I get cash assistance which i will be using to get my baby stuff for her first day of preschool, i get food stamps, and starting monday i will be getting childcare. Why? Because when i was enrolled in college my first semester my classes were all over the place. Some were in the morning afternoon and night. I tried looking for a job and i couldn't find one. So after months of looking and no results i decided in march of 2012 i would apply for food stamps. A few months later i applied for tanf. Do i like being on it no i don't but i gotta do what i gotta do until her dad is served with child support papers. I'll admit from june until november i did nothing i wasn't in school i wasn't actively looking for a job because i was tired and needed my rest. This year is going to be totally different. Since all of my classes are in the afternoon i can work somewhere in the morning. Judge all you want i don't care one bit.
I don't know why some of you sound pissed and bitter about me taking a 6 month break ecspecially you stay at home moms you don't work you dh does so be quiet lol. I never said i was proud i never said i was entitled i said i wasn't ashamed because of it. BIG DIFFERENCE!!
People should be encouraged to seek help if they need it. The biggest issue I have is the 6 months of laziness because OP was tired and needed a break. We're all tired. Take a month. But six?? It just reads as entitled, and I don't understand that.
Quoting Anonymous:
I don't understand the proud feeling either but I really don't understand the need to be ashamed about it. It's there to help people.
IMO if you *general you, not you personally* show that you are ashamed of getting help and your children see how shameful it supposedly is to get help, then it would prevent them from getting help when/if they truly need it.
Quoting Jessica_Esqueda:Its great that its there, and people who need it SHOULD use it. I just don't quite understand being proud of using it. I've always been ashamed of needing it.
Quoting Anonymous:
It's there to help you. It's because people are looked down upon and forced to be ashamed about receiving help that many families end up on the streets or starving instead of using the resources that are there for them!
Quoting Jessica_Esqueda:I guess I don't understand that attitude. I'm almost done with welfare (done with cash, on food for 5 more months and low-cost medical for another year for the kids), and I was always ashamed to be on it. I was ashamed that I needed the help. I don't understand how anyone would NOT be ashamed of being unable to support themselves.
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you gotta get a clearance first, I'll help you with the paperwork. It's a barrel of fun. Part of my being tired is strictly the company's fault, the assholes keep mandating OT.
Quoting winkyloafer:
I'll take your job if you don't mind babysitting. I'm anxious to go back to work now!
Quoting SRUsarahSC:thanks, winky. I would KILL for six months to rest!
Quoting winkyloafer:
Let me check my coin purse, girlfriend.
Quoting SRUsarahSC:I'm tired, I would like a rest. Anyone care to support me with money and food from June through November?
I work 2 jobs, dh works full time even though he is disabled.
We were still having a really hard time. We qualify and I see no shame in getting help.
Quoting Jessica_Esqueda:I guess I don't understand that attitude. I'm almost done with welfare (done with cash, on food for 5 more months and low-cost medical for another year for the kids), and I was always ashamed to be on it. I was ashamed that I needed the help. I don't understand how anyone would NOT be ashamed of being unable to support themselves.
Quoting Jessica_Esqueda:People should be encouraged to seek help if they need it. The biggest issue I have is the 6 months of laziness because OP was tired and needed a break. We're all tired. Take a month. But six?? It just reads as entitled, and I don't understand that.
Quoting Anonymous:
I don't understand the proud feeling either but I really don't understand the need to be ashamed about it. It's there to help people.
IMO if you *general you, not you personally* show that you are ashamed of getting help and your children see how shameful it supposedly is to get help, then it would prevent them from getting help when/if they truly need it.
Quoting Jessica_Esqueda:Its great that its there, and people who need it SHOULD use it. I just don't quite understand being proud of using it. I've always been ashamed of needing it.
Quoting Anonymous:
It's there to help you. It's because people are looked down upon and forced to be ashamed about receiving help that many families end up on the streets or starving instead of using the resources that are there for them!
Quoting Jessica_Esqueda:I guess I don't understand that attitude. I'm almost done with welfare (done with cash, on food for 5 more months and low-cost medical for another year for the kids), and I was always ashamed to be on it. I was ashamed that I needed the help. I don't understand how anyone would NOT be ashamed of being unable to support themselves.
are you ok with another woman calling your husband "hun" or "babe"
- kaykaymomi10
on Jan. 4, 2013 at 7:28 PM