When DP pisses me off and I can’t be bothered getting into an argument I put things in his shoes.
It’s usually little pebbles, the backs of earrings, rice etc…
He usually puts his shoes on in a hurry at the door and then goes straight to the car to go to work.
The other day he really annoyed me (used the last of the butter and put it back in the fridge and took my phone charger to work with him) so I put a used tea bag in his shoes, he has never mentioned it so I assumed he’d worked out that it was my little petty revenge.
DP is autistic and had some coins that he was collecting in an ornamental dish next to the bed. I didn’t realise they were part of “his collection” so I put them in my purse when I was going shopping. Luckily I didn’t spend them because when he noticed their absence after finishing work he was highly distressed, they had to go back exactly where they were.
The following day I was busy and hadn’t stopped all day, I noticed I had several missed calls off DP and a text came through begging me to answer. I called him back and he was just checking that I hadn’t moved his coins and made me promise not to.
He finished work later that evening and I made his dinner for him, he was watching tv and engrossed when I took it to him and didn’t say thank you, I went to offer him more (he finishes work late so we don’t always eat together, we both have misophonia as well so sometimes eat in separate rooms) and he said “I don’t want any more, can I just have a drink?”.
He held his empty glass up and didn’t look away from the tv so I was deeply unimpressed! I waited till he had finished to see if he said thank you but he didn’t even bring his empty plate to the kitchen and was so into his film he was oblivious to everything.
I waited till he fell asleep and took his special coins and put them in his shoes 😂.
He didn’t comment when he found them which was surprising but the coins went back into their dish when he finished work and were arranged the same as before.
The next day I went food shopping, I noticed my handbag felt a bit heavy but we all know handbags have a habit of filling themselves up with unnecessary rubbish. I went to the self checkout to pay and the £50 I had in cash had been changed into coins! There were a few £1 and £2 and 50p coins but also a lot of copper and 5 and 10p coins.
I didn’t want carry it round all day and the self scan was the best place for it so I had to stand and feed it all into the machine cringing in embarrassment, it was even worse when it jammed the machine.
I saved the coins that matched the value of the ones in DPs collection ready to swap them when I arrived home but he had anticipated this and taken it in the car to work, he put it back in place when he got home but guarded it with his life.
He did make dinner for us both that evening and ran me a bath and gave me a long foot massage so his collection is safe for now. Neither of us have alluded to the little revenge pranks we’ve played but it has been entertaining so I’m trying to think up some more for the next time he annoys me. It sounds petty and ridiculous but at least it’s amusing both of us and better then arguing 😂.