Anonymous
Today, I asked my parents if I had a college fund because I will be going to university in two years. They laughed. 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.
Same thing different taste
Dariya
United States
Today, I asked my mom how much she had set aside for college. She then looked and me as if I were crazy and said "Why the hell would I do anything like that?" FML
skyhigh
United States
Today, I discovered my parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML
noeducation
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
Anonymous
San Antonio, United States
Today, my husband told his parents that he was quitting his job so that he could focus on school. They asked him what he was going to do for money. When I told them that I'd be the one working, they took one look at me and burst into laughter. FML
collegestudent
Alexa, play "What's My Age Again?" by Blink182
Today, my dad asked me if I needed crayons for school. I'm going to college this fall. FML
Anonymous
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
IMSERIOUS
Anaheim, United States
Today, I told my parents I was thinking about joining the army. They looked at each other and laughed for about 10 minutes straight. I wasn't joking. FML
AlienZ
United States
Today, my parents asked if I wanted to go to military school so I said, "Yeah, that would be awesome," thinking it was a joke. They weren't joking. FML
Anonymous
Johannesburg, South Africa
Grow a backbone time!
Today, I had to stop going to university with 2 years left because my parents feel it's not the right course for me. I am 23 years-old, living with my parents, $2 to my name and no job. FML
areyoukiddingme
United States
Today, I came out to my parents. They laughed in my face. FML
Top comments
satre 0
in australia hardly anyones parents pays for uni, everyone gets loans then pays it back after they graduate when they start working
stanthrax 0
get a loan and prepare for debt like everyone else
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TheCheyenneMorga 3
My parents thought I, like them, would have no ambition to get a higher education. Now, just months before I go to college, they're saving up some money.
Kiyoha 0
Sucks for you...But hey, you have 2 years to earn some money ;D I don't understand if your parents were laughing because they think you can't get into college, or because they have no intention of paying for it. If you've had grades like 1s and 2s and 3s so far, then I can't blame them for not having a fond. Especially when you have siblings.
jonahokongo 0
apparently they don't give a ****!
snowboarder1417 2
Welcome to the club, the one where we pay our own way through school.
Ali_Br_fml 33
when I was in middle school, I worked over the summers to put money into a college fund. I only used some for the monthly bus pass. When I did get allowance, as soon as I reached $100, my mom would put it into my college fund. She took a lot of my money, & put it there. when I was a senior in high school, about to apply for colleges, I asked her how to access that college fund, & she laughed, "What college fund?" She used it, & I am working my way through college. I'm not spoiled though. I let it go, b/c I knew she needed it.
Ali_Br_fml 33
oh, & I worked in a fish market, so I always smelled of fish on the bus ride home. I got paid cash like $400 (I almost lost it once at a friend's house, & the mom asked what I was doing with so much cash)
doctorwhere 0
Loans/
Lucky10 0
loans are ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. my sister in law is finished with college, but she has so much debt thanks to loans that she is currently trying to drive to work in georgia with 4 or 5 inches of snow. now that may not be much in northern states and Europe, but here where the most snow we've had in 20 years is about an inch and have no way to clear the roads at all, it's an absolute mess!
tinygiraffe 0
#72: I don't understand what driving through the snow in Georgia has to do with loans...your sister would be driving to a job regardless of whether or not she had to pay back loans. Unless she attended college with no plans to get a job afterward?
PvsNP 0
I don't know where you live, but if it's not in the UK right now, be grateful. My friends and I are just below average in terms of wealth, we're supposed to be applying for 4+ years of uni in a few months with virtually no funds and to all those people who are telling OP to get a job - THERE ARE NO JOBS. Particularly if you're under 18, noone wants to employ you.
DakotaCat 4
Dad: honey this is some good meatloaf! Mom: Why thank you! OP: Hey mom, dad? Since I go to college in 2 years I need to know if I have a college fund? Parents: BWAHARHATHAR
ulicksam 0
Another spoiled teenager expecting everything handed to them. Take out a student loan like most people do. And you should have been working the past 4 or 5 years part-time and full-time in the summer to help pay for your own college. YDI.
TheDrifter 24
Coffee can college fund. Worked for me.
cthulhu1138 1
Do what I did: get good grades in high school, ace the standardized tests, and apply to colleges that offer full scholarships and are likely to offer you one. I ended up paying 4-5k a year for fees, books, and an upgraded meal plan; the school covered the rest (and gave me a free computer). You probably won't go to your dream school, but it's up to you to decide whether it's worth tens of thousands of dollars of debt when you graduate.