[Michelle]

Having received food stamps on two separate occasions, I can say that for me it is a humiliating experience. Married with two small children, I had the jewelery and nice clothes, also. Becoming a single parent overnight changes things. Even with a job and child support, I qualified for food stamps ,and applying for them was a last resort. I've seen the looks and heard some very upsetting comments while using them. I've left the store in tears on several occasions. No one can know another's circumstances by looking at them. I also shop the Salvation Army and Goodwill. A person may be 'poor,' but that's no reason they should 'look poor'. One comment has stuck with me all this time. It was about the 'nice' car I was driving, which I had bought 8 years before and now belongs to my sister. I had borrowed it that day because my vehicle was not running, again. The lady who said this was asking everyone in line why I was driving that kind of car and paying with food stamps. I did my best to ignore this, and left the store in tears. No one can know a person's circumstances from what he sees in a grocery line. I no longer receive them, but I have a very different perspective now than I did before I had to use them.

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Name : Michelle, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Baptist, Age : 28, City : Arab, State : AL Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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