Today, I checked my bank account that I've been saving money in since I was a kid for college. I have $100 left out of the $10,000 I had last month. Apparently my parents thought buying a pool and an HDTV for themselves was more important than my college education. 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 found out why my parents have been trying to convince me not to go to college this year. I also found out where the $20,000 they just spent on landscaping came from. My college fund. Which is now $0. FML
Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. FML
Today, my dad came home from Vegas. Today, my college savings account is down by $64,000. FML
Today, I was worried because it's July and I still haven't found a summer job, despite applying to 50 places. It was fine, because I remembered my savings account. I told my parents. Instead of being relieved, they said they're going to take the money from me for being lazy, and using it for my tuition, despite promising to pay for it. FML
Today, I found my checking and savings account to both read $0.00. My parents transferred all my money to theirs because "I'm irresponsible, and not fit to handle money." I'm a 3.8 college student and have a full-time job. They are currently unemployed. FML
Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML
Today, I found out my mom took around $2,500 from my savings account to pay off my sister's college tuition. She recently flunked out of her studies and won't be returning to college anyway. FML
Today, I found out that my parents used all of the college money I have been saving up for 8 years to buy a beach house. The reason they waited until now to tell me? A tree fell on it, and they need more money for repairs. 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 parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML
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Top comments
FairFrozen 0
Sue. Sure, they're your parents, but God, being inconsiderate like that. It's your future.
kisekileia 0
That really ought to be illegal. You get screwed if your parents don't meet their financial aid obligations for your education, so there should be some legal requirement for your parents to meet those obligations.
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Comments (454)
riaaa 0
omg.. you poor thing.. = they should pay for your tuition fees :D and who shares a bank account with their parents? :S lols..
godtakemenow1448 0
Dude sue your parents It doent matter is they may hate you for it you need to go to college or your life will suck
OD4825 0
#278, learn some grammar. Secondly, a college education does not make your life better. There are hobos out there with college degrees and people making $50k+ without.
IN5AN3 0
Legal emancipation...
ocean3684 0
you shouldnt have kids if your going to do things like that, its things like this that will ruin your life FOREVER
ilovemenn 0
hahaha yr parents are assholes
littleB_fml 0
Same thing happened to me... And now they still want me to pay.
Surforeef 0
What a bunch of pricks
wtfuckery 0
I'm pretty sure murder is a socially acceptable solution to this problem. Kill them and take their insurance money to pay for college.
somebodyshy 0
Unfortunately, if you're under 18, it's not your money. Anything that you "own" is technically through agreement with your family. You can't really own anything till you're 18.