'Quit being such a big baby, it was just a joke': Sister gets even with ex-fiancé 32 years later by gifting him a box full of mice

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 24, 2025 2:00 PM EST

Sometimes, the best forms of payback take years to pull off. It's so easy to immediately begin hatching plans for revenge after you've been wronged, but let this story serve as proof that it's worth it to take a step back and think about the long game.

One element of this story that transcends the concept of vengeance is the manipulation at play in the relationship at the center of this tale. In every romantic partnership, there is a certain degree of vulnerability that should never be used against one another. When one partner confesses their concerns, fears, and worries to the other, they typically expect that those vulnerable moments are protected and kept sacred in the relationship. One should never make their partner regret sharing those secrets and one should never seek to use that privileged information against their partner during conflict or, in this case, simply to get a rise out of them. 

Keep scrolling below for this tale of a failed engagement and petty payback 30 years in the making.

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  • Here, we have a woman who, after an unfortunate incident in a warehouse at work, developed a paralyzing fear of mice. Her fiancé, for some reason, thought it would be a neat idea to use this fear against her by recreating the incident from work at a friend's party. Obviously, manipulating your partner by embarrassing and scaring them in public is not exactly worth it, especially when the two of you have yet to tie the knot. 

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    After reading a story about petty revenge, I was reminded of this story (it's a long one) about my little sister, Taylor. And how we all found out that she plays a long game. And frankly, can be downright evil. Some details and factoids have been changed in order to protect the privacy of the innocent, the guilty and the family.
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    When Taylor, the youngest of six siblings, was in her second work semester (engineering coop. program) her ex fiancé, I'll call him Derrick, convinced her to move in with him instead of living with the family. They ended up renting a room in the Dean Mansion in our small town. The Dean Mansion,
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    locally referred to as The Mansion, is an eight-room building that used to belong to a very rich family. But after it was sold, it was turned into a boarding house. Taylor and Derrick rented one of the largest, of 8 bedrooms, with an en suite. All other rooms, such as the kitchen and living room were community spaces.
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    The way the mansion worked, is that there was typically only one person who held the lease, and s/he would sublet all the other rooms. As one leasor moved out, they would transfer the lease to whoever wanted the responsibility.
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    Derrick jumped at the chance, hiked up the rent by twenty-five dollars, and pocketed it. Twenty- five dollars was a lot back then.
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    When the old leasee moved out, he took a lot of the furnishings with him. So, when Taylor moved in, our grandparents, happily provided, bed, couch, chairs, kitchen tables, pots, pans etc. My grand parents had a LOT of stuff that they kept in what my grams called, The Furniture Storage Facility, a building that used to be part of a family run business. Sorry, long back story, but it's relevant.
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    At Taylor's last job, she was sent into the warehouse to get some supplies (think machine parts, safety equipment, etc) When she lifted a box down and tilted it towards her, she said dozens of mice spilled out. Like a waterfall of tiny bodies. They scurried over her face, through her hair and all down her body. She developed a fear of mice.
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    One Friday, she got home from work and Derrick was already at a party at his friend's house. He left a note telling her to come over he had a surprised for her. Long story short. When she arrived a wrapped box sat on the table which the (now C guys gave her. She was a bit taken back, but excitedly
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    opened it. It contained several mice, some deceased. She freaked out, and threw the box away and began to cry. The guy whose apartment they were in got angry, because now he had a bunch of mice in his place. Derrick laughed, taunting her, telling her that she should see her face. And quit being such a big baby it was just a joke.
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    Taylor stormed out of the place and went back to the Mansion then called the troops, her five brothers. Between the siblings and friends, they had four trucks, and everything that was Taylor's was loaded in less than an hour. She
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    dumped all of Derrick's items into a big pile in the middle of their room and left her engagement ring on the top. Afterward, she ghosted Derrick.
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    Derrick stalked her for a couple of weeks until Taylor complained to our oldest brother Bob. Now, everyone in town knew that Bob might be six foot four and 225 pounds of muscle but wouldn't hurt a fly. What no one knew, not even Bob, was that nobody hassled his baby sister. He had a talk with
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    Derrick, and Derrick never showed his face to Taylor again. Especially while he could barely see out of his blackened eyes. You would think that was where it ended.
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    Given that for her profession, Taylor would always be around worksites and warehouses, and in constant fear of mice, Taylor had been forced to go to therapy to desensitize herself. The therapy worked well. Flash forward thirty- two years and the entire clan is home for a memorial service that we've been putting off for both our parents.
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  • Here's where the woman finally got her opportunity to give her ex-fiancé a taste of his own medicine. Even though their breakup occurred three decades ago, it was unlikely that he would forget the incident.

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    I now own the Furniture Storage Facility and transformed it into my office, storage, and workshop for my small construction company. My daughter is the office manager, and a softy.
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    Taylor and her family had been in town for a week when one day my daughter handed her an Amazon box, then Taylor corralled me into being her get-away driver. She brought the box and delivered it to Derrick's car which was parked in the local pub's parking lot. It was
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    unlocked, so consequently I wasn't needed to use my tools. Then we waited. When Derrick came out of the pub and jumped into his car, he found the box and happily opened it. A lot of screaming ensued, and when he opened the door, several small bodies spilled out and scurried away. He leapt
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    out, swiping at his clothes and yelling. My baby sister leaned against my truck watching it all with a grin and said, "Quit being such a big baby Derrick, it's just a joke."
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    TLDR: Baby sister Taylor gets revenge on her ex fiance with a box of mice. Thirty-two years later.
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    FeedingCoxeysArmy. 1 day ago Long game and downright evil. I knew I'd love this one. And 5 older brothers!? Derrick was an idiot. Lol. Great story.
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    randomizer69 1 day ago I (m) hate rodents and sympathize with Taylor, although i hate them so much i could never have gotten revenge that way Kudos though →
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    LibraryMouse4321 1 day ago I love stories of strong women that don't take any.... I also love hearing about women in "men dominated fields" like engineering.
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    My daughter, also an engineer (and did co- ops), walked out on a boyfriend as soon as she realized he was a lazy toad and not a prince. There was a lot of financial untangling, but she also takes no ......
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