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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
maarten82 2
Even if they were old, the fact that there was duct tape on them should have suggested they were worth fixing...
kikks_xx 10
Uhhhh why would you use duct tape, of all things? That gets extremely sticky and disgusting after a while and would ruin your wires if you try to take it off.
worldclassrager 41
One thing you can do is not leave your headphones laying around...or explain why you did that...she should understand...
LennyComa 39
I hope they weren't really expensive like Bose or Seinheiser. Also NEVER use duct tape on headphone wires that shit will wreck them, if you feel you need to protect them electrical tape or masking tape
Caltech 12
Your mom must be a 'love cleaning' woman
000lizzy000 13
YDI should be cleaning up after yourself :)
hexmex100 8
Kinda makes you wish you tidied your stuff up Lesson learnt
rmoman007 7
Dont leave your stuff out and dont duct tape them unless there broken
RoseFox0029 22
Maybe next time you'll put them in your room where they belong instead of leaving them on the couch.
ginawater19 13
Sorry mom.
CooperRage 13
When things both good and garbage get left all over the house, it can get hard to tell the difference. YDI