A single mum-of-12 said she's been forced to rely on food stamps due to the cost of living crisis - and "can't afford" to feed her family without them.
Veronica Merritt, 39, says she has to feed her kids macaroni, hot dogs and packet ramen - because now her yearly food bill totals $24k.
She says she’s trolled on TikTok for “not being able to afford” her big family by people who say she shouldn’t have had kids in the first place.
But she does not regret them and said having babies feels and it's like her "superpower".
Veronica, a TikTok creator, from New York, US, said: “I never would’ve had kids if I’d waited until I was rich - I don't regret any of my kids.
Veronica Merritt, 39, says she has to feed her kids macaroni, hot dogs and packet ramen - because now her yearly food bill totals $24k.
She says she’s trolled on TikTok for “not being able to afford” her big family by people who say she shouldn’t have had kids in the first place.
But she does not regret them and said having babies feels and it's like her "superpower".
Veronica, a TikTok creator, from New York, US, said: “I never would’ve had kids if I’d waited until I was rich - I don't regret any of my kids.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:34 Maybe you don't have 12 kids then,
00:36 if you know how expensive it is.
00:38 OK, so this person is referring to me taking the children
00:41 to Dollar Tree to save money on their Halloween costumes
00:43 by letting them pick out $5 worth of stuff
00:46 to make their costumes.
00:47 Yes, we are broke this month.
00:48 And the crazy thing is that this person knows why we're broke.
00:52 Because we are social media content creators.
00:57 And people like this got our account banned for three weeks
01:01 because they lied to TikTok.
01:03 And it took TikTok three weeks to restore our account.
01:06 So yes, our payout sucked.
01:07 And we are broke this month.
01:09 And you know what's crazy?
01:10 This person knows that.
01:12 And they're just rubbing it in.
01:13 They're constantly posting, oh, you're so poor.
01:15 You're too poor.
01:16 You're so broke.
01:17 We're only broke because of you guys.
01:19 Isn't that crazy?
01:20 Speaking of being broke, I just found out
01:23 that my son Andrew, who is in boot camp, passed the crucible.
01:27 And he is going to be graduating in a week.
01:29 And what sucks is we are broke.
01:33 So I'm here.
01:36 You guys look so cute together.
01:38 Oh, I was already recording.
01:40 Pool party, pool party, pool party, pool party.
01:56 It's a butt.
01:57 It's a beach, dad.
01:58 It's a butt.
01:59 It's a beach.
02:01 Go see if there's snacks.
02:02 You want snacks?
02:03 OK.
02:03 Bottom's on the pool.
02:07 You got your bottoms on already?
02:08 Yeah.
02:09 All right, well, let's go outside,
02:10 and then you can take your--
02:11 Right on, yeah.
02:11 Don't go over there.
02:12 Yeah, do that.
02:14 Can I see, please?
02:16 Jeez.
02:17 Can I go, mom?
02:18 Yeah.
02:19 OK.
02:21 But yeah, there's a-- oh, careful, Talia.
02:25 You're going to break your skull open just throwing yourself
02:28 in the pool like that.
02:31 Can't walk across, then you have to-- oh, wow.
02:34 [SCREAMING]
02:39 You guys, you guys, it's just a frog.
02:41 It's just a frog.
02:42 He's really scared of you.
02:45 Where'd it go?
02:47 That was hilarious.
02:48 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
02:53 Oh, there he is.
02:54 He's like a bullfrog.