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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
thatonlyonee 1
Im so sorry that happened OP
TechnoStew 21
Demand the money back, if they refuse, steal it back.
deemarie13 14
There are legal proceedings you can take. And I thought I had it bad when my parents took $2000 for the down payment on their travel trailer.
CeltHound 14
1. How the hell were they able to do that & 2. You take them to court...right NOW!!!!
Brant96 1
I know how u feel I had the same thing happen :/
Zombinosh77 11
You should sue them. After all, you were the one who saved the cash.
Amazeman 5
You do know a pool costs more than $10,000 your more looking at $20,00 and an HDTV.
Jason_Splendor 4
Not a small pool.
SEABASSr0130 11
Get something really expensive that belongs to them and sell it.
s3kShUn47 20
Daaaamn that sucks
gaykid69 4
That would be awesome for me. I would get a giant flatscreen, a pool, and my money back?