My parents are asking me to pay them back everything they bought me since I was 12: Advice?

Dude you aren’t legally obliged to pay anything so take it as a lesson learned on who your parents really are and move on from it.

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Tell them to take you to court…And leave it at that.

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What the actual hell?

Danielle Lia Vincent wtf

Tell them Congratulations! You are paid in full, it’s their responsibility to contribute to their kids upbringing and lifelong endeavors. A child is for life. You didn’t ask to be brought into this world. They had a choice and chose you! Now let them know you need a break and ask for any missing family vacations your first 21 years to start happening. You only live the one life given to you and you deserve only the best love and kindness from them. Big hug’s and kisses. Also they would never win in court, the judge would just laugh hysterically and walk out.

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You must make a good living and it’s some sort of lesson in disguise???

Your parents are crazy! I would cut them off completely.

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Tell them good luck with that and that they can try and take you to court but be prepared for the judge to laugh hysterically and mock them. It is their responsibility as parents to provide you with clothes on your back and if they didn’t want to do that your mum should have thought twice about opening her legs. Sorry, not sorry.

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Sorry, that’s some seriously toxic bullshit right there. Hand them the bill for your therapist and walk the fuck away girl!

What nonsense! Narcissistic parents

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Give them 2 options:
#1 let it go, never mention it again and continue to be part of you and your children’s lives
#2 take you to court if they really believe they are entitled to the money and NEVER contact you again

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There was no contract because you were a minor, seek a solicitors opinion. Its not morally right.

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Tell your mom to fuck a cactus

I don’t even know what to say to that… I would explain “you chose to be a parent. It’s a mother/fathers duty and responsibility to provide for their kid(s)” card. Don’t give them a cent unless you borrowed money, knowingly. I would cut them off but that’s just me…

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Assuming you live on your own and have your own bill’s and such, walk away from your parents. Just go the other direction. Sorry but screw that. I can maybe, MAYBE see 18+ for that if you weren’t in school. Otherwise its bye mom and dad.

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Show them all these answers to the people being disgusted at what they are trying to do to you

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Lmfao hell no. They as your parents are entitled to do most of those things. Tell them if they really want their money then they need to be wayyyy more reasonable like only ask for the money of things youve asked for since age 16 or 17 and older that WERE NOT GIFTS. If they dont agree say "well this will definitely make a judge laugh " and walk off :woman_shrugging:

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MY question is: What is wrong with you? You are a 34 yr old woman with children and you are seriously entertaining the idea that they can hold you to this? Absolutely not! Let them know they can fuck right off. What did they think? That $60 coat you NEEDED when you were a kid was going to help fund their retirement? Psychos!!

Just say I didnt ask for the stuff. And you had me parents raise their children and buy what they need. They don’t get money back for being parents. They got money from taxes for the years you were under age

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You should sue them cause you didn’t ask to be their daughter :woman_shrugging:

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This one would be good for Judge Judy lol

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Your parents are retarded

You were a Kid, it’s their job to provide and take care of you :flushed:

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A mother/ fathers job is to take care of there kids no matter how old they get I will never stop taking care of my kids no Matter how old they get and if they ask for money I will give it to them and will never ask for a penny back

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what sort of parents are they - I would just laugh and certainly not pay …I wonder if they paid back all the money their parents spent on them???

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They chose to have you, you didn’t ask to be made/born/raised.
Create your own ledger of how much life has cost you however long you’ve been alive and send them an invoice.
That is so disgusting and I would be considering myself parentless.

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It’s there job until your 18. After that your on your own . They chose to have you and what they spent on u was there choice. They should be careful kids are sewing parents for more than what they want. And they win.

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Nope don’t pay them a penny if there is no agreement

This is a joke right?

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I wouldn’t pay them AND I wouldn’t accept ANY “GIFTS” from them any longer. I also would cut them ot of my life, but that’s just me

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When they’re 90 years old and you have to change their diapers you can bill them and laugh about it JK

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Your parents shouldn’t have brought kids into the world just to turn around and expect them to pay them back for “everything they bought them”. It’s just plain ridiculous! Like I get if you’re 18+ and had bought like $200 shoes or something but jeez a $60 coat?? Like c’mon…

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I suggest you burn that bridge while staring them in the eye
That kind of toxicity isn’t needed around your kiddos

Your family is toxic and if I were you, I would cut them out of your life. This is just gross. Normal people don’t keep a tally of what they buy their kids.

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Is this serious? Omg. I would literally laugh in their face and tell them that Children don’t ask to be born. You had me it was your job to take care of me.

