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By merse - 18/02/2010 13:20 - United States

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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By noeducation - 27/08/2009 09:16 - Canada

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

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By sophiae123 - 18/01/2015 03:50 - United States - Cadillac

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

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By collegekid - 17/05/2020 14:00

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

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By thanxguys - 17/03/2010 19:03 - United States

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

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Make your minds up

By Remy - 16/11/2013 23:39 - United States - Portland

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

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By Anonymous - 13/12/2009 23:47 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 03/10/2011 20:49 - United States

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

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No, it's not a cult, not at all

By Anonymous - 18/04/2021 20:00 - United States - Seaside

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

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Bipartisan spirit

By NormtheNorm - 21/09/2019 15:00 - United States - Enterprise

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

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By skyhigh - 13/01/2011 05:48 - United States

Today, I discovered my parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML

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PinkRoseLove 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 20:11

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

Thursday 18 February 2010 20:06

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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bl182nk 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:10

O. ne B. ig A. ss M. istake A. merica

Elamdri 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:14

/golfclap

flabbergaste22 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:16

nice lol

stinkytruck 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:18

your parents are stupid for thinking that's wha the report said

CallMeHush 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:22

Actually shitty parenting does that...

Lightslei 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:24

Yes so we should conserve and not change and adapt to society as it develops. We should go back to child labor and a 12 hour work day for little pay. /end sarcasm Honestly, the country is built as a republic but run as a democracy.

biged522 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:29

that's not true ur just a hater bro...and fox news is soooooo much better than CNN bull... and concerning the fml he's mad at mommy an daddy for not giving him everything!!

iwannakitty94 1

Friday 19 February 2010 11:36

that's dumb to say. he's mad cause he doesn't get everything he wants? no hes mad because they wont pay for college

cooluc 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:34

Obama is not qualified to be president. he was just voted in because he is black. Hilary would have been a better choice

baffelbug 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:34

well they're obviously not liberal for more thsn one reason!

london838 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 22:39

Obama is a crackhead

morgan020 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 23:26

or Angelo state. they're run by tech now i think. weren't when I went there but it's a pretty cool school beautiful campus too.

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