Today, I had to spend all of my money on textbooks even though my refrigerator is empty. Starving and frustrated, I called home to ask for money for groceries. My mom told me I could afford to skip a few meals. 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, 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, school tuition has taken up so much of my paycheck that the only thing I had to eat for dinner was applesauce. FML
Today, I bought $250 worth of groceries and was feeling rather good about myself because it's the first time I've been able to do so in months. When I returned home I found my fridge/freezer broken. Most of the food I bought was dairy or frozen. FML
Today, I was hungry and I was trying to buy the cheapest burger at Wendy's, but I'm so broke that I had to call my friends to lend me some money. Ugh. FML
Today, I was so ashamed of being broke that instead of asking my parents for money, I snuck into their house while they were at work to steal some of their food. FML
Today, my mother told me how she managed to afford all of the expensive Christmas presents we got. She took out extra money when applying for my student loans. FML
Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML
Today, I decided I need help, so I confessed to my mother that I'm bulimic. After she looked it up online she started screaming at me for "Wasting food that I'm not paying for." FML
Today, my mom yelled at me because I refused to lend her money. The reason I won't lend her money? The last time I did, she and my dad went out and bought a Macbook and a new car instead of paying bills. Apparently, I'm being 'selfish' by keeping my own money and putting it towards university. FML
Today, I lived at home rent free, until now. According to my mother, I receive "too many packages" from online shopping, and now I need to "chip in." FML
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you_failed 15
That's evil!! D:
FajitaFreak 3
Your mom and dad brought you into this world. I don't understand the mentality that they don't owe you anything. Yes, you are sentient and capable of taking care of yourself most of the time, but everyone needs help now and again. You would not exist if not for your parents, which is a good thing when things are good in life, but ******* horrible when things go wrong. I've been homeless and starving and without hope. It's not something I'd wish on my worse enemy.
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2010smhill2010 0
im going to school fulltime AND working fulltime and im still broke...then again i have bills to pay
ColdGold 6
check out dumpsters
SirEBC 7
Hey, I get it! "AFFORD" Ahahaha.
msuniversforevr 0
I don't
Sammara 0
If you live in dorms, YDI. There's no reason to be unable to afford everything while living in dorms, even if you don't have a job. If you live in an apartment, then that really does suck. MA is super freakin' expensive to live in. It's time to get a credit card. Do NOT overspend on it; just have it for emergencies (which are things like "I have no money and no food," not "I have no money and my friends are going to the bars tonight.") :-) It's also time to see if there is anything you can cut out of your life. Have cable? You don't need it (unless they're going to charge you a ridiculous contract ending fee). Have internet? Since you're in college, you really don't need that, either, if you're close to campus. Just sit on campus and use their internet...you're paying for that anyway. (If you're like me and an hour away from campus, then I get that that's not possible all the time.) Turn off the lights when you leave a room, don't run your AC or heat (if you pay for heat) when you're out of the house, etc. etc. Make some extra dough by selling stuff on eBay, getting a job with kgb.com (it's all on your schedule), and taking on an extra part time job. I'm really bad at managing school and work, but I still have three jobs while going to school full time. It sucks, but you do what you have to do. Your mom is under no obligation to help you, but she shouldn't have called you fat, either.
kialuvsyoo 3
actually, its cheaper to live in an apartment than in the dorms. so that argument is invalid. gtfo
steezyjustice 0
you're a bad troll.
mightymart 5
fail...
Troll1 0
not as bad as your mum.
xlil_miss_emo_x 6
i feel bad that op doesn't have enough money, but it is their problem... And i hope op's mom realizes that the body eats muscle and not the body's fat, if she's implying that op is fat...
karlita22 0
Wow fyl !! But your mom its funny!!!
RUSH777 0
Ha, blocked after only commenting in one post.