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Send them a ledger showing a cleaners rate of $35 an hour for all of the chores you did since you were 12. And if you still have any of there ‘gifts’ give them back and put them on your ledger as ‘vintage’ items and charge them triple the price. Charge them a fee for compensation for the emotional damage they have given you. If they ever looked after your kids- charge that as a ‘hire’ fee, come up with whatever utter crap you can think of and hand it to them- make sure it is twice as much as the ledger they gave you. Sometimes it is best to play the game then argue it… at least that is what I would do. :grin:

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Hmmmm. I think you need to send an invoice back. Thats so selfish of them. I would be a smartass and if they give gifts at christmas ask if you will have to pay them back if so dont accept them, they are gifts, you dont habe to pay back for that… But I would make a wager thing and give it to them. They might be struggling with money and this is a dumbass way to ask for help.

They are crazy. You don’t owe them a dime.

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Wow. I thought my mom was a bitch. Yours has her beat .

Thats crazy dont pay. U were a child!. They decided to have you.
And give u or yall gifts.thats no fair or right

You never asked to be brought into this world . That’s just crazy, burn that bridge

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This is a joke…right???:wink:

Any chance they felt you were being ungrateful? Or unappreciative? Or maybe they feel as though you’ve been leaning on them to much? Maybe they were just trying to prove a point?

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Give them a condom. Tell them it wouldn’t have happened if they would have been protected. Bunch of morons.

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They did parenting wrong. Sorry.

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Woah. And I thought my family was bad about money. :joy::joy:

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Are they kidding? Maybethey are teasing! Why?

They are fucking stupid and you don’t owe them shit. They chose to have you, you didn’t ask to be born. I’d tell them to fuck off. :woman_shrugging:t4:

Take them to court if they threaten you about it because girl you don’t owe them a damn thing of they were gifts etc and ask them if they expect your children to pay them back when they are old enough too

You have horrible parents sorry to say this. Under law they can’t actually charge you anything because anything under 18 is they’re responsibility anything after that you still don’t have to pay unless they have written proof a contract saying you are paying them back word of mouth is not good in court. I personally would take them to court for breaking your heart causing you stress and I would sue them give them a bit of there own medicine. This makes me sad if it’s true I can’t believe parents have kids and think they need to pay them back for raising them what a sad situation

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Wtf u owe them nothing! I’d tell them to go to hell and never ever except anything from them again and ditch them from your life

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Tell your mama and dad to kiss your ass and stay the hell away if that’s how they’re gonna be

That’s crazy!! Legally they can’t do shit, I’d tell them to piss off!

I’d be saying goodbye to the pair of them, your children don’t pay you to be a parent !!!

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That’s a little overboard. I could understand if u had asked for items that u wanted and didn’t need and they bought but this is ridiculous. Tell them that’s what a parent does I don’t know. In my opinion a parent and grandparent willingly buys things without the expectation of being repaid. Especially if u didn’t ask for them. This is crazyness. Good luck . :woman_facepalming:

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Girl, that’s insane!!! How incredibly petty of them. You were a child and for them to spend money on your children (their own grandkids) and expect you to pay them back for it??? Wtf are they smoking??

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Dont worry about it and dont pay them back. If they take you to court for it I’m sure the judge will laugh in there face. Dont accept anything from them for now on. Not even anything for your children if that’s how they are going to be.

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My daughters 9 I guess I better get ready and start her tab :woman_facepalming:t2::joy:

Ask them what they want you to do with them when they get old enough they cant care for themselves? I thought that was the whole point of having kids was so you too had someone to wipe your ass when you couldn’t?

My daughter presented my granddaughter with a bill from when she was a child. Where did she get such a ridiculous idea? Her ex mother-in-law buys stuff and expects to be paid. She tried to get me to go “halfsies” with her on an electric blanket. She wanted cash from me but she’d put it on her credit card.

That’s too much…your parents did this off their own back…they are required to clothe & feed you…sounds like you need to stand your ground

Sounds like y’all either got in to an argument or their in a bind?

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Kids aren’t an investment

This is all a joke and the joke is on them. Crazy sorry Mom and Dad get over yourselves

Tell them you are suing them for bringing you into such an awful place without your consent lol

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My husband is going through the same thing… answer is “DISOWNING THEM”. If they feel that they need you (as a child) to pay them back for being a child, then they can kiss your ass!!.

Don’t pay them a dime, your folks are a joke :joy:

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You were their responsibility until you turned 18 so tell em to deduct that much.

Parents are suppose to support you until you turn 18.

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Tell them feck off that’s nuts, don’t feel sick over it, I’d laugh into their faces. They don’t have a leg to stand on tell them bring you to court to see how they get on xx

That’s a big nope from me! Unless it is money that you borrowed and agreed to pay back forget it. You do not owe them a dime otherwise. You are there legal responsibility until you are 18 and if they bought the things after you turned 18 without your consent or agreement at the time of purchase to pay for the items, you owe nothing. As a mother I can’t even imagine what would make you start keeping a ledger of the amount you spent on your child at twelve years old.

