Woman's ex tries to sabotage her art sales, she gets even by contacting his boss and jeopardizing his career: 'John shares sensitive company information with friends'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 8, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

Sometimes, sabotage is the only way to get your ex to stop trying to get in touch with you. Obviously, this is not the ideal approach, especially following a difficult breakup like this one.

Unfortunately, however, this dude thought he had such a hold over his ex that he somehow felt that anonymously sabotaging her art sales would convince her not only to return his calls but also to get back together with him. Any sane person would be able to stop themselves from acting out such a demented plan, but this guy was too far gone to reason with at this point. This left his ex-girlfriend with only one option: sabotage him back.

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  • The fact that all this woman's ex could do to sabotage her art sales was to accuse her of being a bad artist is embarrassing. The fact that she had dirt on him this whole time felt too good to not use to her advantage. After she lost business because of her ex, this woman contacted his boss and lt him in on a little secret, specifically about all the unethical ways in which her ex-boyfriend repeatedly shared sensitive information about his company to friends without approval. One can imagine how that turned out for him…

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    This weekend, I posted some of my artwork for sale on Nextdoor, trying to get commissions to help pay for medical expenses.
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    Everything was going well; I was getting lots of responses and interest. However, most people would disappear after the first exchange of messages, which is normal when selling online.
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    Saturday night, I opened my email and saw a message from my ex, whom I'll call John. He saw my post and was making fun of me, saying I would have more success if I stood on the street
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    and asked for money, and that I would never be successful without him. I ignored the email and deleted it, trying not to let it affect me. I messaged some of the interested people to follow
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    up, and one person replied that they were no longer interested because they received a message from someone saying I wasn't a good artist and that I
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    was crazy, so they shouldn't spend any money on me. I'm not sure how many others he might have contacted.
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    I put two and two together, and I know it was my ex. For context, I dated him for almost two years. He was the biggest narcissist and came from an affluent background-his dad owned several pawnshops, so he grew
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    up very well off. Like most relationships, ours started out well, but then it changed. He became mentally and verbally ab ive. Due to all the ab e, my health declined, and he would tell
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    me that all my illnesses were just in my mind. He'd argue with me every time I went to the doctor. He was extremely controlling. I wasn't allowed to work or have friends. He was always jealous.
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    I left him six months ago. Since then, he's tried reaching out, begging me to get back together. I've been couch surfing at friends' places for a few months,
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    but recently I moved in with my best friend and her parents. They have a little suite that they're letting me rent out. The problem is, it's in the same area as my ex.
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    I barely go out, so I doubt I'll run into him by chance, but now he knows I'm in the area. Back to this weekend: I'm so angry because I'm doing my best
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    to seek medical help and survive, and he's here sabotaging all the efforts I'm making to force me to go back with him. I'm not proud of what I did because I know it was impulsive, but since he emailed me from his work email,
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    and I know who his boss is (I used to do my ex's work), I cc'ed his boss, attaching his previous email and telling the boss if he knew that John shares sensitive company information with friends and that I did xyz work John was supposed to do.
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    Since then, I've received a few calls from "No Caller ID" from my ex. He's left voicemails saying that I need to deny the email, or he'll get fired, blah blah.
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    peppermintvalet • 58m ago What he's doing is defamation with malice that's affecting your reputation and ability to make a living. Slam dunk case. Ask the interested people to send you the emails they got.
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    avid-learner-bot 1h ago Dude... this is just wild. Like, I can't even believe your ex would go to those lengths, ya know? He's gotta be insane or something
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    I hope his boss actually fires him for all that sh_he pulled. What a total man. And hey, way to stand up for yourself by exposing him like that
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    What's the deal with people doing crop like this? Is there some deep-seated issue they're trying to solve by messing with others?
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