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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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candlescandlescandles · 05/06/2026 23:31

On the rare occasion my ex pays any shared children’s expenses (think £20/30) he says it will have to wait until the end of the month for when he gets paid (aww, poor penniless man). He earns over £400,000.

PyongyangKipperbang · 05/06/2026 23:07

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/06/2026 22:50

”He knows that if I get within arms length of him,ill have him by his tiny bollocks and i'll launch him into space”

I have done embroideries, so I know how much effort goes into something like that, @Delladuck - I am infuriated on your behalf, and I’ll help you!

We would have to form a queue!

Delladuck · 05/06/2026 23:06

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/06/2026 22:50

”He knows that if I get within arms length of him,ill have him by his tiny bollocks and i'll launch him into space”

I have done embroideries, so I know how much effort goes into something like that, @Delladuck - I am infuriated on your behalf, and I’ll help you!

Thank you

I've done loads more over the years but none as special as that victorian girl with the letterbox

It was the smirk that wound me up the most

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/06/2026 22:50

”He knows that if I get within arms length of him,ill have him by his tiny bollocks and i'll launch him into space”

I have done embroideries, so I know how much effort goes into something like that, @Delladuck - I am infuriated on your behalf, and I’ll help you!

MinecraftMum40 · 05/06/2026 22:28

PinkNailPolish2026 · 03/06/2026 14:45

Turned up to represent himself in court in an ill fitting suit wearing trainers with a briefcase 🤣

Kicked off at the same Court hearing because my solicitor had asked for a closed court for the hearing due to his new partners behaviour towards me and my daughter. Ex then screamed at me “I’m going to make (insert his new partners name here) DD’s new mummy”. That did NOT go down well with the judge.

Got a tattoo with DD’s name on it for her 5th birthday then proudly showed her it at his supervised contact, he didn’t get her any presents. I could write a book 🤣

Just wow!!

Delladuck · 05/06/2026 22:28

About 27 years ago,he walked out leaving me with 2 small kids,a shit load of debt and no money

He would come round to my house (to check i wasnt shagging anyone else or heaven forbid,have some sort of peace from him) and would sit there smirking at me (I was so scared of him as he was violent and controlling)

Anyway,id scraped enough cash together to buy myself a cross stitch just for something to do on an evening when the kids had gone to bed

I spent the best part of 9 months stitching it-it was a victorian girl putting letter in a postbox and very detailed

I put blood,sweat,tears and my soul into making it and when the kids where about,it lived in a drawer away from small hands

I was about 20/25 stitches away from finishing it when he swaggered in,that smirk on his face and the attitude of 'im here to see my kids and you cant stop me'

He went into the kitchen to make himself a black coffee and a poke about in my cupboards/drawers

He found my cross stitch,made his coffee and poured the whole lot in the drawer deliberately

It was ruined (i tried to save it,but it was too stained) and his smirk didnt match the 'I just dropped my coffee by mistake, soz'

Daft thing now,he knows im not scared of him at all and runs away when he sees me but I never did replace that cross stitch as it was one from an end of line sale,which is how I been able to afford it-I've trawled Ebay but have never found it again in kit form

He never came into my home again-he knew he'd gone too far and that was my death by the last cut

Didn't stop him dragging me through the courts to control me until he lost interest

He knows that if I get within arms length of him,ill have him by his tiny bollocks and i'll launch him into space

Winniepoobear · 05/06/2026 22:06

Oh ...this is a good thread! Ive a list, but this was the final nail in thine coffin!

I went over to my friends one night, had a couple girly drinks, came home .. quite unexpected (no not to find another woman - or even a man) but what i found was him dressed up in my underware, with stockings and suspenders on. He even had his socks inside my bra to give him a bust!!!!!

Ive never told the words to anyone in my life & ive been divorced for over 26 years now lol ..

MeSeM · 05/06/2026 21:37

BuntyBeaufort · 05/06/2026 21:30

First date: picked up in his pretty red sports car with the top down.

We pulled up outside lovely country pub, but black clouds were gathering, so I suggested he put the roof up just in case.
But no, he refused as obviously I didn’t know what I was talking about. Two hours later pretty car full of water, wet bums all round, and me to blame for not insisting.
Second date: didn’t happen

He seems such a fool for not listening to your warmhearted wise wisdom in the 1st instance & completely arrogant to then blame you & defer his stupidity & ignorance onto innocent sensible you 💚🙏💚

BuntyBeaufort · 05/06/2026 21:30

First date: picked up in his pretty red sports car with the top down.

We pulled up outside lovely country pub, but black clouds were gathering, so I suggested he put the roof up just in case.
But no, he refused as obviously I didn’t know what I was talking about. Two hours later pretty car full of water, wet bums all round, and me to blame for not insisting.
Second date: didn’t happen

TheMoonIsMyFavourite · 05/06/2026 21:12

Tried to argue with our DDs year 4 teacher that it was my fault that DD didn't have a packed lunch at school, on the day he took her to school.

Apparently I hadn't dropped a lunch round to his in the morning because I'm far too busy with work and if DD lived with him full time nothing would ever be forgotten again

PyongyangKipperbang · 05/06/2026 21:11

SerendipityCat · 05/06/2026 21:04

Come again?

gave the angels moustaches I suspect. Not everyone is good with spelling.

