Today, my mother sold my extensive Star Wars collection, and I cried when I found out. I'm 46. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Today, I came home to find my entire action figure collection was gone. My parents told me I am too old for toys, so they opened all of the packages and donated them to Goodwill. I had an original Boba Fett, and my entire collection was worth more than twenty thousand dollars. 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 went to the store to buy a new lego set, only to find there weren't any left in stock. I started crying before I could make it out of the store. Oh, and I'm eighteen. FML
My boy
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
Vinted-ed
Today, my mom sold my watch collection on Vinted. I've spent over 15 years on the collection and I don't even live with my mom. I'm still wondering how she got in. FML
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
He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
Today, my dad said I need to stop playing with toys and threw my lightsaber out of the window. It was a replica of the Lightsaber used by Mark Hamill, made from the same type handle from a 1970s camera, just like the film prop. It was over 40 years-old and worth thousands. Not anymore, as it's now scratched and in two pieces. FML
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
Value
Today, I got home from work to find my wife asleep in her easy chair with my two year old son asleep in a pile of torn-up paper. I soon found out it was my 1960s collection of a Superman comic book series that I inherited from my dad. It was worth well over $2,000. FML
Sentimental value
Today, my husband convinced me to donate all the sentimental items around our house, like the kids' old toys. Now I feel absolutely gutted, like we gave away tons of our family history, but everyone else is so happy that things are less cluttered, so I just play along. I feel so empty. FML
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ddinspire6 10
Now how will you save the galaxy?
banman12321 6
May the force be with you
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baseballplaya5 7
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Wow your very manly
builditbetter09 3
I wouldn't have cried, I would have said where the **** is my money!?!
WCARlover 35
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The fact that you cried is so pathetic
mle015 0
Hey, star wars is awesome.
WCARlover 35
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Not nearly awesome enough to justify a 46 year old man crying over
OriginalimoaN 15
Yeah, but you wouldn't talk shit to eric foreman if he did. Do don't talk crap to the real life one.
Rei_Ayanami 18
You know, it isn't cool to say that they're pathetic for losing them, god only knows how long they had collected. Since it was "extensive" I assume their whole life, and to have it ripped out from under you without warning? I can totally understand why OP would cry. I would try finding the people and getting it back, if that doesn't work take it to the legal system for selling your items without your consent.
Keyman1212 14
Come on, it's like every other thing you cherish. He likes his Star Wars collectables, you like your terrible Shitlight books. You think Star Wars is immature? Go ******* shoot yourself if you like the twilight series, that's some immature bullshit. (I'm just assuming you like twilight, sorry if you don't. But you're still a dick for saying OP is immature.)
rahavan 15
#1 21 31 you should realize that for some off us star wars has great meaning. For me it reminds me of when I was young and watching the first 3 on lazed disc with my dad (the only good memory I have of him). It's possible that OP has found memories due to star wars like I do.
rahavan 15
Of* damn edit timer they should get rid of that.
NeatNit 33
65 - are you suggesting he sues his own mother?
t765234 10
1- Wow, you're very intelligent.
Drummerboy1234 0
31 quit being a ****.
WCARlover 35
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Okay I get it now but I think calling me a **** is going a little overboard jeesh...
eftup 9
No actually it was just about right, you ****!
No_LoveMM 3
I dont understand why crying after losing something that is important to you is pathetic?
Fountainel 0
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Look at your down votes lolololol
Rei_Ayanami 18
97- No, that isn't what I'm saying, it would be between the buyer and OP, a court order to reverse the transaction. Though it would be OP's mom that would have to give the money back.
Alecksander 4
71, I'm pretty sure it's immature to tell someone to shoot themselves just because they like a particular movie...
jets4 0
Star wars collectibles are very expensive! I understand why you cried, I would because in a couple of decades, they would be worth nearly double
rocketsox 0
Wow. Learn proper grammar.
Klavier 5
Was there anywhere that said OP was a man?
Taysia_Elice 6
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That sucks.. But at least you can move onto something different :)
shadystyle 6
you don't just "move on" from star wars
teague95 16
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Yea you move up to Star Trek. yea I said it
teague95 16
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No star trek fans? I've lost all hope in the people of FML
Jovecove 13
Star wars over star trek anyday.
rubberduckie94 13
We must find shelter. star trek fans scare easily, but they will come back with bigger numbers...Star trek could never hold a candle to star wars. I saw Anew hope in the theater as a kid and waited almost right at thirty years for the final installment of the series to be made. I will watch any of the strwars movies any time.
