Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. 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 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, my mother asked me if she could borrow $200. Being the lovely daughter I am, I gave her my bank card to withdraw it herself. She gambled it away and maxed my bank account out. I had $1500 saved. FML
Today, I was worried because it's July and I still haven't found a summer job, despite applying to 50 places. It was fine, because I remembered my savings account. I told my parents. Instead of being relieved, they said they're going to take the money from me for being lazy, and using it for my tuition, despite promising to pay for it. FML
Today, I found my checking and savings account to both read $0.00. My parents transferred all my money to theirs because "I'm irresponsible, and not fit to handle money." I'm a 3.8 college student and have a full-time job. They are currently unemployed. 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 learned that my dad invested my entire college fund into some shady internet stock, despite my dire warnings about being careful. He told me not to worry as he'd done some research, and he guaranteed everything would be fine. Two hours later that same stock dropped almost 75%. FML
Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML
Today, my father stole the money I'd saved up by working and spent it all gambling. I'd saved it up for a year for a new car. FML
Today, I had to dig into my savings to help my parents pay for their divorce. FML
Today, I found out why I haven't been getting my bank statements for the past couple of months. My parents have been hiding them from me, because they've been stealing from it. FML
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Top comments
meggieeeee92 27
How did they get access to your account? And doesn't the bank notify you when you take out a large amount of money? Your parents are ****** up and should be paying you back for their stupidity.
ahippienamedrae 10
That sucks, OP. Maybe you can get them to pay you back eventually ):
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Comments (151)
rekkas 16
Wow that was a really poor decision in their part.
TheGolfGTI 24
Investing in penny stocks with your money made no cents in my opinion.
auro7 18
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
trying way too hard buddy..
cakefete2 31
Yes, #12, the parents ought to spend some time locked up in the "penny"-tentiary.
razoray9 22
#29. Ur profile pic goes perfectly with ur comment
Miss_Chevious 37
I'm sorry but am I the only one wondering why OP's parents were able to withdraw money from his bank? I mean why did they even have his password?
ImTheAlpha 30
OP's probably a teenager if he has a summer job. They may have had to know it/make the account for him.
Welshite 40
My mother is a cosigner on all of my bank accounts, so she has access to them in case an emergency pops up and she needs money immediately. There's a lot of trust involved, but she's never abused the privilege. Not all parents are thieves to their children's accounts.
Mauskau 36
The only account my mum has access to is the savings account she made when I was born. My current account was set up when I was 11 and my mum isn't allowed access to it. If she did I would never see my wages.
trellz17 19
Sell all their jewelry. Simple.
ber4fun 23
Never have a joint account with gullible people.
vlalam 24
ur parents r really losers but u on the other hand, a hardworking good person. keep it up, life doesn't forget ur good deeds.. it will reward u some day
SweetasCandy0609 28
it's sounds like your parents were the ones being selfish who steals from their kid they should definitely pay you back and apparently also learn how to manage money better since apparently they sick at it. sorry OP I hope they decide to do the right thing pay you back.
missmisery86 11
that is ****** up
flv88 14
Report it to your bank as stolen. Your account should be insured through the bank. If not close it down and open one by yourself or with a responsible family member. I'm sorry they did that to you.
ThatHorse 15
I wish that was possible but in most US states the parent is considered the owner of the account so the OP wouldn't be able to report it as stolen since the laws themselves say the OP never owned it in the first place.
kellyem2 20
The amount of FMLs on this site about parents stealing from their kids continues to blow my mind. I agree with a lot of the others here, OP. I'd report the money as stolen and if you can open a new account they don't have access to. If you're underage maybe a more responsible family member like an aunt or something can go on the account with you.