Today, my parents, who are divorced, were arguing over who has to pay for my bus pass. They decided they wouldn't pay unless the other one did too. Neither will pay the £60 it'll cost for my bus pass. I now have to walk to school every day, in freezing winter weather. It's 9 miles. Each way. 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 parents told me that they've been having a contest to see who could punish me the most this week. So far, my mom is in the lead by kicking me out of the car near railroad tracks, and making me walk the 4 miles home in the freezing rain. FML
Today, I learned that when I start University next month I will have to either pay $900 for an all-access semester-long parking pass, pay $200 for for a bus pass that takes an hour to get to campus, or pay $100 to park outside campus and walk 4 miles to and from class each day. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I were waiting for the bus. The weather had been cold and snowy recently, and I realized I'd forgotten my transit card. She nonetheless got on the bus without me. I had to walk it alone in the snow. FML
Today, my dad said that if I walked home from school, a distance of 8 miles, he would give me $50. Two hours and four massive blisters later, I come home. When I asked for my money, he said "I was kidding." FML
Today, in addition to having to deal with chronic pain that keeps me from driving for more than 10 minutes, I now have to deal with my brother who thinks I'm not paying him enough for taking me to school 2 days a week, when he does the journeys for himself anyway. FML
Today, I got another parking ticket because I can't afford a parking pass for the school I attend. I now have over $700 in unpaid parking tickets. I have classes all day from Monday-Thursday. I work Friday-Sunday. They recently cut hours at work. Some days I can't afford to feed myself. My mom said, "Figure it out." FML
Today, the seat in my car broke and wouldn't move forward. I had to walk to school in the rain because I was too short to reach the pedals. FML
Today, my parents promised to drive me to my grandma's house instead of me taking the bus.I was so excited that I could finally have a week away from my suffocating parents but my dad cancelled tonight, so I'm stuck and secretly crying because if they'd have let me take the bus, I'd be at my grandma's, AWAY FROM THEM. FML
Today, my dad took my car keys off my keychain and hid them from me. His reasoning was, "I don't want you to be driving during the winter." Guess who has to walk ten miles a day to work, through the New England snow. FML
Today, I'm so broke that I had to call in sick to work because I couldn't afford to pay my bus fare. FML
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whatevaaaa 0
wow your parents suck..poor you! :( and that sucks that you have to walk 18 miles everyday...in cold weather :( FYL
ahimsa7 0
1) It's snowing some places, so "winter weather" is not an unreasonable thing to say. 2) £60 is over 100 USD. Not necessarily that easy to come by, especially if... 3) OP may be a young kid with limited options. 4) Your parents totally suck. You could buy a pretty cheap bike and ride to school. And if you don't have the money, shovel snow (if there's snow) or do some silly jobs until you can afford a cheap solution.
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Comments (277)
bravesmile 0
Don't u get it for free? since ur soo many miles away from the school?
dj_bassflexx 0
i dont know how it is in coventry but in London, students get free bus passes
monnanon 14
The op is nine miles away from her school so she probably lives somewhere in the country in a small village. If she is the only child coming from that area then there isnt going to be a free bus and she would have to use the normal service bus into the town where the school is. I honestly do not think this is fake. Some people who went to school with me could not get a school bus to wher they lived and if they missed the normal buses then it was one hell of a walk for them. Not quite nine miles each way but still a long distance
bbsfdwdw 0
First of all, we use miles - not kilometres. I used to have to travel 13 miles to school, and there was no free bus service/pass. My parents refused to buy a bus pass for me so therefore ended up paying around £40 per WEEK for bus travel to and from school. Expensive much?! Noticed how it's usually the American's calling fake on this FML because the majority of them can't be bothered to learn anything about our little country ;) Oh - and it's near impossible to find a job right now. I'm 18 and left college with decent A levels, and still I'm only a secretary with an apprentice wage of £100 a week. It still took me 6 months of being unemployed after finishing college to find this god-awful job! So to all of those saying "find a job - get a paper round" etc; OP might not even be of working age (which is 14 for a part time job in the UK - and even then you can only work around 8 hours a week) and minimum wage is around £4.something, so you wouldn't even get enough money a week to pay for the bus pass. Oh - and who'd work another 8 hours on the weekend/night, after walking 18 miles a day?! That's just me. Haha, that's a right little rant :|
st87 0
damn irresponsible cheap inconsiderate parents. You should murder them both in a very subtle way and use that experience as a professional hit-man =D
Vertoule 7
Now you can tell your future grandkids when you're all old and wrinkled "When I was your age, I had to walk 9 miles, BOTH WAYS, in the drifting snow" and they'll say "Well, we don't give a shit. Now, hurry up and die so we can buy a new dog" and you'll just cry yourself to sleep in your geriatric ward, unloved.
Drayon 0
11 degrees isn't that bad, for a comparison i have to walk about 2 miles in about 5-0 degrees, in Celcius of course, But still, Man that sucks for you, but hey look at the bright side, after a while you'll get fit and all the chicks will go for you.
sillyzombiekid 0
..so? i walk everyday to school, its good excercise,and i agree with the freezing winter, but have you not heard of winter coats? Or..i don't know,try paying for the bus pass yourself?
Happy_Elf 0
I'm seriosuly calling fake. I mean, I got my bus pass for £4, and that was only because I had to pay for my own picture! Then again, I got mine when I was 11.
suyci 0
Get a bike, or pay for it yourself, either way, don't be a douchebag and get a job or something.