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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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You deserved it 2 748

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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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You deserved it 2 445

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

I agree, your life sucks 2 766

You deserved it 2 008

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

I agree, your life sucks 2 056

You deserved it 269

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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You deserved it 5 121

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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You deserved it 1 047

Full house

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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You deserved it 242

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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You deserved it 31 469

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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You deserved it 433

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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You deserved it 4 238

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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You deserved it 2 819

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

laden_swallow09 34

Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:29

WHY DO MOMS DO THIS SHIT?! It's almost as bad as OP's girlfriend selling off all his N64 and Atari consoles and games to buy him a PS4. Almost.

lmbachman 23

Wednesday 4 March 2015 17:17

And this is why we do regular backups so we never lose any data ...

theotherguyss 3

Wednesday 4 March 2015 17:19

HAPPY... birthday? =

zykrithium 22

Wednesday 4 March 2015 17:50

Well... you kind of deserve it for not telling anyone about everything that was on it. Hindsight I suppose...

limabeans101029 20

Wednesday 4 March 2015 20:26

So OP was supposed to assume that her mom would sell the laptop without her permission? If someone has had a laptop for six years (or for any amount of time come to think of it), you shouldn't need to be told that there could be important stuff on there.

Flyndaran 10

Thursday 5 March 2015 0:45

So if I stole your furniture and sold it, it would be your fault for not telling everyone that it was important to you?

Omniprism 14

Wednesday 4 March 2015 19:01

****. See if you can track it down.

BoredomIsReal 13

Wednesday 4 March 2015 22:17

Don't forget about the ****

IceWrath 22

Wednesday 4 March 2015 23:51

Thank goodness my mum never sells my stuff. If, for instance, I get a new iPad, I usually I just pass it down to my mum. When I got my new smart 50" sexy beast of a TV... I just moved my old flatscreen into the guest room. We don't usually sell stuff to buy new stuff. Except that one time I sold my old iPod touch 4 to get a PS4 game.

carzaki27 12

Thursday 5 March 2015 1:06

I know that feel OP... My mom gave away my DS along with the games I played the most behind my back. Sorry about your laptop.

siggy_mcsigx 22

Thursday 5 March 2015 2:14

This is why I have trust issues with surprises.

royal_ranger 12

Thursday 5 March 2015 6:53

This is why you should regularly back up your documents, music, pictures, etc...it's really not that complicated people. You could have saved it all...