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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
Calaura9 0
Maybe he lives too far from a job to walk to work? Makes sense.
AndreaHatesYou1 0
9 miles isn't that far walking distance. Get a job. Buy a bike. And everyone who is saying child services and/or the police should be called are dumbasses. Parents not paying for something expensive and not necessary for their child is not abuse or neglect.
phantomdonut 0
It seems like this was something the parents paid for before the divorce and are now not paying it just to get at the other. Unfortunately, I've seen this kind of childish, bickering nonsense again and again among my own friends' parents. It's not that out of the ordinary.
sundayporch 2
Wouldn't OP use kilometres instead of miles if they lived in England?
monnanon 14
no we use miles too, continental europe uses kilometres tho
a_tag 0
(assuming its not fake) this is pretty sad
valuemeal2 1
Buy your own bus pass.
crizpy7 0
In mother Russia, you don't take the bus, the bus takes you... XD Seriously, your parents aren't going to make you walk 9 effen miles, get real...good luck :)
the_boob 0
if you're old enough to post this, you're old enough to get a job and pay for it yourself. welcome to the real world, kiddo.
Kureyna 0
I love you #31. kelvin rocks. :D
tigerg33 0
this isn't real. you know why? schools have rules about who can go to their school. its called living in the district. i doubt your schools district is within 9 miles or so. maybe 5 miles max. if you drove to school it would take like 30 mins to get there. so i doubt your story. nice try.
andreaco 0
it could be real, my school is open district so people over an hour away come. it could also be private school. you never know.
tigerg33 0
really? i never heard of open district before. schools make more money by charging people more when they live out district. kudos to your school for being so generous :P
Weasel_girl 0
I am guessing you are from America, as you are using the term district, instead of catchment area. In the UK schools have catchment areas which can span large or small distances depending on where they are and how many other schools there are. My secondary school had a 12 mile catchment area, so there were people that would have had to walk 12 miles if there were no buses. What is important is that you do not have to live within the catchment area in order to go to a school, you can apply to go to a school which is not local for any number of reasons, and they will decide whether or not you can attend. People within the catchment area, that live more than 3 miles away are entitled to free bus passes (usually, this varies depending on your council) if you live more than 3 miles away, but not within the catchment area, you will have to pay for a bus pass. The OP is lucky, in Essex, the bus pass is over £100 for students and children!
Dixie_Normous 0
lol just don't go to school. THEY will eventually get in trouble for it...