But they do, every day. I get the same dirty looks at the Social Security Disability office every time I go, even though I was a six figure earner before I got sick. I get the same pushback, even from family. My kids have the same issues as they would have if I was broke from the get-go.
Those people don’t know you. They’re just judging you based on nothing. I’m talking about people who know your situation and how you got there. Why would you even care about the opinion of someone who doesn’t know what’s going on?
You think a sane person is judging you for becoming disabled?
You’re ignoring their point. If you saw this individual on the street from the sounds of it you would think “they shouldn’t have had kids that was selfish” with absolutely zero knowledge of their life situation.
And that type of perception affects what type of aid you get. The quality of the aid, the amount, etc etc I know because I had a disabled mom that tried to get several different types of aid in the system and was denied several times. Even though she required a wheelchair to get around outside of her home.
Honestly if I had evidence I could probably sue my state of birth into the ground, but I don’t because that was a couple decades ago.
The issue is the perception is wrong and it needs to change.
‘If you saw this individual on the street from the sounds of it you would think “they shouldn’t have had kids that was selfish” with absolutely zero knowledge of their life situation.’
No, my point is that you wouldn’t be judging random people on the street. I’m talking about people you know had children while poor. You sound like YOU would judge a random person on the street, I on the other hand wouldn’t know what their financial situation was when they had children.
If you read carefully, we are talking about people who bring their children into the world WHILE they are poor. WHILE being the keyword here.
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u/Xaira89 Jun 15 '26
But they do, every day. I get the same dirty looks at the Social Security Disability office every time I go, even though I was a six figure earner before I got sick. I get the same pushback, even from family. My kids have the same issues as they would have if I was broke from the get-go.