‘Ask [your] foster children for help’: Forsaken biochild refuses to give money to bankrupt parents after years of fostering ran the family bank account dry

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Jul 13, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

Fostering kids is a noble undertaking, but when your biological child gets lost in the mix, perhaps you've lost the thread of decency you were grasping at in the first place.

The Redditor in this next story may not have been a 'troubled youth' in the foster system, but after his parents left him forsaken in lieu of the foster kids they decided to take in, he was forgotten entirely. So is he holding a grudge from childhood? Yes. Is it totally justified? Also yes.

After his noble parents decided to take on foster children when he was about 8 years old, the original poster (OP) of this story became independent. Because he didn't 'need as much help' as the other kids, OP's independence was more or less required in order to get on in life. So while he raised himself over the years, a festering grudge formed in his heart towards his parents. Now, years later, after moving out on the day of his 18th birthday, OP's parents have the audacity to approach him for handouts, begging for money they'll inevitably spend on their foster children. While their intentions were originally good, they seem to have forgotten their own child in the mix.

Keep scrolling for the family dramas that ensued when this forsaken biochild put his foot down.