Artist Gets Roasted For Asking For Financial Help Despite Already Having The Money

Aging out of your parents’ insurance is supposed to be a quiet step into adulthood, just another box to check as you move forward. Instead, it can feel like falling off a financial cliff.

One day you’re covered, and the next you’re faced with options you simply can’t afford. The gap between what’s expected of you and what’s actually possible becomes painfully clear.

It’s not that you don’t want to be responsible—it’s that independence comes with costs that don’t match early-career wages, unstable work, or the reality of starting out. This moment forces a hard realization: adulthood isn’t just about age or effort, but about navigating systems that assume readiness long before most people truly are.

The OP is an artist and performer who lives a very “Bohemian” lifestyle, intentionally. OP's goal has always been to support himself entirely from the art.

OP grew up far from where he lives, and he moved as soon as high school finished. He recently aged out of his parents’ insurance, and he could not find a single plan that he could afford.

He reluctantly started a GoFundMe and raised a couple of thousand dollars from friends, fans, and Instagram followers. OP was not confident in his ability to choose the best plan, so he posted to Facebook for suggestions on how to pick a plan, and that was where things started to unfold.

The OP writes...

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An acquaintance in his city reached out to him and told him that he could probably qualify for Medicaid

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Somehow that was enough for him to figure out that my trust has over $1 million

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The life the OP has built and lived for over seven years is his real life

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OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the AH:

I think I might be the AH because I somehow gave the impression that I had no other options other than to beg for financial help, even though I did not say that.

We've gathered some of the most upvoted comments from other Redditors for you to read through below

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The OP can easily afford it so why ask for donation

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The OP has an actual financial cushion and he is overlooking it

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This Redditor just had to ask and here it goes...

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The OP can more than afford to pay for health insurance

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A lot of people in the drag scene are incredibly generous

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The OP has plenty of money to survive but he committed fraud

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The OP should consult an advisor and do something nice for his community

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Technically, having interest income doesn’t mean living with financial ease or flexibility. It’s a line on a statement that carries assumptions—of comfort, access, and choice—that don’t reflect daily reality.

What looks like stability from the outside can still feel uncertain on the inside, especially when control and access matter more than what technically counts. Still, Redditors pounced on the OP for technically lying to people, and yes, he was declared the AH in the story.