Top Petty Revenge Stories of the Week (April 5, 2023)

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 5, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

It's time for your weekly dose of revenge stories from ordinary folks who, quite frankly, have had enough! If you've ever had an annoying neighbor, an entitled Karen, a narcissistic parent, or a sabotaging ex in your life, then you will surely empathize with these top petty revenge stories. 

 

Keep scrolling below for this collection of tales and take notes as you go! Who knows? You might be able to take some pointers from these masters of vengeance. For more compilations like this, take a look at these cringeworthy online reviews from customers who have the tendency to overshare. 

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  • 01

    #1: These entitled neighbors had it coming!

    Font - You say no to our fence, we say no to your project. Two years ago my husband and I bought our first house. First on our list was the backyard and removing a laurel bush on the back property line that went 7 feet deep and had a chicken wire fence in the back (99% of the roots were on our property). Our yard wasn't big to begin with so we wanted that extra space and so our plan was to remove it and put up a fence that matched the other parts of our property. When I went to notify our neighb
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  • 02
    Font - He said they didn't agree with the fence after all and that we couldn't cut down the laurels. One of their arguments was that the previous owners didn't mind the laurels (so?). Well my husband and I are both attorneys and decided we weren't going to do the back and forth, we were going to hire a surveyor to come and confirm the property line. Turns out almost all the laurel roots were in fact on our property. So again, we told neighbors we were moving forward with the fence. After seeing
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  • 03
    Font - Fast forward a year and husband neighbor texts my husband asking to talk. So they meet at the fence. Turns out they have a cedar tree about 7ft in diameter on their property close to the fence that they want to remove but are asking us for the removal to be done from OUR PROPERTY - they need to remove a portion of our FENCE, bring the cherry picker and wood chipper down our driveway to our backyard, and do the entire project on our property because they don't have access to their backyard
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  • 04
    Font - Obviously my husband is dumbfounded considering but still super nice the fence drama and says "that's a really big ask" and this neighbor says "why?" And then proceeds to says if we say no then they won't be able to afford the project and then says he's sorry about how the fence situation went and hope we can move forward. LOL. My husband comes and tells me and says he would be willing to say yes if they pay us and sign something saying they are liable for everything stemming from it but
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  • 05

    #2: Karen tried to get OP in trouble with her own family for snowboarding!

    Font - "Sure! Call the land owner!" So, when I was 13; I was really into snowboarding so every chance I got, I was out doing that in winter. (Though in recent years, I could do so in July.) There was one huge hill that was open to anyone, everyone all year long so long as they didn't cut trees or wreck the place. This hill was located on a plot of land in the woods that, a few months prior to this event, had gone from being "For sale" to "Bought by my uncles to keep it from being bulldozed." Nob
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  • 06
    Font - one of the parents said that myself/anybody who wasn't a baby in a sled had no right to be there as we were "Too big and t" to be using that hill and generally let the kids steal or otherwise damage the boards/skis or do things to drive everyone else away. I largely didn't care because when I went there, I just used my cheap $10 board that was built about as well as a plastic sled. (So I didn't have to carry my bigger, better one across town.) That, as you can imagine, pissed these Karens
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  • 07
    Font - After about a week of them constantly nagging and I I, I finally said "Look; you can sled ANYWHERE you want! Me? Because decided to wreck some property and trespass, I cannot even snowboard on my own property because the neighbors complain that 'I might break their fence' so unless I want to pay hundreds of dollars to go to some fancy resort, this is the ONLY place I can snowboard! On a plot of land half a mile wide, I'm fairly 1 certain we can all enjoy it!" I didn't wait for a response,
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  • 08
    Font - I was never the best at stopping so I stopped when I hit the trees; thankful that they were still rather bendy. Over the sounds of laughter and snow being shredded, I heard the Karen screaming and turned to see her at the top of the hill, pointing at me and calling me every name in the book. Apparently, she called her husband (who confirmed they lived nearby) and said that 1) I had threatened her, 2) I had called HER everything in the book, and 3) I was a grown adult. At 13, I was MAYBE 3
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  • 09
    Font - He asked what I had said, I repeated it and admitted I knew cursing was wrong but expressed how annoyed I was. He tried to calm his wife but she screamed more and said "I'M CALLING THE LAND OWNERS!" I smiled like the Cheshire Cat and told her "Go right ahead! I'll speak to them, too!" So she did and she launched into a huge rant; very animated with lots of flailing and hopping similar to an angry hen. Finally, when she starts losing steam, I can hear one of my uncles saying "I'll be right
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  • 10
    Font - After about 15 minutes, a truck pulled up and out hopped my uncles. They came over and spoke to the woman; I could tell they didn't 100% believe her but because this was THEIR land, if anything happened, they'd be on the hook for it. She got loud again and demanded I be "banned for life" and all that. They looked around and asked her to "Point to the dangerous and disrespectful woman" as clearly, I was the only one snowboarding that day. She huffed and grabbed me; giving me a shake as she
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  • 11
    Font - "You mean our NIECE!?" Karen sputtered and tried to come up with some sort of response but, failed miserably. My uncles then gave her the choice: Leave now and come back in a couple days (they'd drive by to make sure she stayed away). OR Continue acting how she was and they'd press charges on her to have her banned and charged with assault for grabbing me as well as being on the hook for any damages her kids caused to anybodies gear. (Apparently they'd been getting calls but nobody knew h
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  • 12

