Miscellaneous: Today, my brother deleted all traces of the novel I've been working...

By frustrated - 05/08/2009 20:30 - Ireland

Today, my brother deleted all traces of the novel I've been working on for three years from my laptop. The reason? When I was born I "stole all of Mum and Dad's attention." He's 24. FML

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Must be one hell of a novel

By Anonymous - 01/02/2021 17:01

Today, after 3 years of writing a murder mystery novel that I was really proud of, my dad stole my notebook. He mistook it as my diary and turned it in to the police and apparently I can't have it back because it may be used as evidence. Some of the stories were inspired by real events. FML

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Precious little boy

By stupid older sister - 24/07/2014 21:54 - United States - Saint Charles

Today, I woke up from a nap to find my little brother playing some games on my phone. A few hours later I come to find he had deleted all 500 pictures from my trip to Europe last month. He needed more space to download the games. Mom says he's too young to understand what he did wrong. He's 14. FML

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By HungryStudent - 20/08/2014 18:59 - Puerto Rico - Carolina

Today, my 24-year-old, unemployed brother stole all of my food money and went out with his friends. His punishment from our parents? He has to pay me back when he gets a job. My stomach has to wait. FML

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By somerandomchick - 31/03/2009 05:32 - United States

Today, my little sister got mad at me because I wouldn't let her read my IM conversation. I took a nap and when I woke up, my laptop was gone. She took it on a trip to her grandparents' house, six hours away. Nude pictures of me and my paper due tomorrow are on the laptop. FML

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By fmlforreal - 15/10/2010 08:33 - Singapore

Today, I found my brother tampering with my laptop. He had changed the entire settings, in ways I don't even know how to fix. I finally had to get my mom to threaten him to change it back to its original setting. I'm 15. He's six and can barely get dressed by himself. FML

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Busted

By well SHIT - 27/02/2014 21:46 - United States - Little Elm

Today, while having a sneak through my brother's browser, I found a bookmark for a Google Docs file. It was a short story involving him horrifically killing our entire family. It ended with the words: "And that is what happens when people don't respect the author's privacy." 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 Scapegoat - 17/11/2018 13:30

Today, I found out that while I was at college, my brother downloaded three terabytes of porn on my laptop and blamed it on me. My parents believed him. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/12/2015 13:27 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, I fell asleep while using my laptop. The next thing I know, it's 8am and my dad is screaming at me for posting "u skank-ass cunt-face" on my mom's Facebook timeline. I never made that post, but he won't believe me. My asshole brother, meanwhile, can't stop smirking at me. FML

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By despacito - 28/08/2018 23:30

Today, my brother stole my hard drive and wiped it. My hard drive had a 10-page school project on it. The project is due tomorrow. FML

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Thursday 6 August 2009 1:16

In return, put a pillow over his face because "He's sucking up all the good air. "

aback 4

Thursday 6 August 2009 1:09

Delete that ****** from your life. If he hasn't got over it by now, he never will.

Comments

Georgia795 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 13:45

memory stick? ^^

Gregiscool 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 13:52

so i've been reading some comments on here and i've learned everyone on here is acting like they keep every file of importance on their computer backed up on a "dirt cheap USB memory stick on your key chain" i don't understand why everyone pretends that they are smarter and safer than the OP who obviously could not have seen that coming...

ohnoyouDINT 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 14:19

Greg is not cool. Greg is dumb. Greg doesn't realize that having an offsite backup of all important data is akin to wearing a condom: You just do it. Greg will have an unhappy life and an untimely death because Greg does not believe in safety. Poor Greg.

ola100 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 13:54

I would ******* beat him up..

JanisEvans 10

Thursday 6 August 2009 14:05

3 years and you never bothered with a back up? Well, you learned your lesson.

ohnoyouDINT 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 14:21

Obviously YDI for being Irish.

Jessey_fml 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 14:25

#196, don't be so rude?

ohnoyouDINT 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 14:34

uhhhh......Internet!

padfoot_fml 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 15:00

He wants attention? Kill him, he'll be the center of attention at the funeral.

krissmundur 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 15:29

you can still get it back but you need a program for it. http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20060713_recover_deleted_files.html should work.

xFaust_fml 12

Thursday 6 August 2009 15:48

Wait a sec'.... You've been working on it for three years... And the ONLY place where you saved it was your laptop?? Dude, that's kind of stupid... Laptops are really not reliable -especially after three years of good and loyal services...- YDI! Next time you'll know : when it is something as important as that, you save it on : - your laptop - an external hard drive - your emails - PRINT IT every few months if you don't want to buy an external hard drive FYL though, because it sucks. Oh, and your brother needs a therapy. I mean, really. It's funny cause usually, when you're twenty or so, you blame your /mother/ for all the problems you ever had in your life. Deleting your work was really immature and stupid... If I were you, I'd punch him, or kick him in the balls. You're not going to solve anything like that but damn, it must feel quite good aftewards.

origin242 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 17:42

Agreed, or even more simple, he could just email it to himself.

SierraStabler 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 15:50

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!! Guys. What if the op is Stephanie Meyer? YOU'RE TELLING HER HOW TO GET THE SpARKLY FAIRIES BACK!!! BAD THING! BAD THING!!