Today, I went to a thrift store and found heaps of clothes that I loved that fit me perfectly. Then I found a special distinctive dress. My dress. My dad had thrown away heaps of my clothes and I had to buy them all back. 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 found out where a few of my favorite outfits went. My mother had taken them out of my closet, wrapped them, and given them to my cousin as a gift. FML
Today, while sorting through my clothes, I found one of my ex's old sweaters. After a lot of thought and difficulty, I threw it out. I felt empowered, until my father later rifled through my trash and claimed the sweater for himself. FML
Today, I wore a beautiful new dress that I got for £5 only in a sale. I've been turning heads in it all day. When I got home, my mum pulled the massive red £5 tag off of the back. FML
Today, I went shopping at a thrift store. I found a really cute top that fit me perfectly, so I bought it. Afterwards, I noticed the original tag was still on it. It read: "designed with your pregnancy in mind". It was a maternity top. FML
Today, I put all my clothes into two piles. One pile had clothes I usually wear, the other clothes I wanted to donate. When I was done, I put the piles into two jumbo trash bags. I came back a bit later and they both were gone. My mom donated both bags. I have no clothes. FML
Today, after losing 20 pounds, I decided to purchase new clothes. All of the clothes at the store were still too small for me. FML
Today, I bought a new, expensive dress for a date. I left the tag on and hidden in hopes of returning it later. Someone saw it and ripped it off for me to "save me from embarrassment." FML
Today, I found an old dress in my house laying around. I decided to dye it green to wear it out on St. Patrick's day. Turns out it was my grandmother's wedding dress that my sister was planning to wear for her wedding. FML
Today, I was trying on some new pants in the fitting room at a store. I was so overcome with joy when I noticed that I had dropped two pant sizes, that when I took them off and went outside to pay for them, I realized I forgot to put back on my original jeans. FML
Today, I finally bought the expensive but beautifully stylish dress I've been eyeing for ages online. Ten minutes later, I went back to check the shoes the model was wearing so I could coordinate my outfit. The dress had been reduced to half price. FML
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iPixiee 23
Donate his clothes, and take him shopping in that trift store.
onlychildFTW 34
I think he might be trying to say it's time for you to move out, in his own jerkish way. I hope you didn't have to pay to much for your clothes. Again.
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onlychildFTW 34
I think he might be trying to say it's time for you to move out, in his own jerkish way. I hope you didn't have to pay to much for your clothes. Again.
Just_A_Tree 20
Idk, if she doesn't even recognize her own clothes, then maybe she just has way too many. Although, it's still pretty shitty for her dad to do that.
iPixiee 23
Donate his clothes, and take him shopping in that trift store.
Araj_Hs 19
Now, you can force him to buy you heaps of new clothes. Isn't that something good?
Ajwc95 23
Give his clothes to the local homeless people.
caterinette 12
For shame. Now what will the hipsters wear?
doctorhook86 25
#6: Upvoted you, cuz your comment made me laugh out loud. Forget the haters.
badgercheese94 16
Nothing because clothes in winter is so mainstream
makkarari 18
I would have a talk with him for sure. He should have to pay you back for you buying back your own clothes. I'm curious as to why he would do that in the first place? Maybe he thought the clothes were too inappropriate?
MidnaLink 35
To THAT extent, that's not his choice. I agree he should have to pay her back every penny.
imagineapc 11
Disagree - if you still live with your parents they should have a say in what you wear if it is innappropriate. Part of why moving out is the greatest and hardest thing.
makynen86 9
Um NO. Just because she lives with her parents does not mean she has to follow a dress code.
xoteeshaox 22
Im sorry but if they are inappropriate, they should've been chucked in the bin, not donated. And to top it off, if she paid for the clothes, they have no right to throw our her prooerty even if shes living with them, and if they bought it, well then they obviously didnt think it was inappropriate.
toaster87 19
She didn't realize she already had some of the clothes, and she didn't realize her clothes were missing until she was at the thrift store... Sounds like they were just gathering dust, so her parents did something with them
R3TROxLOV3 32
25, uh no. If my parents think something I'm wearing is too short, they may comment, but ultimately there's nothing they can do about it. Maybe if I was still 18 and they provided all of my wardrobe, then yea. But at this point I'm 21, and 95% of the things in my closet were purchased with my own money, meaning they have no right to go through my clothes and throw things out if they don't like them.
makkarari 18
As a parent myself, I hope I can teach my kids (all girls) before they hit that age about self respect and dressing respectfully. But if I find something they are wearing not to my liking, I hope I have a relationship with them that we can give each other constructive critisim. I won't say no you can't wear that, but I would like to be able to put my two cents.
kalbrek009 20
Wrong you are. Kids DO in fact have to follow their parents rules...even if it's a dress code...sorry to burst your little fantasy bubble, but this is the real world. It's called "respect".
