Sunday, 22 November 2009

  • Revenge is Sweet, So They Say


    Revenge is sweet, so they say. From my point of view from a fresh break-up, I'd agree with that statement. I know I'm not the only person in the world that has had their heart broken by the person they loved. The bottom line is, it's tough. But we all have to go through with it and move on with our lives.

    I don't know about any of you, but a big part of me wants to squash my ex-SO. Give him what he so rightly deserves: a taste of his own medicine. Revenge.

    But deep down, I know that crazy ideas e.g) Dating one of his best friends won't make things any better. In fact, it'll only show that I'm just as low as he is. The break-up may have hurt me, but doing irrational things like that just isn't right. Yesterday, while I was discussing my break up with one of my co-workers  she said "The best revenge you can take, is to have a good life." She also mentioned one more thing: dating other people can also be a hefty blow.

    How many of you agree? I'm very interested to hear the perspective of the people who broke up with their SO, and the people who were dumped by their SO. Do you think that your personal feelings with your ex-SO can affect your reaction? e.g) What if you broke up with your SO, because you no longer felt anything for them. But you find out they're dating someone else?

Comments (39)

  • wolvenchic@xanga

    Although I did have revenge of my own in a very phycho bitch way (once) Im proud of that.  (that loser!!) - caught him and a girl in the sex'n process in my apartment while I was gone... I threw both thier clothes out the door, made them run naked  downstairs to go get'm.However, in all other cases aside from that ex,- I always did well in moving on and making my life better without them in it ...and meaning it. Honestly, if someone hurts you, its easier to moveon, its when you dont understand why somerthing went wrong or your in the dark that it hurts most.

    Your friend gave some good advice, I'd take it if I were you.

  • Gorrific@xanga

    I've never felt the need to take revenge on an ex.

    Though more than once when I started dating someone else after they would contact me to tell me how shitty it was of me to move on.  Which was silly.

  • mcmeister89@mancouch

    Revenge sucks. It's useless, the good feeling doesn't stick, and you could use that time you waste on getting revenge to find someone better to date.
    Fuck revenge (figuratively), fuck someone else (literally).

  • L_O_R_D_X101@xanga

    I tried revenge before...it was kinda bitter sweet. It is just a state of mind that everyone goes through some time during their life...it is normal to feel angry and pissed off...we all need to take a breather once in a while...



  • disorderedpersonality@xanga

    Ehh, the best revenge really is to just move on and be happy without them. I've felt the desire to sink to more petty methods before, but I haven't ever actually done so. If anything, I just get out there and find someone new 

  • Coffee_Kaioken@xanga

    @wolvenchic@xanga - HAHAH, YOU MADE THEM RUN NAKED DOWN THE STAIRS?!?! NIIICE.

  • gatorgirl54@xanga

    Even if I don't have any feelings for my ex, I would basically be happier if I found out that his life sucks without me, or if he immediately got a new girlfriend, but she was stupid/trashy/ugly compared to me. If he seemed really happy and successful, I would be resentful of that.

    It would probably piss me off a little if he got into a relationship with a really hot girl.

    I have two ex's, but only one of them still pisses me off. I couldn't care less what the other does with his life.

  • NANSOO@xanga

    I move on quicker when I'm angry. 

  • lewk@xanga

    I'm fairly fresh out of a relationship, and some sort of revenge still sounds tempting. She had my trust and abused it. Sucks.

    I don't think I could actually bring myself to enact revenge though. I'm too nice.

  • chocosunshine@xanga

    I think the best revenge is to live good, most of the time we feel resentful because we think our ex's are living better than us and having a good life. So why don't we live good ourselves, and that's the best revenge we can do.

  • wenguang@xanga

    yeah, sleeping with their best friend is stupid and make you looks  worst in their eyes! aka slut!

    also, that is very immature thing to do, I don't know why people even do that! glad you are not like that!

    I think the best revenge is no revenge at all, just live your live bettering yourself in all fields in life and if they happen to see how better you got, they will regrets what they had lose!

  • restlessqnt@xanga

    I think we experience different reactions with each SO.  I personally have never felt so...unyielding and unforgiving to any other individual...until this person. 


    i was the one who initiated the dismissal; however, it was also me that was really affected by the decision (not b/c of regret of doing so).  the most hurtful was knowing that not too long post break-up he was hollaring/partying hard left and right with some of our mutual friends (girls I knew who knew about us...).  I believe it was the emotional "betrayal" and psychological trauma it left me hindered me from caring too much about jumping back on the "dating" band-wagon.  For some reason I was never hopeful that he'll return; if anything I was preparing myself to accept the ideology that things are just aren't meant to be worked out.  Def. not an easy thing to do.

