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By Walker - 04/11/2009 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my parents, who are divorced, were arguing over who has to pay for my bus pass. They decided they wouldn't pay unless the other one did too. Neither will pay the £60 it'll cost for my bus pass. I now have to walk to school every day, in freezing winter weather. It's 9 miles. Each way. FML

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By Grounded - 03/11/2011 09:18 - United States

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2017 12:00

Today, I learned that when I start University next month I will have to either pay $900 for an all-access semester-long parking pass, pay $200 for for a bus pass that takes an hour to get to campus, or pay $100 to park outside campus and walk 4 miles to and from class each day. FML

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By kippis05 - 17/02/2010 05:03 - United States

Today, my girlfriend and I were waiting for the bus. The weather had been cold and snowy recently, and I realized I'd forgotten my transit card. She nonetheless got on the bus without me. I had to walk it alone in the snow. FML

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By hiker - 29/03/2011 19:00 - United States

Today, my dad said that if I walked home from school, a distance of 8 miles, he would give me $50. Two hours and four massive blisters later, I come home. When I asked for my money, he said "I was kidding." FML

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By Anonymous - 01/12/2018 13:30

Today, in addition to having to deal with chronic pain that keeps me from driving for more than 10 minutes, I now have to deal with my brother who thinks I'm not paying him enough for taking me to school 2 days a week, when he does the journeys for himself anyway. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/11/2023 01:00 - United States - Cerritos

Today, I got another parking ticket because I can't afford a parking pass for the school I attend. I now have over $700 in unpaid parking tickets. I have classes all day from Monday-Thursday. I work Friday-Sunday. They recently cut hours at work. Some days I can't afford to feed myself. My mom said, "Figure it out." FML

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By ants9omarching - 10/03/2011 01:48 - United States

Today, the seat in my car broke and wouldn't move forward. I had to walk to school in the rain because I was too short to reach the pedals. FML

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By tiredofbullshit - 08/01/2016 06:06 - United States - Littleton

Today, my dad took my car keys off my keychain and hid them from me. His reasoning was, "I don't want you to be driving during the winter." Guess who has to walk ten miles a day to work, through the New England snow. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2014 15:38 - Taiwan - Taipei

Today, I'm so broke that I had to call in sick to work because I couldn't afford to pay my bus fare. FML

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By no snow day - 05/02/2014 14:07 - United States - Round Lake

Today, like every day, I had to walk to my bus stop. The only difference today is there was snow and ice over everything. Not only did I slip and fall, soaking both myself and the contents of my bag, the bus driver saw me there at the bus stop and drove straight past. FML

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whatevaaaa 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 22:51

wow your parents suck..poor you! :( and that sucks that you have to walk 18 miles everyday...in cold weather :( FYL

ahimsa7 0

Wednesday 4 November 2009 23:04

1) It's snowing some places, so "winter weather" is not an unreasonable thing to say. 2) £60 is over 100 USD. Not necessarily that easy to come by, especially if... 3) OP may be a young kid with limited options. 4) Your parents totally suck. You could buy a pretty cheap bike and ride to school. And if you don't have the money, shovel snow (if there's snow) or do some silly jobs until you can afford a cheap solution.

Comments

mmmazingmary 0

Tuesday 26 January 2010 0:47

Don't you have $60? idk how much 60£ is but.... it doesn't sound that much

Jakojan 4

Friday 5 March 2010 22:36

241, Go learn something about the world instead of just guessing around with completely wrong answers. £60 is equal to roughly $90. Same number + different money system = NOT THE SAME AMOUNT

christiancookie 0

Wednesday 17 November 2010 2:51

FAKE

KRYPTON1T3 5

Tuesday 18 January 2011 19:05

buy your own. is that hard?

Darcon 8

Sunday 10 April 2011 1:40

he goes to school, whoever says get a job should get a brain and you should at least know 60 IS alot for a student.

herzskins 0

Thursday 16 June 2011 10:01

you can't afford that?

hiro777 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 19:07

this story is fake, the op use £ for currency but measures distances in miles? I call bullshit

Xaviexis 6

Wednesday 20 July 2011 6:43

What would have really been weird is if it were only 9 miles in one of the directions. That said, it sounds like your life sucks.

9gag4life 1

Friday 13 January 2012 19:27

Oh, i would have thought you would have to walk 9 miles to school and 7 back -.-

iBiteRoses 22

Tuesday 20 March 2012 21:33

"9 miles each way" as opposed to "9 miles to get there and back." Duh.

nerdy96birdy 8

Saturday 3 March 2012 20:31

If you live three miles away from a place of education then you should really get a free bus pass. Unless you're in sixth form, then maybe you could get a job or something?