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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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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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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fretforyerlatte 0
that's awful. your mother had no business doing that, especially since it wasn't even her house. my place is forever cluttered with papers and such from my husband - writing, drawings, school work, and so on, and it is maddening that he leaves it lay everywhere but i would never dare throw any of it away without asking. i just stack it up on the desk. what does get me though, is when he has the nerve to complain about the mess around the place when i'm basically not allowed to clean up his shit.
DankJemo 0
I know she meant well... but shit, I would have the hardest time not finding her, and yelling at her until i felt better.
Icalasari 0
I can't believe I am saying this, but YDI. I am an artist myself. I am also very lazy, but even I take the time to put drawings somewhere safe, like a binder or portfolio
grlwitperlEring 0
Your mom is either an idiot or hates you working as an artist and knew exactly what she was doing.
change_we_need_fml 0
Your mom's a bitch. Wow. I'm so sorry. Just remember - what goes around, comes around =]
SluttyMcNugget 0
Why doesn't she know what your job is?
Tarnag 0
Does your mom know you are an artist? I am one too and my mother is scared to touch any of my work. Either way, that REALLY sucks! FYL for sure.
abrodyisHOTT 0
this is terrible! i know your mom was just trying to do you a favor, but really, she should never have thrown out things of yours without asking you first. she could have just cleaned your desk and placed all the papers in some boxes or something. i hope things get better!
whatssofunny 0
i would have killd her
spirited_away33 0
#2, you never throw away ANYONE'S papers without asking. duh