'[I'm] filling her house with my garbage': 40-year-old gets back at unfaithful ex-wife hoarder by giving away anything broken

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 8, 2024 2:00 PM EST

There are lots of ways to get back at your ex. Most people throw shade on social media or brag about having the best social life ever. Some folks stay passive-aggressive or subtle in their pettiness. Maybe they keep a sweater or take their favorite shampoo. That level of pettiness is not nearly as exciting or as visual as what this Redditor pulled off. After divorcing his wife of 12 years—10.5 of which she spent cheating on him— he decided it was well within his jurisdiction to enact some payback.

On top of being unfaithful, this dude's now ex-wife was also a hoarder. Since the Redditor had plenty of items and supplies to get rid of now that he was on his own, he decided to add these giveaway items to his ex's increasingly unsanitary and crowded household. Sure, this wasn't exactly the most ethical thing to do, but if there's a positive spin on this, it's that the Redditor contributed to his ex-wife's Grey Gardens era.

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    Enjoy your "new" toaster! I, 40sM, have been getting petty revenge on my ex wife, and she doesn't even know I'm doing it. For a little
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    backstory, my ex and I divorced a few years back due to her multiple affairs, including one with my best friend. We were married for about 12 years and I have proof of her cheating for about 10.5 of those years. I
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    stayed as long as I did because family court is not generous to single dad's and I needed all my ducks in a row. It paid off and I have primary custody of my daughter, and I kept my house.
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    Now when my ex moved out a couple years ago, she left all her sh. And I mean sh. She was a hoarder. We had entire rooms we couldn't walk in
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    because her stuff was in there. I went through and tossed the literal garbage so we didn't get vermin, but it was embarrassing. I
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    ended up taking 8-9 truckloads of stuff she left behind to the dump when she moved out. Just useless, broken things. Boxes of clutter
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    hidden in boxes of other clutter. Years later on, I'm still finding stuff hidden away in forgotten cabinets. She still tries to bring more junk into my house as well. Literal junk
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    she finds on the side of the road, "for our daughter". She does her best to fill up my daughters room with junk
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    as well. She has a storage unit already full from her junk. Her car is filling up with junk also.
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    I'm getting my little slice of revenge every few days however. Whenever she stops by to pick up my kid for her visitation, i
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    ask her if she wants some random thing. The thing is always something half broken or at the end of its. life. Things that most people would throw away.
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    Things i wouldn't even bring to Goodwill. I've pawned off old broken recliners, useless kitchen gadgets, fugly mirrors, any bits and bobs that I'd have thrown away otherwise. It's not all
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    successes, of course. I was unsuccessful in convincing her to take last years Christmas tree from my wood pile for this coming Christmas. You win some, you lose some, I suppose. Maybe next year.
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    Today was one of the best though. I replaced my old toaster. The old toaster is actually one that my ex had picked out
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    years ago, so she already had sentimental attachment to it. This toaster has lived a long life. Half of it doesn't work anymore. Filled with burnt bread crumbs. I
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    knew I was getting a new one, so I stopped cleaning it ages ago. It's garbage and filthy and grimy. So, I offered it to my ex. She hemmed and hawwed for a couple
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    minutes, and then took it! And she's happy about it! She's bringing home this gross toaster and she's gonna plug it in and use it. I almost feel bad for
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    her boyfriend, but then I remember he was one of the final affair partners at the end, so f him.
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    And before anyone comes at me for taking advantage of someone who clearly has mental illness, let me share with you the kind of woman and parent she is. I
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    recently told her that I might be moving to Europe with our daughter. All she had to say about it was "just be sure you can buy me plane tickets so I can come visit her a couple times a year". So
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    yeah, I think tomorrow I'm going to see if she wants to take a 70's fondue kit I just found she had stashed away at the back of a cabinet.
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    TLDR Getting pretty revenge on cheating ex by filling her house with my garbage
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    Coder... 12h ago Top 1% Comme... See if she'll take this upvote
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    AshDe... 12h ago. • Love it. And her house is filling up with the garbage she left behind, and then some.
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    delulu... . 12h ago Revenge. Best served...toasted
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