We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together
Breaking up is hard to do—and even harder when the ex doesn’t want to let go. These Redditors shared tales of exes who are vengeful, delusional, and just plain mean.
Read on if you dare; these stories might just make you feel like it’s better to be single.
1. An Alarming Revenge
A buddy of mine was living in America at the time while his fiancée of a few years was back in England. When he went back to visit, he was in for a rude awakening. He found that she was sleeping with his best friend and had basically kicked him out of their house.
To get revenge, he bought 100 alarm clocks that he could set the day as well as the hour and minutes. When he went to collect his things one afternoon, while the ex was away, he hid them all over the house.
And by all over the house, I mean in the vents, in the insulation of the attic right above her bedroom, everywhere!
The kicker? He set most of them to go off on big days in their lives like their anniversary and birthdays.
2. That’s Just Mean
My girlfriend and I had had a fight so I went to my sister’s to cool off. I didn't bring my dogs because my sister had cats and my dogs were not good with small animals. BIG MISTAKE.
My ex gave away my dog on Craigslist so I couldn't find her. Oh, but that wasn't all. She also claimed my other dog ran away. I was working with a doctor to get them listed as emotional support animals so I could get an apartment with them.
I never found either. It's been over ten years and I still check the Humane Society for them both.
3. Road Rage
Five years ago, I broke it off with a "fine" young lady after just a six-month relationship. However, a week later, I came to find out that it was not exactly over for her and she had been keeping an eye on me.
Keep in mind, she lived on the complete opposite side of a major city too, so some dedication was needed.
I was forced to confront her after she called me, freaking out about who I was hanging out with because I wasn't home at night. This was more than unsettling—but it was about to get even creepier. I saw her in front of my house at about two in the morning.
After a very heated argument that involved a physical altercation, I demanded that she leave me alone and never come back. So she got in her car and peeled out into the distance. That relief was very short-lived, however.
As soon as I thought she was gone, she turned around and floored it, going 60ish in a quiet neighborhood. She swerved to run me over and I had to dive out of the way to avoid the car.
She slammed into my neighbor's car so hard that it spun out into the middle of the street, and all I could hear was her crazy screaming.
Her middle console caught on fire and I had to pull her out of the car. Shortly after, all the neighbors were awake and the place was swarming with emergency vehicles. This is burned into my memory.
4. Didn’t Lead To A New Relationship
She created a profile for me on some gay dating site saying something like, "Hi, I'm 22 and looking for my first time with a man, I want to try everything". It had pictures of me and everything.
I got a lot of emails but it still took a while to figure out where they were coming from. The worst thing was that I couldn't get it taken down.
I had to abandon that email address.
