I stole thousands of dollars from my parents and spent it on online games

I stole thousands of dollars from my parents when I was about 16, and it was the worst decision of my life. I would have never admitted this to them, as they still don’t know. <br><br>I had a prepaid credit card which I got for my birthday, and I spent all my money in the card. My mom bought me a new one, and I didn’t want to ask her again, so I used my parents credit card to buy more stuff. But I didn’t even use the new card. I just stole the money from it, and spent all my parents money on online games. <br><br>I didn’t know I was doing it, until one day, my parents told me to buy a phone accessory with my parents credit card, so I did it. But I didn’t spend the money on it, I just used the card to buy other things. And they noticed. I was like “What’s going on?” <br><br>I was banned from using the card for 2 years. I didn’t want them to find out I had been stealing money from them, so I told them it was an accident. I said “I was banned because I stole the money, but it was an accident. I didn’t even use the card, I just used the number to buy stuff. I didn’t steal the money on purpose”. And I just said “it was an accident, I don’t know what happened” <br><br>I told them it was an accident, so I would be able to get back my parents credit card, but I couldn’t get back my parents money. So I just did nothing. I just waited until the 2 years were over. But they never gave me back my parents credit card. <br><br>And now I feel bad for my parents. I know I was young when this happened, but I should have talked to them. They didn’t notice anything else, and I didn’t even buy anything. I just spent their money on games. <br><br>I spent their money on online games for 3 years. I spent thousands of dollars on games, and I didn’t even play the games. I just bought the games and never played them. <br><br>I feel bad now because my parents didn’t even notice I was stealing from them, but I should have told them. I could have just bought a new phone, and spent all my parents money on the phone. I could have done anything. But I didn’t. <br><br>I hope I never do something like this again. I will always remember what I did to my parents.