Money and Miscellaneous: Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house...

By gonebabygone - 27/08/2009 06:58 - United States

Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML

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By Cougar - 24/07/2009 19:05 - United States

Today, I was at work when my mother called. She gave me great news that she had finally cleaned out my room and all those "old and useless" books that I had in there. Those "useless" books that she had just trashed were all antiques and worth about $500 each. There were 27 books in there. FML

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By Ilostsomuch - 04/01/2012 18:30 - United States

Today, I came home to find that my mother had sold all my valuable collector coins for cheap at a local shady pawn shop to buy herself a TV. The coins in question were worth enough to start a business. FML

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By futuregigolo - 22/12/2012 00:11 - United States - Strasburg

Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/01/2011 11:38 - Australia

Today, my mum is convinced I'm a hoarder. While I was out of the house, she went through my room and threw out stuff I "don't need." This included $500 worth of textbooks, a flash drive with crucial work on it, and my phone charger. FML

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By bookworm - 08/06/2019 14:00

Today, I had a garage sale and sold some books I don't read anymore. A woman came up and yelled at me, saying I'd stolen one of the books from her house. I later found out that it was a distraction so that her boyfriend could steal my TV. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/12/2013 06:17 - United States - Roseville

Today, I was helping my mom look for some money she'd misplaced. At my wit's end, I flipped through her diary, in case she'd hidden it between the pages as she has before. Didn't find the money, but I did find out she might well be cheating on my dad. FML

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By armenta427 - 07/10/2009 04:12 - United States

Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML

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By poor man - 26/11/2014 14:13 - United States - Fort Lauderdale

Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. FML

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By Forge - 11/10/2014 14:43 - United States - Taylor

Today, I went to my grandma's yard sale, only to find my baby pictures being sold for 25 cents each. FML

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Technically, that's stealing

By Elizabeth Ann - 04/10/2019 22:00

Today, I told my mom about the $50 I'd hidden in case of an emergency, and how I couldn't find it. She said she'd borrowed it last week. FML

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Intoxicunt 5

Thursday 27 August 2009 12:20

$60 will cover a shovel, duct tape, a large knife, and some trash bags... all with enough left over to go out and have a couple beers.

e11ie 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 13:07

How could someone possibly deserve this? Despite your opinion on how to store your money, her mother had no right to root through a house that didn't belong to her and take items without permission. File a police report for burglary. This is flat out theft.

Comments

plexico 3

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:25

At least it wasn't your stash of weed. But it probably was your weed money.

jeremymg91 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:39

What brought that into this? Is that all people think about these days?

plexico 3

Thursday 27 August 2009 20:11

Oftentimes, people hollow out a book to stash drugs. Weed sounds cuter than drugs. I've never touched the stuff in my life.

turnedoffTVgrey 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 20:42

I think that's true for occasional smokers. Anyone that does real drugs keeps their shit on them at all times.

OMGitsKaleyxo 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:29

just go make another $300. at least it wasnt like $3,000 or u'd be screwed.

tykoala 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:45

As a college student, I can understand why this is a huge issue. $300 is a lot of money. I'm working a job at minimum wage and am trying to save for a Study Abroad program next summer. I would be very, very upset if I lost 300 bucks.

djb23 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:30

I do the same thing. nowadays theres really no reason to keep money in a savings account since the interest rates are close to zero and whatever youd make isnt worth not havng that easy access to your cash. also if your parents have accss to it like intoxicunt said and you dont want them to see what youre spending it on, its easier to keep it at home. either way youre moms a bitch if she doesnt give you that money back.

Intoxicunt 5

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:46

What city do you live in!? I need to go find whoever just bought that stuff from your parents and see if they've discovered the money yet. If not, I'll pay them double for it.

screwtaylor 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:54

It's easy to go make another $300. Just go work at a strip club somewhere in Texas, and pray to god Plexico happens to be there. :P

Intoxicunt 5

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:57

That really made me LOL. Arizona isn't too far from Texas. She could hitchhike. Plexico, get out your wallet!

plexico 3

Thursday 27 August 2009 20:13

I require a strip club that is adjacent to a bakery.

Intoxicunt 5

Thursday 27 August 2009 20:16

Nah, just suck on the strippers' rolls. Lame pun. Besides, they'll bring you wings and beer. But if there's a big business for strip-joints and bakeries, I may open such a combo and expand nationwide.

plexico 3

Thursday 27 August 2009 22:26

You could have said that I should have licked the strippers' poles because there would certainly be a residue of yeast.

iFruit 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 16:59

Aww, fyl. And I don't think your parents will believe you when you tell them about the money you hid and ask for it back. They'll probably think you're making it up cause you need/want $300. So fyl again. Which makes it a double fml. But we can make it a triple fml just for you, OP!

Anon1616 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 17:03

you think it would common sense for them to ask you about your stuff first. How would they know what some old book means to you. They don't. YKDI for stashing it in books.

primogen18 0

Thursday 27 August 2009 17:17

how can anyone click YDI? He hid HIS money, in HIS room, in some of HIS stuff, how could he possibly know anyone would go rummaging through his stuff like that? "ok kids, lock up all of your valuables in a safe or somewhere outside of the house, garage sale day is coming and anything in the house is fair game, no matter whose it is or where it is. Btw, drop the safe somewhere at the bottom of a river or something, because if that's in the house, it might get sold too". Sucks for you OP, when you move out, don't give your parents a spare key to your apartment. I think that should be a given, but it seems to be a problem for some on FML...