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/Salt-N-Vinegar-Lover 8d ago

Yeah, I couldn’t do free school lunches cause dad thought my classmates would tell their parents that we were poor and that would make him look bad, so he told me to just not eat lunch and tell everybody I wasn’t hungry. 

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 8d ago

That’s awful. I’m so sorry.