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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by zepto on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:38PM (#11905521)
It crossed my mind that you didn't specify gender. I just copied what the previous poster had used assuming that they knew from other threads. Sorry for making that assumption.

I'm curious about how the stigma actually plays out - do people you know actually say things to you about it? Would you actually experience more negative interactions if you just did what you want, or has it been internalized because you know people would disapprove?

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by smokey_the_bear on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @06:37PM (#11905894)
It is just internalized for me enough so that we usually make another choice for dinner. Also I don't really want the kids to go to preschool and say they had McDonalds for dinner, at about the same level that I don't want to send them to preschool in a dirty shirt.

Once we hadn't been to the grocery store in unusually long, and spent the weekend eating the things in the freezer and the back of the cupboards. We mentioned to the kids that we were out of food. My son went to preschool the next day and congratulated his teachers on always having food available.

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