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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 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

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By Anonymous - 01/12/2018 13:30

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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.

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Calaura9 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 5:32

Maybe he lives too far from a job to walk to work? Makes sense.

AndreaHatesYou1 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:05

9 miles isn't that far walking distance. Get a job. Buy a bike. And everyone who is saying child services and/or the police should be called are dumbasses. Parents not paying for something expensive and not necessary for their child is not abuse or neglect.

phantomdonut 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 7:39

It seems like this was something the parents paid for before the divorce and are now not paying it just to get at the other. Unfortunately, I've seen this kind of childish, bickering nonsense again and again among my own friends' parents. It's not that out of the ordinary.

sundayporch 2

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:07

Wouldn't OP use kilometres instead of miles if they lived in England?

monnanon 13

Thursday 5 November 2009 12:21

no we use miles too, continental europe uses kilometres tho

a_tag 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:25

(assuming its not fake) this is pretty sad

valuemeal2 1

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:30

Buy your own bus pass.

crizpy7 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:48

In mother Russia, you don't take the bus, the bus takes you... XD Seriously, your parents aren't going to make you walk 9 effen miles, get real...good luck :)

the_boob 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:51

if you're old enough to post this, you're old enough to get a job and pay for it yourself. welcome to the real world, kiddo.

Kureyna 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:54

I love you #31. kelvin rocks. :D

tigerg33 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 6:54

this isn't real. you know why? schools have rules about who can go to their school. its called living in the district. i doubt your schools district is within 9 miles or so. maybe 5 miles max. if you drove to school it would take like 30 mins to get there. so i doubt your story. nice try.

andreaco 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 7:06

it could be real, my school is open district so people over an hour away come. it could also be private school. you never know.

tigerg33 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 7:15

really? i never heard of open district before. schools make more money by charging people more when they live out district. kudos to your school for being so generous :P

Weasel_girl 0

Thursday 5 November 2009 13:45

I am guessing you are from America, as you are using the term district, instead of catchment area. In the UK schools have catchment areas which can span large or small distances depending on where they are and how many other schools there are. My secondary school had a 12 mile catchment area, so there were people that would have had to walk 12 miles if there were no buses. What is important is that you do not have to live within the catchment area in order to go to a school, you can apply to go to a school which is not local for any number of reasons, and they will decide whether or not you can attend. People within the catchment area, that live more than 3 miles away are entitled to free bus passes (usually, this varies depending on your council) if you live more than 3 miles away, but not within the catchment area, you will have to pay for a bus pass. The OP is lucky, in Essex, the bus pass is over £100 for students and children!