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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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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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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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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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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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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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

overtly_subtle 0

Thursday 11 June 2009 4:24

Wow, that is seriously incredibly horrible. What kind of relationship with your parents do you have? How could they possibly think this is ok? Do they realize what they've done? I would lose my mind; I'm getting ready to go to college, and the thought of the money saved up that I NEED just disappearing for such an insane reason...

anonibus 0

Thursday 11 June 2009 4:27

one word: sue

mas19 0

Thursday 11 June 2009 22:42

That tv is yours now. Or you sue. Assholes...

silasx 0

Friday 12 June 2009 17:32

wow so i love how everyone is freaking out but...this is a lie. unless they got a kiddie pool, they didnt get a pool. pools cost more than 10,000. hell, just refinishing a pool costs 12,000+ so...yeah dont get in a tizzie guys, cuz the pools a lie and even if they got a tiny tiny tiny pool, the tv would put it over the limit. this is a fake. shut your mouth

bsias4ever 0

Friday 23 October 2009 14:52

Um no. You can get a good sized 30-40ft pool for 7k ..and a decent tv for 1500...retard...pools only costed 10,000 for a decent one in the 1990's -.-...moron

californiababe33 0

Friday 12 June 2009 20:42

you suck

jewelzgalore 0

Saturday 13 June 2009 7:39

Your life is so ****** it's not even funny.

tahoegirl93 0

Saturday 13 June 2009 8:15

Divorce your parents, sue them, tell ALL of your family & your parents friends & co-workers what they did, go to your local news station & see of they will do a piece on how parents rob their own children! Then put an add in the local news paper telling your story. Your parents SUCK SHIT!!! What losers!!! I am really sorry & sad this happed to you. You definetly did NOT deserve that. Good luck in getting back at them?

Reyo 2

Saturday 13 June 2009 11:23

The night you move away to college, move their HDTV into the back of your car and write a note that says "This TV should pawn nicely for my college fund since that's where the money to buy the damn thing originally came from." Make sure to go to an out of state college. If they call you for their TV back, tell them to go f--- themselves. What are they gonna do? Take your college fund away?

bobvito 0

Sunday 14 June 2009 6:07

I'd be so pissed if my parents did that. I say you have two options. 1- Throw the TV into the pool, then cut the liner on the pool to ruin it. 2- Sue them

Kill3rLemon 0

Sunday 14 June 2009 7:11

for the people that say that "it was your parents money in the first place." it was a parental obligation to teach him/her money responsabilities. if you open an account before the age of 18, your parents have full access b/c you're a minor. my parents got their van repoed and took all the money out of my 2 sisters, my brother, and my savings accounts. i can relate.