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
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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 went to a thrift store and found heaps of clothes that I loved that fit me perfectly. Then I found a special distinctive dress. My dress. My dad had thrown away heaps of my clothes and I had to buy them all back. FML
Today, after my ex broke up with me, I threw out all the clothes he’d bought me before, which was basically my entire wardrobe. Anyway, this creepy guy who lives a few blocks away seems to be wearing my old clothes and waves my bras and panties at me. It’s gross and creepy. FML
Today, after spending the weekend together, my ex turned nasty. I finally had the balls to tell him what a cruel asshole I think he is and really hit him where it hurts. I felt very empowered and strong. That is, until I realized I left my favourite and rather expensive jacket in his apartment. FML
Today, I did my laundry at a laundromat. When I came back to get my clothes, I found an elderly man wearing my favorite Joy Division t-shirt, and he refused to give it back because he said it was his. I spent a few minutes arguing with him, before realizing I had grabbed someone else's clothes too. FML
Today, I put all my clothes into two piles. One pile had clothes I usually wear, the other clothes I wanted to donate. When I was done, I put the piles into two jumbo trash bags. I came back a bit later and they both were gone. My mom donated both bags. I have no clothes. 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, my mom yelled at me for going through her closet for some warmer clothes. She had a rant about taking her clothes without her permission, all while wearing a pair of my boots and one of my sweaters. FML
Today, while I was at work, my husband threw out 50 out of my 70 T-shirts, all of my tank tops, and all but one of my sweaters. I'm not getting them back because they're burning in a bonfire in the backyard. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-boyfriend stole a pair of my underwear, and still wears them to this day. FML
Today, I went through the stuff that I'd left at my ex’s place and started unpacking it. I found a pair of another girl's panties. We broke up a little over a week ago. FML
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Top comments
xemrx 13
Good for you for getting rid of it OP! Maybe you should have a talk with your dad about how him keeping the sweater makes you uncomfortable.
ihateallofyou1 9
Your father worries me.
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Comments (60)
blueb_bernal 9
Looks like you have to throw it away one more time
queerdragon 20
Why waste a good sweater? I understand that you might want to be symbolic and throw it in the trash, but if the sweater is in good condition then donate it. Talk to your father about why you are throwing out the sweater, but if he likes it then why not let him have it. Better than putting it in the garbage to be wasted.
LissaMccracken 23
You obviously don't get the point...
ehllychan 10
#30 and you don't get #13's point. Wasting a perfect fine piece of winter clothing (which is essential and very expensive) because it once belonged to this or that person is stupid. And besides, if you can't bear to even look at a sweater just because it used to belong to your ex, no matter how often they wore it, it means you're still nowhere near being really over them, which means her gesture of throwing it away was also totally meaningless from the beginning.
queerdragon 20
My family was poor for a long time, we often took hand-me-downs. My brother's girlfriend left many articles of clothing at our house, then they broke up and she didn't want them anymore. I was given the clothing, even though it was from someone he loved, and he learned to get over it. My mother would kill me if she ever found me throwing out good winter wear because of something as silly as "so and so used to wear it."
katnissmellark_fml 15
why would he look through the trash in the first place?
HeartOfLead 24
One woman's trash is another man's treasure?
olpally 33
I would have burned that shit. Forget the trash can.
shanannygians07 28
Burning takes to much effort. f Especially if its someone you dont care about anymore
worldclassrager 41
I sure hope it doesn't fit...why would someone go through the trash for something to treasure per se?
dancerbear98 5
That sucks :(
perdix 31
You live in Sweden, sweaters are life!!! Your dad is just trying to survive the brutal winters!
smithv171 17
burn it..
ObiwanKToni 4
this happen to me with some diamond earings