Today, I found out that whenever I send my son to his room, he goes on his iPod and buys the most expensive apps he can find. So far I've been charged $600. 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 my dad bought an iPhone. I've spent the better part of the last six months teaching him how to check his email and online newspapers. FML
Today, I found my son's iPod touch and was looking at a light-saber app. He walked into the living room to see me fighting the cat and making sound effects to myself. FML
Today, I got the cell phone bill for my family and saw that my son had gone over his limit by around 1,000 messages. Curious to see what he was talking about that much, I read the messages. Apparently, my 15 year old son is having it off more than me and my wife. FML
Today, my six year-old son maxed my credit card on Robux. FML
Today, I found out that my 14-year-old son spent hundreds of dollars on what appears to be a misogynist multi-level marketing hustlers' website. How did he pay for this horseshit, and how did I found out? My PayPal account sent me emails, telling me that several purchases had been made, but too late for me stop them. FML
Today, I told my son if he wanted the new internet password he had to clean his room. I then caught him disconnecting my laptop from the internet. Turns out he changed the password months ago and now if I want the new password he wants £50. I ended up paying. I'm actually proud of the sneaky sod. FML
Today, I was out shopping with my son and unbeknownst to me, he had secretly added a bunch of expensive games he wanted to the trolley. I was too embarrassed at the till to make a fuss as there was a huge line behind me. I watched as my normal £50 shopping bill climbed to over £400. FML
Today, in response to the guy whose son told him to fuck off for disturbing his one day off a week, my son spent literally his entire savings account for a deposit on a shitbox one bedroom house because he’s sick of his dad finding him things to do every ten minutes, and I don’t even blame him. FML
Today, I found out that my mom has linked my iPhone with her iPad and has been secretly reading my texts. FML
Today, my son got an email saying he could win an iPad if he just entered his credit card number. He asked for mine, telling me that it was so he could buy some school supplies online, so I gave it to him. The internet just conned a credit card number out of a 17-year-old nitwit. And me. FML
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Gerrito 0
Well take his ipod and don't give him any money till the 600$ are paid off. Can parents not raise their children anymore, that's just sad.
cdawg145236 1
your lucky he hasn't found the $999.99 apps yet
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Comments (355)
Lady5 0
this sounds like a parent who lets their kid walk all over them. After all, who the hell gets online and tells the world about it? I would do what everyone on here said and get rid of his stuff.....pawn it or sell it. You obviously spent your hard earned money on these gifts and got screwed for it. So go get your money back and tell your kid that after he finishes paying you back, he can learn how to ride a bike, build a fort, read a book, etc. Stop having your child be babysat electronically. So spoiled!
Egnar 19
Selling the items doesn't work - Mommy/daddy still gets screwed because now they're accepting a much lower price for an item they bought in the first place. Just take the damn thing away and hide it until the bill is worked off [Or better yet, get the charges reversed by apple, which shouldn't be hard as apple does have parental concerns and STILL make him pay off the $600 before giving it back]. Don't just hide it though, kids are good at finding shit. . Hide it AND put a new password on it for the time being.
jlperry31 10
and the fact he was able to make more than a few charges without you catching it should say something about u. obviously the kid doesn't deserve the iPod. take it away along with their computer and tv. or beat their ass. know that's hard to read cause parents don't believe in punishments anymore
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
This is the comment I was looking for-- why the hell are you just now noticing this, if it's an ongoing thing?! Bad money management runs in the family, apparently. Time to set up a yard sale and get rid of his shit.
TheDrifter 24
I'll give op the benefit of the doubt and assume that this was the first months credit card bill with significant spending on it. If it wasn't then I believe we may need to institute breeding licenses. The idiot children of the last decade are now getting old enough to work and bear children, I have attempted to employ a number of them, with only very temporary success. If these idiots try to raise children with the mindset they have when they apply for employment I suspect that society just might crumble in under a generation.
skyeyez9 25
A mom who gives her child access to her credit cards, is the same mom who will not discipline her kid properly. I doubt much will be done about her situation.
CheapGodiva 0
You deserve it for not spanking his ass, what the hell is being "sent to his room" gonna do?
Zombie65 0
REMOVE YOUR CREDIT CARD FROM YOUR ITUNES ACCOUNT then he can't buy a damn thing then dumbass YDI
tommyc17 0
make him pay for it by taking his I-pod and making him do work around the house.....
khaya 9
Break the iPod and one of his fingers. It will make it harder for him to steal.
Jeety 3
iPods have parental control passwords, learn to use them and he won't be able to buy anything even if it's free!
xFaust_fml 12
Wait, why are YOU charged for that?
mexicotoucher 7
He's a kid. He probably doesn't have a credit card.
missmaryb 0
Just another example of a "parent" thinking their little asshole rugrat needs the latest and greatest of everything without making him work and pay for it himself. YDI.