You can turn your other cheek or you can draw whiskers on theirs with a permanent marker while they're asleep. Some people choose to simply walk away after a break-up, others choose to go to war with a very creative (read: petty) cache of ammunition.
Maybe they lied, cheated, or left you at the alter. Whatever atrocity they committed, they best believe revenge is waiting around the corner - ready to pounce when they least expect it. If you're pondering ways to make your ex pay for their sins, you're in luck. Someone recently asked, "What’s the pettiest thing you ever done after a break up?" and people weren't shy to admit the times they refused to be the bigger person.
From putting an entire bag of sugar in his protein powder before a big bodybuilding competition, to canceling his passport the day before an important flight, some of these acts prove that hell hath no fury as a woman (or man) scorned. Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most ridiculous, petty, hilarious and savage responses for you to scroll through while you plot your own road to revenge.
#1
For legal reasons: I didn't do it (jet). He forgot his second car key at my apartment. For weeks I drove to his place at night (I work night shifts, so I'm awake a lot at night) and parked his car at another place. Not very far away. Just far enough to drive him crazy and doubting his own sanity.
74points
#2
I got my ex good - he had booked a trip to Bali with the other woman but he owed heaps of child support to his ex wife. I contacted c.s. they took half his pay and put a prohibition to travel overseas order on him. No lovely trip to Bali for him.
67points
#3
took every lightbulb.. in every light, lamp, refrigerator, porch .. he thought the electric was cut off.. ironically he used to call me the light of his life, so I let him realize how dark it was without me..
66points
#4
When he told me he was visiting his kids for Christmas and I found out he was actually married. I found his wife’s phone number, waited until he came back and invited him over to order take out and watch a movie. Asked him if he was married and gave him the chance to fess up, he didn’t so I FaceTimed his wife in the room with him. She filed for divorce the following month.
65points
#5
I noticed he was still using my Netflix, waited until he was 2 episodes away from the Breaking Bad finale then deleted him from the account
61points
#6
Out of nowhere, he decided he didn’t want to be with me anymore after five years. And proceeded to kick me out of the house. Little did he know I took everything I bought. Which was literally everything in that house. All the way down to the towels, the blankets, the soap, the dishes. He had nothing left in that house when I left.
58points
#7
I called Ticketmaster and told them my tickets got stolen and let him and the girl he cheated on me with get turned away at the door.
55points
#8
I put posters up with his number and said "best chewbacca impression wins £100!" ... he has 2000 vms in 4 hours
55points
#9
Stole the spinning glass plate out of his microwave
52points
#10
Donated 40,000 of his sky miles to a canine charity. Figured since he knew so much about being a dog..
52points
#11
found out from a friend he’s on tinder under a different name. Created my own tinder account with fake name, photos of some random hot girl. Super liked him and he took the bait.. then proceeded to toy with him for about a week until i got bored. And then set up a meetup date… at this point he was begging me for my number - i gave my real number… few minutes later I get a text saying “guess it’s safe to assume we’re over”
48points
#12
Told his mum exactly what he did! Sounds childish but my god the satisafcation was incredible. She was horrified, apologised for his behaviour and took me out for dinner to chat about it all and she's still friends with me to this day and he has no idea!
46points
#13
I told the parole officer where he was hiding and he’s been in prison for 2 yrs
46points
#14
I called the dealership where my ex fiancé bought his car from after learning that he bought it with a fake ID and they were trying to repossess it, and I told them where he was hiding it. He had to catch a bus home.
45points
#15
He moved out but kept turning up unannounced to use the garage. It had a padlock and he didn’t give me a key. One day he left the padlock unlocked so I took this opportunity to replace it with an exact replica. I will forever be disappointed I didn’t see his face when his key no longer worked
42points
#16
I deleted his whole Spotify playlist - over 4 years worth of songs.
41points
#17
Found out he had a wife, ghosted him and started buying stuff from his wife of Facebook Marketplace. Became friends with her and got invited to their kids birthday party at their place. The fear in that mans eyes when I arrived...
41points
#18
hacked his nest thermostat and turned the heat on at random times for months
39points
#19
Stitch ripped all his designer clothes just enough so they’d start to fall apart as he wore them
35points