip, the teacher in charge asked me if I was going on the trip and she said that if there was a problem with money then I shouldn't worry about it and I can go for free because they have extra money. I asked my parents if I could go on the trip and said yes, but I didn't want to go for free when everyone else worked so hard for this and I felt that they were only letting me go for free because my parents don't have a lot of money.
Now, I told my friend all this and she told me she also didn't fundraise enough and she's also going for free. That relieved me. But my friends' mother is our grade mechaneches and today her mother called me out of class and told me of a few more options to fundraise before the trip so that I'd feel like I worked for it. Now I'm not sure if my friend told her mother (and what she told me earlier was just to calm me), or if the teacher in charge of the trip spoke to her about.
So, what do I do? Do I ask my friend? Do I have a right to be upset at her for sharing my personal feelings with her mother?
Thank you!
Answer:
Hello,
If you are asking me what to do, I would say, take things simple, at face value. The teacher offered you some opportunities to raise some money, and in truth, it will make you feel more comfortable with the trip. So go ahead and do it. Did your friend say something? Did the teacher say something? We don't know, but thinking about it will only complicate things, and what do you need it for? You might just be making an issue when it's all not true. Besides, it might just be simply accusing someone for no reason. So it is best just to forget about over-thinking things. Take it for what it is, raise a little of the money, go and ENJOY your trip.
Best wishes
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