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What is the wankiest thing you’ve seen your ex do?

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Magpiesinthegarden · 03/06/2026 13:51

That made you think - what a knob! And that you are well rid of them!

lighthearted thread -

I’ll go first -

Recently my ex changed his profile picture to this wanky AI generated image of him in the middle with a halo and two angels either side… he actually gave himself a halo 🤣 What a knobhead! Like he was Jesus 😳(He was a massive narcissist. My ex. Not Jesus)

What are the wankiest things your ex has ever done?

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ThatCyanCat · 03/06/2026 16:06

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 03/06/2026 15:55

My ex got an “only god can judge me” tattoo, posted it to Facebook and my dad tried to send it me with the message “lol what a fucking knob”. But because he’s older and tec illiterate he shared it, with the caption “lol what a fucking knob” and tagged me in it. Dad no longer tries to use Facebook 😭.

Your dad is 12 kinds of awesome.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 03/06/2026 16:06

He kicked the rubbish from the footwell of his car into a car park, that’s was the end, bin 20 metres from him.

Dollymylove · 03/06/2026 16:04

Touchwood2654 · 03/06/2026 15:15

Just been slightly sick in my mouth. 🤮

We need a vomit emoji 😆

Beastieboys · 03/06/2026 16:04

ChasingRainbow5 · 03/06/2026 14:27

I made chilli for dinner. I gave him a bit more rice than I gave myself, as I’d always give him more carbs. He felt I’d short changed him on the chilli, despite there being loads more in the pot which he was welcome to have.

After a ridiculous argument in which I calmly pointed this out, he went over to the kitchen counter to - I thought - top up his portion.

No.

No no.

He got the scales out of a drawer and, in the most pointless act of passive aggression I’ve ever seen, silently WEIGHED HIS DINNER.

As the whole stupid farcical argument was about the chilli to rice ratio and not the overall amount in the bowl, I completely ignored him.

Years later one of my friends will occasionally sigh and say “he weighed his dinner” with a wry little smile.

On a similar line my ex (who was military at the time) expected me to write to him every monday to Friday even though he came home Friday evening to Sunday evening .
He was such an arse that several times he copied my letters word for word squashed up on an exercise book page and sent them back to me to show how little I thought of him during the week wtaf........
I went to work, went home and didn't go out (wasn't allowed,I'd get the silent treatment)
........ divorced him 30 yrs ago 😁

RunLyraRun · 03/06/2026 16:04

I love my ex DH, I really do (he's a brilliant co-parent), but he does tend towards the wanky end of the spectrum on occasion.

He has become a shaman, and now stands under a tree in the field at the back of his housing estate, praying out loud to whoever/whatever it is shamans pray to, whilst our DS has to walk past him with his mates on his way to school. (Thankfully DS has both a robust sense of self and understanding friends!)

worklifenpromotion · 03/06/2026 16:03

I agreed to swing by my new boyfriend's (of a few weeks) house to make sure someone was home for his daughter's drop off. The usual timings had changed as his ex-wife had a flight to catch, and while I didn't know his daughter well, I was happy to help. I was only expected to be there half an hour or so, and the ex-wife was clear she was only happy with the situation because it was a quick stopgap until he arrived from his work, and then I would be leaving for my evening shift anyway.

What I didn't know is that at short notice, he got invited to an overnight thing that was a bit of a once-in-a-lifetime type of event, so he decided to operate on the principle of don't ask permission, ask forgiveness - and without saying a word, he left for the event straight from work.

He knew I would be trapped for the weekend, looking after some random child who was way too young to be left on her own & and I would likely lose my job - but he did it anyway.

I still get the absolute rage thinking about that man.

AlternateLook · 03/06/2026 16:03

I can see none of you is hung up, or the least bit fixated on any ex. No Sir. Not at all...
😆

Crikeyalmighty · 03/06/2026 16:02

Ashamedmuch · 03/06/2026 15:21

Added a photo of a pig to my contact details so when I rang him, a picture of a pig came up, not only on his phone, but also on the screen in the car. So if I rang him while the children were with him, they would see the pig picture attached to my name 😔

Guy I know had the song that starts ‘there may be trouble ahead’ as a ringtone if his ex wife called

littleHen84 · 03/06/2026 16:02

Cheated on me and moved out insisted he wanted furniture but would only collect if i wasnt in, so walked around in the rain with 3 sad wet dogs.

frozendaisy · 03/06/2026 16:02

MotherofTerriers · 03/06/2026 15:03

Hid the anal lube he kept for his secret girlfriend in our kids Harry Potter trivia game box.

There are no words!

Mizztikle · 03/06/2026 16:01

ThePlantPotter · 03/06/2026 14:21

When I broke up with him he tried to make me jealous by showing me a photo of his new girlfriend. It was a photo of Jennifer Lopez 😂.

