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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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dance_a_holic 0
My parents did the exact same thing, the funniest part is the reason they were "helping" was because they didn't want me to end up like them, not going to college because they didn't have financial support. . .
dance_a_holic 0
Too bad a community college only offers 2 year degrees, when the majority of jobs in America require AT LEAST 4 years. . . Good Skills
youthink_fml 0
So what? Damn kids expect everything handed to them. Work hard in high school and try for scholarships, then take a loan for the remainder. That's what it's there for. You'll be making the big bucks, not your parents. Pay for it yourself.
buggybeauty 0
an associates degree counts for nothing these days. your patents screwed you over.
jassporah 0
Your parents are awesome!
lovefeast1217 0
You're going to college to get a job. Pay for your education yourself. Stop expecting mommy and daddy to hand you everything on a silver platter and grow the **** up. Join the "real world." Selfish greedy bitch
nicko_oz 4
I have seen so many FML's about this lately and all from americans is it just that there seems to be a larger portion of people in that country that seem to think mummy and daddy need to support you into your 30's. You've made it out to the big world start acting like an adult!
xdivadivax 3
do all american parents pay for university?? thats insane. in nz, hardly any parents do. but we do have the opportunity for student loans so thats good
Manda_panda7 0
alrighty first off, i think whats mainly so FML about it is 'cause her parents SAID they would help her pay, and ended up just helping her get forms to do it all her own. Secondly, HEY! stop blaming just us Americans. you make us look like whiny little brats, and not all of us are, so just chill!
Hissmeowgrr 0
At least some1 was helping you somehow...geez..appreciate..