Hi, I’m 26f and I live from a very limited income because of mental health reasons that I’m currently working on improving. Because of that I collect cans sometimes for the money on them and buy food for myself. However today I decided to go and borrow a bike pump to refill my wheels of my bike. So I went to my parents to ask to borrow one, when they asked me what i was doing I explained I was going on a a can run so I can buy dinner. My parents exploded, calling me a poor bastard and how dare I collect cans? How dare I embarrass them. Why not ask them for food! They were upset I wouldn’t tell them of my problem in the first place Now I’m wondering if I’m an ahole really for trying to collect cans to pay for food? They’ve been discarded into nature and each of them does get me 15 cents.