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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 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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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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Fahrenheit 451

By Anonymous - 09/10/2022 15:00

Today, my sister trashed all our family's antique books, saying, "I don't want a thousand old books written by dead white men." They were family heirlooms from the 19th century, and the whole collection was worth thousands. FML

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By Ilostsomuch - 04/01/2012 18:30 - United States

Today, I came home to find that my mother had sold all my valuable collector coins for cheap at a local shady pawn shop to buy herself a TV. The coins in question were worth enough to start a business. FML

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Get Out

By Anonymous - 25/07/2013 06:04 - Australia - Mulgrave

Today, I came home to find that my mother had cleaned my room, and she'd done a very good job, too. So good in fact, that she even managed to remove all of the furniture, replacing it with a note that said, "It's time to go, sweetie XO". FML

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By futuregigolo - 22/12/2012 00:11 - United States - Strasburg

Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. 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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My boy

By NeverEscaping - 03/02/2013 00:52 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, I decided at age 18 that it's time to put into storage the picture books that have been collecting dust in my room for nearly a decade. My mother took this as a sign that I'm planning to move out and abandon her forever, and has been crying for the last four hours. FML

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By NoColor - 29/10/2014 13:09 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my little sister decided to color-in my favorite black-and-white comic book. It was worth over $200. When I told my mother, she said, "Oh that old thing? I thought it was a stupid coloring book you were too stupid to color." FML

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Thanks for the memories

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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el_ECTRO 0

Friday 24 July 2009 23:11

FYL :( Make her pay you the $13,500 :P

QiScorpion 0

Friday 24 July 2009 23:12

ouch. that's $13,500 you just lost. You have my sincerest condolences. that really does suck.

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BWC1234 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 4:49

in a way its ur fault ur mom shouldny havt to clean ur room

Siren_00 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 4:58

Why did you never tell her that you had such expensive books? Especially if she's the kind of mom that randomly throws things out?

Shyman4ever 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 5:49

YDI for not cleaning your room yourself you lazy piece of dipshit. Learn to be responsible.

russianredgirl 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 6:05

THAT NOT EVEN CLEANING stupid. throwing out books is cleaning? no wonder your so unintelligent.

kj234864 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 17:13

hypocrisy get it?

MissSarcasm01 18

Tuesday 24 June 2014 16:58

It never said that OP asked for their mom to clean their room. She probably did it on her own. Clearly, you're the dipshit who needs to clean their eyes because you keep assuming shit. Shut the **** up, because nobody cares what you have to say at this point. If you had a brain you would get it wasn't his fault.

Chesterfield_fml 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 6:22

Why weren't these valuable books kept somewhere SAFE? If they really meant all that much to you, they would have been in a protective case. Even someone clueless to the value of the books would be able to tell they were special if they were stored safely. Not to mention, it sounds like you moved out & your mom cleaned out your old room...why leave the books behind if they were worth so much? Just saying.

not_a_valentine 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 7:20

My dad used to keep all his old comic books in a footlocker. Safe, cool, and dry... but not mom-proof.

ckc_tkd 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 6:27

Oh my gosh, i would flip shit if my mom threw away my books. I have a few that are worth a bit, and i would die if my mom threw those ones away. Throwing books away is like sacrilegious, no one should ever do that. Go through the garbage? And i think that the OP's mom was visiting or something.

DC2828 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 6:31

Liar!

echarperouge 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 6:44

Wow yeah, a ShakespearE "original manuscript" doesn't and never has existed, dumbass! Copyright didn't exist in Elizabethan England, so sides were written out individually.

ghostgirll 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 7:38

wow, i'm really sorry. in the time that you were living with your parents, didn't you ever explain to them that those books were worth a lot of money?

cmac86 23

Saturday 25 July 2009 7:39

you kinda deserve it for not taking better care of something that means that much to you and is worth that much. sorry to hear it and all, but it's your own fault, not your mother's.