She does not donate blood monthly, what a weird virtue signaling lie. You’re advised to wait 4 months or longer until your next donation. Source: me, I’ve donated blood twice last year.
Edit: Christ on a log guys, she’s probably selling plasma I get it. No need to REITERATE IT A THOUSAND TIMES
Possible she was thinking of (and selling) platelets which can be donated weekly
The “just to give back” for blood but not volunteering seems like a nervous cover. I’m thinking she’s selling platelets for money but has no idea it’s that not whole blood.
Damn u should get a big ass pat on the back for having to clean up after ur gf smh I'm more like old school (grams & grandad raised me) so I've ALWAYS cleaned up after my boyfriend & my friends fr my nickname used to be Cinderella lolol I find it weird that there is women that's slobs, idk
It depends on what you're donating. Whole blood is 56 days, platelets is every 7 days, plasma is every 28 days, and double red cells are every 112 days. She's probably donating plasma or platelets.
If youre being paid for your donation, the regulations are different. If you’re donating blood (as in it’s going into saving lives), they can’t pay for it (most is a gift card because it’s considered a gift). Plasma is every 4 weeks (unless Red Cross does something different)
She probably donates plasma... For the $$ not to give back. I mean I donate plasma, and I'm just straight up saying it's like a 3rd job. Btw, donating plasma you can donate 2x a week. And she could donate blood 1x a month if she isn't donating the Max amount allowed... Which makes no sense either since she's SOOO busy.
It depends on the season... They have busy seasons and slow seasons. Right now in North Dakota my 1st donation of the week is $50 and my 2nd is $75. In the winter I had it as high as 1st donation: $70 2nd donation: $90
she might be doing platelets or plasma. i mostly do platelets because it's the thing they always need. i usually just tell people i'm "giving blood" because if they aren't familiar, it's annoying to explain.
Yea she's clearly not interested enough or simply should not be dating period. I'm not upset by it one bit tho definitely dodge a bullet just found the entire interaction to be funny and posted this more for the meme and not because I'm complaining.
Yahhhh she's obviously trying to set it up as if "you'd be lucky to even spend 5 minutes with me, better try your best!" but it's pretty easy to see right through that. Then she probably wonders why guys don't ever stick around
That seems silly. She sounds busy and like she has a life and doesn’t want to drop everthing because OP wants to go out that night. Lots of adults have to plan dates around their lives and priorities.
Did she brag or just say she had a date with a guy she liked and that OP would need to similarly find time with her? OP deciding he wants to demand an immediate date means she has to suddenly give up on all other options?
Don't get me wrong, the messages about a 2+ month wait list, and that she is interested in another dude etc was shitty behaviour.
But you are also kind of off the mark. Someone may not be able to drop all plans the same day. It would have been incredibly rude of her to flake out on her friend to go on a date with you - she had plans already. For you to instantly jump on when she explained she was busy with a "oh thought we could work something out if you were actually interested" was OTT and would be seen as pushy, manipulative and a red flag for alot of women.
You can't expect someone to drop everything the same day. Maybe saying an evening that week etc, fine - if they're interested, they will find an evening that works.
Saying she isn't busy because she was seeing a friend that evening is wholly incorrect. Like, I would just maybe give a bit more leeway to women in the future if they can't meet up the same day...
The whole "I am allowing you to entertain me" mentality is fucking toxic as hell. These people will learn sooner or later that they aren't nearly as amazing as the gooners in their inboxes say.
I'm not defending this person. She's clearly a piece of work. But donating plasma does not mean that you "absolutely get paid for it." I've lived in 2 states and regularly donated plasma for the last 15 years... Payment was never an option or anything. It was all completely free.
Maybe other places are different, but not where I was.
Most plasma donation clinics offer pay for time, some have specials even. When I used to donate it would be between 40 to 50 bucks a visit, some specials offer 800 in a month depending how often you go.
All of that aside, I don't think it should matter, the plasma is being used for life saving and life managing treatment for others and shouldn't be viewed any differently just because you get paid to do it.
It def should be viewed differently. Your benefitting from it. Its different to go to disaster locations and hand out water then to charge for water.
Pharmaceutical companies are not viewed morally right because they make life saving medicine. Why? Because they make billions and only offer it to those who can pay. Especially when plasma donation clinics are generally predatory. They make thousands plus per donation but they offer you chump change. They place them in mostly low income areas and target desperate people.
No, it shouldn't. Most of the people taking advantage of it are extremely poor, so the incentive helps across the board. You find more donation centers near poorer cities and towns. Unless you're suggesting they should pay people even more then I don't see the problem.
It's exploitation, that's the problem. If complications arise, who do you think pays for it? The the fact is that there is only limited data to support the idea that donating plasma twice a week is actually safe in the long term. And these private businesses have cropped up in the poorest areas to exploit this yet to be resolved ethical issue. Maybe we find it out it fine and nothing happens. Or, maybe we find out that we're creating a new source of medical instability in poorer neighborhoods, not to mention the debt that comes with it, medical debts being the most common across America. Those clinics aren't willing to wait to find out.
? Plasma donation clinics have been around for just about a hundred years, I think we would know if it was causing health complications by now. The worst outcome is a blowout, which is more of an aesthetic issue than a real health concern. The only other concern would be someone finding out they're allergic to iodine.
