Money: Clutter

Clutter

By Anonymous - 09/01/2011 11:38 - Australia

Today, my mum is convinced I'm a hoarder. While I was out of the house, she went through my room and threw out stuff I "don't need." This included $500 worth of textbooks, a flash drive with crucial work on it, and my phone charger. FML

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By precious memories - 11/05/2022 17:00 - United States

Today, I went over to my mom’s place to attempt to help her clean up, as she’s a hoarder. I was devastated to see that in order to make room for all the unnecessary new crap she buys, she stored all of our childhood toys, photos and the like outside in uncovered bins. It’s all completely ruined. FML

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Get out

By Anonymous - 10/08/2014 17:24 - Germany - Würzburg

Today, my mother kicked me out of the house because her new boyfriend needs my room. Evidently he also needs my credit card, passport, and wallet too, because she kept all three, while tossing everything else out on the lawn. FML

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By Cougar - 24/07/2009 19:05 - United States

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

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By Immafail - 20/12/2016 18:32

Today, my mother decided to "help me" by throwing out the stack of papers on my desk. Unfortunately, those were all my notes for my final exams. FML

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By gonebabygone - 27/08/2009 06:58 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 22/06/2022 04:00

Today, I spent four hours listening to my mom berating me about how I needed to throw all my stuff out as she helped move me. Over 2/3 is hers. About 1/4 is my dad’s. FML

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By poorman - 09/10/2009 23:22 - Canada

Today, my mother, who religiously checks her bank account after every purchase, then shreds her receipts, got fed up with me not doing the same. So she shredded all my piled up receipts. These include the 100s of dollars I had spent for my work, which I need the receipts to get reimbursed for. FML

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By Thanksmom - 18/03/2016 06:23 - United States - Riverside

Today, my mom yelled at me for going through her closet for some warmer clothes. She had a rant about taking her clothes without her permission, all while wearing a pair of my boots and one of my sweaters. FML

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Selfish

By Anon - 10/10/2011 15:24 - Canada

Today, my mom yelled at me because I refused to lend her money. The reason I won't lend her money? The last time I did, she and my dad went out and bought a Macbook and a new car instead of paying bills. Apparently, I'm being 'selfish' by keeping my own money and putting it towards university. FML

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Get me out of here!

By Anonymous - 29/07/2023 22:00

Today, my mother is a hoarder and her stuff has taken over the whole house, my bedroom included. I've always felt trapped in my home, but when I can't use my closet or dresser because of her and have a messy room because of it, I feel like I can't breathe. In 3 years I'm moving out, I wish it would come faster. FML

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LoCo2299 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 19:26

never let parents clean around your house

meteor_stream 9

Sunday 9 January 2011 19:45

Walk into her room, and throw her things out. Or better, pack them into a bag and drive them off to a local dumpster. And tell her that once she tries going through your stuff again, this will repeat.

Comments

hellomynameisnam 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 20:56

ahhaha thats messd up

sallen0046 4

Sunday 9 January 2011 21:10

I'm not saying this is absolutely your fault, but it seems pretty obvious that if you'd had these items put away your mother would not have bothered them. A couple books, a flash drive, and a phone charger don't really add up to a solution for hoarding. Grade schools don't make you purchase textbooks, so it seems the larger issue is that you're a legal adult living at home who hasn't bothered to set boundaries with your parents.

tesseract7d 1

Monday 10 January 2011 0:52

You have to pay for textbooks you lose. Derp.

boatkicker 4

Monday 10 January 2011 17:45

If OP is a college student home from break, they're probably mid-way through packing to go back. Chances are the stuff OP's mom thought OP was hoarding, was a pile of "Important stuff to take back wit me" and OP just hadn't found a box or something to put it in yet.

iridedressage 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 21:31

OP said "this included" meaning there was probably way more stuff that his/her mother threw out, and the flash drive and phone charger might have been picked up accidentally. maybe she thought that the OPs messy room equaled hoarding.

rattusrattus 18

Sunday 9 January 2011 21:43

I've never met a teenager who has a constantly tidy room who does not have serious mental problems. On the other hand, I've yet to meet a teenager who doesn't have some sort of mental problem, myself included.

rallets 22

Sunday 9 January 2011 22:30

right here, i never had a mental problem. my room is not too messy either

generalfubar 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 21:41

your mum is dumb

LemonStarship 5

Sunday 9 January 2011 21:41

Ouch.

Bobby64 29

Sunday 9 January 2011 22:04

Wow, that sucks, OP. On a side note, FMLs like these make me appreciate my parents even more.

quacky123 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 22:33

Next time clean your room when she tells you to.

ImaginaryFoe 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 23:01

That sucks. My mum will actually come over to visit and "tidy up" in the same manner. All papers equal trash to her and she doesn't understand my desire to hold onto the day's unread post. Living in her home was difficult at best. But it is her home. If she's asked you to keep it clean and you haven't, I can see why she'd be frustrated. Try keeping your things better organised so it doesn't look like a pile of rubbish. If you can't recover your discarded items, ask your mum if she'll go half on the replacements.