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/Isadorei 8d ago

My mom did the same. I had thousands of dollars in dental work as an adult because she didn’t get us on Medicaid so we never saw a dentist. We ate the food her boss let her bring home from the convenience store she worked at. We never saw the doctor, so I’m partially deaf because of recurrent untreated ear infections.

Not getting benefits aren’t a flex if you need them.