Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I was at work when my mother called. She gave me great news that she had finally cleaned out my room and all those "old and useless" books that I had in there. Those "useless" books that she had just trashed were all antiques and worth about $500 each. There were 27 books in there. FML
Today, I came home to find that my mother had sold all my valuable collector coins for cheap at a local shady pawn shop to buy herself a TV. The coins in question were worth enough to start a business. FML
Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. FML
Today, my mum is convinced I'm a hoarder. While I was out of the house, she went through my room and threw out stuff I "don't need." This included $500 worth of textbooks, a flash drive with crucial work on it, and my phone charger. FML
Today, I had a garage sale and sold some books I don't read anymore. A woman came up and yelled at me, saying I'd stolen one of the books from her house. I later found out that it was a distraction so that her boyfriend could steal my TV. FML
Today, I was helping my mom look for some money she'd misplaced. At my wit's end, I flipped through her diary, in case she'd hidden it between the pages as she has before. Didn't find the money, but I did find out she might well be cheating on my dad. 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 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, I went to my grandma's yard sale, only to find my baby pictures being sold for 25 cents each. FML
Today, I told my mom about the $50 I'd hidden in case of an emergency, and how I couldn't find it. She said she'd borrowed it last week. FML
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Intoxicunt 6
$60 will cover a shovel, duct tape, a large knife, and some trash bags... all with enough left over to go out and have a couple beers.
e11ie 0
How could someone possibly deserve this? Despite your opinion on how to store your money, her mother had no right to root through a house that didn't belong to her and take items without permission. File a police report for burglary. This is flat out theft.
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aback 5
Hide something valuable of theirs and tell them you pawned it for 20 bucks. Tell them they never used it.
jellyfish_ftw 0
first useful comment i've seen on here. does your family have a pet? or possibly another child? if so.....take them hostage until you get your money back!
DeathMetal666 0
YDI for not knifing them.
BeeSkwaird 0
Seriously, even if there were no $ hidden, what parents do that? That's just heartless.
triplethreat13 0
it's called a safe. try it sometime.
Essentials 0
lol dumbass. banks rock too.
starsix 0
ydi. your parent cannot blame for this.
i_is_a_tr00l 0
By, "Money" do you mean ****? Your 300 dollars spent on ****?
Jennydew 0
Looks like your parents still owe you $240...
11bellacasey 0
ydi it's called a bank account
MistletoeSeason 0
Banks today actually ARE so reliable.
Subjectzero 0
even if op is "too young" to have a personal account (no one is). there are better places to hide money than a bunch of books. YDI for having a shorty hiding spot.
Intoxicunt 6
I'm 17 and my mom has to be on mine with me. She can withdraw ALL of it if she wants. If the OP's parents are that selfish, they would just skip the rummaging and take from the account.