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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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 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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Soggybuns123 10
I wouldn't want my children around them until they are more mature than your parents. So about 10 years old.
Unes 10
The wolf of wall street style
AnadiaRose 7
see I wouldn't care if it was my parents I'd be going to the police for the simple reasons that is theft. they took YOUR money without YOUR permission. my dad had access to my account once upon a time and if he ever did anything like that I would be demanding my money back. It was not their money to spend, not without permission anyway.
randompizzaguy 17
I'd "take it back from them" or take it out on their cars with a 9-iron. That's ****** up, and no one should have to deal with that.
Sariasprincy 7
Or they can call the police, depending on their relationship with their parents. Depending on the state law, it's a felony sense it's over $1000. But I would only do that if they have a poor relationship with their family. I would be pretty mad.
GNoftie 3
Sue their asses.
casste 6
Print out your bank statement that shows the money they took out, and sue them for it. That's a lot of money. Parents or not, they can't steal your money.
doumtabarnack 12
They should have watched The Wolf of Wall Street
Toriahh 21
Sounds like OP is a minor. I had to have my bank account connected with my moms for a few years but when I turned 18 I changed banks. I know in my state you can't have a checking account but you can have a savings if you are under 18. Maybe if you can't do that find a safe place to hide the money.
ZombieSazza 34
You could report them for theft as they took the money without your permission...