Today, my son told me he lost the envelope with all the money he earned selling Cub Scout popcorn. The popcorn was delivered already, and the money needs to be turned in to the pack leader tonight. I just spent $220 on popcorn my neighbors are eating. 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 son took some of my underwear to school. What's worse is he sold it to his classmate for $10. FML
Today, while paying for groceries, I opened my wallet to find that all my cash had been exchanged for Monopoly money. FML
Today, I was elected "class mom", even though I didn’t want to do it. I was also handed several envelopes in the hectic school hallway, containing parental cash contributions for the year. I lost several of the envelopes while rushing to my car, and now have to contribute €100 instead of €25. FML
Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. FML
Today, after creating a swear jar for my son, I came back to find a $20 bill in it and him saying, "How much does that buy?" FML
Today, I gave my son a bollocking for losing a very important paper that I needed for work. I've just found it in my right pocket. FML
Today, while at my job in a candy store, a boy stuck his hand into the bin, contaminating the candy. As I politely explained that the dad had to purchase the affected candy he refused, yelled, then angrily agreed to buy them. The total cost of the candy with the extra pieces? $1.69. FML
Today, my 4 year old son thought it was funny to put money in the shredder. He stuck over 500 dollars in it. FML
Today, after spending two hours baking cookies for my niece's school's fundraiser, I packed them into a container and drove to the school. When I got there, the teacher looked confused and said the fundraiser was next Saturday. By the time the actual date arrived, every cookie had been eaten by my family. FML
Today, I asked my mom if I could borrow $20 since I don’t get paid until Friday. She responded with, “Why don’t you return those packages that arrived this week from your online shopping sprees?” FML
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ThereWolf 0
Why haven't YOU been keeping up with the money FOR your Cub Scout-aged son?
rosierosierosie 0
sell your son to pay for it
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Comments (82)
PhillyFox 0
I personally wouldn't pay for it. This is a great opportunity to teach your son about the responsibilites that come with handling money, especially other people's.
the_stereotype 0
i mean, someone has to pay for the popcorn, and the neighbors certainly aren't going to pay for popcorn they already bought again. so she's kind of stuck. but if she didn't tell him, she could always tell her son that he has to pay for it, and he can do it by doing chores or something.
ber254 0
I agree, make your son pay you back either with money or with chores. That way he he can learn responsibility with money. Oh, make sure you don't see any new toys pop up too. ; )
Dydy_fml 0
Aww, i understand you ... your son didnt mean it :( it kinda sucks to pay 220$ but its ok ... what doesnt kill u make u stronger :D
ndvorsky 4
I don't think loosing a couple hundred dollars can make you stronger
Allymeme 3
It's your fault for letting your kid handle that much money.
Eid 0
Yeah, you should wait until kids are at least 20 until you try and teach them responsibility for money! Oh wait, no, that's stupid.
ChunAsperEndao 0
You're right, she should hand the kid large quantities of other people's money as a means of teaching him responsibility. Oh, wait, that's spectacularly reckless.
eagle216 0
dude... i am sorry but sucks for you man. when you force your kid into boy scouts dont bother selling it. only hardcore lovers will buy that expensive shit. trust me i just aged out of boy scouts. i stopped selling it three years ago
daemonsparta 16
who said the kid was forced? lots of kids want to be scouts.
Courtzz 0
Make him pay it back by earning money and doing chores etc
chop_buster 0
Lost it? More like, got $220 worth of hookers and blow.
ijrnelson 0
your son is lying, I'd bet $220 on it. but on the brightside he has either a stack of drugs or a new playstation to play with!!
blastvortex 4
Why the hell are you letting your less-than-10-year-old son take responsibility for that? You should be helping keep tabs on that. More to the point, if you didn't help him look around for the money after you found out, then that YDI goes for double.
wyld3fyr3 3
if i didn't live in CA i would have been laughing my ass off, i bought a tub of that stuff yesterday