'We worked things out and promised not to drive each other crazy on purpose': Teen drives dad mad for months by moving his stuff within 1-meter radius, revenge wholesomely brings them closer

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Isabella Penn
Jan 30, 2024 10:00 AM EST

This must be one of the most subtly infuriating revenge stories, and it's truly ingenious. Living with someone inevitably exposes you to their idiosyncrasies, those small habits that can seriously grate on your nerves. It could be the way they tidy up, their pillow arrangement, or the way they always leave their toothbrush out – the seemingly trivial things that still drive you mad.

In this father-son dynamic, the father finds himself unable to tolerate the disorderly way his teen leaves everything out. Unbeknownst to him, this is just the teen's unique method of organizing his belongings. Fed up with the situation, the dad decides to take matters into his own hands and rearrange everything. Little does he know; this sets off a revenge plot that unfolds over the course of several months.

The teen's retaliation takes the form of a harmless prank, but it's brilliant. Whenever the dad places something in a particular location, the teen shifts it to another spot—never completely out of sight, but just enough to drive someone crazy. However, fear not, this story does conclude on a heartwarming note. To find out the satisfying resolution, keep reading.

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    Posted by u/Metriomexinthose 22 hours ago ^ Move my stuff and yell at me for "losing" it? I'll make you doubt yourself :)
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    This happened 2 years ago and finally has an ending :). I, now(17F), have a father that is very strict about tidiness. He likes things to be placed in a very particular way. The thing is, I like
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    to organize my room my own way. Our ways are very different. When I was 14, I kept the books and files on my desk in a very particular way. It was organized based on usage and importance,
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    as I have ADHD and that's just the easiest way for me to find things. Because of this, to the average eye, it looks a little bit like just a really tall pile of random stuff I put there to avoid looking at. To
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    be fair, I had left it untouched for 4 months. But thats mostly cause the pile consisted of stuff I needed for my summer and winter job, so I only really used it during those times.
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    That being said, My father didn't like that, so, one day when I was at school, he moved parts of my pile he deemed himself as unimportant. Honestly, I didn't really notice for a while. But then one day, I
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    decided that I'd scan some important files from my job so that I won't lose them, only to find that the entire folder full of files had dissapeared. I looked around and even looked at my brother and mothers desk, but it had completely vanished.
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    I asked my dad cause he moves stuff a lot, but when I did he started to yell at me. He said that I never new how to keep my things properly, that I was lazy, careless, forgetful, unorganized, etc etc and that I was delusional for thinking that someone else had
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    moved it. He said that me having a job was a waste because I would never learn responsibility, because I couldn't even bother to be responsible over something important. (Something like that :/ )
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    He then ordered me to go look for it until I found it or I'd get punished more/ yelled at more. Of course, I didn't find it.
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    He held the fact that I had lost that folder over my head for the next 2 years, and would yell at me occasionally about it whenever I misplaced something. Then, one day, when he tasked the entire family to help find HIS important document... I found a
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    small box placed behind 4 larger boxes in the storage area of my house. Peaking out of it, was a sticker I made for the lost folder. When I opened it, there it was in all its glory.
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    Finally I had proof that he moved it!! Because it was HIS storage are behind boxes filled with HIS stuff. I was both relieved and livid. He. Moved. It. He called me delusional! crazy! irresponsible!
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    He yelled at me about it for 2 years while I cried each time! After I showed him, he didn't even apologize! He said that I should've kept it better and if I did I wouldn't have "lost" it. HERES THE PETTY REVENGE :))))
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    since that day, about 1 year ago, I had started moving little bits and pieces of his stuff. Not to obscure places, because then I would be found out immediately, but a 1-2 meter radius between where he actually put it.
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    Put down his cup of water and then left to take a phone call? It'll move from his desk to the random portable shelf thing he puts some of his stuff on top of. Put down his phone to go to the toilet? One side of the desk to the other.
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    His vape? From shelf to the pen holder he had on his desk. His shirts? (Yes he puts them in order.) I'd change the order of shirts which had the same colour.
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    I'd switch the old shoes at the bottom of his shoe rack every once in a while. He doesn't use them but he notices that something moved and tries to figure out what. Little things like that for an entire year. :)
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    He would start yelling every time, claiming that he swore he knew that someone took his stuff. But..... why would someone take his stuff only to put it a meter away?????? :DDD
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    He stopped yelling around 5 months in and started commenting on how he was getting old and starting to forget where he put stuff. But anyway!!!
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    During this year where I hid stuff, I was diagnosed with ADHD finally- and my dad started to learn stuff about ADHD and realized that my piling thing was actually really common. He also started to notice the patterns in which I put my stuff and commented less on it, even when I knew he wanted to.
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    He actually went to a session with my therapist to ask more questions. Turns out! Most of the things he had issue with about me were all symptoms of my ADHD, who could of known right? (me, but it's chill now
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    It was also during this year that we realized that we were both mature enough to have a sit down conversation about things like adults (and or almost adults). We worked things out between us and promised to not drive each other crazy on. purpose
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    started to notice that when our relationship as father and daughter got better, his "memory" would get better too. Oh well! Better luck next petty revenge ig!) Sorry if the ending isn't that great, but I liked it so I wanted to share.
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    Might not be that satisfying for those reading, but I found it satisfying haha. Being petty is fun. (Also! If you know me from my previous petty revenge story, things are better with my mum too!! We're chill now for the most part. Yay to happy endings!)
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