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
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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 realized that when my dad said he would pay for my college, he really meant that he was going to forge my signature on a student loan in my name and not make payments on it. FML
Today, I found out that, after offering to fill out my student aid application for me, my mother sent all of my personal information to a scam site instead. 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, my dad asked to borrow some money off me, so I said okay. Later on, he told me he'll be using it to help divorce my mom. I pretty much just helped pay for my parents' divorce. FML
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
Today, my mother came over again to help me work on my Student Aid application. She also brought over the savings bonds that she has been accumulating since I was born to help pay for college. Turns out they won't reach maturity until I'm thirty. She never bothered to check out this fact. I'm screwed for college. FML
Today, I borrowed my dad's laptop to type an essay. While I was saving it, I noticed some curious looking files and I opened them. They were rejection letters from all the colleges I had applied to. My dad had been forging them so he wouldn't have to pay for my tuition bills. FML
Today, after being accepted into the college of my dreams, I found out that my mom has spent all my college savings on alcohol over the years, and she says that it's my fault for not "helping her get help." FML
Today, I found out that I've been paying student fees for the wrong account. Apparently I have been paying for some other student's tuition. FML
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Squander 3
To everyone saying get over it.... I will be seventeen when I start college. What kind of job can you get to pay for college when you're seventeen with no college education? See here's the thing, to pay you need a good job, and to get a good job you need college... OP: If your parents can't even afford to help pay, then that's a completely different story, but if they're rich and just don't feel like contributing at ALL, then FYL.
TotalPandamonium 2
I call this a moment of misscommunication. When you offer to help pay for something it means you'll contribute some actual money to things. Like may be buying books. It also said that they OFFERED. She did not ASK them to. So, it's not her fault to expect that they give her money for certain things. I know when my children go to college I'll expect them to get a part time job, but I'd also HELP them pay for certain things. So, FYL for the fact your parents couldn't be clear on what they meant.
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Comments (165)
saranottelling 7
Wrong FML
PsychoMerk 0
it sucks regardless because OP might have relied somewhat on parents to help with maybe ever books :| ANY amount of money helps when it comes to college :0
letmeinplease 0
Your parents have offered to help with the forms, believe me, that is a BIG help if you've never completed forms like that before. I have £13000+ of debts, even with my parents helping me now and then. They could wipe those debts outright tomorrow if they wanted to, but do I want them to? Hell no. They love me, they won't let me starve or go homeless, but if they keep me a baby, then when they die I'll have nothing.
alisterfiend 0
lol EXACTLY what happened to me.
XxKeLs3yxX 0
well what did you think they meant!?! ohh you thought they were going to pay for college for you. Well think again, we're in a recession girl!
epoh_fml 0
Amelia bedelia WINS!
BlueTwist89 0
Wow..FYL. It's one thing if your parents promised/said they'd help. I don't think it's fair to call the OP a spoiled brat. Kinda a shocker when someone offers something BIG and then backs out ><. *Sigh* Why can't people be upfront about these things.
vballgirl512 0
does anyone else like to comment just so you can see how people will react? its normally the opposite of what i think will happen haha
boopityboppity 11
vballgirl, not to be snide or anything, but I think that's why everyone comments. It wouldn't be much fun here on the FML comments if nobody saw your take on things. Then again, there are those who take it to the extreme, saying ridiculously offensive and unnecessary things for no other reason than to elicit a huge outcry. Out of curiousity, does anyone know why they're called "trolls?"
vballgirl512 0
Yeah that's what I'm saying! I like to hear what other people have to say. It's just always the opposite of what I think people will say, and that's why it's entertaining.
ToxicKittieh 0
Success is the best revenge..**** **** **** you. you know your bullshit. **** **** **** you. you know your a total bitch. just fuuuucckk you.
Kayteexo 2
get over it.... it's your education, not theirs. ydi