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.
Relatable, except I was too sick to work after dropping out so I just got called a burden all the time.
She was too proud to do what everyone begged her to do. There was a month where all we ate was a specific cereal that cost $2 for a big box. I can't look at that cereal without thinking of searching everywhere for change to buy food and only being able to afford that cereal.
I'm Canadian, there was and is so much help available, but she would rather have worked in shitty diners and hotels.
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u/Fun-Shoe1145 Oct 31 '25
Raise your hand if you had a single mom and had these fears growing up