By ElhonnaDS - 20/05/2013 16:25 - United States - White Plains

Today, my fiancé and I were planning to move to a cheaper apartment which my mother agreed to rent us. She was very supportive and excited that we'd be closer, and it was great until she gave us a list of books, movies, games, etc. that we can't bring because they're "demonic". FML
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OP here- A couple of points of clarification: 1) She wasn't paying the bills- I was looking for a cheaper apartment. We'd have gone down from a 3-bedroom to a studio. Where I live, I would have been paying a pretty standard rate for what a studio is- it was just convenient to be renting from family, with whom I generally get along. 2) He's my fiancee now. We'd have been married by the time we moved in. 3) She has definitely had some interesting idea manifest over the last couple of years, as she has begun reading the Gospel according to Saint Google. It seems these days she will take any chain e-mail she gets with about the same degree of seriousness as the actual Bible. For most of my life, we have had very normal and respectful boundaries about our differences in belief. I knew she had some odd ideas, but the idea that she would demand to have control over every book, movie, piece of clothing, game, etc. that we had in an apartment we were paying to rent was much further out than I thought she was. 4) When I say she thinks they are demonic, I don't mean she doesn't want me watching Hellboy or other movies that are about demons. What she specifically said is that the physical objects (outlined as movies and books that depicted violence, sex, horror, fantasy, aliens, superheroes, any object that had any cultural reference that could be traced to a non-Christian religion or superstition, satanic heavy metal and video games, etc.) were actually all carrying demonic spirits in a real and physical sense, which would be brought into the apartment with them, and she needed to protect herself by not letting us bring the demons in (the apartment, while having a separate entrance, is attached to her house). So, needless to say, we thanked her very much and cancelled our plans to move into that apartment pretty much immediately. The FML is mostly that she's so far gone from when I was younger, and that she sprung this on us after we told everyone we were taking the apartment, rather than up front when we discussed rent, parking, furniture and pretty much every other detail.

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I would have so much fun with that. Never mind movies and books; bring out the candles, robes, and spells!

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that would involve me getting rid of everything i own... and i would do that for no one.

Well now we know why the apartment was cheap.

I'd buy every single book, movie and game on the list just to spite the nutjob.

ileenefudge 29

How is that illegal in any way? It's just OPs mom trying to hard at being over protective and bossy about what belonging the OP can bring and what OPs mom doesn't want brought when OP moves in.

I think it's time to put on your cloak and wizard hat.

rhcpgurl 18

Its illegal for her to enter into your apartment and monitor you. She may be your mom but she is still a landlady and you have rights

Sky5423 4

Sounds like your mother's the Devil! #WaterboyQuotes

Let me guess: no The Diary of Anne Frank ??...LOL

I'd love to see what would happen if Dead Space or Doom 3 were played in front of her.

>Hide movie in non-demonic case >Watch movie when mother is out >??? >Profit