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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
jweb1434 6
Looks like your mom owes ya some money!
Grandpa_Gray 5
Make her pay for it
Grandpa_Gray 5
Guess who's mom is paying you back? Yours!
skittlesucker55 9
Useless books look what we've become it's like Fahrenheit 451
daidax_238 26
Make the bitch pay for the stuff she trashed
lovebooks07 15
It kills me that everyone says 'noo, the $13,500!!' Think about those beautiful old books, the ones that have been held by many people long dead, the places they have been that you haven't, the smell of those old pages... I am very sorry for your loss, OP. Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to sit in a corner and cry.
heatherrr17 19
Omg :( I hope u can find them in the trash or maybe where they dumped them poor thing! I don't like it when people go through my stuff and think they can throw it away not cool
InsanityShard 23
Why in the hell are people throwing out books and calling them useless? What in the actual ****? Yes, kindles exist, but so do broken chargers and blackouts...
mymegangirl 7
they probably weren't worth as much as you think. and if they were you should have let her know they were valuable and not to touch them. ydi