THE MOTHER LIED THE ENTIRE TIME YOU MORON!! Almost every comment I read says you deserve it!! How about **** no! Op obviously doesn't have enough money otherwise she/he wouldn't ask their mother in the first place to go on the trip you idiot. Jesus. I'm mature and responsible too, but I'd still need help paying for an expensive trip. Use your brain.

And yes, I do think the mother should have just said no. She shouldn't have lied to Op, and should have used this as a finance lesson in life. It is a cheap way to get out of having to tell your kid no. But my statement stands. Op could have found out about the details sooner, and could have realized it was a big fat lie. I still think that Op is a little too immature for the trip because of the lack of checking for details and preparation for the trip in its entirety.

Have you thought about how old OP is? She/he may be a teenager still. And even so, the mother could have just said outright that "No, I don't have the money to take you on a trip to Europe". And also, parents sometimes need a little prodding to take their children somewhere. Maybe that's what OP did and his/her mother decided to lie and let OP moon about a supposedly exciting trip to Europe.

Cool story 83. Not everyone can do what you can though. Big whooptie ******* doo, you can do everything on your own. Most of us can't do everything like you can. I think you don't realize that. That's the point of this FML, op needs help, mom lied about it and op obviously planned on going. Op probably was saving just for spending money while he/she was over there. The one person you trust in your life is your mother, so yeah, I'd expect better from op's mother. Op shouldn't have had to follow up if the mother lied in convincing fashion. Not all of us can afford shit like that on our own.

That's not the point. OPs mom said she would pay then lied for it. The mom could've told OP to save up for it them self, but she lied. If my mom told me she would pay for something, I wouldn't work to save up for it and I wouldn't expect to pay. OP isn't complaining about her mom not paying. She's complaining cause her lied about paying and ruined OPs (nonexistent) trip

I think I'd pay for the trip on principle if they were willing to go that far... In all seriousness, this is pretty sad. There's no shame in admitting that you can't afford something - it's not nice to be told "no", but at least it's straightforward. It might also have given OP time to figure out other ways (s)he could have gone on the trip. But saying "yeah, sure" and then waiting until the last moment to say "Haha! Gotcha!" indicates either extreme spinelessness at best, cruelty at worst. (The idea of Europe as a "country" in itself is one I find pretty funny though. Do US schools take trips to several different countries, or is it just a case of "can't be bothered to figure out the actual country I'm visiting"? I know many people see "Europe" as pretty small in comparison to the USA, but if you meant to turn up in Spain and find yourself in Germany, you've gotten yourself fairly seriously lost...)