Single dad goes to a food bank. r/povertyfinance isn't having it.

I make $65,000 per year as a single dad and I went to a food handout place today.

Turns out there's a church like 2 blocks from me that gives away free food to any family once per week. And I was surprised at the quality and diversity of the items too. It was Trader Joe's and Whole Foods stuff that was like 2 days past expiration yet still TOTALLY edible; some of it was even frozen goods chicken/steak which wouldn't expire for a looooong time.

I never thought that a single guy making $65,000 per year would have to get assistance from a food kitchen, but since I'm paying almost $1,000 per month in child support, despite the fact that we have close to 50/50 custody, this is my reality for the next 8+ years.

We went to lunch today to celebrate my anniversary with my girlfriend and for me, my gf, and my 9 year old daughter ordering literally just sandwiches and tea and dessert it was over $100. We're going to the community pool tomorrow and it's gonna cost $15 each, when as a kid I remember going to the community pool for like $2-3 per day.

How is any of this freaking sustainable???

Celebrated the food bank haul by spending $100 at a sandwich shop. The commenters are suspicious. OP clears it up:

$4 each for a cup of tea, $14 each for sandwiches, $8 each for desserts, plus tax and tip. Quite frankly that's only a little more expensive than fast food anymore, and it was for an anniversary dinner. I literally painted their nails at home and pampered them myself with homemade face masks instead of us going to get mani/pedis as I used to do years ago when I made less money. I'm taking shortcuts and cost saving efforts wherever I can but anniversaries are kinda supposed to be a little special.

Oh well then.

Dude just spent $420 on a sub for his home theater

Sadly it looks like OP deleted that post. Or the commenter lied

Reminds me of a friend that FaceTimed me to vent about still living paycheck to paycheck after a promotion to $100k. They cut the call short when their doordash delivery from red lobster arrived. Random Weekday, no special occasion.