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[quote=Anonymous]The problem stems from the fact that PP suggested that OP could SAH on $30K/year. What PP neglected to mention until this post is that 1) she pays no mortgage or rent, 2) she relies upon Medicaid and WIC.

I think that it would have been more honest had PP offered these details in her initial post, instead of "gloating" that she can SAH on so little. I'm sorry that PP has had to suffer through this, but I also think that her initial post was very, very misleading.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're doing it on &lt;30k a year.  All things are possible in this the best of all possible worlds.[/quote]

Yeah by freeloading , welfare and wic you lazy slob[/quote]

Yup, that would be the only way this is possibly. [/quote]

You know what?  Fuck you both.

I held down a job from the time I was 15 until I gave birth to my second child at 31.  The only reason I didn't go back to work is because I didn't realize that there are things like child care subsidies, of which I have no doubt that we would qualify.  The reason I stay home now, is because my youngest son has speech and developmental delays.  He started a county therapy based preK this year and I'm looking forward to him going to kindergarten so I can go back into the workforce.  The only government subsidy we *take advantage of* is medicaid, and only for my children.  I honestly don't know why I bother after last week when my son was sick with an ear infection that went untreated for several days because medicaid denied the medicine his ped prescribed.   I would love to be able to go back to work right now so that I can have access to a better insurance system with doctors who actually give a crap about their patients.

I was on WIC... for the 3 months the initial batch of vouchers they gave me was good for.  The whole process was awful and dehumanizing, and made me feel like an animal at a meat processing plant; all for a loaf of bread, 6 dollars worth of veggies, a bottle of juicy juice, a box of cheerios and some cheese a week.  I'd rather keep my dignity and clip coupons than go through that again.

We get by though.  We own our home outright and we rent out rooms to make ends meet.  We have basic cable and internet.  We use a magic jack and prepaid cell phones.  My mother works with a woman who routinely passes on clothes to us, so that all I have to worry about is shoes twice a year.  I cut coupons and shop sales.  We eat at home and in the summer we grow alot of our own veggies (in case you think "but I don't have the room!" we don't either, I use containers).   I shop yard sales, thrift stores, craigslist, and freecycle.  We never did a lot of classes because my youngest was such a difficult child and I felt like I was disrupting the other people when I couldn't stop him from crying, but we did find some affordable programs through the county park system.  There are lots of fun free or cheap things to do out there with your kids as well.

Anyway, I didn't mean to come across as bitter as I started out.  Things aren't ideal, but we still have a good life, even on so little.  My kids are healthy and happy, there's food in their bellies and a roof over their heads.  What more can one ask for?[/quote][/quote]

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