Student Posts Craigslist Ad Looking To Rent A Family To Celebrate Her Birthday
Natalie Carson of Colorado posted a really interesting ad on Craigslist, reports ABC News. The 19-year-old college student is looking to “rent” a family to come and celebrate her birthday with her. Young Natalie grew up in foster care after her biological parents abused her, and for a few years she was placed with a family which abused her as well. Since the age of 12, Natalie grew up without a family and things like the holidays, graduations and birthdays have been a very difficult time for her as she had no one to celebrate with. An image of the ad Carson placed can be seen below, it has since been removed from craigslist.
About her previous birthdays, she confessed: “I usually just try to sleep through my birthday and holidays too. I just think, “Go rest and it’ll be over in the morning and you won’t have to think about it again until next year.”’ After recently “aging out” of the foster care system, Natalie is currently working and earning a college degree — thus, she decided to do something about her lack of fun birthdays and wanted to make this year special for her 20th birthday on June 10th. She posted a touching ad on Craigslist, explaining she is not looking for any money and even wants to pay the participants $8 an hour. She has already received thousands of emails from all over the world and is currently talking with one family about being there with her for her birthday.
