Today, my daughter mentioned that she didn't need to work because she could convert a dollar to 13 Mexican pesos and convert it back into "13 USD", over and over again. She's 17. FML
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Today, I realised I’d raised an idiot when my daughter confidently told me she discovered an infinite money glitch by just using one of her credit cards to pay off her other credit card, then swapping them over every month. This is why she’s 28 and still living in her childhood bedroom. FML
Today, my 7 year-old daughter was counting all the money she made over the weekend from her lemonade stand. She made sixty dollars and said now she has more money than I do. She's right. FML
Today, my second-grade daughter asked her teacher how much money she makes. FML
Today, I tutored a kid for two hours, for $25 an hour. When it came time for them to pay, my mother told the kid's parents that they could give me ten bucks for the whole thing. She does this a lot. FML
Today, I found out my fourteen-year-old daughter is making more money than me, thanks to babysitting and winning writing contests. FML
Today, my daughter is mad sulking because she got her first wage today and learned a bunch of new words like national insurance, pension contributions, taxes, automatic student loan repayments, and so on. She actually thought she got to keep ALL the money she earned, and is taking it out on us. FML
Today, I learned that my daughter pocketed the money I'd paid so she could go to college. FML
Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML
Today, I told my mom I had 73 cents in my checking account. She gave me a penny and told me I had 74 cents and it was even now. Thanks mom. FML
Today, a lady I know gave my 3 year-old daughter a little coin purse, saying, "Your mum can put some money in that for you." My daughter responded, "But mummy has no money." I would have laughed, had it not been spot on. FML
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Top comments
angiemarie96 25
Let her try, she'll learn
amadeclton 27
If only that was how it worked...
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Comments (103)
chidexy 21
17 I wonder......
DenverTyrrell 13
Explain how exchanging money works to start off, then show her Google for all her educational needs ?
granCanyon 12
Or maybe show her khanacademy? They have a few playlists on finances and basic micro/macro economy. It's completely free and the quality is very good.
uhhhohhhhh 3
she might need a little more than Google...
weswheatley 14
With those smarts she wouldn't be able to get a job anyway
sadistmonkey 19
Well, the OPs daughter was close. The only step missing is the step of causing the US economy to collapse to cause the value of USD to plummet immediately before converting her pesos back to USD.
Stephencharis 14
I bet its hereditary....
demonfacee 14
She'll get it one day.
ohSNAPyall 27
Write this down for her: 1 USD = 13 pesos Therefore, 13 pesos = ? USD She'll work it out. If not, take her on a field trip to the bank.
UsagiArwen 23
I would say let her try to do this and when it fails, try to help her understand why. But I think she may need some counseling though. To think that one doesn't need a job, one needs to get a wider perspective from someone outside the family. She also needs a wake up call.
martin8337 36
Alberta Einstein? Stephanie Hawking?
DenBriZel 31
Let her try it a few times. She'll realize her mistakes.