Today, my mother threw away my brand new headphones. She saw them on the couch with duct tape on the wires and assumed they were "old, broken, and cheap." I put the tape there to avoid damaging the wires. 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 was listening to music while I wrapped Christmas presents. All was going well when the music was cut off, literally. I snipped the cable to my very expensive headphones in half. FML
Today, I bought new earphones for my phone so I could finally listen to music again. Not an hour later I broke it. FML
Today, I attempted to untangle a pair of headphones. Somehow, in the process, I managed to tie them into a knot so complicated that it's now a permanent part of my life in the "great big box of mystery cables that lives in the garage." FML
Today, my daughter couldn't find a hair tie and thought a piece of duct tape would be a perfectly fine substitute. FML
Today, I was listening to my iPod while changing the diaper on my baby. One earbud fell out of my ear and onto the changing table so I quickly picked it up without looking and put it back in my ear, only to realize the headphone had fallen onto more than a table. I now have brown earphones. FML
Today, I was listening to my music on my phone through my Bluetooth wireless headphones. While listening, I turned my music and the power on my headphones off for a bit. I thought I'd lost them when I got home. They were so loosely fit over my ears that I felt like an idiot when I realized they were still on my head. FML
Today, since I'm too broke to get a new one, I had to duct tape my bra. FML
Today, my mother took my brand new PS4, which I haven't even played yet, and threw it out the window while I was at work. When I asked her why, she said she was mad that we didn't have any paper towels left. FML
Today, my mother interrogated me about the duct tape, that I'd put on my foot for a wart, having fallen off. I tried to explain that my foot was just sweaty. She responded by arguing that the duct tape falling off was a "supernatural event". I really wish I could afford my own place. FML
Today, when I realized I'd forgot rice on the stove, I jumped off my chair and pulled off my headphones really fast. Now I've got burnt rice and broken headphones. FML
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Top comments
MichiSixx 12
Why do people assume it's okay to just throw things out without asking? I hope she buys you new ones, OP.
joawmeens 7
Did you respond to her with "YOU'RE old, broken, and cheap!"?
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Comments (120)
DJ_Lyons 15
Good thinking with the tape, sucks that they got thrown away though... I'm sure if you explain she'll replace them for you.
Epikouros 32
Do you really need to protect the wires like that? How clumsy are you? I've got a pile of headphones that have gone mono, lost the padding or stopped working altogether, but I've never broken or cut one of the wires.
ElmoSaysSquishy 28
I've never damaged a wire but the plastic casing on one of my pairs split and exposed a wire.
Virtual_BS 13
I've run over my headphones wires several times with my office chair and they're still fine. I guess it on build quality. Funny thing is, these are cheap headphones. The wire is the part that gets the most abuse, yet lasts the longest. I think if the wire is thin enough to not withstand heavy use, then it will also be too thin to reasonably use duct tape on.
Enslaved 38
Not my headphones but I have a few phone chargers that have exposed wires. I guess I mindlessly pull too hard over time. Duct tape would probably fix a few or made them stronger to begin with. They look a wreck but still work. (:
Enslaved 38
If I saw headphones with duct tape on them, I would have thought they were fixed. Come on now, who doesn't know duct tape fixes everything?
Llama_Face89 34
I suppose OP's mother would be one example.
noelasis94 18
Well now you've avoided the damaging of the wires altogether so it worked out.
dakkat720 6
if they were new then why would you have to put tape on them. I've never had to fix something that was new.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
It's called preventative measures. The duct tape becomes a kind of shield for the wire and connection to help save them from damage. If you protect something well enough to begin with, you won't have to fix it.
CharresBarkrey 16
I still don't understand this. I take good enough care of my headphones that they don't NEED protective tape on them. What do people do to their headphone wires that requires them to be duct taped to begin with? I've never had problems with wires being damaged.
sugarshane007 20
I can't say I blame her I would have thought it was a patch job myself. the tape may have protected the casing from getting cut a little more, but in no way was it going to protect wire quality or keep the wires from breaking like normal. All you really did is cause confusion and waste tape OP. YDI
Cazz91 21
Do you have a history of being a hoarder OP? Your mother could have thrown out automatically because of your issues with hoarding. She was just trying to help you if that is the case so you don't turn into a mega hoarder and can't even live in your own home anymore. If you don't have a history like that then I see no real reason why she should have thrown out your headphones without asking you despite what it looks like, you never know how certain things are suppose to look. Have a talk with her and hopefully avoid problems like these in the future.
JayOcean 10
I'm guessing they're beats, sorry bud.
Virtual_BS 13
I guess you need wireless headphones - for a different reason than everyone else.
Sheh_fml 25
Again, why can't people ask the owner of something before assuming said something is crap and throw it out? Even if they where old and broken, she have no right to throw away someone else's stuff. Just the right to make you keep it in your room.