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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
wtfCorby 0
holy shit. thats terrible. fyl
avoidthegirl 6
Find a new job, sell the business if it's in your name, take the money all for yourself, and tell your dad to **** the hell off. No parent should EVER determine their own kid's career path just because it's what they want.
ah_haha 0
it's not the plot from 6FU, but I can imagine it happening. OP, that's awful to hear, this really is an FML, what a shamefull thing for your father to do.
flyingtoasters 0
Seriously OP? That kind of sucks but, at least you have a great job (I also work at a funeral home), and one that is, as others have stated, recession proof. I know it might not be the job you wanted but, look at the bright side, you will always have clients, and the money is fantastic. Sure, the hours a bit odd but hey, there are two things for sure in life, death and taxes... Make the best of it.
Illumi113 0
That just terrible! If he's still alive, sue him! Parents who keep their kids from going to college and being truly successful for their own selfish agenda using lies and deceit should be fined a sum three times all four years tuition of the most expensive college their child was accepted to. This sum should be doubled for every five years the parent hides college acceptance from their child. The money from the fine should, obviously, be given to the child. OP, this is going to sound harsh, but if your father is still alive, sue him for everything he's worth. This guy really thinks it's okay to keep you from achieving in order to keep his business alive, and that's not right. It's not too late to go to college. You can still make something of yourself!
kukopia 0
Run the biz into the ground as you pocket all the $$$. Then 'retire' on a tropical island... right after you put dear ol dad in the cheapest cracker-box nursing home you can find.
ragsy 7
I'm not buying it. Why didn't you call the schools when you didn't receive an accept or reject letter?
Calaura9 0
My uncle does this and he grosses over $250,000 a year. I know the college experience is good but your pretty much all set. People aren't ever going to stop dying. Just don't do the same thing to your kids.
dramakat11 0
Revenge
mattmag 0
At least you're employed in an industry that is fairly stable. There's always going to be dead people to get rid of.