There was a time for about a year when our weekly grocery budget was $20

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Jun 11, 2019
9:26:58am

The Dark Knight All-American

We did all our shopping at Aldi and were able to live off the food on sale.

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The Dark Knight

Previous username: WhiteKnight
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POLL: Have you ever not had money to buy food?

kccougar All-American

6/11/19 9:16am

Only on the mission trip

cougarnerd

6/11/19 9:17am

Man i was rolling in cash. 175€ a month per person was so much dough

Dissenter

6/11/19 9:21am

Yeah, I remember pulling out 2000 uruguayan pesos thinking i was the king

Heath Squashwell

6/11/19 9:47am

i pulled out 500 euro at one time, it was like $600 at the time. It was crazy

Dissenter

6/11/19 9:53am

175€?!?!? We only got R$120

UberDeek

6/11/19 9:55am

dat Berlin life tho

Dissenter

6/11/19 10:07am

On my mission trip we got our money at the first of the month...

Eddie

6/11/19 9:26am

I ate ant infested bread fora few days.

CougarAndMerlin

6/11/19 10:51am

My wife ate watermelon for a few days before the next month's allowance came.

TailgateU

6/12/19 12:10am

First year of my mission I would run out of money

Pony Zale

6/12/19 8:15am

yeah last week i walked into Crown Burger and realized i left my wallet at home

BlueFrog

6/11/19 9:21am

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Abe Froman

6/11/19 9:43am

Had boiled wheat for dinner as a kid

Acorn

6/11/19 9:23am

We used to grind wheat in the basement before school

Twin Roots

6/11/19 9:31am

My mom would crock pot the wheat but I remember those days

USMCdad

6/11/19 9:58am

Things were awful tight when I was first married.

Eddie

6/11/19 9:25am

There was a time for about a year when our weekly grocery budget was $20

The Dark Knight

6/11/19 9:26am

We had to go to the Bishop's Store house a few times in the first 5 years of our marriage

IceBlueCoug

6/11/19 9:27am

We grew up relatively poor. I went on a field trip when I was in

Superman21

6/11/19 9:29am

I've never known desperation or complete poverty...

Tokolosh

6/11/19 9:35am

I was at Da Crack Taco shop in Poipu and they were cash only. I only had a few

Kauai

6/11/19 9:39am

I ate there today and it’s no longer cash only. Soooo good.

scootsy

6/12/19 1:07am

The island is evolving!

Kauai

6/12/19 8:56am

I’ve had to use a credit card to buy groceries before, it sucked

USMCdad

6/11/19 9:59am

I do that every week

cougarnerd

6/11/19 11:20am

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RugbyCoug

6/11/19 10:04am

Yes, when I was really bad at Summer sales.

redlemmons

6/11/19 10:05am

Years ago, shortly before Thanksgiving, my wife and I were both laid off from

UberDeek

6/11/19 10:09am

That is an awesome story...thanks for sharing!

byuguns55

6/11/19 7:37pm

Very cool

Heinz57

6/11/19 7:51pm

Pay it forward always works

CarolinaCoug

6/11/19 9:13pm

I needed to read this tonight. Thank you

Kuga

6/12/19 12:20am

I was at the checkout stand after waiting 10 minutes inline, only to realize I left my wallet in the car.

Q-grr

6/11/19 10:35am

College student in the 90s with kids. Over Christmas break had zero income

LaserCoug

6/11/19 12:12pm

I've had to resort to ramen noodles but I've always had enough at least for that

Unibro

6/11/19 12:26pm

We've been fortunate enough to be on SNAP (food stamps) the last 3 years.

Powerbait DPM studnt

6/11/19 5:47pm

As a kid, I remember getting food from the Bishop's Storehouse a few times. I also remember

soupie

6/11/19 7:57pm

RE: POLL: Have you ever not had money to buy food?

shimmy

6/11/19 8:57pm

My mom tried to pretend she went shopping at kroger

CarolinaCoug

6/11/19 9:17pm

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juantoad

6/11/19 9:32pm

I remember the trailer we lived in, but I don't remember the bag of popcorn my

Cougar8Duck

6/11/19 9:45pm

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Mattattack159

6/12/19 8:42am

Our business was on the skids for two years. We made less than 10K each year.

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