  • restlessqnt@xanga

    oh, and yes 'unfinished business' (no closure) def. plays a major part in anger, resentment, emotional attachment....

  • silverlocket_88@xanga

    I think.. IF you're still thinking about your ex-SO, you're still not over him, :|

  • EnjoyEdii@xanga

    You just gotta move on. Sucks but if that's the kind of person he is, you were going to see it eventually. So he did you a favor.

  • JusticeCho@xanga

    Yeah your coworkers advice is best.  Move on, be happy and live a more fulfilling, successful life without them.  Just sucks it takes a long time to do that sometimes.

  • Ni_Shi_Wo_De@xanga

    My ex started dating my best friend about 1.5 months after we broke up :/ (it was a 3.5 yr relationship).  He also told me that if I hadn't started dating someone else, he would have never even thought to date my best friend.

    Kinda sounds like revenge to me...now he actively admits that it's a rebound so....boo for her, I suppose >.<  I told her not to do it!

    I dunno, I guess if you want to get revenge by dating one of his good friends, it'll probably work because this whole experience hurt me quite a bit, actually.  It'll also damage the friendship between him and his friend.

    Either way though, you're going to be viewed as a bit of a manipulative bitch if you do something like that.  None of our mutual friends really approve of their relationship and most of them have sided with me over it.  I'm still friends with her, but he's turned into a spiteful ass so I've stopped talking to him.

    I'd say that once you get over the initial hurt, you should probably just move on with your life and find someone better. I did ^^

  • Synhyborex@xanga

    haha i went through that phase when i got dumped for my best friend (who eagerly agreed, even knowing what i was going through). i could have easily broken them up or done a lot of other things, but because i didn't want to be like them (in a way), i chose not to, and now i'm living happy. =]

  • dearFLOPPY@xanga

    do everything you couldn't do in the relationship, or do what he didn't like. he didn't like short hair? chop it. he didn't want you to dye it? colour it. you couldn't wear heels cause he wasn't tall enough? wear them. go out with your friends, have fun, and yeah, just enjoy your time. do something that makes you happy - you've always wanted to lose weight? go work out. make it your goal and motivation to look 110% better the next time you see him, and i guarantee he'll start regretting. then you can remind the dumbass that he lost you, and you're amazing.

  • xxsquirrel324xx@xanga

    The best revenge is always MASSIVE SUCCESS. I had an ex cheat and break up with me and I was completely devastated. But when I look back on it, it is the best thing that could've happened to me. He ended up dropping out of high school and becoming a menace to society. As for me, I just graduated college and found a great guy that treats me well.

    In the end, it all works out. And I hope the best for you and your situation.

  • aplynch1@xanga

    I dunno, I believe in karma, you do good and it comes back to you. I think guys should settle it between themselves and settle it between themselves and not take it out on the woman in a relationship, a heterosexual relationship. So like in the above example, with the picture of the woman on the flyer, the woman, whom I don't think is at fault, should have been left out of the situation to begin with.

    Revenge, hmmm, my ex-wife wanted revenge on me for some reason before there was a problem, which led to my infidelity.

    Then there is stalking, which is a bit beyond revenge. I think stalking is the worst thing a person can do, demanding to be back in the life of someone who didn't want them to begin with. You can take "no" for an answer

  • XoAsianBabioX@xanga

    i just think best revenge is looking your best, being happy, not jealous, and possibly seeing someone else.

  • wizard_howl@xanga

    I hope every day that my ex has a shitty life, because he tore me apart and threw me back into the depression I had been trying so hard to stay out of. He used me for sex because he needed amusement while waiting for a "prettier" girl, then dumped me, faking his personality and lying and manipulating his way into my life. I had no way of knowing. So even though he dumped me months and months ago, every time I hear his name I hope and pray his life sucks ass. Maybe karma will flip his little life of lies upside down.


    I am living a perfectly good life right now, and because of my ex and his shitty, fake, poser ways, I found the love of my life. I honestly couldn't be any happier with him...he's my world. And the fact that my ex even exists is fading rapidly from my life.


    My own co-worker told me "Karma is a bitch, and shitty exes will ALWAYS get their own later."

  • utoppia@xanga

    @mcmeister89@mancouch - agreed!

    You said so yourself that dating someone else from his camp will only make you look bad but you can go out and date someone else who will love you for you. There really are plenty of fishes in the sea and there really are someone out there for everyone.

  • yukarimayhem@xanga

    I think the first thing you want is revenge, but then after a while it just seems petty

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