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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Free lunch with the dreaded "Red card."  That sucked royally.  My friends were all getting french fries and whatever they wanted, I had to get a hot & cold pack.  
Freebie clothes - an organization called Charity Newsies gave my Mom clothes for us.  I was proud of my "silent" rubber soled shoes that made no noise when I walked.  
Electricity being turned off and having to go pay at the grocery store to get it turned back on. 
Roaches, not always, but sometimes.  Oh the roaches. 
Bologna sandwiches.  Lots and lots of bologna sandwiches. 
Cheese & mayonnaise sandwiches in my lunch because we didn't have lunchmeat. 
Not having a dime to pay to go to the public pool 3 blocks away, next to the projects
Going to the food pantry with my Mom
Oh, government cheese & powdered milk.

[b]My Mom was a single Mom making min wage.  She basically lied to welfare to get benefits, saying she wasn't working, so she could have medical care for us.  She got caught and had to pay it back.  [/b]

The really rough patches were when she was single, mainly between 3-7th grade.  [/quote]

What a shitty system, huh? You all should have qualified it for it with her working, you clearly needed it. [/quote]

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