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)
ladyvader401 5
That's pretty awful, OP. I think that's grounds for picking a school as far away as possible and getting some loans. You should get out of there before you become one of them!!
gospelbyjosh 0
so your parents believe there is a direct correlation between being intelligent and being liberal? That pretty much sums up the Tea Party Movement.
Dragonmouth 4
Well, it's true.
payless 0
If you move out now, it will be much easier to prove finalncial independence (and get more scholarship money) in a year!
CaptainBlake 0
lol the only true story ever covered on Fox "News" :)
xmagster 0
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kgraham21 0
What's wrong with being liberal?
I_am_stupid_also 6
Take a look at how the US and most other countries are going broke because of all the money being sucked up in taxes and spewed out on social programs that don't actually help in the long run, plus all the flat out corruption. That's whats wrong with being a liberal, or a "compassionate conservative," aka a liberal.
I_am_stupid_also 6
Maybe you are too young to remember, but GW Bush campaigned by calling himself a compassionate conservative. That phrase is synonymous with him, so my comment was specifically including Bush. The Republican Party is divided now in terms of how hard to push a fiscal conservative agenda, because the voters typically will vote for whichever party promises to give away the most goodies. This problem was predicted when the US was being formed, and may indeed be the end of democracy if we continue to sell our future to the Chinese.
GreenAlbatross 3
edit: wrong place for comment. There needs to be a 'delete' button.
tb15 0
95, your username is suiting
I_am_stupid_also 6
The report is here: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4016232/college-skews-political-spectrum The main part of the report is how poorly educated college graduates are these days. Probably because professors spend so much time pushing the liberal agenda instead of providing important facts about the world. Maybe the OP's parents are idiots, but maybe they don't want to waste money on a kid who would be better off doing something else at this point in his or her life.
christys25 0
To be honest, I think your parents were looking for an excuses to not pay for your college. So they had to make some crazy shit up! To bad for you OP. Best suggestion is to go get a job some where. I had to work and pay for my college to, so don't feel to bad. Could be worse!
nmsm 1
lol 1, but 33, I don't know about watching the hills...