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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STALKED 0
wow your mom's an idiot...you could've had $13,500
mrose57 0
If you had $13,500 worth of antique books and a job, maybe u should have your own apartment?
mrose57 0
If you have (had?) $13,500 worth of books and you're working, why don't you have your own place? I'm sick of all the FMLs saying "my mom did this, my dad said that"......yadda, yadda, yadda. If you're 18, and graduated from school, GET YOUR OWN PLACE!
TheOtherNewest1 6
My dad's mother cleaned out his room when he left home for France for a year (back in the 60s) and threw out a program signed by all of the Brooklyn Dodgers. FHL.
PoeticPixie 0
Having those books doesn't necessarily mean you bought them. I have a set of leather bound classics from my grandfather that are worth a few hundred a piece, and I didn't buy them. And so, even though the OP would have had the money had she sold the books, you don't sell books like that unless you're in dire financial straits. I'd have killed my mother, not just because the books were worth a lot, but just because they were books, and I never throw books away. The thing about these FML's is that they never tell you the end of the situation. It's very likely that the mom knew what the books were and was joking just to make her daughter spaz for a minute.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
You're a moron if you didn't tell her the value, but she does sounds like a crazy bitch. WHO does shit like that to other people's books?!
mohit88 0
That's 13.5 grand ur never gonna see again
jestinec 4
my mother did that to me as well. worst thing ever. ha. i do not understand how anyone could throw away books.
vt_mruhlin 0
If you can afford to buy all that crap, why are you living with your mom?
YungMarlon23 0
well the way i see it... Yur mom owes yu about $13,500 :)