Today, I realized that when my dad said he would pay for my college, he really meant that he was going to forge my signature on a student loan in my name and not make payments on it. 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 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
Today, I borrowed my dad's laptop to type an essay. While I was saving it, I noticed some curious looking files and I opened them. They were rejection letters from all the colleges I had applied to. My dad had been forging them so he wouldn't have to pay for my tuition bills. FML
Today, I found out that my dad has been trying to take money out of my savings account to pay for divorce fees and a hammock. FML
Today, my sister finally broke down and told me that our dad gambled away of all my college savings, and I would have to pay for school the best way I can. They have known for months, and when I asked why nobody told me, the reply was, "You're a college boy, we thought you would figure it out." FML
Today, my dad asked to borrow some money off me, so I said okay. Later on, he told me he'll be using it to help divorce my mom. I pretty much just helped pay for my parents' divorce. FML
Today, I learned that my daughter pocketed the money I'd paid so she could go to college. FML
Today, I found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement, threw away a letter from the college I applied to. 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, my dad refused to sign a student finance form to allow me to study my dream subject at university because he doesn't want the government knowing his business. 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
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Top comments
RabbitOfAurora 28
I don't know how close you are to your dad, but that's a serious crime and you should be making a police report.
LanaViolin 10
Your dad sucks. Sorry OP.
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Comments (128)
Bigfabthetruth52 22
Ugh ******* ******** ,lol.
macam1010 6
The "lol" kinda ruined the comment..
Bigfabthetruth52 22
Well thats exactly the way i said it while laughing.sorry i didn't convey that in a funnier fashion.
sunnyray812 42
Not only is he an asshole but also a criminal. It's illegal to do something like that.
BriCx 8
I hope it wasn't with Sallie Mae. Those assholes are bullies when you owe them money. I must have reported them for harassment half a dozen times.
glabberfasted 16
If you actually pay your debts with them they leave you alone. I haven't heard from them once in the 10 years I've had a loan with them.
BriCx 8
Not everyone can pay off debts when they demand it. Some people lose their jobs or have other things come up. I haven't been able to get a job in two years and when I finally did, I was laid off. So naturally, I can't pay that bill right now.
Bigfabthetruth52 22
Who the hell accepted the paper work from him without id.unless he faxed it or something even then he would still need it.
chilevmv 7
Yup. You're dad is definitely a mega douche.
Rick_Astley_fml 14
OMG WHO THE HELL CAREs?
kayteakay 26
Why are you on FML if you don't want to hear about this sort of thing?
stephers444 17
And the father of the year awed goes to... Your dad for being an asshole
olpally 33
What a dick.
brandoneyez1 25
Great news OP. Legally the lenders cannot collect a penny from you because you didn't sign the documents. You don't have to get your dad in trouble, but just make a police report that you never signed it and that you never signed the documents. The lenders will have to fold on all debts and you walk away free. Well played OP
Enslaved 38
Does free also mean without a college degree?
Snide_Sniper 3
no 44, it doesn't because OP should already have that. Considering payment s can't be missed until their due which is after graduation. But this comment is wrong anyway. OP would have to prove that he didn't sign and that's a tough sell unless he proves his dad forged his signature. Also OP benefited fro. the forgery so in all fairness, they can sue OP for the debt. Otherwise people woild be having friends/family forge signatures all the time. Then prove, Hey I didn't do it, I just got a new porsche outta the deal.
Zebediabolical 45
The thing you're forgetting is that the friends and family will be wanted for fraud if they signed their own names on a legal document for someone else, fraud and forgery if they sign the name of the person they're getting it for. And they'll very likely have the friend or family on video walking in and out. These are pretty good deterrents for most people.
andirn 2
You SHOULD pay for your own schooling anyway. Not the right way for him to go about it, though.
beautifulbeats26 6
College is VERY expensive. OPs dad could have offered to help as a gift. It's like saying if you had a job were you made quit a bit of money and your child enrolled in college wouldn't you help them out a little?
Sweetpea22 14
My friend is still paying for her college debt. She is $70,000 in debt. Yeah, every person can pay for college on $7.50 an hour
andirn 2
I know how expensive college is. I have two bachelors and paid my own way. I am doing extremely well for myself. This culture is too soft on 18 year-old "children". Do your research and get a major in a field that is growing. If my children choose to go to college they will be adults and find a way to pay for it themselves.
Sweetpea22 14
Must be nice to be some place that has jobs available. Many people aren't so lucky to live there
beautifulbeats26 6
Well, kudos to you. But no, not everyone has enough OR can make enough money to go to college. There are a lot of great minds out there who aren't getting the education they deserve simple because they can't afford it.
Chellybelly92 14
#58 I'm paying my own way through college, now and sure as hell do not want my kids to go through what I am going through. Good for you being able to do it but if I can keep my children from this hardship I will.
pazuzus_intern 10
It must be nice on that pedestal of yours because not everyone has the credit or the income to take out loans willy nilly to pull thousands of dollars per semester out of their asses. Enjoy ******* your kids out of doing something with their lives.
Vegeto30294 19
SHOULD =/= MUST
jkmartinjk 16
Wow, really glad I have the parents I do right now. They said, 'we brought you into this world, so your accessibility to education is, in part, our responsibility.' Makes sense.
fatraptorjesus13 9
The point is that he said he would pay and OP acted accordingly. I agree people need pay at least part of their own education, bit that isn't the issue here.