Today, I found out that Yale had actually accepted me 17 years ago. My mother apparently burned my acceptance package and letters because she didn't want me to upstage her UChicago degree. FML
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OP here. To the people who said I deserved it, my psychotic mother actually had the balls to craft a ******* rejection letter and mail it to me. I was sixteen and had never seen an authentic denial letter from Yale---you guys would've believed it, too, had you been in my shoes. To the people who keep bringing up e-mail: it was 1996. As my generation will tell you, we grew up without the internet. To the people who agree that my mom's a bitch, damn straight she ******* is. My daughters and son will not be seeing much of mee-maw anymore, nor will I. To the people who said I wouldn't be who I am today without that lie: Doesn't matter; parents are supposed to nurture their children, not deprive them for personal gain.
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ColtonStecher 12
What a selfish bitch
perdix 29
In some fields, University of Chicago is more prestigious than Yale. Maturity is not one of them.
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Storia30 9
Ur mom has issues.
heatherp96 6
Couldn't you have gone online to see if you made it? Or even have your acceptance e-mailed to you? lol
Sheleigh 7
I don't think the internet was that sophisticated of a place in 1996.
Meechiepie 13
haha thank you! I was gonna comment on that but FML kept logging me out before I could make a reply to that, so annoying. Yeah, most people didn't really start getting computers until 1998 from what I remember, and even then it wasn't super commonplace, and prestigious schools or even businesses would not rely on something like that at the time.
sparc_fml 4
Haha, as someone who has worked with technology their entire life (including in 1996!) I can assure you that very few 16 year olds had email back then. To put things in perspective - hotmail (one of the first free web based emails) only launched in mid-1996 and only purchased by Microsoft in 1997. Email was a trivial thing for most places.. any kind of serious written communication was done by mail.
Axipiter 24
That bitch owes you a ******* life. Hope she has fun making it up to you. What a ******* piece of work she is.
unluckygirlhere 5
That's just....wow if my mom did that I would hate her
cappellaaa 23
I would never talk to her again if that were me. what a selfish bitch. parents should always want the best for their children
etoilenuit 15
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Maybe her mom told her because she felt bad? Also, think of who you met and the experiences you had in college. None of that would have happened if you hadn't went to Chicago. I know a lot of people who meet lifelong friends and their partner in college. I know this doesnt erase that it was horrible that she did this to you, but it always helps to focus on the positive things that came from it.
anniemeece 23
Wow. I'd be ******* livid! I can't even.. wow.
lochiamochia 25
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OP, don't look into the past. If your life is great now, looking back will only place what-ifs in your life that will never give definite answers and will shadow the blessings you have now. If life for you now doesn't give you contentment then looking back 17 years ago will just breed resentment, grudges, disappointment, and spite. Knowing that piece of information should give you a sense of confidence that you were good enough for a prestigious Ivy League university. Chin up and smile on! :)
avaeba 14
Way to invalidate OP's feelings completely. Pretty sure he has the right to feel as bitter as he wants about this, having just found out
jamnglamgirlie 17
105 **** THAT, IT'S YALE!
Shade1982 20
I don't think he was saying this shouldn't be, just that he shouldn't let these feelings run his life... Which I kinda agree too.
ni0ve 9
whens her funeral?
sikunt89_fml 16
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Sorry but don't they usually send either a letter of rejection or a letter of acceptance.... If you were so intent on going there wouldn't you have tried checking up on it when nothing arrived... unless your mum made a fake rejection letter YDI for being so blasé about your own future.
jmcr 27
How would she know if her mom got to the letter first? From the sounds of it ops mother has no boundaries what so ever so it would be easily enough to fake if she had the acceptance letter to make a copy of off its not that complicated of a plan if you try to "think" about it
jamnglamgirlie 17
Reread the FML buddy.