Today, my parents decided they won't pay for college because of a Fox News story that said higher education "makes you liberal." FML
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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, my parents threatened to take away my college funds. Why? Because I complained about my 10 pm curfew during break as a freshman in college. 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, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML
Today, I was offered a job that pays far more than I expected, being a high school senior. My parents decided they aren't letting me take the job, saying I should enjoy my childhood. They're also not paying for my college, which is why I was looking for work in the first place. FML
Today, I was accepted to college and received a scholarship equal to almost half the tuition. After sharing this news with my parents, I spent the next 35 minutes getting yelled at about how I wasn't allowed to go there because my boyfriend might go there. FML
Today, I finally got the nerve to tell my parents that I'm no longer going to pay them a flat percent of my salary, but only what they need to cover my expenses. Their response: "Better find a place of your own then, you freeloading bastard." FML
Today, I found out that not only does my sister consider Fox News "reliable" but her husband has been buying Trump merchandise. They owe me $1,900 but they're literally giving a millionaire money instead of me. FML
Today, I told my conservative friends over dinner that I was a bit of a liberal. They then went off on me about how liberals are lazy, stupid, and a financial burden on society. I was the only employed person at the table with a college degree and not living with my parents. FML
Today, I discovered my parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML
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PinkRoseLove 0
Going to college doesn't make you liberal, it makes you smarter and more prepared in the world. Your parents are really ignorant
FernandoTorres_fml 0
Fox are idiots, they just implied that Liberal people are highly educated. They're right for once; their right wing nazi-fest is for retards.
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Comments (310)
jamese1207 0
@138: learn to spell before calling people retarded
lortay2468_fml 0
aw srry haha lol
hapylordofdeath9 0
you know, fox news is no longer considered a credible source by those those places of higher education, so there's probably an agenda behind what they're saying
katius_fml 2
"your complete retards?"
jisaac09 25
@157...... ahhhh are you retarded or something??? cause all these ppl who act like they are ******* geniuses cant figure that out. So, i guess you have to be a retard to figure it out.... @122...... NO..... just cause your liberal dont mean your a democrat, or just cause your conservative dont make you a republican..... They arent synonyms of each other....
Sparkiee93 3
That's pretty damn funny XD Obviously they are not educated. Sorry. Well, it builds character (sorry for the cliche') to struggle for an education, good luck!
kinanababy 0
#97 win (: haha
isidargem 0
LMAO I love how the people who refer to themselves as conservatives are the ones who say "YOU should be paying for your college." Well honestly, student loans and other financial aid are not nearly enough to pay for Ivy League colleges. And some parents, like mine, won't let me get a job until I'm 18 so thats not enough time to actually save up. Isn't it the job of your parents to actually educate you and make you someone who contributes to society weather you are conservative or liberal? Not another person who eats up on welfare? Do you conservatives REALLY want that? I don't think so. And yes, higher education does make a person more liberal. Individual who have a P.H.D tend to be more liberal that those who just have a highschool education. And yes, this is proven. Personally, I cannot take Fox News seriously. My dad and I watch it as comic relief and we have a great time laughing to everything that Sean Hannity says. The only reason I can stand my conservative boyfriend is because we simply do not talk about politics and he is a moderate conservative. Global Warming is not a myth =.= #181 already stated the facts. It's proven. You cannot deny it. Weather patterns are becoming incredibly unpredictable. In the South last year, we got snow in March. That's crazy. OP I am so sorry that your parents do not believe in higher education >< They must not understand that you need to go to college to be successful. People who have college educations cant barely get a job...
Sugarlips_xo 0
You don't need to go to college to be successful. There are plenty of successful people who haven't been to college. Entrepreneurs are the ones who make it big, and there is no college degree required to be an entrepreneur.
tisiphone_fml 0
#235... That's unfortunately idealistic, and sadly not true *at all* anymore. 15 years ago, during the height of the .com era, absolutely. Now, however, even minimum-wage employers can afford to shop for the most desirable and qualified candidates. Of course, there is the rare exception, and if you are that exception, I commend you. However, most anybody here with or without a degree who has been in the job market recently can tell you that it is absolutely brutal out there, regardless of your field. The most intelligent college dropouts I know are now working multiple hourly jobs just to barely make ends meet (and trying to find ways to go back to college). Not to mention that investment in new ventures has decreased exponentially over the past decade...
Chickenball 0
That is soooo stupid!
metsrule64 0
stupid republican