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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sounds rough. should tell her that demons are actually nice, the Bible is wrong, the opposite is actually true and when we die we either, go to paradise when you are true to yourself (for good or bad) ,or spend an eternity of sorrow and misery(not pain) reliving your life until madness consumes you in the lake of souls..... if you're wondering, Darren shan is my Fav writer

Amen on the writer!!!!! His books are Amazing.

I feel your pain op. I have that kind of family too...:(

"Mother I think it's time I told you that I worship satan"

you are too old (assuming since you are engaged) to be living off your mother, even if it is just cheep rent on a spare unit. Best to stand on your own two feet at this point. Although I am sorry your mom has gone off the deep end. Better be careful about the wedding. . . . goodluck

Pretty sure you can do whatever the **** you wabt

Goodbye diablo III, the conjuring and the anti-bible.