Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. 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 had to spend all of my money on textbooks even though my refrigerator is empty. Starving and frustrated, I called home to ask for money for groceries. My mom told me I could afford to skip a few meals. 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
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, I found out that my parents forgot to invite me out to eat with them. I found this out when my mom invited my sister right in front of me. FML
Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML
Today, I went and bought lunch for all the people I work with. The only meal the place forgot was mine. FML
Today, I found out that when my parents said they couldn't afford gifts for us kids, what they really meant was that they weren't buying a gift for me. I found this out when I overheard my father telling my uncle about the things he got my siblings. FML
Today, I went out to eat with my friends. When the bill came, all three of them had "inconveniently" forgot their wallets at home. I ended up having to pay. It was a $178 check. FML
Today, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML
Today, at my graduation for my high school GED, my parents said they were getting all my family and my girlfriend together. So we all went out to a steakhouse down the road, everyone ordered steaks. Turns out the 'surprise' was me paying. I only got 50$ grad money, and the bill was 159.98. FML
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Top comments
jesterinperil 28
Hey, at least they bought it and you eventually found out! It was a rough start, but now you'll be able to dine like a king! Er, a college student with a meal plan, but you get the point.
399 41
At least you'll be eating good now :)
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jesterinperil 28
Hey, at least they bought it and you eventually found out! It was a rough start, but now you'll be able to dine like a king! Er, a college student with a meal plan, but you get the point.
extrasnipes 22
Well it depends it could have been a one year plan and the school should be done be now. And it would be a double FML..
Helldemon 32
150 dollars a month is more than enough to live on and buy decent food with. Maybe they just bought expensive food/drinks.
399 41
At least you'll be eating good now :)
YDI17 9
Nice cat rack
infernno 23
As a fellow college student, I feel your pain so much. Go forth and eat the entire dining hall.
mysteryland 17
on the bright side, you will appreciate it more :)
enxhi96 21
Why wouldn't you have asked them beforehand? YDI.
burgermike92 17
Because not everyone uses a meal plan. Sure OP could've checked, but it was still their parents' responsibility to tell them. After all they're probably the ones paying for it.
xDrakeNinja 12
Yeah because everyone at their parents have already bought an expensive meal plan..
thisguy22 33
FEAST!
Kira1965 23
Any way to get a credit for the months not used? Just a thought. It never hurts to ask!
zeffra13 31
My school has the plan roll over until the end of the school year. If not used by then, your loss. Students with a bunch left ended up selling their credits to students who didn't have any by meeting up to swipe them in & getting paid back in cash.
Jillene 8
Well from this day forward you will be eating like royalty! Lol
xxUnknown 19
why wouldn't you discuss what was being paid for beforehand ? At least you can work on that freshman 15 now
ReallyHottChic 14
Go Forth And Prosper OP!