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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Tim3 0
drop kick her down an elevator shaft
Osakhomen 0
She better pay for all the money you lost out on.
Shunnabunich 2
I agree with #56 and (part of) #69: she has, whether on purpose or not, deprived you of a very great deal of money which you depend on. You would be more than justified in (fairly) calculating the monetary worth of what she threw out, and holding her legally responsible for reimbursing you for that loss, regardless of whether she's your mother or not. My parents don't come to my work and try to get me fired; yours have no right to throw away your livelihood either. I sympathize and wish you the best of luck.
Kylias 6
Kkh--... my mother goes through my things all the time, to "clean up"... meaning "throw everything that's bigger than a quarter or smaller than a stapler away". Including all the jewelry I make. That's why I learned to hide them in empty Pocky boxes... When she goes on one of her cleaning sprees, I flinch every time she even looks at a pile of my papers. Something similar to this has happened to me several times. Might I suggest getting an individual lock for your study - or wherever your desk is?
LyuboLove 0
either your mom really hates you, or she knows nothing about you and the kind of work you do... all it takes is a 5 minute conversation to explain to her that the drawings are your job, and for her not to touch them how old are you anyway? i still live with my parents, but i taught my mom that when i was like 16...
kobold_fml 1
Horrible! I'm so sorry for you! My mom's a similar type. At least she never threw things away. But when I went on vacation, she came around and "cleaned" my house. I couldn't find a damn thing. First I called her to ask where she'd placed each single item, but that didn't get thru. I had to tell her to never touch my stuff again. She doesn't anymore.
Capnstinkfoot 0
Now you need 2 go2 ur moms house, & clean house. Eye4 an eye lol
atomicmrpelly 2
Why are some mothers such busy bodies?! I feel for you man.
LesYeuxDeDario 0
Change your place dude - .- and dont tell your mom where you live. That will teach the bitch ...
lovesucksxxx 0
That's so bad.. How could anyone be so stupid to do that knowing your career? So sorry that happened.