The only person I have to talk to about prepping, my sister, told me that she thinks I should stop prepping. She said it will all just go to waste and implied that I was wasting too much money on my little hobby. I told her I do rotate my food stock so that it was refreshed before going bad. However I just let the subject drop there. Trust me there is no arguing with my sister, not much verbal disagreeing with her either.
I have about 70 or so grocery store cans of food (for individual consumption)… soups , ravioli, beef stews, fruits, vegetables, etc. A couple of cans and packages of Mountain House meats, meals a few other Prep items and 2 55 gallon water barrels. For the most part I am prepping for my husband and myself however in a SHTF situation I have 17 other relatives down here that are definitely not prepping. They are my 3 sisters and their children and grandchildren. They are all on very fixed income and cannot afford prepping. I know this and do not mind putting up food for them. I would never turn away a family member come hell or high water. As you can though my supplies would not last long at all should they show up in a disaster. I still have a long long way to go before I am comfortable with my preps.
The only things that I can think might have caused this reaction from her is
1) Talked to my brotherin-law about teaching me how to garden (he is the only one I know who grow a garden) he was not very interested in teaching me though
2) I am hoping to put in a tornado shelter before next spring and told her I wish I could just build a large root cellar so I could store food and use it as a tornado shelter
3) Bought 10 cans of ravioli and spaghetti at Walmart at $1 a can and a few cans of soup
I will not stop prepping because she thinks I am foolish but it does make me sad. As I said before she was the only person I could talk to about it. My husband is accepting of it, as long as I don’t spend too much money eack week but not very interested. It also makes me feel as if maybe I am being foolish, after all I am 45 years old and have never been through any disaster that has left me unable to get to a fully stocked store within a few days (ice or snow storms). Then of course (or I would not be here lol) there is the other side of me that says YET. I just feel that it is a very good idea to have supplies on hand in case something should happen.
I don’t know I guess I am just whining about not having someone to talk to about prepping. Any support or encouragement would be appreciated. Thank you for reading this.
I have about 70 or so grocery store cans of food (for individual consumption)… soups , ravioli, beef stews, fruits, vegetables, etc. A couple of cans and packages of Mountain House meats, meals a few other Prep items and 2 55 gallon water barrels. For the most part I am prepping for my husband and myself however in a SHTF situation I have 17 other relatives down here that are definitely not prepping. They are my 3 sisters and their children and grandchildren. They are all on very fixed income and cannot afford prepping. I know this and do not mind putting up food for them. I would never turn away a family member come hell or high water. As you can though my supplies would not last long at all should they show up in a disaster. I still have a long long way to go before I am comfortable with my preps.
The only things that I can think might have caused this reaction from her is
1) Talked to my brotherin-law about teaching me how to garden (he is the only one I know who grow a garden) he was not very interested in teaching me though
2) I am hoping to put in a tornado shelter before next spring and told her I wish I could just build a large root cellar so I could store food and use it as a tornado shelter
3) Bought 10 cans of ravioli and spaghetti at Walmart at $1 a can and a few cans of soup
I will not stop prepping because she thinks I am foolish but it does make me sad. As I said before she was the only person I could talk to about it. My husband is accepting of it, as long as I don’t spend too much money eack week but not very interested. It also makes me feel as if maybe I am being foolish, after all I am 45 years old and have never been through any disaster that has left me unable to get to a fully stocked store within a few days (ice or snow storms). Then of course (or I would not be here lol) there is the other side of me that says YET. I just feel that it is a very good idea to have supplies on hand in case something should happen.
I don’t know I guess I am just whining about not having someone to talk to about prepping. Any support or encouragement would be appreciated. Thank you for reading this.
Feeling sad and let down (warning whine)
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