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)
nukemdukem 8
Get your kindle signed
Starwarsgeek275 14
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Harry potter sucks you should be happy she got rid of them.
CharresBarkrey 16
Says the guy obsessed with Star Wars.
apan 13
Starwars sucks.
SoylentCandycorn 10
I think Harry Potter sucks too, but so what? If OP loves HP and the books have a lot of sentimental value to him and they are actually signed (therefore sending their physical and sentimental value skyrocketing), then that's all that matters. People like OP's gf piss me off. One person's "junk" is someone else's treasure.
Starwarsgeek275 14
Star Wars is the best movies, books, comics, video games and everything else ever. people who love harry potter are idiots who don't know a grate series when they see one.
lelo007 11
217- You obviously don't know a misspelled word when you see it, either.
PerditaDessa 38
Hopefully you can get your books back or at the very least a new girlfriend.
heytrollhey 12
Actual books > Ebooks
xNephilim 19
Oh God... The thought of someone doing that to me makes me want to cry. I'm sorry.
Rhian00 17
You deserve it for having a Harry Potter collection.... Or are you 12?
bredahl 26
People of any age can enjoy Harry Potter. Yes, it was geared a bit towards the younger crowd, but if you had gone to see Harry Potter in theaters, you must have noticed more than a dozen adults there. You can enjoy pretty much any book at any age.
tika12991 15
Seriously? Wow. No, he does not 'deserve' to have his property essentially stolen, regardless of his taste in literature. I think perhaps you should spend a little less of your time insulting people on the internet, and a little more of it reading....
testestestes123 4
Nerd alert
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Because enjoying reading makes you a nerd? Well in that case I'm a big nerd and I'm proud of it!
apan 13
It's not wrong to e a nerd! #nerdyandproud
TylerDC 24
never throw books out!!!
KaiserSD 8
You do mean EX-girlfriend, correct? Shouldn't have donated YOUR things without asking. Period.
Gwyddone 29
You have my sympathy. Also, kick that stupid disrespectful bitch out, after you pulled out of her who got the books. I also have a great book collection, if anybody tried to do something like this, I'd become homicidal on their ass. Nobody can touch my signed (or not even signed) books without my written permission! Not even my partner!