While searching for photos for "Have You Ever Cheated On Somebody?" I came across the above visual. At first, I thought it was hilarious. Then, I realized that it was perhaps kind of bitchy.
OK, yes, Steven is married with kids and cheated on his wife, which is horrible. But I think that kind of issue should be dealt with at home, in private. Getting revenge like Emily did may be momentarily satisfying, but I don't think it's an appropriate response to a cheating ex. Throw him out, break up with him, but don't take out a billboard.
That said, the ways that jilted lovers get revenge are often quite entertaining.
Not everybody is as dramatic as Emily. Some people publicize naked pictures. Others spray-paint and key their exes' cars. Famous singers often get rich off it, like Carly Simon's "You're So Vain." Sure, we still don't know who that song is about, even though it came out in 1972. But I bet that he's miserable every time he hears it.
Does it make me a horrible person that stories like this entertain me as much as they scare me? Perhaps. But it's interesting to watch the angry get their revenge and make a spectacle of it, especially because I could never do such a thing.
Have you ever gotten revenge on an ex? Did someone get revenge on you? How?
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^ Definitely agree with the person above. Sure, it may feel good temporarily but in the end one's integrity is the most important.
We all know what the right thing to do would be.... BUT have you ever come across a woman scorned.... Me myself I don't get mad I just get even.... I won't say much
Lore than that...That billboard is brilliant in the short-term (and hilarious) but in the long run - do you really want to look like a crazy person who buys billboards to humiliate people?
The person is already enough of a shitbag to cause you pain (either by cheating, abuse, etc.) Why would you want to make yourself look like an outright psycho? People do not want to date cheaters, but people also do not want to date psychopaths. Grow up, move on, and be happy. That's the best revenge.
Does it say somewhere he has kids? I'm just curious because I didn't see it except for what you wrote and I could see a woman without kids doing that, but I can't see a woman with kids doing that because she wouldn't want to put her kids through it, but I dunno haha.
I have never gotten revenge on an ex, but my ex decided I was trying to get revenge on him. We dated for about five years, we broke up and continued to see each other after a few months (we broke up due to living in different states), and I finally found out that he had had a girlfriend before we had even broken up and had for a year. And I only found out because I happened to look on his Facebook. We weren't friends on it. So, I told her everything because I thought she should know because I didn't know how often he cheated, but for myself I wanted to get checked for STDs and thought she deserved the decency of knowing as well and also because she was letting him live with her and paying for his school. So, that was the only revenge I got. I don't think that's really revenge though. I think it's just the decent thing to do. She broke up with him. And I did a victory dance, so maybe it is a little bit of revenge :p As for actively seeking a way to get revenge, I'd rather not. I'd rather completely forget the person and move on with my life, which I've done and it's been the greatest revenge ever.
the only thing closest to revenge I've done is completely ignoring the past guy while treating my current bf better. I didn't mistreat my past bf, but I continue to treat whoever is my next bf better. that's my own way of consoling myself that it was his loss, because I'm wonderful and he'll never find someone like me. who knows if he'll find someone better, because I no longer keep tabs on his life and don't care to. some people might be jaded or think nobody else is worth committing to or be nice to, but I keep on improving myself and whoever is my bf now is treated like a king, and likewise, he treats me like his queen. if I ever got a billboard, I'd be with my new and improved bf blowing kisses at each other to shove it in his face that I'm still fabulous without him, because I got someone better
LOL! My boyfriend once dumped me because he had a crush on my roommate. I showed him! I introduced my roomie to a really nice male friend of mine and they fell in love almost at once. They're married now with one beautiful boy and another on the way..... and ooo my ex is mad!
Emily is probably labeled with a huge "CRAZY" sign now.
yep I got my ex back good.. He went to visit an "internet friend" near the end of our relationship and was gone for 2 weeks.. I stayed with his gran so I could surprise him when she picked him up.. I was on his computer and some IM started popping up.. 13 different girls he was having very descriptive sexual conversations with.. None of them knew about me. I wanted to vomit. Then I checked out his friend he went to visit.. She was a 14 yr old girl, who's father is a cop. We get back after picking him up, we end up having a fight where he pins me to the ground. I managed to get away from him and took off to a friend's apt upstairs until my brother came to pick me up.
2 days later I end up being "friended" on MSN by the girl he went to visit. Our relationship got from a little rocky to very abusive over the next 2 months. I then find out she got pregnant, this is right after I finally broke it off with him. He started claiming he still wanted to be with me. So I helped her dad get him in jail by encouraging him to go see the 14yr old, even booking his flight for him. He was arrested at the airport and spent 4yrs in jail. The SOB deserved every second of it.
"Revenge is a dish best served with a side of pinto beans and muffins." - Gutierrez from Freakazoid
Sorry, had to quote Freakazoid. It just, needed to be said.
Now then,...
I can't say that I've gotten revenge on an ex, no. I don't see the point. I even tried to stay friends with most of my exes. Its not like I broke up with most of them because I hated them, I just didn't see it working out. I didn't want it to work out. One of my exes made it clear that he didn't ever want it to work out, he was just interested in a long relationship. That was all. Odd? Yes, but that was why I loved him.
