Today, I let my dad put my dollar in the slot machine for me because I'm not old enough to gamble. I won $200 but he kept it because he "put the dollar in the slot machine." 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, 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, 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 placed $20 in a slot machine at a casino and in a matter of 5 minutes lost it all. My sister then sat at the same machine, put her $20 in and quadrupled her money. FML
Today, I lent my sister $1000 because she and her husband were in some debt. They used the money to go gambling in Vegas and won a major jackpot. They won't even give me a cut. FML
Today, I found out my dad spent most of the $500 I earned from mowing lawns on an Xbox 360 for himself. He was the one who encouraged me to put the money in the bank for college and to learn responsibility. I'm 14 years old. He's 37. FML
Today, I was at a mini arcade and accidentally put a hundred dollar bill through the quarter machine. FML
Today, while at the vending machine, I put in my $20 instead of my $1. I got my change back in quarters. FML
Today, I indulged in some online gambling. I wisely only spent $100 and won, quite a bit; I even wisely withdrew 2/3rds of the money into my bank account. Thing is I'm on SSI, which requires me to keep a maximum amount of money in my bank; if it goes over I get cut off. Now I'm scrambling to spend my winnings. FML
Today, my dad sent me $200 by mail, only to mail it to the wrong person. So now some random person is getting $200 from my dad. FML
Today, I was gambling on pull tabs. My friend, never much of a gambler, asked to take one. I was confused but gave one to him anyway. I got precisely $0 from them. The tab I gave to my friend was a winner. How much was it worth, you ask? Six hundred dollars. I'm very happy for him, but… seriously? FML
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Top comments
vencku 13
He should at least give you your dollar back. Sorry OP, some people just happen to be pricks.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
break a window & tell him to fix it with your $200
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Comments (93)
vencku 13
He should at least give you your dollar back. Sorry OP, some people just happen to be pricks.
capslockisgood 19
Sucks even more when the pricks are your family.
MidnaLink 35
I would've demanded half if it was my dollar.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
break a window & tell him to fix it with your $200
AbstraktThoughts 13
Yes, because OP's dad couldn't force him/her to pay for it or anything...
ButlerOfChaos 7
He technically can't the most he could do is take away some things.
Zebediabolical 45
He can sell enough of OP's things to cover the window. And ground OP/make him do a ton of chores.
itsgen 16
He sounds like an asshole .-.
sirpantselot 22
I know. Wtf kind of parents let their kids near those machines?
emilyjgraham 34
26, those machines are everywhere and there's a lot of who will just put the one in. A one off is not harmful, it's when they feel like they have to play on it that it becomes a problem. I wouldn't say OPs dad is a bad parent for letting them play once.
meso222 8
Its like buying a scratch/pull tab ticket dor a dollar for you kid. It nakes them feel lucky if you win even $5.
Sekkaichi 12
Parents spend more on you than you can offer OP.
FightMyLiger 19
Exactly. He probably just paid OPs smartphone bill with it.
Zomg_Okay 27
4 - How exactly does that give parents the right to rob their children?
tarabara17 15
So what, a child has to pay back their parents for every dollar spent on them? No, it doesn't work that way.
nbandofbrothers 10
OP's parents decided on having him and its their responsibility to pay for certain a things.
FightMyLiger 19
Get a job, ya bums.
stimpy27 3
I have a job but if it was my dollar/pound I would request the £200 because it would have been my money not my parents! As parents you are required to purchase things for your kid to ensure that they can live comfortably and survive. When they use their own money for things parents can be happy and the OP gave his parent HIS money to use the slot machine! So therefore it is the OP's money!
Pwib 14
It'll probably end up going toward your college fund eventually anyway.
21jason 9
Not everyone goes.
oj101 33
Parents - always enforcing rules and displaying integrity until it inconveniences them.
PhotoSmith 25
True, but I try not to do this to my children. My wife says I need to be fair to them.
ozpunker 20
Jerk hole.
Marmarfarfar 25
He should at least share some of it with you.
PhotoSmith 25
I would have given it to my son and made him take me out to lunch.
Zebediabolical 45
Where do you think those clothes OP wears comes from? And the lunch money and allowance and fuel in the vehicles and food on the table and... Just because he doesn't get the cash doesn't mean he doesn't get /anything/.
AngelSpit 18
I think it's more to the point that it was the kids dollar in the first place that won the money, it's the principle of the matter.
tarabara17 15
You don't know that OP doesn't have a job. Perhaps they pay for a lot themselves.
pastispast 7
Haha tricked by the parent. I bet they also gave you a speech how they deserve it since they take care of you. Better luck next time.
MEM0817 18
Yep... That's some shit my Mom would have pulled before I was old enough. Some parents these days. I feel terrible for some kids... That's why I literally try my best to be the. Best Mom to my daughter. After all, they only deserve the best...!
Axel5238 29
Don't know age of the OP, but when I was a kid even if I got a $100 check from a friend of the family for my birthday I had to save half. $200 is a lot to give a kid, especially when it should be saved for later. As a kid it sucked, but when I was a college student and had several grand in saving to use incase of emergency I was happy as hell. Good for the parent.
Axel5238 29
Yes it would be, but the kid isn't old enough to gamble. Not like it was a carnival fair and the kid won a stuffed toy or a video game it's a casino. Plus, I'm pretty sure that's a chunk of it is going to be spent on the kid anyway since they are on vacation presumably.
Danielle7994 18
18, He might not. For all we know, OP could be at home and had just given him the dollar. I still believe that even if this could be considered a way to teach OP, he should have AT LEAST say so.
Octwo 16
18, in Las Vegas you can find slot machines in any local diner. You don't know it was a casino. Most US casinos won't even let you in unless you're over 21.