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)
FuzzyWalnuts 0
If you run it now, I'd fund a job or apply to a community college, and once you were accepted/hired, shut the funeral home down and explain why to your father. He deserves it.
ZebraFish451 0
Look on the bright side, when so many college grads can't get a job after graduation and have a student loans to pay off, you won't have to worry about either of those. You can walk right into a career.
jiltedfriend 0
I feel your pain OP. I have the feeling that my dad doesnt want me to go to college so I could stay home to take care of him.
jonnymohio 2
Sue him for tampering with your mail. Federal offense.
SS_Anon 0
stole the same words out of my mouth #53.
tehredbaran 0
He could actually go to jail for that. He would have multiple counts of obstruction of correspondence, and depending on what exactly he did, of mail tampering. He ruins your life, you ruin his. Sounds fair to me.
russianspy1234 11
Wow, I would much rather have inherited a business, especially one that's recession proof, than have gone to college, but i guess that's just me. Someone beat me to it, but yeah messing with mail addressed to someone else is a federal offense, though not sure what the statute of limitations is. Also, you probably should have been suspicious that you didn't at least get a rejection letter, though 15 years ago you probably couldn't check your status online, you could have called.
blueknight1st 26
Sounds like it's time to close up shop for good.
PerfectRandomnes 0
Here's what to do: 1. Sue him for tampering with your mail. 2. Shut down his funeral home business. 3. Steal whatever else valuable possessions he has. (Obviously don't tell him it was you). 4. Leave to go to college with funeral + lawsuit money and never see/talk/even email him again.
AshleyRose784 0
that's just awful, I hope you eventually go to school anyway if you'd like to persue a degree. it's never too late.
somethingawesome 9
Just secretly go to college now and then he can't stop you.
jessxoxo28 5
wow, im so sorry i agree with #57