Foster Parents Demand 33 Year Old Son Move Back in So They Can Benefit From His Income

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 6, 2024 5:00 PM EST

There is a reason foster care has gained such a questionable reputation. A lot of people play the system to make some extra money off these kids.

One 33-year-old man recounted his troubled upbringing in foster care, where he was asked to leave at 18 due to the end of a paid fostering scheme by the local council. His 'parents' would no longer benefit from him. He decided to leave one month after he turned 17 to save them the trouble. Fortunately, he led a good life after that, bought a flat, and worked as a doctor. This is when his foster parents contacted him again… years after not saying a word to him.

They had a ridiculous request, or rather, a demand. Scroll down to read the full story, and then check out these entitled kids who told their parents to pay for two separate rooms on vacation, despite the high cost. Kids these days, huh?

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    F7462 5 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE MERIC 7983846 A THE UNITED STATES O FOR ALL TS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE "We need some extra income for the next 15 years." 531334 C Baul Ste 12 Serving of the Eucary ILARSC
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    r/entitledparents • 23 hr. ago Wheres_Danny 1990 Foster parents kicked me out at 18 - now they ask me to move back in at 33!
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    I wish I was making up this stupidc'p. I cannot believe the audacity, or the stupidity of these people... I (33M) was told to leave by my 18th by my foster parents as I would no longer be profitable past 18 (paid fostering scheme by the local council). I slipped out in the small hours of the morning, a month after my 17th.
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    I found my bio parents purely by chance (wasn't looking) just before my 18th - turned out that I look exactly like my mother, we almost look like twins. She was forced to give me up by her parents after having me at 15, she was not given a choice in the matter. I was reunited with my bio family just after my 18th, and moved in with them at 19. I then spent the next 6 years working 60 hours a week and paying zero rent - my Mum refused to take a penny from me -
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    until I could put down a deposit for a mortgage on my own place. I dropped 110K upfront on a 165K two-bedroom flat in 2015, and I will be mortgage free before the end of 2024. I have not been in contact with my foster parents since I slipped out in 2007, I never had any intent of keeping in touch as they never once pretended to give a cop about me during my childhood. I do however keep in touch with their bio daughter Kelly, 29F, who also doesn't talk to them. She actually had my back during my
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    Just before Christmas just gone, they got in touch with Kelly and asked her if she talks to me at all, and that they would like to get in touch with me. Kelly told them this was my choice to make and not theirs, and that she would forward a number to me. I picked up an old burner phone and texted back to them: 'This is Danny. What do you want.'
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    Them: 'Hi how have you been? We have been worried about you all these years blah blah blah.' Me: 'B' it, there is something you want from me - don't waste my time with small talk, just get to the point already.' Them: 'OK fine you are right, we have something to ask - we are having trouble paying the mortgage after recent interest rate rises, our repayments have gone up. Would you consider moving back in with
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    us to help us out? We need some extra income for the next 15 years. You can have the bigger room with the en-suite bathroom this time.' Me: 'I have literally one year left on my mortgage, and my repayments did not go up. Maybe I'll even look into paying it off early. So no I will not move in with you. Have you even tried pr ion? Or ans? maybe you could sell us? Get an O Another foster child?'
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    Them: 'There is no need to be rude to us, we are trying to help you here, we are offering you an opportunity. Do you have a job? What do you do for money?' d. Dr Me: 'I am a doctor, and I diagnose your Danny hereby prescribes you a nice tall glass of shut the f k up, and a pair of helmets to ride the short bus with. Because you must be mentally slow if you want me to believe that YOU would be helping ME by having me PAY to live with you. If ever I choose to tolerate your presence in my life agai
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    YOU paying ME for the privilege of my company.' Them: 'Oh forget it, just 1 off if you are going to be like that with us'. Me: 'Bye, have a nice day.' Them: 'F you!" . Me: 'No thanks'.
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    At this point, I just turned off the phone and stuck in back in my 'forget it' drawer. That was December 18th. I had a great Christmas with my bio family AND my foster sister, seeing as she spends Xmas with MY parents rather than hers. You might think I was being harsh with my foster parents here, especially with the 'r d' comment- but I assure you that they were gold medallists at doing the bare minimum as parents. I was fed and clothed, I was given a room and a bed and I was
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    sent to school. No toys, no birthday or Xmas gifts, no care or love, I was basically just a lodger who got his rent paid by the state. And for them to now try and ask for my help whilst painting it as them helping me? Just no. My bio mother was more of a mother to me in the first day of knowing her than my foster mother was in 17 years. I guess that's what you get when you neglect one child for his entire childhood, and then lose both because of it. Kelly slipped out the back at 17 just like I d
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    C64128 22h ago But it would only be for 15 years! You could rent out your paid off house so you wouldn't have to work and could spend time with them 24/7. Think about how much fun that would be! /s Reply 1 Share Ⓒ↑ 1.2K 1.2K Havanesemom43 • 21h ago Yes and the a' 'es have an adjustable rate mortgage? wtf???? 229 Reply Share
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    MacTechG4 21h ago I'm surprised your parents didn't try the "since your house is almost paid off, let us move in with you, you owe us and have to give us the keys and we'll take the master bedroom, you can take your guest bedroom, you OWE US! angle. 243 243 Reply ↑ Share ... rebekahster 20h ago I was absolutely expecting this, but maybe they were just too shocked to think of it at the time. I bet if he goes back and checks that burner phone, they will have tried to contact him again.
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    O man-o-peace1 • 22h ago The number of foster "parents" who view those placed in their care as a cash crop rather than as children is very high, lamentably. 107 Reply Share
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    pandabelle12 • 19h ago And it's very easy to tell. Most often they are therapeutic foster homes with the maximum number of kids and somehow, despite my state giving a $100 clothing allowance per quarter plus access to multiple free foster care closets in the area these kids are always in clothes that don't fit and are full of holes. 32 Reply Share ...
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    Acrobatic_Increase69 22h ago Well done for how amazing you've turned out and I'm glad your story is a positive with bio family and they've accepted your foster sister to!! Your response was perfect. If anything I'd tell them you'll charge them 142 Reply ↑ Share
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    SnarkTheMagicDragon 22h ago Perfect response to these miserable excuse for people. I can't imagine wanting to quite literally farm children for money. Reply 1 Share Know_how_to_b_stupid • 21h ago Absolutely. The audacity: "we'll be helping you"... loved the answer (minus the "r" world). The prescription was a nice touch but my favorite is the "no thanks" after they told OP “FU” 452 ↓ Reply Share Ⓒ↑ 157 157 ... ...
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    GodsGirl64 18h ago ● These people are beyond entitled! Glad you found your family and that Kelly has been welcomed by them too. Have a great life! You deserve it. 43 ↓ Reply Share ...
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    leolawilliams5859 • 18h ago I think that's your foster parents are absolutely delusional I am so glad that you are living your best life and that you are happy. I also am glad that you were able to tell them Fk you keep up the good work 43 Reply Share ...
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