Today, my mom threw out years worth of trophies that I'd put tons of effort into earning. Her reason? They all looked the same to her. 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 parents dropped by my new house, and my mother offered to tidy up for me while I was out. After they left, I noticed that her "tidying up" included throwing out all the pictures of my girlfriend and replacing them with pictures of herself. FML
Today, I went over to my mom’s place to attempt to help her clean up, as she’s a hoarder. I was devastated to see that in order to make room for all the unnecessary new crap she buys, she stored all of our childhood toys, photos and the like outside in uncovered bins. It’s all completely ruined. FML
Today, my mom's obsession with cleanliness hit a new low when she bitched at me for having trash in my trash can. FML
Today, my 16-year-old daughter burned all her baby photos because they were unflattering and made her "look fat". 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, 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
Today, I realized that there are more framed pictures of my mom's dog than pictures of me around the house. FML
Today, I found out where a few of my favorite outfits went. My mother had taken them out of my closet, wrapped them, and given them to my cousin as a gift. FML
Today, while sorting through my clothes, I found one of my ex's old sweaters. After a lot of thought and difficulty, I threw it out. I felt empowered, until my father later rifled through my trash and claimed the sweater for himself. FML
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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corbendo 3
Throw away her clothes.
gofan 0
I'd be digging through the trash if I were you.
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Comments (96)
mrdiehler 0
Definatly not a "soccer mom"
Jacobt24 19
I like how OP's username is Facepalm.
regsworld11 2
How rude! What kind of mother does that?
BIEBERSLAYER 10
Shes not getting any trophy for worlds best mother.
wat11115 0
My moms the same way... Sucks man
Mirorbo 27
Apparently your mother was never taught anything about personal space/property. Who cares of SHE thought they were all they same? They were not hers to throw away! Reminds me of when my mother in law donated a bunch of clothes that belonged to me for the same reason. Apparently she'd never heard of a work uniform before.
everybodyluvsMEN 0
Didn't she like break something of yours once too? It was on the comments like a few months ago lol
bankrupt 15
Yes, No 21, you have said a mouthful! My mom was the QUEEN of this annoying trait. I often came home to find my belongings had been rifled through and things I'd treasured had been tossed in the trash including out-of-print books (who throws away books?) and my writing. She tossed my writing all the time because she wanted me to 'do something productive.' I am a professional writer. I'm pretty sure writing is good preparation for that but my mother, who was a secretary, would obviously know much more about that than I. The OP's mom tossed the trophies because she didn't give a **** what they meant to the OP. To her, they were just more shit she had to dust. It is all about not respecting the child's space, not being interested in your child's interests and having no pride in your child's achievements. Why do people like that have children?
Mirorbo 27
Actually, 45, my In-law threw away many concept sketches that were for work, thinking it was garbage, amongst other things. I have had many MANY problems with her not knowing how to mind her own business and to stay out of our things, which ultimate lead to us changing the locks and refusing to give her a spare key, no matter how much she whines about how she 'has the right' to have a spare. Our problems with her started long before marriage. I could write a book on the things she's done to annoy us and not understand why we were annoyed. This is one tiger who will not change her stripes, no matter how many times we tell her that her behavior only makes us hate her more and more. We've even considered moving without telling her, just to drop all connections with her. It's been so long and it's to the point where she has no redeeming qualities for her to be in our lives. It's very sad...but some parents end up that way and for some very strange reason, they're too blind to see it coming, nor do they understand why. I believe OP will make a very similar decision sometime in the future, assuming their mother continues their selfish behavior. (Sorry for the long post. I've been on forums a lot lately and am use to extensive conversation again)
AnagenisisZagus 13
I agree, your life sucks.
Nevitt 9
take away her trophies man
vIBC 0
There pieces of plastic who cares?
Glitterhinoceros 14
Some are made of metal :( That you can knock OP's mother out with by hitting her over the head, so you can retrieve your trophies and live happily ever after.
AyeeArieel 5
that sucks i would have been mad if my mom threw away mysoftball trophys