RANT (kind of) Today we applied for food stamps and WIC and Maine Care for the baby. I know this is…

don't feel bad! a lot of people get it that don't deserve it and if u r in need y not?! it's the people that use the state that makes people like you feel that way!

I had to get food stamps and wic too. I felt so low and guilty getting it at first, but we use it for the right reasons, security for our babies and our lives. everyone needs a little help sometimes :) I don't want to depend on it forever, but for now I don't have a choice ♡ don't feel guilty :)

wic is not state funded so don't feel bad. obviously a family like yours needs food stamps and will not abuse them. Getting help is not the problem it's the ones abusing the help that make it look bad. Mainecare is also good. they even have a thing called cub care which is based off your income for your children and might have a low cost payment. We pay $90 a year for our 5 year old.

We really do need it. It's important to try and do the best we can for our baby. We only plan on staying on not until I can go back to work hopefully. It's just very new to me. But thank you ladies I feel a bit better <3 @mygiftof2016 @paige1212 @tiffrae

you should! I rather taxes go to people like you then someone that's sitting home doing nothing popping out tons of kids by dif daddy's and could do something but don't or the ones who don't qualify but scam to get it!

Don't feel bad I was the same way when I got food stamps but I have a 2 yo and a baby on the way and my husband and I are only 21 and 22 and we were weary of getting help but it is better than nothing at all and going hungry. I plan to get WIC with this pregnancy too just in case. It's not like we don't work we just aren't as well off as most are. Some days I cry because I feel people judge us for having food stamps but then I think it could happen to anyone and at least my babies are fed.

I feel the same way. But it's not like I'm just sitting home being lazy like half the people on it. I have a legit illness that keeps me from working and I'm 23 weeks pregnant about to move 3 hrs away where I won't have a job at all. So the least I can do for myself, BF and baby is go on assistance to help our little family as much as I can till I get disability or am able to find another part time job.

It's a crappy situation but it's nice knowing other people here are going through the same kind of thing I am.