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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, school tuition has taken up so much of my paycheck that the only thing I had to eat for dinner was applesauce. FML
Today, I bought $250 worth of groceries and was feeling rather good about myself because it's the first time I've been able to do so in months. When I returned home I found my fridge/freezer broken. Most of the food I bought was dairy or frozen. FML
Today, I was hungry and I was trying to buy the cheapest burger at Wendy's, but I'm so broke that I had to call my friends to lend me some money. Ugh. FML
Today, I was so ashamed of being broke that instead of asking my parents for money, I snuck into their house while they were at work to steal some of their food. FML
Today, my mother told me how she managed to afford all of the expensive Christmas presents we got. She took out extra money when applying for my student loans. FML
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
Today, I decided I need help, so I confessed to my mother that I'm bulimic. After she looked it up online she started screaming at me for "Wasting food that I'm not paying for." FML
Today, my mom yelled at me because I refused to lend her money. The reason I won't lend her money? The last time I did, she and my dad went out and bought a Macbook and a new car instead of paying bills. Apparently, I'm being 'selfish' by keeping my own money and putting it towards university. FML
Today, I lived at home rent free, until now. According to my mother, I receive "too many packages" from online shopping, and now I need to "chip in." FML
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you_failed 15
That's evil!! D:
FajitaFreak 3
Your mom and dad brought you into this world. I don't understand the mentality that they don't owe you anything. Yes, you are sentient and capable of taking care of yourself most of the time, but everyone needs help now and again. You would not exist if not for your parents, which is a good thing when things are good in life, but ******* horrible when things go wrong. I've been homeless and starving and without hope. It's not something I'd wish on my worse enemy.
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Comments (153)
a_lenzmeier 11
boo freakin hoo. welcome to the world. there are times in life where you'll have to choose between to seemingly important items. think it over, make your decision, and don't cry about the consequences.
trglvr 1
It won't kill you.
tans_fml 0
get food stamps. unemployed & college age will usually get you $200/ month even if your parents pay other expenses...well worth the dastardly application process to not live on ramen & become bloated from sodium, anemic, malnourished or all three!
MeleMallory 0
In my state, if you're in school, you have to work at least 20 hours a week to qualify for food stamps. Not sure what the OP's job situation is but if I worked 20 hours a week, I wouldn't need food stamps. (I'm not on FS, I learned to budget.)
leo42_fml 0
gosh... some of you people are complete assholes... fyl! for real have some compassion for once. maybe they aren't like you and can't work and study...
Yt2 4
I'll pray for you!
jebusandme 1
Skipping meals is the worst way to lose weight, your mom is highly misinformed
cupcake90210 0
well ur mom is very mean I mean when I'm at college my mom brings me food all the time that sucks for u though
beocA 3
My mom stopped helping me out with rent and I've been pulling through by using my extra scholarship money to pay my rent. I can barely afford 2 meals a day. Now I'm severely anemic with hemoglobin level at 4g/dL. She agreed two weeks ago to send me $50 a month for food. FML
afl2383 0
Aww, your mom is making you grow up. Be a man find a job and feed yourself.
CoachAtHeart21 0
this is why the pimp slap was invented... GO SMACK SOME SENSE INTO YO MAMA.