Today, I called my friend in Australia to have a nice long chat, what I did not know was that my dad had removed my international calling plan, I talked to my friend for 5 hours, and ran up a huge phone bill, which I have to take out of the money I saved up to go see her. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I called my mom from Australia. I have been abroad for two months and hadn't talked to her in a long time. A few minutes into the conversation my moms stops me and says this call must cost a fortune and hangs up on me. A few bucks in more important to her then me. FML
Today, my dad tried to blame me for ringing an out of network number for two hours, which charged his bill by the minute. I rang the number, which turned out to belong to one of his business pals who lives abroad. He punished me anyway for having an attitude when I proved the call was his fault. FML
Today, my long-distance relationship ended. The only thing my dad had to say to comfort me was that he hopes my phone bills will, "go back to normal now." FML
Today, my dad let me use his phone. Five minutes later, he had my mom call it because he thought he'd lost it. FML
Today, I finished a 2 hour Skype call with my girlfriend, only to realize I was using mobile data. FML
Today, my father called me for the first time in two weeks since I moved away. Excited, I answered the phone. It was a mistake. He thought he'd called my sister. FML
Today, I was involved in an intense argument with my dad. Just as I yelled, "You haven't done one thing for me", my phone rang. The same phone that, as of today, my dad no longer pays the bill for. FML
Today, I switched cell phone carriers and got the plan where you can call or text any five people for free. The employee asked for my five, I could only come up with one, my mom. FML
Today, I got a missed call from my dad, who hasn't talked to me in months and has vowed not to have anything to do with me. I called him back excitedly and apologized for missing his call, and we had a 20-second conversation about how his phone accidentally dialed my number. FML
Today, it was my dad's 60th. I was planning on calling him early, but due to a client (I'm a social worker) ending up in hospital because her husband beat her up, I couldn't call him until 2:30. My mum phoned me in tears, yelling that I was a bad daughter and obviously didn't care about my dad. FML
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treli1593 0
use ventrilo or skype next time
evilevi 0
Why does your dad have the permission to change your contract? Get your own!
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Jennydew 0
That sucks!! Your dad should at least pay for half of the bill since he decided to remove the international calling plan without notifying you.
DizzyDemon0 9
Skype is a wonderful thing..hahaha Also. It doesn't take that much money from MA, USA to Australia.
footballdude7 0
Oh that sucks. how much did you have to pay?
BeyondImage 0
I've seen more then five hour conversations..I work for a cell phone company and this chick was on the phone for 17! Who ran into a situation like this. I laughed at all the people sarcasticly going on about Iming ans skype..the guy was under the impression he had the plan so cleary he though it was covered. Defintely speak to your dad about it..to at least help pay back a little even if the contract is in his name.
Niqi 0
Omfg that's horrible. D: *hugs*
Nuitari 3
Bell Canada has a base rate of 1.19$/minute (0.99$/minute off peak) for calls to Australia for people without a plan. So this could easily have run upwards of 500$ without the international plan. That really really sucks
vooper 0
YDI for talking for five hours :/
mezentius 0
And that's why we use skype, but still, FYL. #80: Wtf, since when was it bad to have long conversations?
Schumy0724 4
**** that. Make him pay. That's not your fault.
Puolukka 4
#77 I was just going to say the same thing...I laughed at all the people suggesting Skype...there is SO many reasons why they wouldn't be using Skype 1. He thought he still had the international calling on his plan 2. He and/or his friend might not have internet 3. Skype is only free for PC to PC calls, PC to phone calls do cost money...you might think it's not expensive, but check your other options That said, my husband lives in the US, I live in Germany and he does not have internet. In the beginning we used Skype, for $10 we used tog et about 12 hours of talktime...that means he could never call me, I always had to call him...and a little later I discovered that my phone company offers UNLIMITED calling to the US for $5 a month... So,...if I were the OP I would at least tell my parents how messed up it is that they changed his plan without letting him know...if they did it on accident they may be willing to help him out a bit.