did your parents lie to you as a kid?

J.T said:
When I was a kid my parents opened a post office account for me and every Birthday/Christmas they would put all the money I got from people/Family (we are talking at least £50 each Birthday and Christmas from birth, Large family) into it with the idea in mind that when I was 17 I could go withdraw it and do whatever I liked with it.

Anyway, my 17th birthday rolls around and I get all excited about getting my hands on this money so my Mum takes me to the post office and I hand over the little book (which my Mum has only just handed me so I haven’t looked in it yet) and the lady behind the counter hands me £17.50…..

To cut a long story short my Mum Says to me they used the money for fags and stuff… :(

What annoyed me the most was on some birthdays (even as a little kid) I would say to people not to get me a present and instead give me money.

I’ve still not forgiven her to this day…. Bitch!

Sorry for the long story. :)
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Dear lord, no offence buddy, but your parents sound like ****s.

It's not like it was their money to take either! I could understand it if it were their savings that they had put aside, but needed them to put you through school or something like that, but Birthdays/Christmases ....

Over 18 years, even £100 a year means u got done around £1800 worth of presents and family gifts.

Thats not just lying, it's decetful, disrespectful, dishonest and damn right out of order!
 
Knubje said:
Dear lord, no offence buddy, but your parents sound like ****s.

It's not like it was their money to take either! I could understand it if it were their savings that they had put aside, but needed them to put you through school or something like that, but Birthdays/Christmases ....

Over 18 years, even £100 a year means u got done around £1800 worth of presents and family gifts.

Thats not just lying, it's decetful, disrespectful, dishonest and damn right out of order!
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^ ^ ^:eek: dude thats really harsh! stop getting them pressies and say you are giving the money back to yourself!
 
Yes, but never without malice. The biggest thing that sticks in my mind was when I was 10, I got a playstation for Christmas, and my brother, who was a heroin addict (he's dead now) stole and sold it pretty much straight away. My parents told me they wanted to leave it upstairs so we could enjoy our Christmas together - and I was happy. I didn't find out until very recently.

I actually really wish I was with my brother when he was on his deathbed - so I could kill the **** myself. He made everyone's lives a misery.
 
KNiVES said:
Yes, but never without malice. The biggest thing that sticks in my mind was when I was 10, I got a playstation for Christmas, and my brother, who was a heroin addict (he's dead now) stole and sold it pretty much straight away. My parents told me they wanted to leave it upstairs so we could enjoy our Christmas together - and I was happy. I didn't find out until very recently.

I actually really wish I was with my brother when he was on his deathbed - so I could kill the **** myself. He made everyone's lives a misery.
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Sorry to hear that mate
 
Knubje said:
Thats not just lying, it's decetful, disrespectful, dishonest and damn right out of order!
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Hence why I've still not forgiven them. :(

On the plus side my Parents being really bad with money actually taught me to be pretty good with money, I’m not saying I don’t have debts but the ones I do have are no big deal and me and my better half started bank accounts for our two kids which we actually do put money in and they already have thousands each which I am not even tempted to touch.

Live and learn I guess. :)
 
J.T said:
Hence why I've still not forgiven them. :(

On the plus side my Parents being really bad with money actually taught me to be pretty good with money, I’m not saying I don’t have debts but the ones I do have are no big deal and me and my better half started bank accounts for our two kids which we actually do put money in and they already have thousands each which I am not even tempted to touch.

Live and learn I guess. :)
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Agreed!

And a punch in the ovaries and a kick to the nuts for your parents troubles :D
 
Knubje said:
And a punch in the ovaries and a kick to the nuts for your parents troubles :D
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^^ Atleast!

I think you have a pretty good outlook considering how much they screwed you over! £1.8 (figure mentioned ealier) isn't a massive amount, but it would come in handy no doubt!
 
When I were a nipper my dad used to tell me that when it got dark, a black, three legged, hunch backed, huge fanged cat with red eyes prowled around outside my house.
It sounds laughable now, but at the age of 6 I was terrified to even look out the window at night! Took me a good few years to realise he was having me on :p

On a nicer note though, for years my mum told me that we weren't allowed a cat because she was allergic to them. Then on my 15th birthday I wake up to find a little fluffball in a basket at the end of my bed :D She admitted she only wanted to see how long she could string it out for before she caved!
 
Dark_Angel said:
Yeah but the point is you got scars from it.

I understand I was making light of it, but I would have been pretty mad if it was me, or at least not "sad" it got put down... maybe I am cruel / heartless though.
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My boyfriend has pretty big scars on his face because he was bitten by his uncles dog as a kid, and he was the second child it had attacked. He isn't remotely sad that his uncle accidentally reversed over it soon after.
 
spleenharvester said:
From my dad: "There's been a message from the government, November 22nd (my birthday) has been canceled this year, it's going to go straight to the 23rd" :D used to do it all the time.
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Thats another thing my parents do all the time other than try and lie to me!

Tell the same GOD DAMN JOKE/ANECDOTE all the time!!! Does my head in!
 
Nope. My mum has always told me the truth. I learnt quite a lot of things I really shouldn't have. I never had the "birds and bees" talk either. It was "Man. Woman. Bang bang. Baby."
 
I managed to convince myself that zombies used to prowl around my house after midnight looking for children who weren't in bed! I was probably about 8! :o
 
J.T said:
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To cut a long story short my Mum Says to me they used the money for fags and stuff… :(

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What the ****? That is amazingly shocking, surely that is basically stealing? So she spent about £1700 of your money and gave you £17.50 of it? I'd go absolutely wild :o
 
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