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
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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 mom and I went to Best Buy for some Christmas shopping. She picked up some presents for me and told me not to look at what she was buying. When we got to the register, she didn't have enough money, and I ended up having to buy my own presents. FML
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
Today, I was missing $20 from my wallet, so I decided to ask my sister if she had taken it. Her response? "That reminds me, I need to borrow another 50." She has a job. That was my Christmas money. 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 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 found out my school's financial aid had a "misunderstanding" of my finances, I can no longer afford to pay half of my bills or pay for Christmas. FML
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
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, my mom stole my holiday money because she found it “near her bag” in my kitchen and “assumed it was hers” and she must have “forgotten it was in there all this time.” I demanded it back, but she’d already spent it on hair, nails, shoes, and a date night with dad. She won’t pay me back either. FML
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Top comments
Bricktothehead 21
Which she's paying for, right? If not, that's a total bitch move.
KhaleesiDannie 26
Well make sure to take some extra money out of her purse
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Comments (44)
echarlotte 19
At least she spent it on you? Still a pretty thoughtless thing to do
Chadica 17
You do know that since its their student loans, they technically have to pay them, right?
Ideastogetback 11
It says WE that means multiple people besides herself
Bricktothehead 21
Which she's paying for, right? If not, that's a total bitch move.
RedPillSucks 33
student loans will be in the name of the student, so OP will have to pay it back. OP is basically paying for everyone's gifts. A total dick move on mom's part
Denise1988 13
Not entirely true. My husband needed $32,000 in student loans and he's only paying for $10,000 of that, the rest are in his parents' name.
KhaleesiDannie 26
Well make sure to take some extra money out of her purse
gamermonster 34
There is no money left in there
FailStaff 15
Fraud at its finest
epicx22 22
I hope she's the one who's repaying for that, simple, non expensive presents would've been fine.
dirty_dan_ 15
Kick her in the teeth
shanson 22
Well it looks like your fam should be thanking you for the gifts not her
LPac5295 27
Damn. I hope she doesn't expect you to pay back the extra money she took out.
TeacherTeacher 11
As long as she's the one repaying the loans, there's nothing illegal or unethical about it. However, I would definitely not learn money management from her. That bill will come due and you cannot default on student loans.
PhoenixChick 26
Actually, there is. Student loans often have a different interest rate, because they are intended for educational use. Depending on what kind of loan those student loans are, purposely over-borrowing for non-educational purposes could be considered fraud.
edmunson 22
Everyone gets a bit of a "change check", which I'm pretty sure wouldn't be viewed as fraudulent. Just sayin'
JebMcdeber 11
Could be. Theoretically. In reality I worked in a financial aid office at my local community college, and, well there's a certain class of person that has no shame at all in using financial aid for whatever they damned well please. And there's an even lower life-form that will drop all their classes after their re-fund comes through (because fin. aid refunds can be dispersed in cash). We a not legally able to investigate their use of funds. It's a violation of privacy. "Well I better get my check soon, I need 5 grand, me n' my kids are going to Disney World." Litterally, and proud as hell, like "Well at least I'm rewarding my kids."
savagetitan 13
You could do the responsilbe thing and get your own student loans. I'm just saying.
RedPillSucks 33
it's not unusual for parents to apply for the loan on behalf of the student.
hellphone_fml 37
My loans have an 11% interest rate, if my parents took the loan they get an 9% one. Thats why parents take out the loans.