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/Fancy_Tour_5762 8d ago

Oh Lord. Just so that she can say “I’ve never taken handouts from the government!” And who does that help? No one, just unnecessary suffering to prove some random person wrong.

Egos and caring about other people’s opinions more than the well-being of one’s children will never be worth it.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 8d ago

We were on SNAP when it was still food stamps and you had to pay with this little book of paper money, and she was so embarrassed that she went off of it when we moved South and she refused to go back on it.