Today, I came home and found my desk devoid of all paper. Turned out my mom dropped by and wanted to surprise me by cleaning up my work area. She threw away over 7 months worth of irreplaceable original sketches, notes and storylines, thinking they were worthless. My job is a full-time artist. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my mother-in-law visited the house while my husband and I were at work. When we returned, we discovered she'd shredded and thrown away all the scribbled on papers sprawled on our messy desks. We're graphics designers. Those were rough sketches for about 14 different clients. FML
Today, my mom went snooping through my art bin to "clean out my old drawings". She found numerous nude pieces and accused me of selling porn. My mom mistook and threw out 57 anatomy practice sketches that I worked very very hard on, and ripped up the remainder of my drawings. FML
Today, after I got home from school I went to my room to find the maid had cleaned it, also to find a bag labeled "trash" it was all the sketches and paintings I had done in art class, which is my major plan for college. FML
Today, my mother decided to "help me" by throwing out the stack of papers on my desk. Unfortunately, those were all my notes for my final exams. FML
Today, I finally finished typing up a story I had been working on for about 7 months, saved it on my computer and left to hang with friends. Came home later to find my dad had sold my laptop in order to pay his phone bill. My hard work is now gone. FML
Today, my mother yelled at me for not doing all of my homework. She got so mad, she tore up a drawing I'd spent over a week working on. That was my art homework. FML
Today, I offered to let my niece and brother stay at my apartment, as my brother was going through a rough divorce and had lost his job. After coming home from work, I found my niece had snapped all of my pencils and had ruined over ten years worth of artwork. FML
Today, I found out that my art project, the one I've been working on for the last two weeks and the first piece I felt really comfortable about turning in, was stolen out of the art cupboard. FML
Today, while sitting on a bench drawing, some guy went up to me, yelled, “YOUR ART SUCKS” and flipped my sketchpad out of my hands. I’d been working on that piece for hours and now there’s a big black pencil streak on it. FML
Today, my dad went through my room while I was out and threw away the "inappropriate pictures" that he found. They're the nudes I've been working on for art class. FML
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Top comments
girlnamedkris 0
Oh my god. That's rough... Is your mom actually delusional though? Possibly mentally challenged? Did she throw away your drawings as a child? Jesus. You definitely did not deserve this one. Condolences...
tonia_fml 0
daaaaaaamn. i'm really sorry. you never throw away an artists' papers
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Comments (210)
24788 7
This one really bites for you.
phantomdonut 0
Oh - that really bites. My sincerest condolences, I've had that happen and I know how much of a setback it is. I think it's time to change the locks.
suckstobeyou3 0
My stepmom does this to me all the time. So much, that I've had to pay her to drive me to Home Depot so I could buy a lock and key for my bedroom door. It really sucks. Do you remember what at least some of it was? :/
nodbor 11
gotta say it. Why would your mom have a key to use at your place unless it was for emergencies only. Why would she think it is alright to go through you stuff. Does she not know that no matter what she thinks of your work, she has no right to touch it or throw it away. Fell free to show her this comment.
monnanon 14
some mums think they have ownership over their kids stuff even if it is in another house.
Arinwyn 0
That sucks. I hate when people go through my stuff and "clean" without asking.. Always scared something like this will happen. Good luck drawing it all again D:
Avenging_Angel 0
Ughh, my mom does the same thing! She thinks she's doing me a favor when she throws out my notecards for a research paper >_>
ZiggyMorrison 0
are you a story board artist?
uneekfreak16 0
Maybe she doesn't like the idea of you being an artist. Either way, FYL.
Harlei81 0
What a massive bitch. She could have at least asked you if you needed the drawings and files. **** man, you have my sympathy.
dmmd8686 0
That sucks. I'm sorry.