[ga medic]

” could feed a family of 4 on $50 a week easy”

Maybe you live where food is cheaper than I do, but there is no way I could feed four on 50/week. Milk at current 4.50 gallon is 9.00. I would have trouble keeping it much under $100/week. There wouldn’t be much meat and fresh fruits and vegetables in that either.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

When my dad walked out on us (a mother with 3 teenagers & one small child), my mother worked two jobs. We also received some help from my grandparents. We ate a lot of tuna casseroles, spaghetti, and mac and cheese. She shopped at the day old bread store and would make a fifty/fifty mixture of powdered milk with regular milk.

During my high school years I babysat to pay for my own clothes, yearbook and any spending money for activities. I never asked my mother for a dime, because I knew that she didn't have it to give to me. It was a special treat to go to McDonald's, which was a very rare event.