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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Methodist church my kid attended preschool at did a food bank distribution every Friday, so they'd definitely help.[/quote]

I think that one of the challenges is that an infant needing formula isn't a problem that can wait until Friday.  In the link I posted above, the first thing the person said was "we have a food pantry, but they aren't open till Sunday . . . " because the person clearly realized that wasn't soon enough.  Even if it was Saturday afternoon, a food pantry open on Sunday isn't the immediate solution.[/quote]

Wouldn't an actual person with an actual baby know they were running low and call before it all ran out? [/quote]

If I was an actual person with an actual baby, I would start early.  But I also wouldn't start with calling churches I wasn't connected to.  I can imagine that it might take me some time to get to that solution, and it might be one of my last ditch attempts.  [/quote]

You don’t understand middle America clearly.

Sure in moco or n.va. There are resources but in bum f nowhere churches are those resources.

They don’t even have hospitals, ffs.

Get out of your privileged bubble, [/quote]

I don't think you understand what I am saying.  I am saying that if I was a young mom with a baby that I was worried about feeding, I would first try my own church if I had one, and other options. I'd go to the food pantry to see if they had formula.   I'd try to get WIC.  If I had older kids, I'd ask the social worker at my older kids' school if I had one.  I'd put word out that I would do odd jobs like babysitting for cash, and see if any of my friends had formula to spare.  I'd probably do all those things before I'd call a church I'm not connected to.

Which means that I might be 100% out when I called churches.  I'm explaining why I think a mom calling when she doesn't have any left is believable.

Yes, calling earlier is also believable.  But me recognizing how someone might get in the position of calling at the last minute isn't a sign I'm privileged.[/quote]

I know for a fact, that capital YOU, do not understand that in small towns there is no food pantry, lol you think schools in the middle of nowhere have social workers, WIC and SNAP benefits were just cut by a psychopath, in a small town, your friends might be just as poor as you, your local church might be 35 miles away, you probably don’t own a car, you’re not gonna do odd jobs with a two month old baby, this person could actually have had a job that was illegally  cut by DOGE, or they’ve been furlough, you think somebody in middle America, where there is one gas station has a ton of odd jobs…,

Smfh [/quote]

I am so confused by your response.  Someone said that anyone with an actual baby would call in enough time that "Our food pantry is open on Sunday" would be an acceptable solution, and that someone calling as they run out would be suspect.

I said that people who call at the last minute would not be suspect, because for all they know they started trying earlier, and just failed at their early attempts. I gave examples of other things they might have tried, including calling other churches.  Other people pointed out that she might have the formula with the botulism that got recalled, or that she might have accidentally spilled her formula or had it stolen.  So, none of us are judging a hypothetical mother who calls at the last minute, or saying that a mother in an urgent last minute situation is the problem.   I also said that there would be situations where someone might call a church first, perhaps while they still had formula to tide them over a few days.  So, I didn't judge people who live in rural communities where they would call a church first either.

Twice now, you've yelled at me saying that the solutions I offer might not work, when I literally gave them as examples of things she might have tried and failed.  You seem to be disagreeing with my argument that she shouldn't be judged (well, the Tik Tokker might be judgeable, but the imaginary woman she was pretending to be).  Are you saying that my NOT judging a woman is a sign that I'm "privileged"?  That judging her would be a sign of privilege?  [/quote]

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