I've only had one ex that might have deserved some sort of vengence. He was manipulative. He turned my family against me by claiming that I flip-flopped on decisions that he was attempting to force me into. He turned my cousin against me, who was like a brother to me once, by showing him my side of the emails after we broke up. He didn't show him the ones where I was trying to be nice and keep the peace nor did he show him the verbally abusive ones that he sent to me. He showed him the responses I sent after three hours of name calling, belittling, and manipulative messages from him. I was bitter and angry. I cried all the time. Those messages were not nice, but because my ex went to my cousin before I did, he took his side. That's just the way he is. While we were together he tried to tell my best friend on more than one occasion that he wouldn't allow her near our children if we had any, then proceeded to hit on her. He had his friends call my house to tell me that I was lucky to have him, or to prank call me to say "I want to rub butter on you" when they knew I'd be home alone. He tried to rape me while he was visiting. He threatened bodily harm on himself if I didn't do what he wanted on a regular basis. He was demanding and absolutely horrible to me. I don't know why I put up with him as long as I did, 6 months. The closest I came to getting some sort of "revenge" on him, was telling my cousin what he tried to do to me. My cousin didn't believe me because he thought I would have told my mom before then. In all honesty, I forgave him a few minutes after he tried. He could've went through with it. I didn't exactly fight him off. I curled up in the fetal position, screaming at him to stop, he put me on the bed to make it easier, he went for his zipper, and noticed that I was sobbing. I was really sobbing, wet face, uncontrolable shaking, and all that. His eye went wide and he ran out of the room. He stopped, I was grateful, so I forgave him. I only told my cousin because I was upset that he was taking my exes side over mine. It just didn't seem fair after all I'd gone through with that jerk.
I'm just not the vengeful type.
@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - LOVE LOVE LOVE this comment!!! These are the best words to give a girl (or guy for that matter) who has just broken up! I feel better just thinking those words! :D
@LadyGwenivere@xanga - Holy Shit!!!!!!! Gotta say, you did good!
@LadyGwenivere@xanga - gg
Well, I personally haven't done anything to an ex, but I remember when one of my ex's came into the restaurant I waitress in, with his new girlfriend. I asked a friend who I was working with if she could take their table, as it would have been majorly awkward. She asked why, so I told her who he was - and a lot of the stuff that happened between us (it wasn't a great relationship - he cheated and was violent a few times). Anyway, I ignored them and carried on with my shift. When they left, my friend who had served them came up to me with the biggest smile on her face, and told me that she'd had made a few "creative changes" to his hamburger - which included wiping it on her shoe, mixing some dirty dishwater in with the relish, and, ofcourse, spitting on it. And he'd eaten the whole thing. So technically, it was my friend who got the revenge for me - but I've got to admit, I wet myself laughing, and gave her a massive hug for such an amazing idea!
My friend had just ended a long and rocky relationship but her ex refused to understand it was finished. One day he left his car unlocked and she took advantage of his manual windows. She stuck a hose in the window, rolled it most of the way up, and locked the doors. His car was flooded right up to the headrests before he found it. Served him right, although he had the ultimate revenge- 2 years later he got her 17yo special-needs cousin pregnant! ow....
@justobserve@xanga - LOL thanks =) he knows it was me who called the cops on him (the 14yr old was not planning on telling her parents about him or the baby so I called the police in her town and got her father on the phone. I also found out recently that he is cheating on his wife with the cousin of a friend of mine.. they should've left him in there to rot.
@TheNightOut@xanga - thanks =)
I agree with the first poster. She only humiliated herself.
Revenge, no. I did, however, message his
othergf on FB and tell her everything that happened and that I didn't know (and apologized). Haven't spoken to him since.
This makes me give up on all of the human race.
i would sooo get revenge on an ex..i need to be the winning one out of the breakup tho, thats a must to pull any in your face revenge shit
Emily and Steven don't exist.
http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/emily.asp
But a "no" on the revenge business. You learn from your mistakes and move on with your life. Revenge, hate, anger, all that negative stuff doesn't have a permanent place in my heart.
I kept his shit. What made us breakup in the first place was he made NO effort in our relationship or his life. I was ready to settle down & get my own place (I still lived at home & recently finished school) & he was happy working under the table & living with 2 roommates.
Anyway, I was in FL & he was back home in NY & he sent me his Boy Meets World DVDs to view & told me to send them back whenever. I ended up forgetting about them & a few months after we broke up he sent me a FB message saying "when you get this, can you send me my BMW DVDs? Thanks". I UNLEASHED on him so bad after that. Like a full on 2 page rant & at the end I told him if he wants them back, I expect him to send me money for postage because I was over using my money for things. In the end, he realized his shit & whined about it & told me to do what I want with them. Now I just need the last 3 seasons & my collection is done! XD I contemplated throwing them out but I loved the show since I was a kid. What I DID do was burn every letter & card he gave me even back to the friendship days & I gave the stuff animals to my friend's kids. Except the purple Hello Kitty because I loved HK long before him too. LOL
Revenge? What revenge? I just learn to accept that I can't pair myself with certain people and move on.