    #3: Some quality airplane passenger revenge right here!

    Font - My seat is not meant to to be your support I was originally writing this as a comment for another post, but then I remembered this lovely sub exists and I thought I would share with you all. I find myself taking this petty revenge quite frequently, and the whole situation could be avoided if the people involved were slightly more courteous or had respect for those around them. For those of you who fly frequently, this may be an all too familiar situation.
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  • 13
    Font - Now this usually happens when the person behind you or someone in their row needs to use the bathroom midflight. People have started using the back of my seat as a method to pull themselves up out of their chair as oppose to using their own arm rests. They usually pull the seat back 3-4 inches due to their leverage and let it go once they are standing. If you're the one in the chair in front of them, this provides you with the sudden unpleasant feeling of your chair unexpectedly rocketing
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  • 14
    Font - When this happens to me now, I bide my time, waiting for the persons return. Upon their return but before they sit, I make sure the button that reclines the seat is fully pressed in. The person generally expects the seat is going to provide that same resistance they used to get out of their seat in the first place. Sorry friend, that resistance is gone. Hearing that sweet shocked gasp as fall hard into their seat has been one of the new pleasure I've found in flying.
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  • 15
    Font - EDIT: I see a few of you talking about how you think a disability/injury entitles you to being rude. Let me assure you, it does not. A simple apology for an oversight would be sufficient to make me, and most people, think nothing of this. If apologizing for hassling someone else is beneath you, then we will no longer care about your circumstances. If this still hasn't convinced you, let's assume I'm the one with a bad back/neck injury made worse by your actions of using my seat back. Does
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  • 16

    #4: There's nothing like a savage mother-child relationship unraveling!

