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
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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 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 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 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
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 came home to find that my mother had cleaned my room, and she'd done a very good job, too. So good in fact, that she even managed to remove all of the furniture, replacing it with a note that said, "It's time to go, sweetie XO". 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 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 decided at age 18 that it's time to put into storage the picture books that have been collecting dust in my room for nearly a decade. My mother took this as a sign that I'm planning to move out and abandon her forever, and has been crying for the last four hours. 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, I went over to my mom’s place to attempt to help her clean up, as she’s a hoarder. I was devastated to see that in order to make room for all the unnecessary new crap she buys, she stored all of our childhood toys, photos and the like outside in uncovered bins. It’s all completely ruined. FML
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el_ECTRO 0
FYL :( Make her pay you the $13,500 :P
QiScorpion 0
ouch. that's $13,500 you just lost. You have my sincerest condolences. that really does suck.
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Comments (162)
bms1996 12
OH MY GOD!!!!I can not believe she did that
TheDeadlyBones 0
kill herrr!!!!!! then get baq ur books n give 2 me!!! :3
patchmeup 1
YDI, if those book are worth that much you shouldve move out of your mom's house a long time ago. Still need your mum to clean your room. Sad
nobodycares2252 0
I suggest you sue her for the 13,500 dollars. You're sure to be awarded it, though only do it if she refuses to give it to you. She had no right to do, unless she told you she was going to throw away everything if you didn't get it. Don't worry about putting a strain in your relationship for the money, her doing this already has and will countine to, unless you get your money.
jmbarber 0
ouch):
Cherryripe25 5
if you are only upset by the price of the book, then why didn't you just sell them before? still, FYL. that really sucks.
LASERZ7 4
Im not asian, but i do know thats a lot of money
sartori62 4
As someone that has collected rare books for over 30 years, I can say unless she had a very good collection, most books, even ones over a 100 years old, are not worth $500.00 a piece. Just go to ebay and you can see what old books are worth.
actingchick9870 8
kill your mom and collect life insurance
EverdreamOfMe 24
WTF is with people thinking they have the right to throw away other people's stuff? I would be so pissed and your mom should totally have to pay you back. Teach her not to mess with other people's stuff.