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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that my parents used all of the college money I have been saving up for 8 years to buy a beach house. The reason they waited until now to tell me? A tree fell on it, and they need more money for repairs. 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 checked my bank account that I've been saving money in since I was a kid for college. I have $100 left out of the $10,000 I had last month. Apparently my parents thought buying a pool and an HDTV for themselves was more important than my college education. FML
Today, I discovered my parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML
Today, I discovered that my mom got my college fund in the divorce. I will never see that money again and now I can’t afford a four year school. FML
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. 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, I learned that the new granite countertop in my parents' house cost $12,000. Coincidentally, this is also the amount of money I would have needed to go to the college of my dreams instead of the cheaper school I currently attend. FML
Today, I found out my mom took around $2,500 from my savings account to pay off my sister's college tuition. She recently flunked out of her studies and won't be returning to college anyway. FML
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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Top comments
rookitty 0
what the hell kind of parents do that??
barlessprison 16
What is with all these parents using up their kid's college fund or hiding college acceptance letters?? FYL & try a scholarship.
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Comments (226)
waterynuggets 0
Oh, yes, because it's that easy, especially when your parents JUST SPENT YOUR COLLEGE FUND.
oceanblue_fml 0
You are lucky
Sammara 0
Was the college fund in your name as well as theirs, or just theirs? Because if it was in your name as well, you may be able to take legal action.
MiseryAlice 0
Make them pay, or something, somehow. Force them to pay it all back to you. If worse comes to worse, get a loan
pommeblossom 0
I don't have a college fund, though I thought my whole life that I did.
TheTruth1428 0
Was the money yours or something they were giving you? If it was yours, FYL. If it was money they were putting aside for you, then they can really do with it what they want, it's their money. Yes it sucks for you, but it's not a FYL.
senior_dingdong 0
and pommeblossome wins for a relative FML in response to an FML toh-gah toh-gah toh-gah! go uni!!!
OMGyoudidnot87 0
Well, your parents sure are selfish )=
kbaker90 0
Well, parents aren't obligated to pay for college (mine sure aren't), but OP, if you were under the impression you'd be taken care of, your parents should have told you sooner so that you would at least have had time to apply for scholarships and student loans. Look at this as some time to take a year off and "find yourself", and maybe apply for scholarships and loans for next year. If I can do it on my own, so can you.
Dessgeega 0
Wah wah wah. Do something about it.
Constantinople 0
Unfortunate that somebody trying to get to college is saddled with suck dumbfuck parents.