Today, my mom gave me my Christmas gift. It was a letter containing $200 and a note saying, "Here's the down payment for your apartment, please just move out already." I turned 18 last week. Thanks mom. 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, I decided it was time to start looking for my own place and finally gain my full independence. My mom agreed happily without hesitation, which was surprising, but not anywhere near as surprising as finding out I have one day to get my shit together and leave. FML
Today, I found out that the $200 I reluctantly gave to my mother so she could rent a house was paid to a scammer. Now she wants to live with me, in my one bedroom apartment. 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, on my 21st birthday, my dad handed me £12,000 and revealed he’d been saving my rent. When I asked what for, he told me it was to rent my first house because now I’m 21, he’s throwing my ass out. Neither me or nor my mom could talk him round, and unless I’m out by next week, he’ll start smashing my possessions. FML
Today, my mom and I went to Best Buy for some Christmas shopping. She picked up some presents for me and told me not to look at what she was buying. When we got to the register, she didn't have enough money, and I ended up having to buy my own presents. FML
Today, it's my birthday, and my present is that my mom is coming over to see me so that she can borrow three hundred dollars. FML
Today, it's my sixteenth birthday. The only gift I got was a bill from my parents. Apparently, the rent is due on the 1st. FML
Today, my mother sat me down and told me, "I'm not going to lie, I hate living with you. Please get a job and move out." I'm 16. FML
Today, I came home to find that my mother had cleaned my room, and she'd done a very good job, too. So good in fact, that she even managed to remove all of the furniture, replacing it with a note that said, "It's time to go, sweetie XO". FML
Today, my mom gave me thirty days notice to find an apartment and move out. Why? She's dating my former best friend and wants to move him in, but he won't do it until I'm gone because it would be "awkward." FML
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Top comments
Laurendorcus 0
Wow, where can you get an apartment that only has a $200 down payment? (where I live at least) Down payments are usually $800-$1400 even for a one bedroom. FYL because your mom wants to kick you out of her home and into the ghetto. lol
AnonymousTrue 0
That's horrible! You're still 18! I don't understand why some parents are so eager to have their children gone.
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roydawgg 3
WTF is wrong w/ parents these days. I would understand if op is a jobless not college bound, smoking, pothead loser but I'm guessing he's not so this disgusts me. a parents job is to provide their child shelter unti that child is stable to go out on his/her own not just til their 18. my mom is fully supporting me w/ a home while I'm attending college and get my career. and she's fully supported my funding through high school so my life isn't incapacitated by some pointless job. a parent supports their child not kick them out
thatonename 7
must have been nice to be a lucky little rich kid...
janise 2
Um no...a parent's job is to support their kids FINANCIALLY until they're 18 and/or out of high school (whichever comes last) and EMOTIONALLY for all they're lives. I think you're confusing the two. Also, I'm glad you're able to get a degree that will help you get a good paying job without actually working hard to earn any of it. Glad you're learning work ethic.
FarSide 23
Exactly right Janise. Stupid ass parent(s) begat stupid ass kids. If any children are being raise by heartless, careless or thoughtless parents, your upbringing is dysfunctional. This is not the norm, and will never produce responsible adults.
TheDrifter 24
Ok so you're a spoiled little rich kid. Did you really think that the rest of the world's children were as sheltered from reality as you have been? Here's a news flash, you're gonna get that degree and that good job, then in a year you'll be back in mother's basement because of your lack of experience with the hardships of reality.
Henry2 5
well at least you got a down payment I got kicked out at eighteen and didn't even get that. Consider yourself lucky.
AzizaManga 4
Your mother is very cruel. What kind of mother would do such a horrible thing? She doesn't deserve to have a child like you.
FarSide 23
Your mother is a heartless bitch. Take the $200, be out before sundown, and don't say goodbye, kiss my ass or anything else. Join the Army, and let all know that you need no one. Good luck.
Shinygirlnz 1
Perhaps the OP is a lazy pain in the a55.
zenti 2
Right. There are two sides to every story.
smr167 6
YFDI... you must be a real asshole for your parents to pay you to move out
cuteluvrox 0
At least your mouther wants you to leave. My mouther says no matter how well I get payed I will live with her untell I'm married. Goodbye chance of me getting married.
marditaloka 0
Well at least she gave you money to move out wit ungrateful ! My mom kicked me out TWO DAYS before my 18th birthday after helping her move just the week before without any money AND she threw out half my stuff!! So yea FYL?
comicstix 0
well if you're going to college after high school then fyl. but if you're not going to college ydi!
josh3847 0
Lol my mom told me after my graduation she was moving across the country and I had 2 weeks to move out
MonkeySpeaks 4
I have an easier time believing the OP wanted to throw a FML on the site and has little concept of money, v. the mother actually doing this. Not to say there aren't parents out there who ARE, although why would someone wait for christmas. Why wouldn't she have done it on a birthday. Or after graduation. Actually, this would have been more believable IF the OP had said "when I graduated." Regardless, I've lived in multiple cities in Florida and have friends up and down the state. The CHEAPEST apartment I have EVER found in Florida was $450, and it wasn't in the best of areas. The cheapest I paid was 257, but it was 10 years ago, I had a roommate, and the first, last and security was the full rent (times three). Which means the "down payment" would have been minimum $800 (many renters are accepting first and security due to it being a renters market).