• My husband and I are both military veterans, with over 50 years of service between us. • He has also been a government civil servant for a decade and is not getting paid during the shutdown. • We're not going to lose our home, but we've had to adjust our budget to help us weather the shutdown

Most of our family's income comes from federal funds.

My husband and I both have military retirement checks, and he's a federal civilian. Our retirement pensions are not affected by the government shutdown, but my husband's paycheck is. We're on day 37 without his income, and honestly, it's surreal.

While our retirements and my job will get us through, the loss of a paycheck has prompted some adjustments in our spending. I pared down our grocery spending earlier this year when DOGE and cuttin

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