Today, I got the cell phone bill for my family and saw that my son had gone over his limit by around 1,000 messages. Curious to see what he was talking about that much, I read the messages. Apparently, my 15 year old son is having it off more than me and my wife. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I found out that whenever I send my son to his room, he goes on his iPod and buys the most expensive apps he can find. So far I've been charged $600. FML
Today, I got my cell phone bill. I pay for 700 minutes per month. I used 9 last month. FML
Today, I went to my phone company and had my text history pulled. Why? Because a few days ago, my four year-old daughter told me that, "Daddy has a wife and a girlfriend." Turns out she was right. FML
Today, I found out that my cell phone bill was much higher than normal. After investigating, I realized that a text conversation I had with my stalker, telling him multiple times not to contact me anymore, was to an international cell phone. I have to pay to be stalked. FML
Today, I asked my friend to stop texting me, because I'm on a limited plan and didn't want to go over my limit. She responded by getting a group of her friends to text bomb me. I got well over a hundred one-word texts. FML
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend of 2 years because I was tired of his childishness and anger, so he decided to send me 540 random text messages of scrambled letters in order to mess up my phone as well, as make me pay 20 cents for each message. FML
Today, I was using my dad's cell because I had broken mine. I was texting my boyfriend all day when my dad needed his phone back. I forgot to tell my boyfriend that my dad would be using the phone. My boyfriend then texted graphically what he wanted to do to my dad. FML
Today, my oldest son answered my phone call much to my surprise as we haven't spoken in a year. The first words out of his mouth were, "I didn't mean to pick up the phone." He then hung up. FML
Today, I woke up to 7 texts about the data overage charges that were accrued last night while I slept. Apparently my phone used nearly 8 GB of data, with no apps open, while I was sound asleep, leaving me with a $63 fee. FML
Today, I was talking to a friend about how many germs live on the average cell phone. My five year old son apparently overheard me talking, and decided to give my cell phone a bath. FML
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pancakes_n_syrup 0
Wow, way to be a nosy parent
chabz_fml 0
@299 I'm 15 too. Heres a few thoughts, 1.) learn to spell. 2.) cursing every other word doesnt make you cool, and it certainly doesnt give you that mature-beyond-my-age impression you were going for. 3.) Nobody wants to hear about your dumb religious beliefs. Nothings going to happen if someone has sex before their married. as long as he has safe sex he's fine 4.) Your advocating for invasion of privacy just makes you seem like that asshole snitch that nobody likes, who believes everything their parents tell them and take on all their values without questioning anything. So, somehow i doubt that your a better parent than half the parents out there. And i doubt you'll ever be, because chances are your never getting laid.
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CPP 0
So as I posted before, this is totally his fault. But what I really wanted to say was that yes, you can read text messages. Parents can read their minor's texts as part of their control or whatever, at least with At&T
MissAnna_fml 0
I wonder how many of the people who are saying "YDI for invading his privacy" are kids themselves. Kids, look at it from an adult's point of view: 1. You can very easily request transcripts from any cell phone provider as long as you are the primary account. You don't need to find the kid's phone, and you don't need a police warrant. If you're paying the bill, you're completely entitled to know how the money is being spent. Those transcripts show the phone number the messages are being sent to, who they are being received from, and when they are happening. 2. If you're not paying for it, you don't have the right to privacy. Period. If you're 15, your parents have MORE right to know if you're doing something potentially dangerous or stupid, than you have the right to keep them "out of your business." 3. If you REALLY feel that you're old enough to have sex, then you should be old enough to get a job and pay for your own cell phone. If you can't get a job because you're not old enough, chances are, you're too young for sex, too. When I was still under my parent's plan, they were very open about the fact that they read my texts and SHOWED me the transcripts. They did this to make sure I wasn't texting when I should have been paying attention in class. If I sent out any messages during school hours, they would shut off my phone. It wasn't an unfair agreement. To the OP: I say you tell your son that you can see every text that he ever sends. That'll straighten the little punk out. You should also talk to your provider to see if you can completely limit the amount of text messages sent and received. A lot of providers are able to shut off texting abilities until the next billing cycle once it gets to a certain limit. If not, make him pay for all the overages.
fifafan626 0
@#52 spelling fail
cyxx 0
Go 103! p.s. I'm 15 as well ... I believe in abstinence until marriage or close to it. Not all kids are like the OP's son, I promise. :)
BamBam_17 0
The only way you'd be able to see the messages would be from the actual phone.. Not the bill? Because a while ago my parents tried to get a peek at my brothers texts, and everyone at AT&T said that once they're deleted from the phone, then they're gone. It'd take up wayyy too much space for them to hold onto every single text sent and recieved. Same for other moblie carriers. But then again I think when you sign up with a moblie carrier they can give you an option of text message print-out. Idk!
mxrxnda 0
and your OP name is gangstalicious? doesn't make sense. and just because he's texting about sex doesn't mean he's having it. unless you've seen pictures. children reject or revel in who their parents are. so if you aren't having a lot of sex, your child will either a:) have a ton of sex or b:) have no sex. and you got option a bahaha.
fmlifeorsure 0
what a load of crap. first off its invation of privacy even if you pay the bill its a phone that you have given to a family member. if this would be real the serve you right. but i think your son sould punish you then
on_edge 0
shame on you for invading his life like that its not good that he is having sex but that is just downright wrong of you to do you should at least respect the boy enough to give him SOME privacy....
failuresforfun 0
Isn't that a bit nosey? This is one of the times in a child's life when they need the MOST space.
Tamora 0
wow. you read you kids messages? that is so low. honestly, its none of you buisness what hes saying. its like reading a girls diary, invasion of personal space. YDI. maybe next time you won't read your kids messages, and find out your relationship with your wife sucks.