Today, I found the birthday card my grandma had mailed. Apparently, it contained a gift of $100. Too bad it was in my mom's trash can, opened, with no money. She told my grandma it must have gotten lost in the mail. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that my grandma has been sending me birthday money every year. My mom just steals it before I ever see it. FML
Today, I found a gift card under my bed that I lost a few months ago for $400 to a store that went out of business last week. FML
Today, I found $100 on the ground. My mom is taking $40 because she was there. FML
Today, it was my birthday. My grandma gave me a hug and a check after wishing me a happy birthday and walked away giggling. I was excited because it was the only gift I had gotten all day. Ten minutes later, I realized that it was actually just my tax refund. FML
Today, my mom had a baby shower. When it was over, I walked around cleaning up the trash. I saw a card sitting on the table, along with a note to my mom saying, "Better luck with this one." At the moment I'm an only child, and the card was from my grandmother. FML
Today, after mourning and making my girlfriend cancel her big birthday party, I found out my grandma didn't actually die. FML
Today, I got a birthday card in the mail from my aunt. I got all excited when I saw a cheque inside, but the cheque was addressed to the wrong name. Not only did my own aunt forget my name, I couldn't even bank the $60. FML
Today, I won $20 on a scratch ticket my grandma bought me. She wants it back. FML
Today, I spent all day at the hospital with my grandma for some tests. When I drove her back home she decided to thank me with $50. Knowing she is unemployed, I told her I couldn't take a whole $50. She replied with "Ungrateful, just like your mother", then took the money and left. FML
Today, I enjoyed a lovely family dinner, but my irritating grandma kept trying to buy my purse off me, and kept picking it up to look at it. When I got home I realized all my cash and cigarettes were gone. FML
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Top comments
CutiePie_101 7
If your mom stole your money, steal it back. But Op, sorry it happened :(
lulzaroonie 0
what is it with peoples parents stealing their kids money?! it's so wrong!
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Comments (100)
justbigbs 6
Sucks, if you're mom delibrately took it, you need to watch your cash/credit. If she didn't take it most likely someone in mail office might of took it, that if the envelope was opened prior to delivery. That happens, but very rare
Lawlipop 3
If it was opened in the mail, how did it end up in the mum's trash bin, with the card never seen by OP? |: Pretty darn sure it's safe to say that OP's mum opened the card, took the money, and didn't dispose of the evidence efficiently enough.
Sparx1_1 16
Show your mom the card and see what her reaction is before you assume she's being a bitch.. She probably is being a bitch but unless this has happened before try to find out what happened and give her a chance to fix it. If she doesn't fix it - take the card to grandma. The sad part is that it would be really douchy to ask grandma for more money - so if you do go to grandma just let her know what happened and ask her to send any future money in the form of a check or wait until she can give it to you in person.
keshafan101 0
why the heck would she do that
ShadowPunkChick 1
Is your mother aware that it is illegal to go through someone else's mail without their permission? Even if it is your own child. That's two crimes she committed..Going through your mail, and stealing. You could involve the police if you wanted to, but that might be taking it a bit far.
ghbetuehe 0
I would call the police because she did just go through your mail without you knowing and steal $100! If a stranger did this, wouldn't you report them? Makes no difference for the mom.
Veruca_Salt 1
My mom did the same thing to me. I didn't find out until my grandmother asked me in my mom's presence if I liked the card and money she told my mom to give to me. I was upset, yes, but at least my mom assured me she used it to feed us. And it was amusing watching her stutter in embarrassment what happened to the money when my grandma realized that I had no idea she'd sent me anything for Christmas. Hopefully OP's mom at least used it for something responsible. Sorry OP :/
QueenClover 0
Go in to her bag and take the money back. If she says anything tell her you will tell your grandma where the money really went. My mom was like this and her mom knew it. I would hope that your grandma would back you up if nessesary.
jak133 0
WHAT...... uh bitch.!
freefrog 0
I hate reading about parents takeing money from their kids! If you don't have enough money to by a plasma screen tv and pool DON'T BUY IT! And how a parent could take money from their own child is beond me (just like spelling).
hollylollyxoxo 0
apparently my grandma sent me $100 when I graduated highschool almost 4 years ago... I found that out a few weeks ago when I was going thru old papers and envelopes; the envelope was open but I was stupid and didn't take the money out 4 years ago... I'm glad I decided to "read that card one last time" before throwing it out =P