Today, my parents dropped by my new house, and my mother offered to tidy up for me while I was out. After they left, I noticed that her "tidying up" included throwing out all the pictures of my girlfriend and replacing them with pictures of herself. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, I came home to find that my mother had cleaned my room, and she'd done a very good job, too. So good in fact, that she even managed to remove all of the furniture, replacing it with a note that said, "It's time to go, sweetie XO". FML
Today, I found out that my mother changed all the locks of the house and threw away all of my girlfriend's stuff. I don't know what the fuck happened there. I actually bought the house two years ago because I had enought of her being nosey and controlling with both of us. FML
Today, I came back from college and visited my parents house. There was a new family portrait hung over the mantel of my parents and 2 sisters. My mom had always wanted one but always postponed it. It was dated the day after I left for college. FML
Today, I went to my boyfriend's mom's house for the first time. They had a cook-out so I got to meet his whole entire family. I went into the kitchen to find a huge picture of his ex-girlfriend on his mom's fridge. FML
Today, my parents met my girlfriend's parents for the first time. They not only brought along embarrassing childhood photos of myself, they'd 'accidentally' placed an intimate photo of me and my ex-girlfriend with them. That was their subtle way of telling everyone they prefered my ex. FML
Today, I brought a girl back to my place. She commented on how neat and clean everything was for a bachelor. I absentmindedly said, “Yeah, my mom comes over and cleans three times a week.” She made a face like I'd just told her I eat puppies or something, then made an excuse to leave. FML
Today, I went over to my mom’s place to attempt to help her clean up, as she’s a hoarder. I was devastated to see that in order to make room for all the unnecessary new crap she buys, she stored all of our childhood toys, photos and the like outside in uncovered bins. It’s all completely ruined. FML
Today, I visited my mother's new apartment, and found a picture of yours truly hanging above her toilet, and I asked why it was there. She shrugged and said, "Because the thought of you makes me want to take a shit?" FML
Today, my mom and I were talking about a wedding decoration that we are going to use at my wedding. I insisted that I gave the decorations to her and I didn’t bother looking in my house. She came over for the night and cleaned while I was at work. She found the decorations that I'd insisted that I'd given to her. FML
Today, my mother kicked me out of the house because her new boyfriend needs my room. Evidently he also needs my credit card, passport, and wallet too, because she kept all three, while tossing everything else out on the lawn. FML
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redwingsfan88 9
That's taking it to far in my opinion
miyaviichan 27
Sit her down and talk with her, OP. I don't get why moms do this. Same thing happened with my ex's mom, basically.
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Comments (126)
Brittface 6
Thats aweful, but at the same time kind of hilarious.
HowieDoIt 21
It does sort of fill you with awe, doesn't it?
Medd_fml 13
Your mom is feeling abandoned, OP. Sit her down and talk.
Gho5tk3y 17
With any luck you should still be able to retrieve the pictures of your girlfriend, either way you need to have a heart to heart with your mum. Good luck op
TheCaramelKing 11
She's not read to let go.
olpally 33
Throw her pictures out now. Your house, your rules. And ask why the **** she did that? How rude.
Gho5tk3y 17
Right, because that's not immature at all.
olpally 33
His mother was being immature when she did that also. Duh. Mother needs to let go.
drewflav 17
21/32: Better idea. Throw out all pictures of her husband (dad or stepdad, we don't know) and replace them all with OP. That'd teach her really quickly!
Rainhawk94 27
Id just place a picture over the fireplace of op naked wrestling a bear
drewflav 17
52 - Just find a picture of Vladimir Putin doing that and superimpose OP's face
TallMist 32
#26 No. It's not immature to expect your parents to respect your property. ESPECIALLY if your old enough to move out of your parent's(parents') place. Just because they raised you does NOT mean they get control over your entire life. This was taking it too far.
doodlecloud 27
I don't get how people can do something like that...even if I didn't see anything wrong with removing the girlfriend pics, I couldn't put pics of myself up - it's so cringey and self-obsessive! I'd be too embarrassed.
Nyx_fml 23
How can't you see anything wrong with removing the girlfriend's pics?
doodlecloud 27
Uh, I do. I said 'even if I didn't' meaning, well, even if I didn't. The key word is 'if'. And 'even'.
Nyx_fml 23
Yeah, sorry. I meant, in general. More like "How could anyone think it's okay?". Bad choice of words. In any case, your keyword is "didn't", not the others. You could still say "Even if I don't see anything wrong [...]", and it would have a complete different meaning.
doodlecloud 27
Huh, good point. I think the 'if' is still important as it signifies that it's a hypothetical situation, rather than the actual way I feel, but yes, it could mean the complete opposite with 'don't' instead of 'didn't' as well. Interesting stuff.
Evgeny2222 11
*Freud joke*
kumarina 35
Smooth...
Rainhawk94 27
Rough.....
klovemachine 24
bumpy :-D
kumarina 35
Smooth way of letting him know she doesn't like her a lot....
olpally 33
Should've said that when you first commented, 79.^.
kumarina 35
I know, my bad
NessaMae 19
I've noticed mothers tend to have an odd jealousy when it comes to their sons having girlfriends. I never quite understood it. Maybe she wants you to be a mamas boy forever?
ImTheAlpha 30
I'm not sure if I'm correct, as I'm not a mother, but I think it's because of a belief that "no one can take care of my baby like I can". Again, it's just a guess. Anyone with knowledge on the subject, feel free to correct me.
brackaman 18
Yep. My girlfriend went to Europe for a week and my mom was gleeful. When she came back my mom got all sullen and irritated. This is the same mom that keeps asking me when I'm leavin then freaks out if I leave the house.
JaegerMayCry 13
what I have to womder is what goes through the mother's mind. Its as if OPs mom was like, "I hope you find a nice girl. It doesn't matter who she is as long as you love each other" then suddenly after says, "and as long as I like her, if not then tough luck." Why wont some mothers make up their mind?
MasqueradePrince 25
Just a Quick Question... Why did you let your mother "tidy up" your house for you?