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)
Jennifer321 1
Why isn't the boyfriend the one digging through the dumpster? He did the bad deed, he should be trying to fix his mistake.
Cathrin 26
I get the suspicion that if he was told to retrieve them he would have torn them up or at least left several behind. After that stunt I can understand her not wanting to take the risk.
wow2mylife 25
please update us on if you find all the photos
CrazyChiC42 10
Once you find those photos scan them and then store them in a safety deposit box, fire/waterproof safe, or similar safe place if possible. And yes, consider ending your relationship. It wasn't okay for him to trash them regardless of the reason you kept the photos.
rebelvamp420 14
It takes a special kind of person to think its ok to throw away someone's pictures of their child. I can't think of a situation where this would be acceptable. You don't deserve that, I don't care who you are.
Rednomad 5
My bitch of a **** of 9 years did the same thing to me. 40 years of my life history went into trash while I wasn't home. It had my baby pictures, my parent pictures in their young age, my grandparent, and my family, everything from kindergarten to college. Also included all of my boys first haircut, sonograms, all babies birth certification. She thrown it away because she claimed god told her to make sacrifices. What a ******' bitch.
domolovesyoshi 33
Tell me you got it all back?
IWillEatYouAlive 16
Oh, please say you got them all back. And also say that she got committed!
heyLaddieHey 18
So my brother is doing the same thing for his girls, including keeping pics from his first wedding (he says that the kids "need to know we loved each other at one point") and other momentos that include their mother/his ex. Wife #2 certainly isn't elated by it, but she would never throw it away! I agree with the people saying to consider dumping him...
anon_user_ 9
I'd be single after a stunt like that. You don't need that level of bs and unwarranted jealousy in your life.
kayvan 8
That's abusive. Throw him in the dumpster. You'll feel so much better with a real man who accepts you and your past just as you are.
Internetflakes 13
Your partner sounds possessive, likely to only lead you into depression. Get rid of him for your benefit. Although, it doesn't eliminate his violation of your privacy, I'm curious as to how this box was labeled.
OrganicSistah 17
Why didn't you tell him about the box to begin with??
crims0nangel 16
I don't see where it was his business. It had nothing to do with him and it was HER property for HER daughter.