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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Lonely_Lez 0
I agree that your father should pay the bill for changing your plan without telling you, because you had no way of knowing that the calls would not be covered. Also, speaking for 5 hours is not by any means impossible. Depending on how long it has been since both parties spoke, and also depending on their relationship.
hir23 0
Wow, I feel for you... Yeah Skype and all are good; you should also try Gtalk. I've found it works the most consistently. It's what I use to talk to my boyfriend every night, since we're separated over the summer. We discovered this the hard way too, after my boyfriend was under the impression that he was talking to me at a $1/min rate when in reality it was over $5 a minute. We ran up a bill of $1,200.
smiledearx 0
that blows. i think your dad should atleast pay for half since he didn't tell you that he took off the international calling therefore you had not known!
justmyluck1212 0
that happened 2 me 2, except it was with Internet on my phone
hi_from_HI 0
I kinda don't see how your dads a dick for that- esp if he's the one that PAYS for the bill. Regardless, nobody talks for a 5 hour international phone call! No phone plan is that great. Ever heard of the Internet? Web camera? Instant messanger?
Tsukasa_fml 0
Yeah I'd say he should pay that one, if he didn't tell you about this.
shadow_duv 0
never trust anyone else with your calling plans. If this would have happened to me I would have killed my dad
perstephane 4
Thanks, #88 - my thoughts exactly. If you want a phone plan that you control, pay for it yourself. It's cheaper than paying off a 5 hour call to Australia.
24788 7
Your dad sucks. Why wouldn't he tell you?
luckyyyy 0
wow five hours...... thats a lot FYL for your dad for being a ahole