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
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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 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 came home to find that my mother had sold all my valuable collector coins for cheap at a local shady pawn shop to buy herself a TV. The coins in question were worth enough to start a business. FML
Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. 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, I had a garage sale and sold some books I don't read anymore. A woman came up and yelled at me, saying I'd stolen one of the books from her house. I later found out that it was a distraction so that her boyfriend could steal my TV. FML
Today, I was helping my mom look for some money she'd misplaced. At my wit's end, I flipped through her diary, in case she'd hidden it between the pages as she has before. Didn't find the money, but I did find out she might well be cheating on my dad. FML
Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML
Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. FML
Today, I went to my grandma's yard sale, only to find my baby pictures being sold for 25 cents each. 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
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Intoxicunt 6
$60 will cover a shovel, duct tape, a large knife, and some trash bags... all with enough left over to go out and have a couple beers.
e11ie 0
How could someone possibly deserve this? Despite your opinion on how to store your money, her mother had no right to root through a house that didn't belong to her and take items without permission. File a police report for burglary. This is flat out theft.
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Martian_Kyo 1
The sad thing is, she was correct. You dont read them. If it weren't for the $300 you probably wouldnt care.
moonlight_daze 8
I know, right?
imamonster1 0
doesnt take a genius to figure that out...
moonlight_daze 8
And that shit is sad.
theexodus 0
...maybe she already read them? I mean, you don't throw books out after you finish them, so naturally a place to store them when finished would be a book store. I don't know, sorry, it's just the common sense talking.
theexodus 0
book shelf*
alissa_roar 6
OP never said that those were books that they never read... the parents assumed.
everydayepiphany 0
You she be thankful it could be worse. AN old lady's daughter once threw away her mattress where a Million bucks was hidden! True story. Learn your lesson dude.
e11ie 0
How could someone possibly deserve this? Despite your opinion on how to store your money, her mother had no right to root through a house that didn't belong to her and take items without permission. File a police report for burglary. This is flat out theft.
e11ie 0
I definitely read this as a grown woman having her own house and her parents coming to sell some of her items. But I guess it makes more sense that this is probably a teenager with books in her room.
forever2life 0
true dat!
Darthbane2007 19
Why not keep the money in a wallet, or a bank?
perfectwinds 0
Some people don't trust banks OR are saving it up for something and don't want to risk over spending. I used to hide extra cash that I didn't want in my bank account (that was connected to my mom) in DVD cases. Just a way in case of identity theft you don't lose EVERYTHING.
anthropophagite 0
That sucks, but really...what's wrong with a bank? Unless the money's dodgey...That'll teach you to keep your money under your bed at least.
youaresofucked 0
YDI for saying "freaked"
year2015 11
just another bullshit reason to say ydi...
year2015 11
There are thousands of reasons to say ydi, and they are TOTAL BULLSHIT.
WonderBlunder 0
YDI for not reading.
the_deuce 0
I would definitely kill my rents if they sold my books. Not because money is between them but you never mess with a chick's books I LOVE to read. fyl
vikingbisondance 0
FYL cuz your parents sold your stuff without asking but seriously? ever heard of a piggy bank? or a safe? or hiding $ under your mattress?
theexodus 0
so asking for permission isn't important? well darn, better start locking my stuff up.
Thoureau 0
I bet someone's going to be a happy reader at chapter 8 :)