Money: Today, I found out why my parents have been trying to convince...

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 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 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 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 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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By poor_college_kid - 15/09/2016 12:39 - United States - Tucson

Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML

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By malnourishedstudent - 08/06/2016 08:38 - United States - Palm Coast

Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. FML

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Coincidence?

By lessimportantthanatable - 15/11/2017 12:00 - United States - Northfield

Today, I learned that the new granite countertop in my parents' house cost $12,000. Coincidentally, this is also the amount of money I would have needed to go to the college of my dreams instead of the cheaper school I currently attend. 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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By thanxguys - 17/03/2010 19:03 - United States

Today, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML

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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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rookitty 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:06

what the hell kind of parents do that??

barlessprison 16

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:08

What is with all these parents using up their kid's college fund or hiding college acceptance letters?? FYL & try a scholarship.

Comments

silvercola 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 21:14

your parents are horrible

0_0 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 21:21

IT IS YOUR PARENTS MONEY NOT YOURS. take some responsibility and pay for it yourself.

Andrieux_fml 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 21:39

$20,000 wouldn't get you into any decent school, anyways. You might as well get a job and go to a community college.

kukopia 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:09

Obviouse answer to this situation; Go into landscaping and pay your own way through college. That'll show those lousy parents!!!

BLiNdZoRz 3

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:11

I seen to many "college fund" FMLs. They were never funny to begin with, so they shouldn't be allowed on the site anymore.

RainNIU 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:15

who the **** only has 20k in their college fund if their parents have a big enough place to do 20k worth of landscaping?

nityasomaiya 46

Thursday 31 December 2015 14:31

Good question

atvarela 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:18

No, don't go into landscaping, you'll look like a damn Mexican social.

LemonFairy 0

Friday 28 August 2009 0:42

People with crappy parents, like the OPs. :/

CFR 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:27

What THE ****?

Shmoopie4 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:28

You'll just have to figure out how to pay for it yourself. That was pretty shitty of your parents though--they should have at least discussed it with you. When they're old and gray and want you to pay for their nursing home, tell them you can't afford it because you spent all your money on landscaping your back yard. They can take care of their own damn selves!