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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mikew85 0
While I feel bad for you, why didn't you have $13,500 worth of books insured? Your mom is an idiot for bot knowing why antique books look like, especially ones in her own house.
shit_happens101 0
O. M. F. G. Wow... sucks big time. :/
wolfman1224 0
What kind of person who still lives with their mother has over $13,000 worth of antique books? I think you should write an FML about that instead...
woltfire 0
You should probably think about moving out.
56578 0
FYL OP. My mother tried to do the same thing to me. I'm away at college and my mother tried to have a yard sale. Fortunately for my books, it was a crappy weekend and no one showed up. I completely sympathize with you, though my books weren't worth as much as yours.
theodivine 0
Oh my god, I know how you feel. When I left for my first year of college, I took pretty much everything that I could with me because my family was moving out of town the next day. When I came home, the stuff I left, including a big box of mementos from all 4 years of high school, my scrapbooking stuff, and a lot of other things that were important to me, was all gone. She threw it all out when they moved. It sucks. Sorry, pal.
getawaygirl 0
I have been cleaning my own room since I was 7, for the fact my mum understands it's my room my things my responsiblity. Shows that your family as little to no communication as why wouldn't you have told her about them? People really need to know how to talk to family members.
SoccerPlaya17 0
just books, chill. were you ever gonna sell them though? -.-
spawn_of_satan 0
THIS IS WHY MOTHERS SHOULDN'T CLEAN THEIR CHILDREN'S ROOMS
rosiegrewup 0
Where the hell do parents - namely mothers - get this notion that's what yours is theirs to dispose of willy-nilly? Find the deeds and sell her house while she's away for the weekend.