Money: Thievery

Thievery

By ExtemelyBroke - 06/06/2009 02:24 - United States

Today, I checked my bank account that I've been saving money in since I was a kid for college. I have $100 left out of the $10,000 I had last month. Apparently my parents thought buying a pool and an HDTV for themselves was more important than my college education. FML

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By noeducation - 27/08/2009 09:16 - Canada

Today, I found out why my parents have been trying to convince me not to go to college this year. I also found out where the $20,000 they just spent on landscaping came from. My college fund. Which is now $0. FML

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You deserved it 3 031

By poor man - 26/11/2014 14:13 - United States - Fort Lauderdale

Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. FML

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By screwed - 19/11/2009 03:31 - United States

Today, my dad came home from Vegas. Today, my college savings account is down by $64,000. FML

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You deserved it 3 195

By unitythemene - 04/07/2019 22:00

Today, I was worried because it's July and I still haven't found a summer job, despite applying to 50 places. It was fine, because I remembered my savings account. I told my parents. Instead of being relieved, they said they're going to take the money from me for being lazy, and using it for my tuition, despite promising to pay for it. FML

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You deserved it 342

Thieves like us

By Bummer - 30/10/2009 02:00 - United States

Today, I found my checking and savings account to both read $0.00. My parents transferred all my money to theirs because "I'm irresponsible, and not fit to handle money." I'm a 3.8 college student and have a full-time job. They are currently unemployed. FML

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You deserved it 3 897

By armenta427 - 07/10/2009 04:12 - United States

Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML

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By FuckedOver - 14/01/2016 14:31 - United States - Houston

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

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Poof, gone!

By Me - 12/09/2011 07:36 - United States

Today, I found out that my parents used all of the college money I have been saving up for 8 years to buy a beach house. The reason they waited until now to tell me? A tree fell on it, and they need more money for repairs. FML

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Addict

By Anonymous - 23/09/2013 02:56 - United States - San Francisco

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

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You deserved it 20 869

By skyhigh - 13/01/2011 05:48 - United States

Today, I discovered my parents have spent my college fund because "2012 will happen" before I graduate. FML

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FairFrozen 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 9:47

Sue. Sure, they're your parents, but God, being inconsiderate like that. It's your future.

kisekileia 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 9:50

That really ought to be illegal. You get screwed if your parents don't meet their financial aid obligations for your education, so there should be some legal requirement for your parents to meet those obligations.

Comments

slowflake 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 2:28

If you're under 18, everything in your bank account belongs to your parents unfortunately. So no, you don't deserve it because your parents always have access to your bank account if you're not of legal age yet.

Heelix 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 2:56

Id say that you didnt make it into college, or that you chose not to, and now you have a chip on your shoulder coz you cant just pocket the money.

deliriumevoked 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 3:57

Aw!! I wanna know what they said when you confronted them!!

lologirl419 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 16:46

Wow, your parents are jerks if it's your money. That's actually considered stealing if you didn't give your consent. At least where I live, it is. But maybe you don't live where I do, because where I live, you can't buy both a pool and an HDTV for $9,900. Hell, you can barely buy a normal television for that much! And yes, you people are idiots. Minors can have their own bank accounts, with their own money, in their own names. Checking AND saving. I am fifteen and I do. The checking ones you need a parent's consent for, yes, but I believe the OP was talking about a savings account.

Kutsa 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 17:54

They have to pay you back!

sgreene 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 21:42

wow your parents are assholes if they didnt intend to pay you back!!!!

DaniForce5 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 21:50

my parents are doing that to me right now. its the money im getting from when dad died =/ i agree, FYL

iplayrugby18 11

Tuesday 9 June 2009 23:32

I'm really sorry to hear what your parents did to you. That's completely rude and disrespectful. I can see if you were making 500,000.00 a year but that's your college education fund. I'm not sure of the laws governing where you live but I would definitely speak to an attorney because the consultation is free until you have to get a retainer...see what you can do and if they will take a case pro bono. If they do this to you now just imagine what they will do in the future. If you cannot trust your parents, who can you trust? You should try to get the money back whether you speak to them about it or get the money back through litigation. If all else fails just sell all their stuff and leave them homeless when they are old and frail since you will most likely have control over their possessions.