Today, I found out my identity was stolen. The person got credit cards in my name and didn't pay the bills, which has ruined my near perfect credit. The worst part about all of this is that I can't turn the person in. It's my mom, and sending her to jail wouldn't really work out for anyone. FML
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Today, I received a call from a collection agency. Since I had no clue, I was ready to file a police report for stolen identity. I then called my mom only to find out she has been opening new credit cards with my information for 3 years and not paying them. My credit is ruined and I'm only 21. FML
Today, I learned why my credit score is so low. My mom stole my identity almost three years ago. Her excuse? "You didn't need good credit for anything anyways". FML
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
Today, I found out my credit card was maxed out to the penny, all thanks to purchases made on an online wine store. Apparently my mother was thirsty enough to steal from her own son. FML
Today, I discovered my own mother has been stealing money from me for months when I opened my savings box to find it empty. FML
Today, all of my credit cards were frozen due to fraud. The culprit? My own mother. She rationalized it by saying I "owed" her for raising me. She didn’t even raise me. My grandma did. FML
Today, I found out why I haven't been getting my bank statements for the past couple of months. My parents have been hiding them from me, because they've been stealing from it. FML
Today, I had to dump my girlfriend because of tons of trust issues that kept reappearing. Shortly afterwards, my credit card disappeared and I got to experience my first identity theft. All within 24 hours. FML
Today, I hid my credit card from myself so I wouldn't use it. Now I can't find it. FML
Today, my sister stole my credit card, used it to rack up a small debt, then told my mom she will pay me back in the future one day, “happily”. But not right now because she has better things to spend her money on. FML
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SweetieLish 0
Come on. Grow a pair and turn her in.
da_baddest_bitch 0
thats probably why she does what she does. If we didnt have consequences for breaking the law do you really think people would follow them as much as we do now?
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Stepherrss 0
You have to give respect to earn respect, if she has no problem stealing off her own son, then you should have no problem turning in your own mother. Show her you obviously don't care about turning her in if she's not going to care about stealing off her kid.
disney_blonde 16
You think the only thing ruined is your credit? The credit card companies will go after you for payments and if you don't pay up they can garnish your wages for the money. Turn her in.
tigrouficele2012 44
Turn her in anyway.
birds_fml 7
Turn her in OP. She obviously doesn't give a damn about you. She's probably a manipulative sociopath who just wants her own way, and doesn't care who she hurts in the process. You wanna pay all that money she owes? Because you will have to, if you don't report her. And she'll just do it again, maybe to one of your siblings. How will turning her in not work out for anyone? It'll work out for you, because you'll get your credit back, and not have to spend thousands repaying money you don't owe. It'll work out for your mom, cause MAYBE, just MAYBE she'll learn an important lesson. Why would you want a relationship with a person like that?
LipstickAndShoes 1
I'm sorry but you should just turn her in. I mean come on. Okay here are two choices: Would you rather repay for thousands of dollars out of your pocket? Or would you rather see your mother be in jail for a couple months so she may not hurt ANYONE ELSE in the family? Please, just do it. Because if you don't, you'll spiral into debt and your mom may go onto another family member to steal from.
romkuglen 1
WOW FYL AND WOW YOUR MOM IS AN IDIOT
stevenmx86 8
Send her to jail! I can't believe you didn't storm her house with a golf club...
lola147_fml 0
Turn her in, OP. Otherwise, you will continue enabling her to make poor life decisions that you will forever be paying for, literally and figuratively. She is a grown-up who obviously has at least some smarts to fashion this credit card scam, so she can accept the consequences as a grown-up as well. You are NOT your mother's keeper, nor should you be.
ugotdance 0
uhhh hello. that's gonna follow u even after she's dead. turn her on and fix it.
randomnameflob 0
Eww, turn his mother on? Thats creepy on so many levels.
fieldhockey7 0
turn her in or she will ruin your life forever. et a lawyer and explain to him shad going on! I wouldn't want to report my mom neither but if it means getting bad insurance and even be homeless it's one to think about yourself. it will be hard for you your whole life if you don't stop her