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)
BWC1234 0
in a way its ur fault ur mom shouldny havt to clean ur room
Siren_00 0
Why did you never tell her that you had such expensive books? Especially if she's the kind of mom that randomly throws things out?
Shyman4ever 0
YDI for not cleaning your room yourself you lazy piece of dipshit. Learn to be responsible.
russianredgirl 0
THAT NOT EVEN CLEANING stupid. throwing out books is cleaning? no wonder your so unintelligent.
kj234864 0
hypocrisy get it?
MissSarcasm01 18
It never said that OP asked for their mom to clean their room. She probably did it on her own. Clearly, you're the dipshit who needs to clean their eyes because you keep assuming shit. Shut the **** up, because nobody cares what you have to say at this point. If you had a brain you would get it wasn't his fault.
Chesterfield_fml 0
Why weren't these valuable books kept somewhere SAFE? If they really meant all that much to you, they would have been in a protective case. Even someone clueless to the value of the books would be able to tell they were special if they were stored safely. Not to mention, it sounds like you moved out & your mom cleaned out your old room...why leave the books behind if they were worth so much? Just saying.
not_a_valentine 0
My dad used to keep all his old comic books in a footlocker. Safe, cool, and dry... but not mom-proof.
ckc_tkd 0
Oh my gosh, i would flip shit if my mom threw away my books. I have a few that are worth a bit, and i would die if my mom threw those ones away. Throwing books away is like sacrilegious, no one should ever do that. Go through the garbage? And i think that the OP's mom was visiting or something.
DC2828 0
Liar!
echarperouge 0
Wow yeah, a ShakespearE "original manuscript" doesn't and never has existed, dumbass! Copyright didn't exist in Elizabethan England, so sides were written out individually.
ghostgirll 0
wow, i'm really sorry. in the time that you were living with your parents, didn't you ever explain to them that those books were worth a lot of money?
cmac86 24
you kinda deserve it for not taking better care of something that means that much to you and is worth that much. sorry to hear it and all, but it's your own fault, not your mother's.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
I'm with you there too, unless the mom knew and was just a crazy bitch.
shyharmonybear 0
Sounds like something my mother would do. I'm sorry for you and you should make her pay you back.