Today, my sister trashed all our family's antique books, saying, "I don't want a thousand old books written by dead white men." They were family heirlooms from the 19th century, and the whole collection was worth thousands. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML
Today, my little sister decided to color-in my favorite black-and-white comic book. It was worth over $200. When I told my mother, she said, "Oh that old thing? I thought it was a stupid coloring book you were too stupid to color." FML
Today, my brother inherited a book from our grandmother that, in his ignorance, he donated to a charity shop because he’s “not a big reader”. I raced to buy it back, but someone had already bought it. The book in question: a mint condition, 1954 first edition Lord of the Rings, valued at £5000. FML
Today, my granny died. My aunt wants to throw away all her books and furniture. When I offered to take care of selling it, or giving it away, like granny would have wanted, my aunt said she would let me "keep a percentage" of the few bucks I’d get for my troubles. FML
Today, I discovered that my sister coloured in the pages of my college text books with Sharpie as "revenge." FML
Today, my younger half-sister discovered my existence. She then went to our grandparents' house, smashed my picture off their wall, and ransacked their house looking for other pictures of me to destroy. She's in her mid-twenties, behaving like a child. FML
Today, my sister just had a huge fight with my mom. After that, she thought it was appropriate to smash my $1,000 guitar to "blow off some steam." 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, after sharing my library app account with my sister for years, out of revenge for sleeping with her boyfriend, she removed the holds on all the books and audios I’ve been waiting months for. It could be half a year before I get any of them. FML
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vg 4
The perfect image of present day refusal to acknowledge context and history. A shame. I would have killed my brother if he did this with our books (but he would never, as he appreciate old books just like we do - and he has the intellect to realize some of the books we have is actually written by women)
ejfs 8
I hope your family makes her pay reparations for the rest of her life.
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cyndaquilmf 10
What the hell…
vg 4
The perfect image of present day refusal to acknowledge context and history. A shame. I would have killed my brother if he did this with our books (but he would never, as he appreciate old books just like we do - and he has the intellect to realize some of the books we have is actually written by women)
RichardPencil 32
Probably hundreds of thousands if they were in good condition. Are you sure there weren't any Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson or Brontë sisters' books in there? Surely, she couldn't object to the writings of dead, white women.
ejfs 8
I hope your family makes her pay reparations for the rest of her life.
Ubehage 32
Look at the bright side: Your sister just committed herself to finance you for the rest of her life. FYL.