MrConcise 35
#40 - Yes, parents must "respect" the dress choices their kids make. You like that flip?
MidnaLink 35
40… so, to you, kids have to be mindless little drones to the absolute TINIEST detail? Boy, what a life you must've had as a kid. Respect does not mean "I can't make up my OWN mind, just because I'm a kid." Remember that.
makkarari 18
Yes kids need to respect their parents, but parents also need to respect their kids need to express themselves and give their kids some freedom or else the kids are just going rebel. There needs to be a healthy, happy middle ground established.
brittaaany_93 38
#25 & #40, I believe you'd both be wrong. I'm 21, and live with my mum, but she has no say in what I wear. And before you carry on about respect again, I do respect her greatly, and she also respects me. How can you expect someone to express themselves when their parents are setting a dress code?
RogueWarrior869 23
@27 Where does it say the OP is a she? Some guys wear dresses too, and unless I missed something, I could not find a place where it said the OP is female or male.
Ltsdragons 19
#53 I really don't see how the gender of OP really matters in this FML. If OP was a guy would it be less wrong to throw out the clothes?
Brandi_Faith 34
First off, if you're an adult and living with your parents it's different. But if you're a kid and you're wearing something horribly inappropriate (like a 10 year old wearing booty shorts that show her bum cheeks) then yes, the parents absolutely have the right to tell her she cannot wear that! It is the parents responsibility to protect their children, & show them right and wrong even if they're telling them what to do, because the parents are the adults and they know better, and that's what parents do. You're not there to be there best friend, you're there to parent them. If you can be their best friend as well, then that's best, but the number one priority is to shape how they grow up so they grow up into responsible adults and are protected as children in the meantime. I agree that all of this should be said with a sit down conversation and explanation of why certain things are inappropriate. With that said, it sounds like op is a teenager (possibly young adult) and has too many clothes (seeing as she didn't even know they were gone or that the first few she was trying on were the same as what she had). Sounds like there may have been clothes all over the floor or something and the parent was making room by getting rid of clothes near the back of the closet. But either way, the parent shouldn't have sold op's stuff and should've talked with op if there was a problem in my opinion.
Pandacupcakelove 26
And you were like "What, What, What, What?"
chrishaaansen 13
time to return the favor
Glidah 12
Well maybe if he can give away a bunch of your clothes without you noticing, you have too many clothes.
emilyjgraham 34
Exactly what I was thinking! If you picked up a load of your clothes without realising you obviously didn't wear them that often!
Brandi_Faith 34
My thoughts too. Op, you realize you had tried on the first few outfits that were already yours and you didn't even realize you already had an identical outfit in your closet at home already? I may be wrong, but I don't think it was necessary to buy back all those clothes seeing as you didn't even notice they were gone and didn't even remember what they looked like when you were trying on an identical (ended up being the same) outfit. It doesn't make what the dad did right, but it's something to think about op.
Soundslikeothers 15
You didn't notice that "Heaps" of your clothes were missing until you found your dress at the thrift store?
purplhaze88 20
I agree! Also, wouldn't you notice 'hey I own a shirt just like this'? Must be a shopaholic/hoarder. YDI.
VeganVampyre 27
Exactly. I'll be the first to admit that I have way more clothes than I need, and I have been known to misplace an item or two and not notice for a while... But even so, I do recognize everything I own and I'd notice right away if I was shopping and picked up identical items. And if there were "heaps" of my clothes missing I'd definitely notice that right away as well. So I can't even imagine how many clothes OP must own to have this happen and take that long to notice!
Brandi_Faith 34
Exactly! You wouldn't end up trying on an shirt/outfit you already had because you would remember you already own it. How many clothes does op have to not even remember what she buys and not notice heaps of clothes missing?