spock-the-casbah:

were-all-queer-here:

Stop trying to make poor people feel guilty for splurging on a $12 bottle of wine once in a while or a $2 coffee every other morning while you throw around money like it’s nothing.

I’m so sorry to tell you, but when someone works 40+ hours a week, or even just part time, and still can’t afford to spend $2 for a damn coffee, THEY ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. Our society is.

You’re out here buying yourself $20 lunches and $50 shampoos like, please tell me more about how a coffee that puts a smile on my face is me “spending irresponsibly”.

What am I supposed to just work, and go home? Never do anything, never buy myself a lunch or a new shirt ever or enjoy life in the slightest? Cause there are millionaires out there with vacation mansions in 8 different countries so please keep telling me how I’m wasting my money on a fucking $10 lipstick that made me feel pretty.

This!

I had a time in my life where I was incredibly poor and struggled to feed myself, but every month or so I’d spend $10 to get a coffee and cake at a local bakery I liked.

I wasn’t paying for coffee and cake, I was paying for a moment of relief. For a sense of normalcy. For the ability to say “yes” when a friend asked to meet them on the weekend rather than sadly saying I couldn’t afford it.

I can tell you for certain I would not have been any less poor if I’d put that $10 in savings. It doesn’t work that way. I needed way, way more than that for my financial situation to see daylight.

Poor people are human and they need to feel normalcy and dignity and happiness now and then. They need it because being poor is hard as hell, and it takes a toll on your body and mind. Stop judging how they cope.