Today, my girlfriend donated most of my book collection because she got me a Kindle for Christmas. Some were signed, including my Harry Potters. 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, my boyfriend of 3 years revealed he'd got me a complete collection of Charles Dickens' novels for £3 from a charity shop. He was particularly proud as he said it meant he could give me one for Christmas and my birthday each year, thus avoiding having to buy me presents for the next 15+ years. FML
Today, my girlfriend dumped me because I have never read any of the Harry Potter books. FML
Today, my girlfriend bought herself a brand new iPad and iPod Touch, and returned my aging iPod and Kindle, which she constantly steals for her own use. She considers it my Valentine's Day present. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I gave each other early Christmas gifts. I gave him a basketball signed by his favorite player, which took me forever to find. He got me diet pills. FML
Today, my girlfriend thought that a few candles in our room would create a cozy and romantic atmosphere. Especially the one on the bookshelf. That candle damaged only one book - it was signed by my great professor, who's long gone. She doesn't understand why I can't just buy a new copy and deal with it. FML
Today, I got another email from Amazon asking me how I like my new Kindle. I don't have a Kindle. It's the one I bought my ex for Christmas, right before she left me while I was deployed overseas. FML
Today, after months of being pestered to do so, I finally read the first Harry Potter book. I hated it. Upon hearing this, my girlfriend posted the fact on Facebook, where I immediately received tons of abuse and eventual shunning by my friends, family, and coworkers. My girlfriend just laughed. FML
Today, my brother inherited a book from our grandmother that, in his ignorance, he donated to a charity shop because he’s “not a big reader”. I raced to buy it back, but someone had already bought it. The book in question: a mint condition, 1954 first edition Lord of the Rings, valued at £5000. FML
Today, I got a package in the mail from my girlfriend. I was really excited until I realized that it was just a box full things that I gave to her. FML
Today, at the office, everyone in my department swapped secret santa presents. I bought the guy whose name I picked a DVD box-set of his favorite TV series. One of my friends got a fancy make up kit. Another got a pack of posh notebooks. I got a toilet plunger. FML
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oj101 33
Muggles... What do you expect from them?
Mirorbo 27
WHY do people think it's okay to get rid of things that do not belong to them without the owner's consent?!
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Comments (259)
happyconverse 10
Goodness if someone tried throwing my books away because I got a kindle or whatever I would be so mad!!! I have some books I own on my iPad but I still love reading the actual book. I'm sorry that happened to you and I hope you can get some of the books back!
flowerina 6
ACCIO BOOKS
Colemanio 10
What a dumb bitch!
adeline8680 5
Break up with her.
andthepennydrops 6
one does not simply give away HARRY POTTER books. Accio new girlfriend
kiwi817 4
Ouch! This broke my heart a bit! Definitely FYL!!
Meesersuperman1 4
Yeah don't let people touch your shit.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
It has nothing to do with Harry Potter or what books specifically were sold; the fact is that OP's girlfriend, without permission, took his (signed) books and got rid of them just because he now has a Kindle. Not everyone wants to throw out their physical books just because they get a Kindle. I know I wouldn't; imagine if the power went out and you were unable to charge it. If you wanted to read, you'd still have your physical copies. So yeah, never mind that Harry Potter is involved; what OP's girlfriend did was wrong just because she did so without permission.
marfabean 5
I would feel sorry for you... But JK Rowling stole too many things from the Lord of the Rings. I can't seem to appreciate her since she wasn't thinking creative, she's just a good writer who renamed a couple things and called it her own.
SoylentCandycorn 10
I really don't like her either (one of the main reasons I didn't like HP all that much was that every time I read it, I had a constant feeling of "I've read this all before", and I'm not talking about the whole "Harry goes to school, oh noes Voldemort and friends is up to no good! but luckily Harry will sort it out a few weeks before the end of summer term" schtick that's in every book except the last one. But even so, the books are extremely valuable, and they obviously have a lot of sentimental value to OP. This story is a book lover's worst nightmare.
bcnelson13 7
That dirty bitch. . . Lol.