Punch him in the mouth as hard as you can. Father or not, that's theft.

why ppl choose YDI ?? its a real FML ... seems like people are choosing randomly just to be different

sue him, get the money, you win, he's in jail

Everyone blaming the OP doesn't seem to realize this tiny, seemingly unimportant detail. Uh, it's HIS money. His father STOLE it out of his bank account. It doesn't matter what the OP should or shouldn't have done, the point is that his father shouldn't have stolen it. No one deserves to have wedding money stolen out of their bank account by someone that should be trusted beyond anyone else. That's theft and probably fraud, maybe even identity theft. That gets you prison time, it is a felony.

WHY WHY WHY do people allow their parents access to their bank accounts? Yeah, it sucks that your dad took almost $40k without asking you, but it's your ******* fault for letting him even get NEAR the money.

Actually, OP, you have it wrong. Your dad cleaned out HIS bank account. If his name was on the account, it was his. It doesn't matter if you put all the money into the account. So you learned an expensive lesson: if you put money into an account that belongs to someone else, you are giving them your money.

God, I can't believe these FML's involving parents lately. It makes me that much more thankful I have a mom that wouldn't ever do something like this =/ Aren't you supposed to be able to trust your parents/parent not to do something like steal almost 40,000 dollars from you?! I don't give a crap if his name was on the account that's awful! And I am also assuming your dad KNEW you had a wedding coming up and did it anyways. Even if his name is on the account I can hardly believe that's completely legal.

wow that really sucks. ima say fyl big time. and **** all u guys sayin the op deserved it for not changing the account. most people think they can trust their parents and that they wouldnt steal money from their own child

Ok, for those who are curious as to why some people leave their parents' names on their account, this is a reason I haven't seen mentioned yet: - It isn't always that people don't realize that their parents are still on their account, but in many legal situations it is practical. If the OP had ever been in a situation where he was abroad, or in trouble, or seriously hurts, etc. and needed money sent to him from his account, or wasn't able to reach his bank for whatever reason, he would be completely STUCK without someone else being able to access that money. My mother has always left my grandmother on her accounts for this very reason. That way, if she can't get to the money, at least someone else can. It doesn't matter what the situation is, if someone were to go to your bank and try and get money out of a single-person named account, no sob story about how your son is in jail and needs you to get the bail money is going to make the bank give you access to his funds. This dad just absolutely abused the trust his son gave him.

oooh yeah fyl. :(