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By Hi-Tech - 03/03/2015 15:34 - Europe

Today, I got a laptop for my birthday. I was thrilled until I realized that my mom had given away my old one without asking. 6 years of games, music, and pictures down the drain. FML

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By computergeek - 26/01/2010 21:25 - United States

Today, my parents got me a new computer for my birthday. They also took the liberty of throwing out my old computer, with 8 years of photos, videos, music, documents, emails, and bookmarks on it. But that's okay, I had a backup. They threw that out too. FML

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By Oh no - 13/10/2018 03:00

Today, I went searching for my old school laptop only to find that my stepdad had swiped it and given it to his mother. My sex tapes and nudes are on it. FML

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Always save to the cloud!

By beachedwhale21 - 22/06/2020 05:01

Today, I finally finished typing up a story I had been working on for about 7 months, saved it on my computer and left to hang with friends. Came home later to find my dad had sold my laptop in order to pay his phone bill. My hard work is now gone. FML

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By chaos2007 - 13/05/2009 05:11 - United States

Today, it's my birthday. After a day out partying, I came home to find all my stuff smashed in the yard, even my 42" plasma TV. After asking my girlfriend what her problem was, she said a "slut" left a message on the machine stating how fun last night was. It turned out to be my mom. FML

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By chickenflavouredlaptop - 09/04/2018 01:30

Today, I received my new laptop in the mail and put it on the kitchen counter, where my family charges all our electronics. My mom then decided to make soup and spilt chicken broth all over my new laptop before I even got the chance to turn it on. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/08/2022 20:00 - United States - Washington

Today, using the money my mom gave me for my birthday, I bought a new laptop for school. When I went online to register for classes, I found that all the online classes were full and remaining classes didn't qualify for my major. FML

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By not living happily ever after - 02/12/2014 17:02 - United States - Virginia Beach

Today, I deleted a load of junk that was messing up my mother's computer. I don't know how I'm going to tell her I accidentally wiped out all of her wedding photos. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2017 20:00

Today, my mom borrowed my computer without my permission and downloaded a virus. I came home to a blue screen of death. She refuses to admit fault and pay for a new computer. FML

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By computerguy - 22/01/2011 01:15 - Canada

Today, I took the motherboard out of my computer so I could put more RAM and a new video card in. While I was in the bathroom my mom threw it all out because it 'looked like garbage'. FML

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By wheatsnake - 08/10/2009 13:31 - Australia

Today, I took my new laptop into my house from my car, thinking it would be a too much of a target for kids grabbing it. I came home tonight to find my door kicked in, my laptop gone and my TV ripped from the wall. FML

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boating_guy 33

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:09

Yikes. Ask for it back so you can get all the old data from it! I'm sure any reasonable person would oblige

brendejafulable 41

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:10

She probably had sold it to buy you this one.

Comments

juststephhere 23

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:33

That's why you should back them up! That's never fun though, I hope you can somehow get them back.

tishtashbat 16

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:33

Try and find out who she gave it to and see if you can borrow it back to transfer all your stuff! Hopefully she gave it to someone you know not just to charity.

Zarcissa 34

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:37

Yikes, this is why I use an external hard drive for my important files. Also protects from losing the files if my laptop dies...

feven 32

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:38

She never considered you might have had at least ONE important saved file after 6 years?

jamescrazy96 17

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:39

Just find the owner and ask if you can transfer your stuff. I bet they would understand.

tehdarkness 21

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:47

Hope they didn't wipe it yet!!

Pauline96_fml 20

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:51

Don't you have a backup drive for the old computer?!

Jinxsie 27

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:58

I had mine for 5 years and I'm looking to get a new one too. I was planning to sell my old one. I wouldn't have minded if my mom did that, since I do have the important stuff saved on flash drives but I'm sorry that happened to you, OP. :(