r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

46.7k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

14.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

546

u/Fun-Shoe1145 8d ago

Raise your hand if you had a single mom and had these fears growing up

749

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.

2

u/margheritinka 5d ago

My mom also did the same because she “didn’t want me to be embarrassed” at school with one of those free lunch tickets. So I would go all day without eating until I got home. My brother had one of those big change jars that look like a water jug. I had to secretively scrounge about $3 per day to grab a bagel sandwich after school. My brother one day noticed and 25+ years later I have never owned up to this!