Addict

By Anonymous - 23/09/2013 02:56 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my mother asked me if she could borrow $200. Being the lovely daughter I am, I gave her my bank card to withdraw it herself. She gambled it away and maxed my bank account out. I had $1500 saved. FML
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miserypoison 13

I'm sorry to hear. but please get her to seek help as pathological gambling can be as debilitating as using drugs. Take care xx

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thegravytrain 6

1) Inform her that she needs to pay you back. Also, understand it likely isn't going to happen. 2) Show her those free casino games on iphones or whatever, that are cheap and free. She can play out her gambling addiction, without actually going bankrupt. Simple, huh? I have a family member who wasted thousands until someone just got him a smartphone with the casino app and said "here. play this. itll cost you a couple bucks a month instead of hundreds or thousands" and he just uses that and pays like $2.99 for more chips if hes out, that lasts him at least a week or two. 3) Understand it's not being a good daughter to enable someone's addiction. If you didn't know, that sucks. But she needs help, not gambling money

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BugEatingMan 4

never give your bankcard to anyone YDI even though it's your mom

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Obezyanka12 6

Why didn't you go to the bank, pull out a $200 and give it to her? I think getting the money first before giving it to her would of been safer. o___o

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simsgirlgem 25

this is an fml and a ydi fml because your mother is a jerk for taking all your money and ydi because even if you lent her money you should have withdrawn the amount not her now your out 1500 and possibly at risk for repo on something

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mFUNdo21 17

xD sorry. should have read it properly before posting that comment

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jnanderson 16

There's a life lesson here: don't lend people money without asking what it's for, and don't give anyone access to your bank account

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Miss_Latina 13

I don't understand how she got 1500, most banks that I know of have a limit of $300 a day to withdraw. Since OP let her mom borrow it that means her mom had the bank card for a few days, why didnt OP notice her bank statement or asked for the card right away?

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snugglesMcGee199 23

If her mom got a debit card transaction at the casino, then you can get as much money as you want.

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AurumPotestasEst 16

The legal limit is $10,000... the FBI investigates any withdrawals equal to or greater than $10,000.

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FireFlie07 20

Contact your bank and state that another person took funds without permission. Most will refund and your mom will have to deal with the consequences like an adult.

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LA22_fml 16

The bank definitely won't give the money back if she gave the card and the PIN to her mom.

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sammyjanette 17

Also, that would require that OP's mother go to jail. Unfortunately, many children who have things like this happen to them are not comfortable with that happening to their parents (especially if the children are underage), so the crimes often go unpunished.

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viau 13

!hats why you dont give your card to anybody. ydi..

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blackwidowtaco 31

Wow, that was an incredibly shit move on her part as a mother. But, incredibly sweet of you to be there for her financially like that. Most kids are too selfish to be there like that for their parents, however it's complete shit that she took advantage of your good deed. Sorry op!

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sammyjanette 17

My mother is a gambling addict. How did you not know? The signs are really obvious. They constantly beg you for money, AND they never pay it back. They spend hours away from home at the casino or bingo. In my experience she'll never pay you back, and/or she'll get defensive and try to make you feel guilty about it, and say thing like, "I raised you for x amount of years; x amount of money is drop in the bucket to what I've spent on you". Don't fall for it! It really is hard because you love your mother, but you abhor her behavior. It's even harder when you realize that you are the child, and that she is the adult, but that the roles have been switched. It's going to be a tough road ahead for you, OP. I wish you luck.

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Dynosaur_dollie 38

if op doesn't live with her, she may not notice that she's gambling. It maybe the first time her mum asked for money, her mum could have lied previously about her activities and not gotten caught in her lie. It is possible to hide addictions for a short period of time, even easier if the person they are hiding it from doesn't live with them, we don't know if op lives with mum or if they even knew about the problem before this.

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