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Did my mom over react?

today after school she came out of nowhere and said she was pissed at me. ok so i was thinkin "god, what did i do now?" so shes shows me this newspaper of Obama when he got elected, and on the back was a lady with pen drawings on her (the paper was flipped over like that when i drew on it) then she just explodes in my face all yelling at me saying "that the newspaper was a fuckin collectible and now its worthless because your ass drew on it" ok, i drew on it over 3 months ago, and at the time i didnt know it was worth anything. all i saw was a newspaper sitting next to my drawing stuff, and the next day it was gone because i thought she either threw it away, or put it in the outside closet to be used as cage linig. i mean come on, how the crap was i supposed to know that it was valuable?! give me a break here... crap! i put this in the wrong cattegorie >_> Julian, she did punish me, and other people, you dont understand my mom, doesnt matter how many times i say sorry about it, cuz she wont believe my sorries for shit

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U can go get re-prints from your local newspaper.
yea she overreacted -_- i mean really lady shell be dead before that newspaper is even worth 500 bucks ._.
To me she did a little but hey it is collectible
i think she did...like you said,how would you know if it was collectible..who ever knew newspaper can be a collectible..
Yes she did over-react... maybe she'd had a stressful day? I suppose the best thing you could do is just let it blow over, I doubt the paper would really be that valuable anyway as a very high percentage of the country buys the newspaper (although I suppose not everyone hangs on to them). It's unfortunate that she shouted at you about it but what's done is done and I suppose at the end of the day it was just a newspaper. Hope the situation improves soon.
Call the newspaper main office, they may still have paper copies of that issue. There's no way you could have forseen her reaction, so just tell her you're sorry and that you weren't trying to be disrespectful. She'll get over it.
ROFL!!! (sorry) Did you tell her that it was near your drawing... stuff. And I doubt that if anyone kept that newspaper for 20-30 years it would be worth more than a postage stamp. And if she didn't do any punishment other than yell, then let it go. I used that newspaper as a coaster and then to kill a spider (a big spider!) and it was no big deal.
OMG! Newspapers can be collectables? Wow... You learn something new everyday!
Yes, she's overreacting. And if it meant that much to her, she should have put the paper away somewhere. :-)
She did overreact. But maybe she wasn't feeling too well. My mother also overreacts on trivial matters when she's feeling awful. It happens. Tell her you're sorry and that at the time you didn't realize it could be an important paper in the future. Then ask her if there's anything you can do to make it up to her. You may not feel like doing so, but I think it'll show to her that you really didn't do it on purpose. Unless she's totally unreasonable. Also; please tell her all that when you KNOW she's feeling all right. Otherwise you might just piss her off even more.
Sounds like your mom took her anger out on the wrong person. If it mean so much to her, why wasn't it put in a safe place. I would apologize to her, your actions, even unintentional, upset her. If she's smart she will return the gesture for losing her cool.
I dont know about over reacting, but she reacted to her feelings of disappointment. It wasnt anybody's fault that it was left where it was and not put away right away, or that you doodled on it. All you can do is say you are truly sorry. You can also try to tell her that the page with Obama is the valuable part, and not the rest of that section or paper really....but she might argue that....but try to console her that way....or just say sorry...it wasnt anybodys fault. It truly is valuable to her only. She should scan the page or article on a computer as newsprint paper just disintegrates and these days everything is online. She could have that page laminated and framed to save it better. Seriously if it is that valuable to her. Good luck. I know parents are hard to figure sometimes and seem irational and emotional with memories or souvenirs.
wow your mom is over reacting best to do is say your sorry by the way my friend mom just like yours