Today, I found out that 15 years ago my father threw out my college acceptance letters so that I could stay home and take over the family's funeral home business. 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 found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement, threw away a letter from the college I applied to. 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, I was cleaning my father's study room and wondering why I did not receive my acceptance/rejection letter from a college I really wanted. I found the acceptance letter, on his desk, also approving of a full scholarship. The deadline to confirm was a month ago. FML
Today, in a misguided attempt to earn my asshole dad's approval I went to university to get my business degree and took over the family restaurant. Now I have all the stress of managing the restaurant, he has retired and is moving abroad. Oh, and he still isn’t proud of me. FML
Today, I found out that I spent a year helping my dad get back into shape, not for his own good health which was what I thought, but so that he could cheat on my mom with five other women. FML
Today, my parents cut ties with me because I refused to drop out of college and move five states away with them for a "fresh start" after the deaths of my siblings. I basically lost my whole family in the span of just two months. FML
Today, I rummaged around in the attic, looking for old pictures of me and my family, so I could make a surprise collage. Instead, I found my dad's old journals, talking about how desperately he didn't want a kid, and how he wanted to leave my mother more and more every day that passed since I was born. FML
Today, I found my childhood diary stashed in a box in the attic. I flipped to the last page and noticed a little note written by my now deceased father. It read, "Well son, this diary proves that you're a whiny asshole - Dad." Thanks Dad, from beyond the grave. FML
Today, I found out that my 50-year-old Father is the 'Sugar Daddy' to a 20-year-old. He wasted my college funds on her, which I have been dutifully saving for ever since I was 10. FML
Today, my father told me that it wasn't that I was written out of his will, it's that he never thought to include me in the first place. FML
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unfortunate_13 5
I can't believe how selfish some parents are. FYL.
qetzacoatl122112 0
That's effed up... That is one morbid job FYL
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Comments (125)
deliapearl 0
parents just don't understand
24788 7
Wow, that's just crazy.
Pastor_Rich 0
look at the bright side, death will always be here and is profitable. alot of baby boomers are heading that way
gwenhwyfaer 0
Not to mention that after having a frank exchange of views with your dear father, you're perfectly placed to surreptitiously dispose of the body.
ChChCharlie 10
Omg I'd disown them as parents and go to college as a mature student :)
capricaz 0
You didn't find it suspicious that they "did not send" anything? Ever rejection letters? Should have called. THis sucks though. I'd never speak to him again.
WonderBlunder 0
YDI. If you didn't do anything when you didn't receive acceptance/rejection letter, you don't deserve to go to college.
tech42er 0
It was 15 years ago. And he obviously comes from a working class background and would have been the first in his family to attend college. Not everyone is in a position to take advantage of the admissions process. Maybe he didn't know that they'd send rejection letters or maybe his dad told them he received rejection letters and he had thrown them away.
fmlicious 0
so you had schools you never heard from and you never even bothered to call or follow up with? you just figured no letter means rejection? I'm not convinced you wanted to go or could have handled college.
iFruit 0
Sell the business and use the money for your college tuition. He ruined your future, you can ruin his business. An eye for an eye, right?
freddie_fml 0
Didn't you have to go to college to learn how to become a funeral director? Either way, it sucks that your dad was so selfish.
jambrain 0
Nope anyone can be a Funeral Director, you just gotta have certain like qualities in your personality usually to be taken on, there are college courses that do help but anyone can start out in the business and work up!
Tizianaj 0
This is true - but I worked in the funeral industry, and I can tell you what is also true about it: you pretty much have to be related to the funeral home owner to advance in your job. The funeral business is full of nepotism. Outsiders tend to get stuck in the really crappy jobs, whether they've taken courses or not, and relatives of the owners will be promoted very quickly, regardless of ability or even interest in the business. This is the main reason I decided against pursuing a career as a funeral director.
teeda 1
This sounds familiar.........