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By Anonymous - 29/08/2009 00:59 - United States

Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML

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

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By Rex - 16/09/2017 16:15 - United States - Camden

Today, I started at a new college. I bought my textbooks and went to my first class only to find out that they changed my schedule without telling me. I'd already opened the book. I could not get $200 back. FML

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By ill - 02/10/2009 17:18 - Canada

Today, I called my dad to ask why my university tuition had not been paid. He said that my school was "too expensive" and he "couldn't afford it." He then asked me if I would take in his mail while he was away. He was taking his new wife to Hawaii; apparently it's beautiful this time of year. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/08/2009 00:47 - United States

Today, I borrowed my dad's laptop to type an essay. While I was saving it, I noticed some curious looking files and I opened them. They were rejection letters from all the colleges I had applied to. My dad had been forging them so he wouldn't have to pay for my tuition bills. FML

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DamienTheRabbit 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 9:10

That's... awful. You'll find a way to make it work, though, if you really want to.

oliveolive_fml 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 9:09

thats just sad how your dad doesn't have faith in you lmfaoo

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Bump_it 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 15:47

Fake. What university makes you pay your complete balance before class even starts? And if it is true, maybe his dad was right. Parents generally know their children and a lot of kids aren't ready to take college seriously enough right out of highschool. But if he really wants to attend school he could be like 50% of students who pay for themselves, it's not impossible.

zapskimmer 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 16:48

at leadst now you have new clothes and other cool stuff

Bumlove89 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 17:05

Uh hello. You're in college and you're moving out of your parents house. Shouldn't you at least take some responsibilities for yourself? It's ultimately your responsibility to check and make sure everything was correct. YDI big time and at least your parents are paying for your tuition. Alot of kids don't have it that easy. Stop whining and being a baby.

stixjd90 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 17:06

shit man, thats rough. but i agree with #89....but your dad needs to make it up to you and find some way to get into that college, even if he has to beg the dean to let you in.

TheTruth1428 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 18:15

YDI. You'd think a smart person would make sure they were actually in, everything paid for and all that before they packed and headed there. Your dad was probably right, you were too dumb and would have failed out.

Juju97_fml 9

Saturday 29 August 2009 19:43

BLACKJAW WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!?! Parents pay for their child's tuition because THEY LOVE THEM AND CARE ABOUT THEM! One reason parents pay for their child's tuition for college is because THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THEN THEY WERE. The father is a selfish a$$hole, for saying he would pay it, when he didn't. I agree, it ISN'T the parents responsibility to pay for college, but if THEY WANT TO WHY THE HELL CANT THEY?!?!?!?!?!?!

genius_man16 0

Saturday 29 August 2009 20:00

**** all of you people saying the OP should pay for himself. Why should he? If he dad promised that he would pay for it, then what incentive would YOU have to scrounge together like 6 grand a year to pay for it? And just because he spent "hundresd of dollars" on clothes and stuff does NOT in the slightest mean that he can pay for college. It's called saving up. Apparently most people don't realize that as a concept, but some people don't always spend all of their money as soon as they get it.