Money: Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had...

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 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 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 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 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 Anonymous - 07/05/2017 20:00

Today, I learned that my dad invested my entire college fund into some shady internet stock, despite my dire warnings about being careful. He told me not to worry as he'd done some research, and he guaranteed everything would be fine. Two hours later that same stock dropped almost 75%. FML

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By gonebabygone - 27/08/2009 06:58 - United States

Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML

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By Bobo - 11/10/2022 10:00

Today, my father stole the money I'd saved up by working and spent it all gambling. I'd saved it up for a year for a new car. FML

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By Ineedjustice03 - 25/03/2011 11:55 - Singapore

Today, I had to dig into my savings to help my parents pay for their divorce. FML

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By skiergal98 - 18/08/2019 02:00

Today, I found out why I haven't been getting my bank statements for the past couple of months. My parents have been hiding them from me, because they've been stealing from it. FML

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Wednesday 26 November 2014 18:26

How did they get access to your account? And doesn't the bank notify you when you take out a large amount of money? Your parents are ****** up and should be paying you back for their stupidity.

ahippienamedrae 10

Wednesday 26 November 2014 18:26

That sucks, OP. Maybe you can get them to pay you back eventually ):

Comments

Sathane 21

Wednesday 26 November 2014 23:57

Grounded? **** that shit! That's called theft. Time to call the cops.

HylianWarrior 21

Thursday 27 November 2014 0:04

Steal your parents credit card, when they find out tell them they're being selfish and should help out family

aliciavanham 13

Thursday 27 November 2014 0:29

Maybe ironically you'd better save your money in your draw the next time.

Witchylady 17

Thursday 27 November 2014 0:32

You need to change accounts ASAP and under no circumstance give them access to it. Your parents seem like a pair of losers.

chuchaiilabss 19

Thursday 27 November 2014 0:38

PARENTS! You'll never win an argument with them. Even though they did wrong, they have the guts to have you grounded. Pff.

carzaki27 12

Thursday 27 November 2014 1:23

Oh my god, that is a dick move. I hope they're paying you back for that stupidity!

VoodooPriestess 16

Thursday 27 November 2014 1:42

I feel your pain. It was a bit different for me, but it still felt like a slap in the face. It hurts when people can't be trusted.

worldclassrager 39

Thursday 27 November 2014 2:06

It looks like the wolf of Wall Street concept wasn't very helpful on your family

jazalea8 16

Thursday 27 November 2014 2:32

Considering you are under age, they have to be on the account. I know how that sucks. What I would do is file a small claim against your parents. I do believe you have legal status since they used the money you were saving, not because you wanted them on your account, but because you have to have them on there. If you are a minor, things change when it comes to money in bank accounts. If you can prove that you had intent on using that money for a specific purpose, you can win.. Pay stubs should be able to help. Also, tell them they are selfish because they stole your money.