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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, while visiting my in-laws, I went into their home office in search of a sheet of scrap paper. Instead, I found printed copies of every email and IM my husband and I had ever sent each other, including pictures. Highlighted and annotated by his mother. 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, 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, 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 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 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, 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 came home after a long day at work to find the furniture in my living room had been rearranged by my mother-in-law. When asked how she got in, she told us she stole my husband's key and made herself a copy. She can now come here whenever she wants, unless I change the locks. FML
Today, I got home and found all my things thrown out into the yard, including the stuff from my mancave, which I spent thousands of dollars on. Apparently, my girlfriend stopped for a visit while my wife was home. I’d stupidly given her a key. Turns out my wife called out sick today. FML
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Lythiaren 8
Make her pay for that shit. Seriously.
Mirorbo 27
Ah... it finally made it in. The young lady who controls this character account is the OP for this one. It happened a long time ago, but it still riles her up terribly. The locks have since been changed and little miss tidy-up-without-asking is not allowed to have a copy of the keys. Ever.
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Comments (195)
phoenixbird 0
being a graphic designer i would have literally put her in shredder . . . .Feeling sorry for u. . .hope you guys can make it up again and meet deadline
smh33 0
I really don't believe this fml I'm sure her mother in law knows what they do for a living so I doubt she would just throw away their papers like that
Mirorbo 27
She's incapable of understanding what graphic design is, and the fact that it's a legit job. I'm not sure if it's a language issue, age issue, or both, but no matter how often, how simply, and how slowly it's explained, it all goes in one ear and out the other. ...DAMN that was fast!!
smexehXredhead0 0
What a bitch! She definitely deserves to pay for that!!
whatwhyhoo 10
Why does the mother-n-law have a key?
Mirorbo 27
Because at the time, she was trusted enough to have it.
whatwhyhoo 10
Well, tough lesson in trust. In hind sight, if you work at home, make sure the work offices have separate locks.
DalekScythe 0
THAT MOTHE-IN-LAW ******!
thegoodnaysayer 0
Oh man, I feel your pain. I'm a graphic designer too, and I would just about die if something like that happened to me. Some people...
Sub_Zero_is_God 13
It's YOUR papers explain that to her.
mrmerino 0
dear mother-in-laws; STOP CLEANING OUR DESKS WHEN YOU COME OVER sincerely, everyone
misomalu 0
Someone please explain the rational as to why someone would deserve this
geeksaresexy 18
For a lot of people this would be a YDI for letting the mother-in-law have a key.. However OP has said they thought she could be trusted to have a key. My mum has a key to my house, she lives miles away though. The worst she does is clean the kitchen and bathroom with bleach.
allaturca 12
Ours actually wasn't given a key. She nicked my husband's set and made herself copies. With the new house, I installed locks with keys that can only be copied by the original locksmith. The request has to be in writing and signed by either myself or my husband. It will cost a lot more to copy a key if I need to, but it's well worth it. I also installed a security system with frequently changing access codes. Even if she manages to break in, the cops will pick her up in 5 minutes for unlawful entry. Harsh, but with someone who refuses to recognize their son and daughter-in-law's privacy and display some basic manners, those measures became necessary.