[redvalaria]

you know, I have walked that walk.

I had three children, two in diapers. My husband was hit by a car and injured his back. He was a roofer. his company couldn't insure him with the fractured back, so he was fired. He ended up delivering pizza with three kids to feed because that's all he could do.

I cut hair when I could, did some freelance stuff when he could be home with the kids.

I didn't resort to anything unethical. I went to the bread store...found a mission that had "day old" foods donated, was it embarrasing? Sure, but I did not let my circumstances undermine my ethics.

wrong, is wrong. and if we were on any other thread and someone said "I am about to go pick up my 6 week old designer puppy" no one would be saying "well, its ok, cause they are broke, go ahead and risk it". We would be outraged.

life is shades of gray. believe me, I have lived in most of them, but if you give up your principles every time it gets tough? you didn't have many to begin with.