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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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mikew85 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 3:37

While I feel bad for you, why didn't you have $13,500 worth of books insured? Your mom is an idiot for bot knowing why antique books look like, especially ones in her own house.

shit_happens101 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 4:11

O. M. F. G. Wow... sucks big time. :/

wolfman1224 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 7:29

What kind of person who still lives with their mother has over $13,000 worth of antique books? I think you should write an FML about that instead...

woltfire 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 8:47

You should probably think about moving out.

56578 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 15:23

FYL OP. My mother tried to do the same thing to me. I'm away at college and my mother tried to have a yard sale. Fortunately for my books, it was a crappy weekend and no one showed up. I completely sympathize with you, though my books weren't worth as much as yours.

theodivine 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 22:36

Oh my god, I know how you feel. When I left for my first year of college, I took pretty much everything that I could with me because my family was moving out of town the next day. When I came home, the stuff I left, including a big box of mementos from all 4 years of high school, my scrapbooking stuff, and a lot of other things that were important to me, was all gone. She threw it all out when they moved. It sucks. Sorry, pal.

getawaygirl 0

Monday 27 July 2009 8:13

I have been cleaning my own room since I was 7, for the fact my mum understands it's my room my things my responsiblity. Shows that your family as little to no communication as why wouldn't you have told her about them? People really need to know how to talk to family members.

SoccerPlaya17 0

Monday 27 July 2009 8:22

just books, chill. were you ever gonna sell them though? -.-

spawn_of_satan 0

Monday 27 July 2009 16:13

THIS IS WHY MOTHERS SHOULDN'T CLEAN THEIR CHILDREN'S ROOMS

rosiegrewup 0

Monday 27 July 2009 22:48

Where the hell do parents - namely mothers - get this notion that's what yours is theirs to dispose of willy-nilly? Find the deeds and sell her house while she's away for the weekend.