Nest Egg
A pretty good mate of mine comes from a wealthy family. While she doesn't have the acidic personality you'd expect from a rich lass, her sister more than compensates for this.

Her parents are pretty sound too. Rather than spoiling the kids rotten, or at least more than the sister already was, every month they'd have money paid into a savings account which would be handed over to them on their 18th birthday.

Said mate promised her parents she'd get into uni, worked hard and on the eve of adulthood got herself a savings account with £18k sitting in it. That's 18,181 and a bit poundsaver cheeseburgers for those who have never heard of that much money. In a smart move, rather than blow it all on drugs and cars she put it in another account and uses the money to help pay her course fees.

Said sister, working out she was going to get £18k when she came of age then proceeded to generate a healthy class-A drug addiction until she was admitted into a private mental hospital. In her whitewashed cell on her 18th birthday her parents handed over the savings account. Inside was the bill from the loonybin, travel expenses and receipt for a removal company to take her stuff away. The remaining balance was £37.

Must've been an awkward point for the family, but I didn't half piss myself when I heard the story.
(FoxyBadger (try saying it backwards), Thu 9 Oct 2008, 16:31, 4 replies)

I didn't half piss myself when I heard the story.
not much more than I did then
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 16:36, closed)

i went ha ha ha..
.. then i went oh dear poor girl her parents sound mean :(
(loobyla, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 16:44, closed)

Mean?
They're not mean... They let her have the last 37 quid, right?
(Obsidian, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 11:09, closed)

That's actually
More than my Christmas present was worth last year.

Come to think of it...spoilt cow!
(FoxyBadger (try saying it backwards), Tue 14 Oct 2008, 16:22, closed)