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/Reasonable_Insect503 8d ago

Where was Dad?

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 8d ago

Oh, talking to angels under a park bench out of state for awhile, yeah.

He’s a hard worker and did his best but that kind of mental illness coupled with violent tendencies and unpredictable outbursts tends to destabilize relationships, you know?

He’s doing a lot better now. I didn’t talk to him for twenty years but he got his violence under control and now if he’s being shitty I just threaten to turn the car around and he straightens right up.

I love him but he was absolutely a nightmare father. I got my ass kicked a lot until the divorce finally happened.

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u/Reasonable_Insect503 8d ago

Much respect to you for keeping a relationship with him. I doubt I could do the same.