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

thellamanator 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:50

wow.... that's just, wow. does he have a prized possession? if so, i believe you know what needs to be done.

AnneFTW 17

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:53

Congrats on another Irish FML getting published! Yay this only like the 11th lol ^^ We need to have more!

Weil 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:57

YDI for only having one copy.

mezentius 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 5:18

"all traces" OP may have had multiple backups, but he went after everything just to be a dick.

zargon 1

Thursday 6 August 2009 9:50

Even if he did have backups, he clearly didn't have the proper offsite backups one should have for something so important, so the YDI is still warranted.

triplethreat13 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:59

that is a step above sibling rivalry. that's cruelty. holding a grudge for however many years is something a mentally challenged person would do. i am 13 years older than my sister and everyone gave her all the attention when she was a baby but i didn't mind, it wasn't her fault and i don't hold it to her now. wow. and did you check your recycling bin (the one on the computer, not a physical bin)? your brother obviously has some issues, he wouldn't think to erase it from the recycling bin after deleting it. if he did, there is software you can download to recover erased files. it seems tragic at first but you just have to know what to do.

drimpossible 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 5:05

MURPHYCHACHO 5

Thursday 6 August 2009 5:05

As a fellow aspiring writer who can sympathize with your plight, allow me to offer you this advice on how to deal with your brother. Sacrifice him. Sacrifice him with fire. Sacrifices make everything better! Remember, when in doubt, sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice.