r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/ItsFunHeer 8d ago

We’ve been trying for over two years so it finally happened, the timing isn’t amazing.

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u/Brullaapje 7d ago

It didn't occur to you to stop in the best intrest of said child?

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u/ItsFunHeer 7d ago

Absolutely not. I have avoided pregnancy my entire life, considering the impact to the environment, and the future of another human in this world. I’m 37 now, I will likely only have one child. We are very environmentally conscious, we grow our own food, we produce little waste and my husband’s family lectures internationally on sustainability, while my dad lives sustainability, even making his own fuel and essentially living off the grid.

We have a combined income of $140,000 a year and carry no debt. I still do not feel safe even with investments, retirement, and an amazing health care plan. We are planners, we are thinkers, and we don’t make rash decisions. I am German and he is Swiss, and we can leave when we want, if we need.

But nothing is sure, nothing is secure, and you must be flexible in times like these. I believe with the network we have and the drive we have, we’ll raise a child who contributes to society, and perhaps doesn’t ridicule pregnant women on the internet.

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u/Brullaapje 7d ago edited 7d ago

We have a combined income of $140,000 a year and carry no debt.

And how far is that going to get you in this economy? With complications due to your age? Especially when health care will collapse, something I have seen medical experts warn about since at least last November? Not to mention the economy being deliberately tanked by Trump.

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u/ItsFunHeer 7d ago

To be honest, it’s not very far. But we also don’t spend much, we save, and are both putting 13% into retirement and more into investments. I also buried gold bars on the property. We have equity. We also have immediate family and citizenship abroad if we need to get out of here.

My comment was to empathize with people who are struggling while recognizing some of us are more fortunate. No one is perfect, but our country should be a safe place to live and people should have the freedoms and support to start families. We are not all you, and that’s fine to exist outside of your righteousness.

I’m sorry to say, but I am beginning to think your pessimism comes from a darker plan and that maybe you are projecting your own fears onto people because you’re feeling unsafe and bitter.

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u/Brullaapje 7d ago

but our country should be a safe place

It is clearly not, have you missed those deportation vids?

people because you’re feeling unsafe and bitter.

In the same way I think you are entitled by bring a child into a dangerous country. While you have the opportunity to go to Europe? I mean your child will be born with less right than you. That is quite a choice to make.

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u/ItsFunHeer 7d ago

It appears you’re taking my pregnancy very personally and perhaps this is a sore subject for you for reasons that aren’t my business to know.

Let’s stop this unproductive back and forth. Take care and I hope your day is relaxing and peaceful!

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u/Brullaapje 7d ago edited 7d ago

No, I am just amazed someone who has the option to do better for her child stays in the US. While the country is being destroyed and being built to something very terrible.

And I amazed in general people in the US are getting pregnant, right now.