Today, I found out my credit card was maxed out to the penny, all thanks to purchases made on an online wine store. Apparently my mother was thirsty enough to steal from her own son. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I received a very expensive bottle of wine for Christmas. My alcoholic mother snuck into my house while I was out and drank the whole bottle. FML
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
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
Today, I found out my identity was stolen. The person got credit cards in my name and didn't pay the bills, which has ruined my near perfect credit. The worst part about all of this is that I can't turn the person in. It's my mom, and sending her to jail wouldn't really work out for anyone. FML
Today, after being accepted into the college of my dreams, I found out that my mom has spent all my college savings on alcohol over the years, and she says that it's my fault for not "helping her get help." FML
Today, I discovered my own mother has been stealing money from me for months when I opened my savings box to find it empty. FML
Today, I learned why my credit score is so low. My mom stole my identity almost three years ago. Her excuse? "You didn't need good credit for anything anyways". FML
Today, my girlfriend's mother came over for a few hours. After she left I went to grab a drink, only to find that three bottles of expensive liquor were missing from our liquor cabinet. FML
Today, all of my credit cards were frozen due to fraud. The culprit? My own mother. She rationalized it by saying I "owed" her for raising me. She didn’t even raise me. My grandma did. FML
Today, I found out that my younger sister had maxed out all three of my credit cards when I tried all three of the cards, and realized that I didn't have $5.29 to buy tampons and Advil. FML
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Top comments
NYM88 26
Can you not call the credit card company and tell them they were unauthorized payments? Hope you can recover some if not all the money. FYL
Feklfekl2222 32
Wine is treated as a human right by some. That's no excuse mind, demand it back from her, or at the very least hope she didn't change the delivery address from the billing address
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Comments (34)
moocowmilk0 19
Damn that sucks OP, sorry dude
joelp232 17
im pretty sure you can put a stop payment on those charges or at least cancel the order
olpally 33
Sounds like something my mother would do.
moo77_fml 20
Time to pay up mom!!!
gobiteme2 34
Did she share.
msmedieval 11
Just in case it happens again, contact your card provider & see if they can give you the option to have to enter a password for any online purchases. At least if she tries to use the card again, the payment won't go through.
Saathvik 18
saw this on 9gag!!!
Headcrab 29
Your mom has a problem, not thirst. Time for an intervention?
ladoom 23
Why is everyone so insisting on reporting the mum? I mean, yes it is wrong but she clearly needs help. How many of you would send your mum to prison because she has an alcohol problem?
Geckosrock99 33
She stole from OP. If she doesn't pay off the credit card after being asked, she deserves to be reported. Mother or not. She could easily ruin OP's credit if she keeps it up.
Jwaye2 7
Absofuckinglutely I would. But thats because my mother stole my whole childhood to pay for her drug and alcohol habits.
picax8398 12
Some bitch will be slapped