Okay, vent. Feel free to skip.
As others here have said, I also buy my own, my husbands, and my kids' clothes at thrift stores. Nothing wrong with that , but it is just what we can comfortably afford. I am sure Nadya feels she (and maybe her kids) shouldn't have to wear used clothes because she (they?) deserve better than that.
Sort of off topic but still related ... we pay every month for medical insurance through my husband's work. It kicks in for things like surgery, childbirth, or big time bills. But we don't meet our deductible othewise and NOTHING is covered. It pays for NOTHING we use. The deductibles are so high. So we pay monthy for insurance, and for everything else full price! I tried to get immuniczations and care for my kids at the public health dept last year and was given an attitude because we have insurance and the stuff they have is for kids with no insurance.
sometimes it seems those who work and try to do it right are penalized, while those who buy their cigarettes and get their food stamps but don't provide are given a free ride - like Nadya!!
So I took my kids to a free clinic yesterday for their annual physical, because our insurance doesn't cover physicals. Does anybody else have this problem? I wonder why we even bother paying for insurance since we would be better off without it in the long run. (I know we're lucky we have it for anything BIG that happens). If we kept the hundreds of dollars every month we pay for insurance with, we could use that for the office visits and physicals and shots, etc....
BTW - Especially in times like these, I know there are many responsible and hardworking people who don't have insurance for various reasons and it isn't their fault. I am just irritated at being penalized for having it when it does nothing for us. And hearing of Nadya living off the system (and living well!), makes me mad!