I almost spat my water out!😭

bellventrico · 03/06/2026 15:59

Told his subsequent partners he was a spy to cover absences caused by alcoholic binges

theDudesmummy · 03/06/2026 15:57

I actually remembered this the other day, had forgotten about it for years. I came across a recipe book of mine recently and in the back of it I had written lists of things XH "refused" to eat. He would throw an almighty tantrum if I made meals with said things in them. The problem was that he would scream (with numerous insults about my intelligence) about something very common like garlic or rice (yes, rice!) but then forget within a week that he had said this and proceed to cook food himself with that ingredient in (or happily eat it in a restaurant).

The rice one sticks in the mind, as I recorded on my list that he said he had "never eaten rice in his life" (which of course he had, we had been to China and Thailand on several gourmet-orientated holidays ffs) yet the following week he wanted to try a new and trendy Vietnamese place and had no problem eating the rice. Pointing out the discrepancies just made him more abusive and accuse me of being "autistic" or "psychotic" because I was so "literal". He was also an uberwanker about a lot of other things, of course. I have not spoken to him since September 2004 and I am very glad of it.

JustAnotherWhinger · 03/06/2026 15:57

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 03/06/2026 15:55

My ex got an “only god can judge me” tattoo, posted it to Facebook and my dad tried to send it me with the message “lol what a fucking knob”. But because he’s older and tec illiterate he shared it, with the caption “lol what a fucking knob” and tagged me in it. Dad no longer tries to use Facebook 😭.

Brilliant

frozendaisy · 03/06/2026 15:56

@Esmeraldathe3rd
Sent me a screenshot of him chatting up a woman who was dressed as a baby, in a nappy with a dummy

what? 🤔

Trainup · 03/06/2026 15:56

When I dumped him after him treating me like rubbish, he was so devastated he posted constantly on social media ranging from how awful I was, to memes about him being a survivor, to his plans to move abroad and start a new life. After each one I felt a bullet whistling past my ear! Then I blocked him and he sent me begging messages to unblock him.

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 03/06/2026 15:55

My ex got an “only god can judge me” tattoo, posted it to Facebook and my dad tried to send it me with the message “lol what a fucking knob”. But because he’s older and tec illiterate he shared it, with the caption “lol what a fucking knob” and tagged me in it. Dad no longer tries to use Facebook 😭.

Sunnydaysarehereagain2026 · 03/06/2026 15:54

I also reported him for fraud as he had unbeknownst to me banked ££££ in accounts in MY dc's names... They dc were in their 20's and he still had their accounts..
Virgin said sadly they were unable to update me on the case.

PotatoLove · 03/06/2026 15:53

Devilsmommy · 03/06/2026 14:32

What a cock knocker 🤣 you look back and just despair at yourself don't you that you were ever so stupid to be with someone like them😅

Cock knocker hahahaha 😆

AnnListersBlister · 03/06/2026 15:53

JuliettaCaeser · 03/06/2026 15:51

Not wanky but an ex called me a “gold digger” which was hilarious as he was at the time unemployed and living in his parents basement. I had to send him money for a train ticket to come and see me. If I was a gold digger I was a really rubbish one.

If I was a gold digger I was a really rubbish one.

Wish we still had the laughter reaction! 😂

A fool's gold digger? Looking for a Splenda Daddy?

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 03/06/2026 15:52

A guy I dated briefly didn’t take it well when I stopped seeing him.

On a night out, he walked past me all over another girl. Then immediately sent me a text saying he wanted to go home with me but I’m not interested so he’s taking Michelle. Obviously trying to make me jealous, but I just thought he was such a prick.

Sunnydaysarehereagain2026 · 03/06/2026 15:52

Different exh tried to claim ppi on MY bank account as he'd locked everything in a filing cabinet so I couldn't remove all of my paperwork and had all my details.
Also when MY relative died he came and boldly told me I was banned from the funeral. I attended as did he. My entire family huddled round him. The irony was the relative refused him setting 1 foot in her home.
He then tried to have dc's inheritance banked in his account for 'safe keeping'. Oddly the solicitor refused his kind offer..

AnnListersBlister · 03/06/2026 15:51

Posting tiktoks of her doing poses and flexing and doing dances wiggling her (non-existent, may I add) bum at the camera. She's 43 and a butch lesbian.It's ridiculous.

JuliettaCaeser · 03/06/2026 15:51

Not wanky but an ex called me a “gold digger” which was hilarious as he was at the time unemployed and living in his parents basement. I had to send him money for a train ticket to come and see me. If I was a gold digger I was a really rubbish one.

UrsulaBelle · 03/06/2026 15:50

Two things. The very wankiest was getting a matching tattoo with his new wife, (the OW) of an infinity symbol. I wouldn't care but he professed to hate tattoos and said they were chavvy when married to me. 🤔

The other wanky thing was taking his new wife to the Maldives for their honeymoon. Guess where we went for our honeymoon 20 years earlier? Yup, the Maldives. 🙄

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