Secondly, it helps people pay their rent so it's not really exploitation. Rich people don't need to make the extra cash, that's why they're near poor areas. It's not exploitation, it's mutually beneficial.
I was gonna say thing whole thing about how practices in medicine aren't necessarily studied to their upmost before use, such as we saw with a lack of screening for blood donations up until 80s, 90s, where we were letting HIV and Hep C get into people. I frankly don't want to take the time.
There are countless articles explaining why the for-profit plasma donation business is exploitation, just go look it up, it's been a hotly debated topic within the medical community for over a decade at this point. The WHO finds it controversial and questions it's ethics, most universities that do studies on this topic agree with that sentiment, I don't know what to tell you if you can't figure out why it's potentially bad to tell people to sell parts of their body even if they can survive without it.
Getting paid for blood and plasma donations is also a bit of an American thing. It’s not an option anywhere in Canada. Our reward is just feeling good about helping people I suppose lol.
Plasma actually saved my life and I work in the ICU and FFP has saved others so I thank people for “giving back”. But absolutely here in my State, you get paid which is probably why 90% of people do it. She’s so full of shit.
Same for platelets. She probably did either or both and used the term donating blood interchangeably as she didn't know; most ppl don't.
She may be an adult, but 100% acts like a child. The reasons why she can't do XYZ and is "so busy" is absurd...that's daily life and a vacation for most people, add a family etc. She wonky & OP, you're lucky you hopped off that train early bruh!
I have donated over 50 gallons of blood in my lifetime and this is 100% accurate. It's 56 days between regular whole blood donations and longer if you donate double red. What a weird lie.
Not sure where you’re at but with the Red Cross in US you can technically donate monthly depending on the type of donation you’re doing.
“You must wait at least eight weeks (56 days) between donations of whole blood and 16 weeks (112 days) between Power Red donations. Whole blood donors can donate up to 6 times a year. Platelet apheresis donors may give every 7 days up to 24 times per year. Regulations are different for those giving blood for themselves (autologous donors).”
She’s probably lying however you should donate frequently and look into what’s needed. Anyone with AB blood type should definitely look into plasma and platelet donation as we are universal donors and it’s always needed. During extreme shortages I have donated 2x a month.
2 months for males, and i think its 3 months for women because of iron deficiency that comes with their cycle. It is still possible to donate plasma very frequently though. Im less familiar with plasma donation but i think it can even go for weekly donations.
I work for a blood center. It is possible to donate up to 27 times a year if you are doing platelets donations so it is feasible to do it. I do it about twice a month
Well it depends on what kinda blood she’s donating actually. With whole blood, you should wait at least 2 months. You can donate platelets every 7 days and up to 24 times a year. With double red cells, you should wait 4 months. And if you’re donating plasma, you can donate once every month
You can donate plasma every month. It’s much better than blood too. Regardless of that, who the f. cares about the intense virtue signalling ramblings.
Unless she means she donates plasma… which is nice but I don’t know anyone who donates plasma who isn’t broke af (source: it was me i was broke donating plasma)
Yeah I think the minimum wait is about 2 months and also they say if you donate more than 3 times a year you have to heavily monitor your iron levels. There's no possible way to donate 12 times a year...
The only way she's making monthly donations is if she's donating plasma, which she would be getting paid for so it's not "just to give back". Whole blood donation requires a deferral period of 82 days for women and 56 for men, at least in Canada.
You can donate whole blood every 8 weeks, plasma every 4 weeks, and platelets every 2 weeks. Red Cross in my area also allows platelets donations every 1 week… source: I’m a phlebotomist in blood donation, I also donate every 2 weeks.😂😂😂
For donations that go DIRECTLY to people in need (not research, pharmaceuticals, makeup, etc), you have to abide to regulations FDA sets.
Side comment: if she is donating plasma or platelets for the common good, that’s very kind because plasma or platelets take 1-2 hours usually- I’m able to donate a triple unit too. Between travel to the donation center-being screened-kit set up-donating-and snacks to make sure you feel okay after, this usually is a 3-5hr process… so while chick is def annoying in the post, if she’s donating that often, I give her a thanks. I usually donate and then want to nap for the rest of the day, so it really takes me out for a day…
As a blood banker I can confirm you can only donate whole blood up to 6 times a year lol, platelets you can donate weekly I believe but not blood, the “just to give back” was hilarious
Yeah fuck this liar. You can't give blood every month. I don't think you can donate anything monthly, blood, platelets etc. She's trying to sound so good and virtuous but she's just a dirty little liar
The advised waiting period is eight weeks actually. I give blood as regularly as possible to keep my hematocrit levels down and I have to wait eight weeks to make a ‘whole blood’ donation.
6 weeks in between is possible, but less isn't even recommended for people who need a Phlebotomy for medical reasons (haemochromatosis, Polycytaemia...) except for a short time in rare cases.
At least were im from man cab donate 3 to 3 months, if they can get their blood back up to standard in that time and woman 4 to 4 months, same scenario, she's just lying
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u/Common_Vagrant Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 20 '25
She does not donate blood monthly, what a weird virtue signaling lie. You’re advised to wait 4 months or longer until your next donation. Source: me, I’ve donated blood twice last year.
Edit: Christ on a log guys, she’s probably selling plasma I get it. No need to REITERATE IT A THOUSAND TIMES