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

Xrailer 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 3:34

it's not really an FML. I mean, your brother is a douche but it's easy to recover those files. If you don't know how, just go to a computer store and ask one of the specialists.

HarrietPotter 1

Thursday 6 August 2009 3:40

If this had been my FML, it would have been about ten times worse, because it would have ended "And I am getting the death penalty for violently murdering my brother."

CFR 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 3:46

O.< Death. To That Child. I'm sorry, I cried enough when I lost the work I did on my novel when I was fourteen (I was almost done!!), but that was my own fault. Seriously smack him. Kick him in the nuts, do something for revenge! Ohh tell your parents. My little sister used to like unplugging my computer while it was on, and I asked my mom to make her stop because it could make me lose all the work I had done, or mess up my computer really badly. It worked rather well actually. I'm sorry about you losing your hard work =( I'd give you a hug but you're too far away.

vespero 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 3:55

yikes! hopefully u have backup.

FMLsguitarist 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:03

SYSTEM RESTORE FIXES THE PROBLEM.

HopelesxRomantic 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:03

Okay, well if your brother is childish enough to do something like that for a ridiculous reason, then he probably forgot to delete the copy in the recycling bin. go check, just in case. then restore it, and viola! you got it back! and if not, punch his peanut sized brains out till he pees himself. just kidding... sorta ;D (and might i suggest a password from now on?)

Lythiaren 8

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:06

I would've killed the jealous ******. No matter how angry you are, don't mess with that shit. My advice? After you run an undelete and restore that work, give him a cameo in your book in which he gets raped in the ass with a rusty chainsaw.

GabriLee 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:07

This is the precise reason that I handwrite everything before I type it. Sure, notebooks are not indestructable, but my book of three years' work is in a bunch of notebooks, on two different computers, three flash drives, an external hard drive, and on the internet. I would feel eternally empty if I lost it. I also find handwriting very good for a writing technique. It's almost a rough draft so I can edit things that sound dumb as I type it up. A win-win scenario. I've lost writing before, and it's not fun, but maybe rewriting it will help you grow. You already know the plot, and that's the hard part! I frequently rewrite one of my short stories and every time there is a noticeable improvement. Keep your head up! Keep writing.

LeCielNousAide 7

Thursday 6 August 2009 8:25

the purpose of notebooks is defeated once you write more than you've typed, you lend the handwritten copy for someone to read because it's more than the typed, and then they don't give the notebook back to you. this situation happened with a series i was writing -- i'm missing most of the first story (it was completely done...i only have about four chapters left that was posted on a site since my old laptop's hard drive died) and the first part of the second story in the series. pretty sure i lost the notebook the other part of the second story was in as well. the person i lent the handwritten copy to decided to hand it to someone at my work (because i was really pissed at him for personal reasons and he decided it was okay to trust some random person with my precious stories), who never gave it back to me. i'm still really really upset about this because i loved the story/series and so did a lot of my friends. i'm too upset over it to rewrite. FYL to the OP, especially because you probably had it backed up and your brother got to it, since you said "all traces of the novel".