Today, after weeks of money slowly disappearing from the stash in my bedroom, I confronted my son about it. I'm not sure which is worse: that my son is a thief or that he actually blamed his father for it. We've been divorced and haven't spoken for eight years. 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 found out my son's dad stole his unemployment card and took the money. My son was homeless at the time and using his dad's address for mail. FML
Today, I invited my deadbeat dad over for dinner, hoping we could resolve our issues and build a proper relationship. Just minutes after he arrived, I caught him stealing money from my purse. He actually said I owe him for raising me. He ditched my mom and me when I was 5. FML
Today, everyone says I'm being too hard on my son, who I disowned and went no contact with after he cleaned out all of my late wife's belongings without asking. I have nothing, literally nothing left of her now. FML
Today, my mom cleaned out my bank account, saying my "no-good dad" owes her child support and that she'll get it one way or another. FML
Today, my son got in an argument with my boyfriend, packed up his stuff, and moved in with his dad. Not five minutes later I saw my boyfriend doing his stupid happy dance. When angrily confronted, he admitted he orchestrated every argument for months until he got the result he wanted, my son gone. FML
Today, I discovered my own mother has been stealing money from me for months when I opened my savings box to find it empty. FML
Today, I found out that my son and his stepdad have bonded over covering for each others' misbehaviour so I don’t find out. Between them they have kept it secret that my son sneaks out at 1am to see his secret girlfriend, that my husband lost £500 gambling, that my son scratched the car… The list goes on. FML
Today, after spending 6 months and $15,000 on lawyer fees at my 13 year-old son's request, his abusive, alcoholic father no longer has any legal right to see him. How did my son repay me? He ran away to live with his father the very first time I told him he couldn't have friends sleep over. FML
Today, my son is an idiot, but I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt by giving him a job as a cashier in one of my stores. Within half an hour, I was sent security footage from that store's manager showing my son on his phone, ignoring customers, picking his nose, and stealing money from the till. FML
Today, it's been thirteen years since I divorced my husband for being too hard on our son. Since then, he's remarried and had two beautiful, well-behaved kids. My son, meanwhile, is a thieving hellion who doesn't care about anything but himself, and my ex wants nothing to do with him. FML
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Top comments
Docbee 11
you have a stash in your bedroom? Whatever happened to the bank?
mintcar 10
Discipline should be in order. Seriously, who steals money from their own parents?
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_gods_will_ 0
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farfulz 6
that sucks..
ramboman19 8
hahaha wow that's pathetic!
ImThePope 2
OP what if it WAS your husband?
tjv3 10
beat his ass. make sure that when you are done beating him he never wants to steal again. then beat him again until he learns to take responsibility for his own actions.
ledstratdak 0
that is terrible parenting
InsidiousChild 0
I'll beat him for ya!
Darth_Naru 0
I'm not sure which is worse: the fact that your life sucks or that you used this overly used phrase.
FuniiBunii 0
I agree with 19, unless you are not 100% sure don't blame your son
mike3775 39
Do what I did with one of my kids when he didnt learn the first couple times I told him never to do it again. I went to the police station, talked with the police chief, and asked him if he could come to the house when the kid is home and "arrest" him for theft. (I even made sure to have video tape evidence of him stealing the money) After doing that, no money has ever disappeared again from my house, and he has grown up as well, since the chief not only arrested him, but also drove him to Juvenile Hall and let him spend a few hours locked up as well.
Rose8u 2
that's huh some nice parenting u got there....:/
karch 0
kid's gotta get some weed, needed money
mike3775 39
Well if grounding him, and taking away all his toys doesn't get the message across, what else am I supposed to do? The kid was 14 at the time, he knew stealing was wrong, and if grounding him for 30 days and taking away everything of value to him doesn't get the point across, a mini scared straight option is in order. He saw first hand how hard it would be in Juvenile Detention, with the strict structure they have and not being allowed to see or talk to friends or have any of his favorite toys, taught him a lesson. Sometimes it is a pain int he ass as a parent, and sometimes parents need to take drastic measures to straighten a child out. I would rather have him arrested and taken to Juvenile Detention knowing he would be coming home in a few hours, then to have to take the kid to court and have him be sentenced to legitimate time in lock up, because if he steals from me, more than likely he may be stealing from others.
RawrGoesTheDino4 0
Lmaooo at least he remembers his father (Y)
EverybodyHatesCh 0
((Y)) ~|~ | ^^^^^^^^^|||
EverybodyHatesCh 0
My Flower!!! :)
EverybodyHatesCh 0
My Flower!!! :)
RawrGoesTheDino4 0
sexy flower
whiskuit 0
Brilliant son you've got there. Was he dropped at birth or did he enjoy playing in the food processor?
jmangold96 0
mean.
FarSide 23
Let's see..... New Jersey? Oh yes, a most probable FML.
Docbee 11
you have a stash in your bedroom? Whatever happened to the bank?
landonlasater 3
banks don't allow money that has crack on it
EverybodyHatesCh 0
hahahaha
OrderXsoL 0
mafia money, probably
RadikulRam 16
I know it's 2014 when I'm posting this, but to be fair a homeless drug addict would take better care of your money than a bank.
CringePotato 14
A lot of people really don't trust banks, so they have cash stashes in case something happens to them. This is especially in people who had to go through the great depression though, because the whole thing was started with banks closing and not paying the money back.
farfulz 6
wow that sucks
Ur1Temptazian 0
hmmmm is your son anything like his father?
RideOrDie1248 0
sounds like you need to beat your child