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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 449437" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>OMG! What nerve! I would rat her out too! In a heartbeat!</p><p></p><p>That reminds me so much of some neighbors I had when my daughter was just a few months old! I was on my own then, living in an apartment complex and went back to work full time when she was six weeks old. So I was paying rent, utilities, food and day care, all out of my tiny little paychecks. She was born the beginning of October and I actually had bought all her gifts for her first Christmas by the beginning of November that year and loved shopping for them. There was a married couple across the hall from me who had a baby the same age as my daughter. He worked full time but she stayed home with the baby. He probably made a lot more than I did. The government paid their rent for them, probably their utilities too, and they were on just about every other kind of public assistant they could get. And I swear, every time that woman cooked a meal she would be knocking on my door to borrow my salt and pepper! And one of those times she was over mooching condiments, about two weeks before Christmas, she asked me when I was going to go to the Salvation Army and get Christmas gifts for my daughter! I was just floored! It had never even occurred to me to do that! She probably wanted to mooch a ride down there too! Apparently living off of public assistance and "the kindness of others" was a long standing family tradition because she talked about her mother and grandmother doing the same thing! And after she got all her free stuff from the Salvation Army (more than my kid got!) she came over to borrow my wrapping paper, ribbons and scotch tape! </p><p></p><p>I have absolutely nothing against people who really need help getting some <em>temporary</em> assistance to get back on their feet, especially in economic times like these and when children are involved! But it should just be temporary! These people who make a lifestyle out of living off of the government and well meaning charities just burn me up! I guess it's because nobody has ever given me anything! I worked hard all my adult life for what little I do have and I've done without a lot of things I really needed because I just couldn't afford them. So it just infuriates me to see people who just slide through doing absolutely nothing who seem to think they are entitled to it somehow!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 449437, member: 1883"] OMG! What nerve! I would rat her out too! In a heartbeat! That reminds me so much of some neighbors I had when my daughter was just a few months old! I was on my own then, living in an apartment complex and went back to work full time when she was six weeks old. So I was paying rent, utilities, food and day care, all out of my tiny little paychecks. She was born the beginning of October and I actually had bought all her gifts for her first Christmas by the beginning of November that year and loved shopping for them. There was a married couple across the hall from me who had a baby the same age as my daughter. He worked full time but she stayed home with the baby. He probably made a lot more than I did. The government paid their rent for them, probably their utilities too, and they were on just about every other kind of public assistant they could get. And I swear, every time that woman cooked a meal she would be knocking on my door to borrow my salt and pepper! And one of those times she was over mooching condiments, about two weeks before Christmas, she asked me when I was going to go to the Salvation Army and get Christmas gifts for my daughter! I was just floored! It had never even occurred to me to do that! She probably wanted to mooch a ride down there too! Apparently living off of public assistance and "the kindness of others" was a long standing family tradition because she talked about her mother and grandmother doing the same thing! And after she got all her free stuff from the Salvation Army (more than my kid got!) she came over to borrow my wrapping paper, ribbons and scotch tape! I have absolutely nothing against people who really need help getting some [I]temporary[/I] assistance to get back on their feet, especially in economic times like these and when children are involved! But it should just be temporary! These people who make a lifestyle out of living off of the government and well meaning charities just burn me up! I guess it's because nobody has ever given me anything! I worked hard all my adult life for what little I do have and I've done without a lot of things I really needed because I just couldn't afford them. So it just infuriates me to see people who just slide through doing absolutely nothing who seem to think they are entitled to it somehow! [/QUOTE]
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