    Font - My mother ruined my life. So I made sure she ruined her own life with the same lies she told that ruined mine. Was told you guys might like this so I'm putting it here. Sorry for bad English - it's my first language. Formatting might be wonky thanks to mobile. My mother is a textbook narcissistic parent. So when I, at the age of 6, called my family crying because I knew something was wrong and she didn't love me - my mother decided to punish me for ruining her image. She spun this story t
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  • 17
    Font - She effectively cut me off from my family and from the outside world and made sure I had no internet or cell phone access until I moved out. She prevented my from getting a job and tried sabotaging my efforts to get into college. I went through | in that house.
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  • 18
    Font - When I was younger I retaliated in immature ways. But as I got older I was very very careful with how I talked to her. I only ever told her the truth. Remember: She convinced herself that I was a pathological liar. So if I tell her the truth she will now think whatever I said is only intended to hurt her. If I say "You should bring an umbrella today it looks like rain." She will make a point to not bring one to spite me... and get caught in the rain. If a friend said something similar to
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  • 19
    Font - Some examples if you care to read: I would tell her about her friends that were plotting behind her back. She didn't believe me and hung out with them even more. They put her name on the payment for an object she doesn't have and has to pay tens of thousands of dollars for. You can't say I didn't warn her.
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  • 20
    Font - When she had job issues I would tell her exactly what she was doing wrong and why people don't like working with angry, difficult people. She thought I was trying to hurt her so she doubled down on her behavior. I hear she's fighting to keep her job. Would suck to be fired right before retirement. You can't say I didn't warn her.
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  • 21
    Font - She called me looking for advice. (lol right?) She was basically going to fly across the country to go stalk someone and I told her not to do that, he'll dislike her even more, and he could call the police. I got in touch with her Dad and told him to try to stop her. She went because now she was convinced it would work. The poor guy was hiding in his workplace while she was outside crying for him to come outside. You can't say I didn't warn her.
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  • 22
    Font - I hear she's in therapy now but it doesn't seem so be working much. I can imagine why. It must be a very upsetting experience to have a professional tell you the same "lies" your "pathological liar" of a daughter told you. I think this is how you kill someone with kindness. :)
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  • 23
    Font - TL;DR: Abusive narcissist mother convinced herself I was a pathological liar. So I only told her truthful things. Now, whenever people try to help her she is reminded of me and thinks they're trying to sabotage her. I've ensured my mother ruins her own life with the same lies she told that ruined mine.
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  • 24

    #5: We'll leave you with some perfectly petty revenge on a stepdaughter's mother!

    Font - You want to be the daughter in law to my family? I'll tell husbands your fiancé! My husband and I have been married for some years. Before we got together, he told me he had a daughter from a previous relationship. I understood and still chose to be with him. He is a great father to his daughter and I love her with all my heart. My stepdaughter is kind, smart and considerate. Her mother on the hand not so much.
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  • 25
    Font - When we first began dating, he had no issues with seeing his daughter. Once we got engaged, that's when trouble began to start. Even though she's engaged she's basically tried to ruin his relationship with his daughter. She would intentionally not let him see her and even kept her away for 9 months. She took him to court for child support as well as a set time to finally get to see his daughter. I thought everything would be fine.
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  • 26
    Font - Come time for us to get married and we asked if daughter could attend wedding. We asked 2 months in advance. No answer, no text message, just left on read. This was the week he was suppose to have her for holiday and we basically got ignored due to her mother not wanting her to be there. We ended up having a wedding without her. I could tell my husband was heart broken because he wanted her to be apart of our day. I was crushed myself because I also wanted her to be
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  • 27
    Font - I receive a phone call from my MIL a day after the wedding stating that stepdaughters mother had called and said even though my husband got married she will ALWAYS be her daughter in law, not me. In response my MIL laughed her off the phone.
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  • 28
    Font - The following day was Christmas. We picked up my stepdaughter and brought her to our home to open presents. After that we had to take her back to meet her mother. Upon arriving we were met by stepdaughters mother fiancé congratulating us on our nuptials. The mother steps out the car and asks if she could talk to me.
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  • 29
    Font - A little back story, I never speak to her. A hello and goodbye is basically all I say. I have i desire to speak to her due to her attitude as well as calling me out my name.
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  • 30
    Font - My stepdaughter gets in the car and her mother proceeds to us as well. She asks if congratulate we could do a double date so she could get to know me. I tell her no thank you. They both proceed to call me rude. I then proceed to explain how she made a phone call to my MIL about how she will AWAYS be the daughter in law not me. The look on her fiancés face was PRICELESS. You both should have left it at no. I can humbly decline. Now both of you look stupid.
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