Today, I asked my mom if she'd seen my financial calculator on my way out to an exam. She told me she'd tossed it in the donation pile that she'd taken to the Salvation Army this morning because it was "clutter." I needed it to take an exam required to pass the class, to graduate next month. The only place to buy a replacement was closed. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I figured I needed to clean my room. I ended up finding my $135 calculator that I'd accused my ex-boyfriend of selling for gas money. That's also the reason I dumped him. 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, I had a very hard and long exam and I was completely prepared for it. I was so confident in my abilities and I'd studied really hard. When I entered the exam hall and took the paper, I realized that I had forgotten to bring my calculator. FML
Today, my mum is convinced I'm a hoarder. While I was out of the house, she went through my room and threw out stuff I "don't need." This included $500 worth of textbooks, a flash drive with crucial work on it, and my phone charger. FML
Today, my mom texted me in the middle of my end of term math exam, saying it was extremely urgent and needed me to come home ASAP. While skipping my exam, I finally got home to find out my mom forgot what the emergency was. FML
Today, I told my mom about the $50 I'd hidden in case of an emergency, and how I couldn't find it. She said she'd borrowed it last week. FML
Today, I was separating my notes into two piles: one to save for exam studying and one to throw out. I finished separating, picked up the junk pile, and absentmindedly shredded it. Afterwards, I looked down to see the junk pile still completely intact. Goodbye, passing grades. FML
Today, I had to spend all of my money on textbooks even though my refrigerator is empty. Starving and frustrated, I called home to ask for money for groceries. My mom told me I could afford to skip a few meals. FML
Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML
Today, a few people in my class used calculators on the math final exam, even though it clearly stated at the top that they weren't allowed. The teacher found out, and now everyone has to retake the 200-question exam. I didn't even use a calculator. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
J352SAURUS 30
When will people learn not to touch other people's stuff? Probably never. Sorry, OP. I hope things somehow turned out okay. Although, why wasn't it packed away in your bag or something so you knew where it was? The night before my exams, I always collect everything I need and put it in one spot. Unless you did that, and she purposely selected that out of all your things because she knew it would screw you over.
Rusty Armstrong 13
You got konmaried
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (10)
J352SAURUS 30
When will people learn not to touch other people's stuff? Probably never. Sorry, OP. I hope things somehow turned out okay. Although, why wasn't it packed away in your bag or something so you knew where it was? The night before my exams, I always collect everything I need and put it in one spot. Unless you did that, and she purposely selected that out of all your things because she knew it would screw you over.
Rusty Armstrong 13
You got konmaried
RichardPencil 32
I guess your financial calculator didn’t “spark joy” in your mom. ******’ Marie Kondo!
bloopaloop 27
Like a BAII calculator? It’s not that different from a regular. If you know what you’re doing (not blindly memorizing what button to push) it wouldn’t matter. Also, We all understand shared living space has its technical difficulties, but if something is that immediately important, don’t leave it out
zilla963 5
when will ppl learn not to leave their valuables laying around where they may get lost or tossed out? Sorry... not the moms fault
zeffra13 31
Who said it was left out? My family would go through drawers to take stuff.
zeffra13 31
Who said it was left out? My family would go through drawers to take stuff.
raven_of_azarath 35
Maybe it was on OP’s room, and their mom thought they were being nice by decluttering it for them.