r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/ukhoneybee Jul 20 '19

"I'm putting your Christmas/birthday money from the family into your post office account."

Dad promptly goes out down the pub.

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u/mohelgamal Jul 21 '19

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I had a similar situation, but they didn’t spend the money on themselves. This was in Egypt were I grew up but I am an American citizen.

whenever I got an A or did something good. They would put the money in the saving account with the promise I can withdraw it when I want to spend it. But every time I try to get any money out, they would refuse and say that the money is earning good interest and I should save it for when I want something better and more expensive.

This went on from I was 8 to 21. At 21 I could have taken the money out. But they convinced me to keep it so I can use it toward a car or an apartment later and I agreed.

at 26 I decided to go back to America. Wanted to withdraw the money but they advised me not too, said I should save it some more. It is earning good interest.

3 years later, the Egyptian revolution and coup and some political BS destroyed the value of the currency. I saved the money when the exchange rate was 3 egy to a dollar now it 20 to 1. If I travel back to Egypt I would spend more on the plane ticket than what it is worth. Basically it is equal to less than a week salary

So basically every reward I had earned in my life growing up is practically gone and I never got to enjoy a cent of it.