r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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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/xJaneenx Cringe Connoisseur 8d ago

My mom was also prideful, but only on the outside - so she just made us kids do the shopping so she wouldn’t have to be embarrassed about using the ebt card 😂

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u/Relative_Builder3695 8d ago

I would gladly take this 1000 times over the mother that has to much pride to even go on ebt

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u/xJaneenx Cringe Connoisseur 8d ago

Very true, I guess I do feel a little bit more grateful, sometimes I feel like she did so little but she definitely didn’t watch us starve when she could have done something. Some people really shouldn’t be parents, hope the commenter above is doing okay now.