Children Of Cheapskate Parents Share Their Horrifying Stories

Back then, you box them up for next year and tape the major rips. We even had an old box from a store called Structure that lasted years and years longer than the actual store did.

16. My Dad’s ‘Perfect Bed’ for My Newborn Daughter Turned To Be a Toy Crib

My dad tried to give me the “perfect bed” for my newborn daughter so I “didn’t have to buy a crib.” It was the bed from my childhood doll, which had been sitting in their garage for 20+ years and would not have worked, even if that wasn’t a wildly unsafe idea.

17. Mom’s Magic

My mom adds water to condiments to make them last longer. Sometimes, it feels like eating ketchup-flavored water. It’s funny and a bit strange. In our house, every drop counts; she turns meals into moments of simple, “thrifty love.”

18. Poor girl

While my parents lived in luxury, I hadnothing. They deceitfully stole my inheritance after my grandmother’s death. A 50 dollar Walmart gift card each year is all I get from them. I live so poorly that I don’t even have a phone.

They buy themselves several luxury cars each year and fly off for vacations in the Maldives. But one day everything changed. While my parents were on a cruise, I received a letter. It was written on it ‘Do not open when they are around.’

I looked around and immediately tore open the envelope and began to read. ‘Hey Mary, this is your real father. I’ve been looking for you for years. Your grandmother left you a substantial inheritance, which I’ve been fighting to recover for you. Meet me at the address enclosed; it’s time to claim what’s rightfully yours and turn your life around.