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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You deserved it 6 457

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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 3 032

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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You deserved it 2 995

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 3 197

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

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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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You deserved it 3 899

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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You deserved it 3 343

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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You deserved it 1 603

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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You deserved it 2 497

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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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You deserved it 20 872

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

Gnollface 1

Thursday 22 March 2012 14:46

If that happened to me, i would have probably called a lawyer, or a hitman. It sounds like a troll-post, but if its true, please say that you made them pay with more than just their lives!

gamemastercrs 1

Thursday 29 March 2012 3:54

well now u can stay home everday til ur 30 and wen they ask u why u havnt tried to improve your life you get to say "cause you spent my life on a ******* tv"

alexlovescandy 3

Friday 13 July 2012 23:26

IDE beat the crap out of my parents. I mean what kind of person does that?

scifichic92 8

Sunday 15 July 2012 0:27

I feel your pain. My parents took all of my college fund to send my sister to a really nice, expensive, rehab treatment center. They had been saving for me since the day I was born... I could have paid for a good two years of college out of pocket.. now I need finical aid....

jc95sd 3

Wednesday 3 October 2012 23:43

Kill them...

wifeydearest 8

Monday 18 March 2013 6:04

Shitty parents. I'm surprised they kept you alive long enough to reach the age required to open a bank account..

SkyCloudie 7

Friday 14 June 2013 20:20

Good God, how inconsiderate and terrible are your parents? YOU saved up for that $10 000. They had no right to even take a cent off your savings because it's yours. I feel bad for you, OP. FYL