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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Vulpus 0
Unless the trash collectors came sometime between the act and the call, just go get them out of the trash. Maybe a couple got a bit of food on it, most are probably fine.
DACouture 0
Ya at 27 those should have been long at your place.
xxlillyxx 0
maby she does but her mom is supper OCD!!!
DrinkBainne 0
...So you take them out of the trash, idiot.
mollythedancer 0
wow yeah a shakespear original book would be only 500 dollars dumbass!
momof1 0
As someone who has been collecting old/antique books for years I have to say that the above comments about value are true. VERY VERY few old books have any real value. Most of them are worth less then modern reprints of the same story, which is how I actually got into collecting them to begin with. (wanting to read the story, but not having the money for a new copy) If the book was actually worth anything it wouldn't have a set value. It would be more of an "At auction this could go for $500 or more" type of thing, or a "last time one of these sold it was for $750." It wouldn't have a set value. Also he/she wouldn't have 27 of them. This person was duped into believing these books were worth more then they are. If you walk into any antique store you can get old books for a few books, or even a few pennies! I've been in some that literally give the books away. Unless it is REALLLLLLLLLLY old, or a very very rare first edition they are pretty much worth nothing. And in either case if it was valuable the OP wouldn't have 27 of them. It does suck that the mom threw away stuff. My mom used to do that and it drove me INSANE! But chances are the books were actually worthless anyway.
Sora8745 2
Okay, I gotta say this: She NEVER, not ONCE, said that she had 27 copies of the same book.
JournalKeeper 0
kill her she shouldn't have been in your room in the first place. like what i told my mom whenever she go in my room only touch the fishbowl and the remote and that's it
karrdesw 0
Why do you have $13,500 worth of books but still live with your mother?
DeadMansCrack 4
Wow, Cougar. People magazines with Zac Efron don't count as "antiques". Just kidding. Start tampering with your mom's medication. I bet then she won't be living with you anymore.
XRiseToFallAgain 0
$13,500? ****, I feel bad for you.