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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by throwaway94715@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

I moved back in with my parents at 35 a couple years ago after personal financial ruin.

CW: SuicideI was so depressed at the time that I told them they should let me die because I didn't want to be a financial burden on them.

That's how seriously money was weighing on my mind at the time.

All I knew about my parents finances before yesterday was that they had multiple high-interest credit cards nearly maxed out. I knew this because my mom has shared the account login credentials with me.

All I could think about was getting a job ASAP to help the family stay of the streets, but I was too depressed to function.

Yesterday after a long conversation, my mom shows me her Merrill Lynch account on her iPad. It has a balance of over $128k. All stocks.

My mom has been squirreling every dollar she can into it for the past thirty years.

I clicked "max" on the balance history. The balance used to be over $600k but she makes a lot of trades.

I'm going through a lot of emotions rn.

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[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 40 points 2 weeks ago

bruh, your parents suck so hard, I'm so sorry

I clicked "max" on the balance history. The balance used to be over $600k but she makes a lot of trades.

btw tho you should probably get her off the gambling before that account balance becomes 0

this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2024
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