Today, I have to choose between getting a cellphone contract that I need, or a TV that I don't even want, but which my flatmates insist I contribute towards. The same flatmates who eat all my food. This increased grocery bill has left me unable to afford either the phone or TV. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Today, I had to spend all of my money on textbooks even though my refrigerator is empty. Starving and frustrated, I called home to ask for money for groceries. My mom told me I could afford to skip a few meals. FML
Today, I had to decide between buying medicine and buying food. FML
Today, I had to sell my phone to pay for the phone bill. FML
Today, I told my roommates they have to go get jobs, because I can't afford to support them or their bad habits any more. They responded by pawning all my DVDs for cash to buy cigarettes. FML
Today, I learned that as much as I try to save my money, it always just slips through my fingers. After rent, I got paid $280 yesterday, $85 went out on my gym membership, $95 went out on my internet, $125 went out on my Hello Fresh. I have to choose between half a tank of petrol or breakfast/lunch for the week. FML
Today, I called my mobile phone provider to end my contract. A sales rep spent over half an hour trying to convince me to reconsider, and I kept refusing. I ended up breaking down and accepting a "more economical" contract, which I didn't notice costs almost twice as much as the last one. FML
Today, I live in a world where I work 50 hours a week, and yet after paying all necessary bills, eating one meal a day, and only drinking water from the tap, I am £130 pounds poorer than last week, all because I had to use my credit card and increase my debt to buy petrol and pay the gas bill. FML
Today, my roommate and I were watching TV, and he ordered a pizza. After it was delivered, I took a slice. He yelled at me for taking his food and told me to stop mooching off him. I had to cover his rent last month and he still hasn't paid me back. FML
Today, my fiancé and I had a fight over household expenses. He's never had a job in his life, but this didn't stop him demanding that I get another full-time job to pay for video games and beer. FML
Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML
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djxoebxoab 4
Move out, get some new flat mates. You'll make the money back.
uprising_fml 0
have a back bone and tell them that you are going to pay the phone contract, to stop eating your damn food and to **** OFF .
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Comments (161)
Makeeasweet25 0
im pretty sure they dont have a gun to your head.stand up for yourself,wimpy boy.
shrekus 0
You could walk around naked in the flat until they start to give some money up... But then again they could like that...
djskidd 9
Oh god...
cuddlebunny3548 11
Who refers to apartment roommates as flat mates? Come on now.
perdix 29
Yeah! You shouldn't have wasted all that money on "How to Talk Like a Brit" lessons!
yetanotherginger 19
it's "flatmates", not "flat mates". A flat mate is the friend of a hedgehog lying in the road
benderbot19 0
People not from America, asshole. From, A cultured American
alaskanhybrid 5
Why do you think everyone talks like us Americans. A flat in English is a apartment in USA English. Derp Twat.
olivercooper 6
This is so fake
devendarling 5
I've been in this situation, to the point where I started storing canned/dry food (like tuna, soups, and ramen) in my room. Why does it have to be fake? I was spending $400 a month in rent (which was supposed to be food as well, since it was a boarding house) but I ended up spending any extra cash I had on food.
Okayitwasme 0
Show them the food bills and tell them if they do not want to contribute to them then the tv isn't your problem! Besides who gets the tv when everyone moves out? Or do you get your money back? You need to post the food bills on the fridge! Make a copy first! Get a pay and talk phone!
veritoswty6 14
Move out and live on your own.. Get of course the cell phone contract OR the prepaid.. :) good luck!
kaycee1996 5
Do they at least help pay the bills?
rainydayz133 6
Probably not
attaboy368 20
I was wondering what their contributions are to the running of the household myself. If they are eating all the food and not buying anything or contributing to the rent or power bills then they got to go!
Darwin03 1
Grow a pair
Fylminesawsome 5
Get the tv and keep inviting their moms over to watch ****.
ICATiger 13
Tell them to buy there own food or they can mpve their fat ass out