A teenager refuses to help pay her parents’ mortgage after they took money from her savings without asking first.
A teenager has made headlines after refusing to help pay her parents’ mortgage.
This situation arose when her parents took nearly $1,000 from her savings without asking her first.
The 18-year-old shared her story on Reddit, where many people expressed their support for her.
The teen saved money to escape her parents’ toxicity.
The girl works for her father and earns a good wage for her age.
She has been saving most of her income in a bank account that her parents cannot access.
She planned to use this money to move out with her younger brother, who is just 10 years old.
The teenager feels trapped in her parents’ difficult relationship, which she describes as “toxic.”
Recently, she thought things had improved between her and her parents.
They had been calm, leading her to believe she could trust them more.
However, she was taken by surprise when they asked to see her savings.
When she showed them her account balance, they called the bank and transferred $990 to pay their mortgage without her permission.
The teen was upset and refused to give more money.
The young woman felt upset after this incident.
Her parents did not explain why they took the money at first.
Later on, her mother admitted that they had used it to pay off their mortgage.
The teen shared that her mother told her, “Your money is our money, and you’re getting the house when we die, so what’s the problem?”
This comment hurt her deeply.
She has worked hard to save her money for her future and to help her brother, and now she felt that all her efforts were in vain.
After their conversation, the teen had a heated argument with her mother.
She refused to give them more money, leading to accusations that she was being selfish and ungrateful.
While she appreciates what her parents have done for her, she believes they crossed a line by taking her money without permission.
Many online users supported her decision to refuse.
After posting her story, many people on Reddit sided with the teen.
They felt her parents’ actions were unfair and even described them as theft.
Some users suggested that she should move out as soon as possible.
One commenter advised her to change banks and restrict access to her savings account so her parents could not take any more money.
She should file a police report because what the parents did was theft!! They was her money that she earned by working.
Next , she should move out and not deal with her parents at all until they replace the money! One user said.
I hate that for her, there are parents out here that take from their kids and they should all be prosecuted! The second user wrote.
What I don’t understand is how they struggling and still have her on payroll for the business.
Her salary can go towards something else or hire the mom for her salary and she can work somewhere else.
Make it make sense, the third user commented.
She’s an adult…thats her money.
Now I would also say as an adult, her parents have every right to charge her rent.
But what they did is wrong and I would file a police report and be prepared to move out, another user wrote.
My ex did this to our daughter. She was a minor and had to have him on her account at the time, someone said.
In response to the overwhelming support, the teen took action.
She contacted her bank and successfully restricted all outgoing transfers from her savings account.
However, she learned that to recover the $990 already taken, she would need to file a police report.
This added another layer of stress to an already difficult situation.