Today, my mother found out I published a book. She demanded that I pay her all my royalties as repayment for her raising me. 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, I found out my mom has notebooks with lists of everything she has bought for me ever since I was born. Apparently she is going to make me pay her back for all the money she spent on me once I'm an adult. FML
Today, I told my mom I wasn't doing very good mentally and I was looking for some support. She decided to remind me of all of the things I still haven't paid her back for. I'm now an unpaid loan, not her daughter. FML
Today, after months of helping my mother with bills because she claimed she had no money, I found out she makes way more than what I do. She just wanted my money for alcohol and drugs. 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 discovered that my mother has been stealing from me to cover her mountain of debt. I’m barely making ends meet as it is. When I confronted her, she had the gall to suggest I get a second job to support her. FML
Today, my mom cleaned out my bank account, saying my "no-good dad" owes her child support and that she'll get it one way or another. FML
Today, I found out that the $200 I reluctantly gave to my mother so she could rent a house was paid to a scammer. Now she wants to live with me, in my one bedroom apartment. FML
Today, I found out my mom took around $2,500 from my savings account to pay off my sister's college tuition. She recently flunked out of her studies and won't be returning to college anyway. FML
Today, my mom's will was read to the rest of the family. I helped my mom write it a couple years ago, and I was to get funds to pay off school loans. She revised it and put in a note saying I was to get nothing because I was "lazy." The executor read it out loud. FML
Today, my mother woke me up and asked to borrow money. Still groggy, I mumbled where my money stash was. She took all $300 and refuses to pay me back because I'm her son and I "owe" her. FML
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Top comments
C0deJunk1e 23
Tell her to write her own book.
l4urenz 23
Sounds like she's a bitch!
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Comments (92)
ChocolateScyther 19
so basically she's trying to use you as her retirement plan. that's pretty shitty.
expireance 8
Thats technically most parents retirement plan just not in this crappy of a way
kittykat1501 31
exactly! my parents are having a hard time, and I'm undrrage, so still living with them. I'm trying to get a book published, and offered to give them some of the money if I did. they outright refused, saying I'd be my money. I can't imagine it going the other way.
C0deJunk1e 23
Tell her to write her own book.
whyisitincapital 25
It'll probably consist of fabricated slandering of OP's life due to her bitterness.
Norja 33
"How to be abdecent parent and not a gold-digging bitch" Has a ring to it
Norja 33
"How to be a decent parent not a gold-digging bitch" has a nice ring to it
Norja 33
Oops, didn't mean to post the same thing twice.
nemcali 34
And that's when you say "I don't think so"
l4urenz 23
Sounds like she's a bitch!
moodyreallyrocks 27
Wow, you should be proud of your talent!
NickACD 27
Never said it was good
lfrider92 21
getting a book published is quite an accomplishment! she should be proud either way weather the book was fantastic or awful. OP was able to get publisbed! parents should be proud of that right there!
whyisitincapital 25
Well it seems she's forgetting that she was legally obligated to raise you until the age of 18, so you don't have to owe her anything for that.
Scorpio01 16
And she is morally obligated to take care of her when she is unable to do it herself.
puppie406 23
Moral obligations don't mean jack shit when being compared to legal obligations, 31.
Ihavegas 22
even if you gave both kideys it wouldnt be enough
_caffeine_addict 8
that's not the point. on the one hand, yes you're right, but on the other hand it's op mum's obligation to raise her and she doesn't owe her for that.
kuzzy00 22
^ you missed the point. He's saying that certain people want everything or feel everything is owed to them. Like calling a telco for compensation, as if.
daz18m 15
Tell her being real parent is unconditional love and enjoying watching your children grow up and being successful like you op. Not putting a cost on you. Congratulations on your book
beeferjay 34
now is your chance, move out with the butt ton of money you're making and tell your mother nanny nanny boo boo
klorehore 24
She can demand all she wants, tell her the more she keeps showing off that side of herself the less you respect her
Scorpio01 16
She didn't respect her mother to begin with otherwise which self respecting person won't share their success in life with their parents?
Fmelikeuhateme 24
I think I understood #32... Not sure though. Did you mean that OP could be "thankful" to her parents? If yes, then I agree. But I don't think that her mother demanding something would help... Or she is just kidding with OP and she took it serious enough to write a FML, we'll never know.
NonScaryPumkin 22
@32 just because she is the mother doesn't mean OP owes her a cent. It's one thing to be grateful for your mother that is if the mother was actually a good mother. We don't know OP's situation. It's one thing to maybe ask for a share of the money and it's another to ask for ALL of the money. Regardless the mother shouldn't be asking for any money just because "I raised you so you owe me."
rocker_chick105 31
42- Exactly. Honestly if I became ridiculously successful I would love to spoil my parents. However if they came up to me telling me I "owe them," I would definitely reconsider. That's not what parents are.
JustinJK 21
I'm a self respecting person, but my mother is a lunatic and a horrible person. Unfortunately she's rich, so I can't see her suffer and beg/demand for money from me.
The_ghetto_mango 25
Hey, Scorpion Dude-- you are not understanding the point. The mom wanted something when she is the one who had, raised, and made this kid. If the child is over eighteen, they do not owe the mother anything. The mom is generally expected (and is supposed to) to love and care for the child. She is also forgetting that the book business, like any other business, has its flips and flops. The mom, whom I am now calling Glad, expects her child's book to go right through the roof, when it may just sit in the back of the bookstore, collecting dust. Glad also doesn't remember that NOT ALL BOOKS HAVE ROYALTIES. That is mainly in the product and patent business. So, in conclusion, people are NOT expected to just "demand" royalties from their child. In my opinion, parents don't need money from their kids unless: a) medical problems b) poverty c) old age d) surgeries about to happen they can't pay for