Tankkiller308 16
It's all fun and games until you get fans who love Star Trek and Star Wars we're dangerous people But I would still probly fall under Star Wars before Star Trek I've even spread the love of it to my little cousin there is still a New Hope for this world
ddinspire6 10
Now how will you save the galaxy?
ijnek 3
by a snicker
Badjuju7711 0
Bitches love Starwars. After all how else are we sopost to be space cowboys?
RussianFox 13
If OP cared about his collection that much I don't understand why he didn't just lock it somewhere his mom couldn't get to.
KeyboardWarrior 10
Maybe his mom knew about it and OP trusted her enough to be in the house with it? I wouldn't hide my video games so somebody doesn't sell it, I trust them not to go through my stuff without my permission.
banman12321 6
May the force be with you
idontknowyou123 0
And also with you, young padawan.
Xx_Dakota_xX 1
Turn to the darkside ;) and rebel against ur mother
crazycrystal 4
Boo hoo Star war sucks u r immature
acpv19 9
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You need to get out more....but that sucks
ItsYourMamaDoe 0
What does a Star Wars collection have to do with his frequency of going out?
Beebow_fml 5
When inferior minds are subject to the stigmas of society they think and actually believe in things like Star Wars being directly related to a person's social ability.
acpv19 9
Well he's 46 and probably lives with his mom. What else am I suppose to think
docscientist 10
That he left them behind when he moved out?
Beebow_fml 5
So because he's 46 he lives with his mom? If you meant to say that because he's 46 and had Star Wars collectibles in storage therefore he lives with his mom, please refer to my previous comment.
randomhangul 4
I would have been so pissed if my mom did that to me. Those collections take time and money!
clcbjj31 0
I don't wanna assume too much, but I'll go ahead and make a guess that it was the mother's money to begin with.
blazingdaily 3
Maybe to begin with when he was a child, but I'm sure as he got older he most likely got a job a funded the majority of this collection which means she had no right doing what she did.
clcbjj31 0
That's a possibility. However, the facts that she had access to her son's collection and that OP made it a point to tell us his age the way he did, might suggest that he is a 46 year old depending on his mother for money/food/shelter. In that case, he might not have a job, therefore no money to fund his collection. Which relinquishes his right to have a say-so.
Llama_Face89 34
Or maybe his mother was staying at his place. Or he could have been storing shit at his moms. Both of those are possibilities.
ProhibitionRose 14
Regardless, they were presents given to him... And were probably worth a considerate amount of money. The mother shouldn't have done that without asking.
NAAMxLOOS 11
That sounds like 4chan's board /r9k/ would be a good place for you
DalPozzo13 10
Someone needs a girlfriend
death_dolphin24 0
I like star wars and I have a girlfriend.
randomhangul 4
My older brother likes star wars and has a very pretty girlfriend.
DalPozzo13 10
That doesn't mean you cry over it
juliaaalove 8
What number 10 is trying to say is that having a girlfriend might make op realize there are more important things in life than a star wars collection, especially when you're 46..
docscientist 10
Girlfriend > star wars? No, no...that just doesn't add up... That doesn't add up at all ..
x_KL_x 7
A Jedi needs no girlfriend!
shanemaximo 7
Someone like a douchebag in a blue hoodie?
Mister_Triangle 21
I like Star Wars but have never had a girlfriend. Luckily, through repeated observations and trials, I have deduced that the two are not related.
KeyboardWarrior 10
Somebody needs to stop being so bitter. What did star wars fans ever do to you?
klikin 2
Who is to say what is and what isn't important
hellryu 20
Look, just because he cried over something that was most likely very important to him does not in anyway mean he has no social life. I would be so pissed if my mother did that to me that it would bring me to tears also, and I have a very pretty girlfriend and a thriving social life.
Dojan 16
If he's been a passionate collector and cared about a collection he's collected over the years, and then someone sells it; yes, yes you do. Others opinions on ones own preferences doesn't matter.
Tankkiller308 16
Hay Star Wars fans can get girlfriends are just usually happen to also like Star Wars and are beasts who generally also game
Katja004 6
I'm so sorry.
xiaoxaio 5
im not, somtimes things like that need to happen for you to realize your to old and need to move on
docscientist 10
Star wars collection = money. You're never to old too move on past money.