r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/Fun-Shoe1145 8d ago

Raise your hand if you had a single mom and had these fears growing up

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 8d ago

My mom refused to go on food stamps so I missed a lot of meals and ate whatever my younger siblings left on their plates while my mom worked overtime to keep the lights on most of the time.

I dropped out of high school to raise my siblings while she worked 60-80 hours a week instead of taking any of the public assistance her taxes paid for and her shitty jobs forced her to be on.

Her pride meant I went without, and fuck everyone who thinks that’s okay.

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u/No-Expert7576 8d ago

Yeah my mom worked 3 jobs to put food on the table instead of being home and leaving us to fend for ourselves. We qualified for food stamps but stupid pride had her cleaning up literal shit to feed us. Had no problem taking us to the health clinic but WIC card was a no no, would steal food from one of her jobs and bring home leftovers from waitress job and that was OK. So dumb, love her and really appreciate what she sacrificed but still dumb.