Today, my parents blew my entire college fund in their quest to finish building their replica Hobbit house in our back yard. FML
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Today, I found out that my parents used all of the college money I have been saving up for 8 years to buy a beach house. The reason they waited until now to tell me? A tree fell on it, and they need more money for repairs. FML
Today, I found out why my parents have been trying to convince me not to go to college this year. I also found out where the $20,000 they just spent on landscaping came from. My college fund. Which is now $0. FML
Today, we started building our dream house. Next to my parents-in-law. FML
Today, I discovered my parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML
Today, I checked my bank account that I've been saving money in since I was a kid for college. I have $100 left out of the $10,000 I had last month. Apparently my parents thought buying a pool and an HDTV for themselves was more important than my college education. FML
Today, after 25 years of marriage, my parents decided to get a very nasty and extremely expensive divorce. Using my college tuition to pay for it. FML
Today, after I just bought a house that is pretty good and suits all our needs for space, my in-laws moved in because they ran into financial troubles. Guess who is stuck with all the extra expenditures? FML
Today, I had to dig into my savings to help my parents pay for their divorce. FML
Today, I bought my first house, blowing nearly all my savings on the deposit. I had left myself enough for just a couple of necessary bits of furniture. It turns out the previous owner completely stripped the house when he left, taking the oven and even the toilet with him, amongst other things. 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
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Ambient25 24
Time to grab a bat and pay that Hobbit house a visit.
swash984 22
Your parents are awesome for building that. Sucks they had to use your college funds though!
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Comments (215)
SamCat 21
Oh boowhoo cry baby. Work for your own money and your education. You are lucky they aren't charging you rent. My parents couldn't afford gas in their old car, let alone a stupid hobbit house. You are lucky to even have parents to complain about.
worldclassrager 39
Maybe turn it into a tourist attraction and then get the money back and then some...
Korra_fml 23
it all depends on how old OP is... when i was young, my dad set up a bank account for me and my younger brother. he set it up so that we couldnt have access to it til we turned 21. when i was 18, my dad raided both mine and my brother's bank accounts for $500 each to buy a new fridge since it had gone out. i dont have a problem he used it to buy the fridge, but he took the money out of our accounts without even asking first... that was mine and my brother's money from birthdays, holidays, graduation, jobs, etc. and my dad feels that he has the right to just "borrow" it as he calls it... that was 3 years ago and neither of us have seen a single cent of it back.
hugosky99 5
Haha
helloimclaudia 30
I understand what your point is, and I agree with you. But the problem here is that OP's parents didn't use the money for a good thing, like food, bills, or getting somebody better. No, they decided to use it for a useless hobbit house. I think it would have been more worth it if the money really went to OP's college.
phorn84 13
Well OP, looks like you have to wait until you're 26 to get financial aid. Until then you can try to work and lose all of your friends that are going away to college. Just a word of advice: if you don't have a college degree by your 10 year reunion, just don't attend. It isn't worth the crap you'll get.
sikunt89_fml 16
OMG stop with all the woe is me stories...
TheyCallMeDamien 17
Me hates izz Hobbitses!!!!!
TheBluntTruth 4
I don't know why you're upset about that, you have a replica hobbit house in your backyard!
breedadragon 3
enjoy the awesome house and work hard to go to college
phorn84 13
Look on the bright side OP, if you do end up flipping burgers and speak Spanish, you could always manage your local McDonald's.