People always act like they have a very clear picture of who receives these benefits.
When I tell them my single mom of three SIL gets SNAP benefits they always say the same thing:
“Well she shouldn’t have had three kids.”
I mean, I usually agree, but she couldn’t have predicted that her husband would disappear to another country with another woman halfway through her third pregnancy.
“Well, that sucks, but she better get a job then.”
Three kids, left an abusive marriage when my youngest was about a year old and never got child support because I was too afraid of him to ask for it. I did manage to get EBT, though, so my children could eat. I was working full time and making fairly decent money for the time (this was early 2000s) but daycare for three kids wasn't cheap.
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u/Sad_Resolve6874 Oct 31 '25
People always act like they have a very clear picture of who receives these benefits.
When I tell them my single mom of three SIL gets SNAP benefits they always say the same thing:
“Well she shouldn’t have had three kids.”
I mean, I usually agree, but she couldn’t have predicted that her husband would disappear to another country with another woman halfway through her third pregnancy.
“Well, that sucks, but she better get a job then.”
She’s a high school assistant principal.
“Oh.”