Health: Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food...

By malnourishedstudent - 08/06/2016 08:38 - United States - Palm Coast

Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/02/2011 16:04 - United States

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

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By armenta427 - 07/10/2009 04:12 - United States

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

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By noeducation - 27/08/2009 09:16 - Canada

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

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By Anonymous - 29/08/2009 00:59 - United States

Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML

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By mee - 22/01/2013 18:49 - United States - Peabody

Today, I went and bought lunch for all the people I work with. The only meal the place forgot was mine. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/12/2015 23:26 - United States

Today, I found out that when my parents said they couldn't afford gifts for us kids, what they really meant was that they weren't buying a gift for me. I found this out when I overheard my father telling my uncle about the things he got my siblings. FML

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By IgiveUp - 28/05/2021 06:01

Today, I went out to eat with my friends. When the bill came, all 3 of them had "inconveniently" forgot their wallets at home. I ended up having to pay. It was a $178 check. FML

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By thanxguys - 17/03/2010 19:03 - United States

Today, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/06/2009 05:40 - United States

Today, at my graduation for my high school GED, my parents said they were getting all my family and my girlfriend together. So we all went out to a steakhouse down the road, everyone ordered steaks. Turns out the 'surprise' was me paying. I only got 50$ grad money, and the bill was 159.98. FML

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By goin4broke - 07/08/2009 15:23 - United States

Today, my parents came to the restaurant I work at as a waiter. After, I picked up the check to realize they had left me a $500 tip! We split the tips among the employees so I only got $50 back but I was still psyched. When I got home they asked me if I had noticed that they used my credit card. FML

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jesterinperil 28

Wednesday 8 June 2016 18:11

Hey, at least they bought it and you eventually found out! It was a rough start, but now you'll be able to dine like a king! Er, a college student with a meal plan, but you get the point.

399 41

Wednesday 8 June 2016 18:14

At least you'll be eating good now :)

Comments

vikky538 28

Thursday 9 June 2016 4:24

Its an upgrade from McDonalds to Chipotle

Thegoofygoober 15

Thursday 9 June 2016 5:39

It does suck you didn't know about it, but you know have learned to eat on a tight budget. hopefully people can appreciate this.

Zeenaboo 4

Thursday 9 June 2016 6:23

Baked potatoes, rice and beans, PB&J, cereal, bananas, ramen, sandwiches, grilled cheese(depending on what you can get past your RAs), volunteering for concessions and taking home extra food, attending church functions, because free food. This is college. Starving so that one day you can possibly get a good job.

noreallywhat 17

Thursday 9 June 2016 7:15

Cash in some credit for a party or something.

Gwennn_fml 2

Thursday 9 June 2016 8:51

Hey ! What exactly is a meal plan ?

Steephx0 23

Thursday 9 June 2016 12:43

Most colleges have a cafeteria and depending on the school you have "swipes" (you swipe your card to enter and then get as much food from the cafeteria as you want; you have around 3 or more swipes a day depending on the plan) or you have a card with points on it that can be used at on campus food locations in substitute of cash. If you live in a dorm without a kitchen you have to be on a meal plan which is like $1300-1800 up front at the beginning of the semester. TLDR; gift cards you can use for food

dasmarra 9

Sunday 12 June 2016 9:17

5$/day is alot more than I had for the last 2 years.

Oh_No_Not_Him 25

Monday 13 June 2016 17:25

This is a bit like discovering you have an inheritance from a long-lost uncle. Sad that you didn't know your uncle, but you can probably console yourself with the money (or in this case food).