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Tell them to take you to small claims court!

The judge will laugh…

Girl don’t worry about the money.

Worry about how nutty they are!

Take out a life insurance policy on both of them and let the clock tick until you are repaid for emotional damages.

Ask them to see their tax returns see if they ever got money using you as a tax deduction and subtract it then say good by . It is s parents responsibility to make sure you had what you needed .

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You owe them nothing! It’s their job to provide for you.

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Cut them out of your life I have 2 daughters and my goal is to give them as much as I can and help them throughout their lives as much as I can… kids aren’t an investment to get paid later

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This is just Unbelievable! Crazy! Your a parent! Grandma! You don’t get paid back! Mind blown🤯

there are no words for this.

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That’s MESSED up!!! Wha r kind of a patent would EVER do something like that? Plus they were legally responsible til your 18 . Or up to 21 if you continued to live with them. Soooo.if they ate that kind of F…up patents tell them you pay them back for whatever they bought til you moved out. Then I’d tell them … then live your own life and tell them…Hope your happy , have a nice rest of your life!
That’s SOOOO Wrong !

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I’d just laugh in their face and tell them good luck trying to collect :joy::joy:

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You do not owe them anything. A gift is just that a gift and the items a child needs is the parents responsibility.

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Your mom and dad must of got child benefit for u until u was 18 that must mean they owe u money . I would tell your mother and father that the gifts they got was their choice not yours l think it is disgusting they are making u pay money back from the age of 12 ,l dont mean to be nasty but they are both out of order

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Was this done to them when they were growing up? If not, then why are they doing it to you? Parents are suppose to provide for their kids, till they move out, & can provide for themselves.

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Wow. Ummm, I’d tell them as your child you were responsible for providing for me therefore I don’t owe you anything and from here on out, don’t get me or my children ANYTHING unless it’s out of the goodness of their hearts(if they have hearts). I just can’t phathom this. It’s beyond ridiculous of your parents. I feel so sorry that they had decided to treat you this way.
My children have children of their own and I still buy them things. Sometimes it’s needs, sometimes it’s wants. Unless they say, will you buy this and I’ll pay you back, I don’t expect anything back. Your parents have some seriously f*#ked up, idek the word, morals?, values?

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They legally can’t do that. If you don’t pay, you won’t get in any legal trouble. You are their responsibility until you are 18.

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Tell them hell No! 12yrs ole,that’s their responsibility? Omg? No,no, and hell No!

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Seriously are they normal,don’t have children if you can’t afford it, I would just ignore her.

What!!! That’s Nuts!!! Did you WIN THE LOTTERY or something and they want a piece of the pie… I don’t understand … I didn’t know Parents could get paid back every cent from 12 years old and up… hummm… hold on… I have 4 children umm… I could really come into some money here… :rofl::joy::rofl::joy::rofl:!!! But, seriously, Who does that???

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Fuck that and fuck them. Sorry but what terrible parents. Keep them away from your children

Tell them you’ll pay them back by choosing a nursing home that fits their requirements…

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Take it to court. They haven’t got a leg to stand on. Parents are financially responsible for their kids until they reach adulthood.

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Hand them an envelope, filled with slips of papers the size of dollar bills with the words “fuck off” written on them.

And then mail them your therapy bill, because holy fuck.

They are not your parents ( faithfully ) if they are asking money from you to pay back when you were their responsibility. It’s their job to make sure your molded into adult hood. You shouldn’t have to pay back anything

Tell them they should have thought about child expenses before they had you. They are responsible for you till age of 18 then anything else they do after that is on them. They choose to buy this and that especially for your children that is all on them. Tell them continue their ledger and say good luck with it

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You didn’t ask to be born. Tell them to sue you for it. This would get thrown out of court in 2 seconds flat. Absolutely ridiculous!

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This is disgusting. I would tell your parents exactly how you feel…and cut them off.

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Omg.
I haven’t read the comments yet, but I don’t even know you, and my heart is breaking for you. That is the most asinine thing I have ever heard. And so very petty.
I honestly feel sorry for you to have such vindictive parents.

Sounds a little like my parents except they wanted my niece to pay for things they paid for her mother. We got into a tiff when I told them no they couldn’t take my niece’s money. They had plenty of money, it isnt like they needed it and no one asked them to pay my sister 's bills, they just did it. Your parents must have a screw loose. You dont owe them a thing and should not pay them. Parents are obligated to support their children til they are 18 or 21 if in school and the rest sound like gifts. You may have to cut ties with them but what they are asking is unreasonable. AND DO NOT FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. THEY ARE IN THE WRONG NOT YOU.

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Wtf lmao your parents need therapy

Tell them no way what the hell is wrong with them ,why did they have a child if they planned to do this ridiculous idea ,Never heard of anything like it and have nothing more to do with them