Today, my boyfriend found the box of photos I've been saving for my daughter. He was convinced I was pining over her father and emptied the box into the dumpster behind our apartment. I'm still not done digging through the garbage to find the photos from the day my daughter was born. 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, my boyfriend asked me if I'd help clean out his ex-girlfriend's closet. I found their wedding photos. FML
Today, my mom found a box full of stuff she had been looking for. She started going through it and found baby pictures of my sister and me, as well as pictures of the cats. She put my baby pictures back in the box and closed the lid. The cat pictures are now hanging in her living room. FML
Today, my boyfriend of two months went through several memory boxes and destroyed anything that may have come from a man. My pictures were all film, so I can’t replace them. My bear was from my grandfather and other letters were from friends. No amount of legal action can replace what I’ve lost. 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, my dad went through my room while I was out and threw away the "inappropriate pictures" that he found. They're the nudes I've been working on for art class. FML
Today, I asked my mom if she had some good pictures of me for my resume. She gave me her phone to look through her gallery. I found a beautiful album of photos of me and my ex. FML
Today, my wife can barely contain her rage at me for throwing out her collection of unique glass bottles, which she was saving for gifting and decoration. I'd feel more guilt if she hadn't been storing them in a box underneath our sink mixed with recyclables. FML
Today, at nearly 9 months pregnant, I came home to find the nursery that had been set up was now completely stripped of everything. My husband was angry at me for not forgiving him for getting another woman pregnant at the same time, so he took everything from the room and gave it to her. FML
Today, I rummaged around in the attic, looking for old pictures of me and my family, so I could make a surprise collage. Instead, I found my dad's old journals, talking about how desperately he didn't want a kid, and how he wanted to leave my mother more and more every day that passed since I was born. FML
Today, I found an old disposable camera while cleaning out my parents' attic and got the film developed. Most photos were blurry family photos from 2007, but the last few showed my dad outside a restaurant holding hands with someone who wasn't my mom. I'm now debating if I want to know anything else. FML
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vcapelo 19
I think I would leave a partner that irrational!
Unenunciable 14
Total disrespect for someone's property and boundaries is a classic sign of abuse, and combined with rabid jealousy, this doesn't bode well.
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Comments (130)
thatguy221 5
for one thing sorta insane to and to those who say leave 2 sides to the story something must of happened. with the father for him to be that irrational so third saying leave him stfu
tarlax 11
The ****? If English is your native language, you should be ashamed of yourself. Oh, and yeah, there definitely aren't people out there who are just plain abusive nutjobs. No sir, OP DEFINITELY did something to provoke it, no question. Mhm-hmm.
Dale_shackleford 13
There isn't anything she could do to warrant him ******* up her daughters stuff.
burgermike92 17
There're probably drunk people who can write a more coherent sentence than what you just wrote.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
＠17 － To be fair, it does sound like he didn't know it was her daughter's stuff and thought OP was keeping the photos cause she misses her ex. That's still no reason to throw them out though.
Mathalamus 25
look, even i think that the girl should leave the peice of shit boyfriend. two sides, or one, it doesnt matter. what he did is... no.
GreenArrow085 6
So you are 100% positive that she hasn't done anything to warrant this behavior from him? Amazing how you are able to completely read 2 people with just a few sentences
Justy101 23
@75 it doesn't matter if she did anything because NOTHING warrants childish behaviour like that. I would dump someone for throwing out my belongings, meaning they were going through my belongings without my permission in the first place, without talking to me about it. Not only that, but the OP said that she was rummaging through the trash trying to find photos from her daughter's birth which heavily implies that the photos included baby photos. This guy is an asshole for the way that he handled it.
nmrhog 15
@69 Yeah, you're right because it's not like he could have talked to her like a rational adult would do.
IWillEatYouAlive 16
I really hope you're joking. If so, shitty joke. If no, you're a dick
Qandol 26
I dislike people who judges other people based on their past relationships, if he is mature enough to know why you had all those photos then he is worth having you and your daughter. Otherwise leave his ass.
TabooSushi 24
I don't usually jump on the "dump him" bandwagon, but.... Dump him. He sounds posessive and irrational, which can quickly lead to abusive behavior.
shady914 14
Your boyfriend sounds like a ******* asshole. I hope you find all the photos he disrespectfully threw out, OP.
skullover23 21
Dump him! If he doesn't respect precious photos like that, he most certainly won't respect you!
SfSam3 1
dump him. this may be the first time he has exhibited behavior like this, but it certainly will not be the last.
violet_dianne 1
that "boyfriend" seems like a total jerk!!! I wouldnt date a guy who made me get rid of cherished memories!!! D:<
jamieblue6 16
******* dump his immature and stupid ass. If it bothers him so much maybe he should've cut out the father of your daughter but even then, he has no right to do that
acerredrum 23
Wait, are you some how suggesting that mutilating the photos with scissors would be any way better? OP's daughter has a right to know her father and OP's boyfriend gets absolutely no say in that.
militarybrat 21
He has no right to destroy her property.
bloodyfreak_fml 4
Dump his ass and never look back at him, his actions will only get worse.
stevenbro 6
Whoa I would kick his insecure, immature, controlling ass into the dumpster after you find the photos and not look back for one second. That is completely unacceptable and a sign of much worse to come.