Teen Wonders What Happened To Her $30k, Mom Gives Vague Answers While People Online Call Her Ungrateful

22 Dec 2025, 09:50 by Kornelija Viečaitė · Bored Panda

One of the signs of adulthood is having and managing your own money. In the U.S., 45% of young adults aged 18 to 26 say they’re completely financially independent from their parents. Yet, not everyone has that luxury, especially if their parents mismanaged money meant for them while they were kids.

One young woman claimed that exactly this happened to her. She said that her parent wasted the $30,000 in her childhood payouts and only $524 was left. That’s why she refused to attend Christmas. However, people’s reactions weren’t as she had hoped: netizens didn’t side with her this time.

A woman planned to skip Christmas with one of her parents because of an old wound

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The parent, according to her, mismanaged her childhood funds and refused to admit that she did it

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Teen wondering about missing $30k with mom giving vague answers, sparking online debate and ungrateful accusations.

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The daughter’s main issue was that her parent wasn’t following court orders

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Surprisingly, many people thought the daughter was being a jerk in this situation: “That money wasn’t yours”

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Some tried to explain that the PFD money in Alaska isn’t like an inheritance

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“Don’t let anyone guilt you,” others wrote, agreeing with the OP that the mother mismanaged her funds

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Teen Wonders What Happened To Her $30k, Mom Gives Vague Answers While People Online Call Her Ungrateful

A woman planned to skip Christmas with one of her parents because of an old wound

The parent, according to her, mismanaged her childhood funds and refused to admit that she did it

The daughter’s main issue was that her parent wasn’t following court orders

Surprisingly, many people thought the daughter was being a jerk in this situation: “That money wasn’t yours”

Some tried to explain that the PFD money in Alaska isn’t like an inheritance

“Don’t let anyone guilt you,” others wrote, agreeing with the OP that the mother mismanaged her funds

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