SerendipityCat · 05/06/2026 21:04

happyinpjs · 05/06/2026 20:40

i cant believe some men . Mine did a simiular thing but he gave himself and the angles mootashes ridiculous

Come again?

PyongyangKipperbang · 05/06/2026 21:01

Delladuck · 05/06/2026 20:50

I was desperate to buy both kids a massive chocolate bar each but as you say,he would have gone berserk at me

Ill never forget the look on that girls face as she put it back and he promptly asked for his amber leaf

It was the sheer spite of 'I give all my money to your mother'

Some people shouldn't have kids

I bet the dcs mother feels well shot of him (and I will guarantee he pays fuck all compared to what they actually cost)

Yeah funny that, its always the ones who do everything they can to get out of paying that bang about the "fortune" they are "forced" to pay in CM.......and how all of their ex's are spending it on getting their nails and hair done!

Delladuck · 05/06/2026 20:50

PyongyangKipperbang · 05/06/2026 20:03

Its one of those situations where you want to say something or buy the poor kid the chocolate yourself, but you just know that if he will speak to his small child like that, he wouldnt think twice about having a right old go at a grown woman, and would probably mean that the wee one got even more shit from him.

Disgusting behaviour.

I was desperate to buy both kids a massive chocolate bar each but as you say,he would have gone berserk at me

Ill never forget the look on that girls face as she put it back and he promptly asked for his amber leaf

It was the sheer spite of 'I give all my money to your mother'

Some people shouldn't have kids

I bet the dcs mother feels well shot of him (and I will guarantee he pays fuck all compared to what they actually cost)

CruCru · 05/06/2026 20:48

NameChangeMay2026 · 05/06/2026 20:14

Omg, that reminds me of my covert narc ex, who would go silent during phone calls. So I wouldn't say anything either, and we'd both be sitting there on the phone not saying anything! I'm over half a century old, and I've never had anyone do that before or since. He was such a freakshow.

Once, we had an argument and then I went to have shower, as it was the morning. In the shower, I heard these deep, disturbing thumps/thuds. They were really loud. I genuinely thought that someone was messing about on the roof - top floor flat linked to other buildings.

Turns out it was him, doing what he called "bunny hops" on the floor.

So yeah, turned out that when he was upset, he thumped like a rabbit does when they're annoyed.

I'm just sad I didn't see it!

Edit: And also similar to the post above, mine would expect me to see through walls. He would disappear while we were out shopping and I'd gone to the loo or something, and then he'd get annoyed that I didn't know he was waiting in the stairwell. say, me having searched the shop floor.

Edited

Yep! I really hope younger women don’t have this sulking-over-the-phone thing. Although from what I’ve read on here, they all text each other and block each other when they’re sulky.

happyinpjs · 05/06/2026 20:40

i cant believe some men . Mine did a simiular thing but he gave himself and the angles mootashes ridiculous

NameChangeMay2026 · 05/06/2026 20:19

I mean, you can't fancy a man who thumps like a rabbit when he gets upset, can you. No wonder I never wanted sex.

🐇

EvieBB · 05/06/2026 20:18

AlternateLook · 05/06/2026 10:01

Trying too hard. I can see you're still affected by an ex. Shame. Time heals, they say...😘

You're a wierdo

NameChangeMay2026 · 05/06/2026 20:14

CruCru · 05/06/2026 20:06

My ex would get into a mood (he SULKED) and, if we were going somewhere, he would make a point of walking painfully slowly. Just to make me walk super slow as well. He wasn’t a slow walker (he was a foot taller than I was), he was just a dickhead. If I just kept walking at normal speed, he would then speed right up and overtake me (with the aim of making me jog to keep up).

He also had a thing about the phone. If he rang me, he expected that I would know it was him without him having to speak through psychic abilities (mid 90s so no caller display etc). He once rang up and then was furious because a friend of my Mum’s answered (a man). He wasn’t jealous - this dude was mid fifties (ancient to me at the time) but he didn’t like the idea that someone he didn’t know was in my Mum’s house.

Anyway, the wanting me to know it was him backfired because he would ring my student flat and then, when another girl answered, would SULK and just sit there silently. He only cut it out when I said we’d had some nuisance calls and a couple of the girls had talked to the police. He admitted it months later. I wish I hadn’t mentioned it - then when the calls got traced, I’d have known it was him and had a good, sound reason to dump him.

Still, I learnt a lot - mainly to spot red flags and wankerishness.

Omg, that reminds me of my covert narc ex, who would go silent during phone calls. So I wouldn't say anything either, and we'd both be sitting there on the phone not saying anything! I'm over half a century old, and I've never had anyone do that before or since. He was such a freakshow.

Once, we had an argument and then I went to have shower, as it was the morning. In the shower, I heard these deep, disturbing thumps/thuds. They were really loud. I genuinely thought that someone was messing about on the roof - top floor flat linked to other buildings.

Turns out it was him, doing what he called "bunny hops" on the floor.

So yeah, turned out that when he was upset, he thumped like a rabbit does when they're annoyed.

I'm just sad I didn't see it!

Edit: And also similar to the post above, mine would expect me to see through walls. He would disappear while we were out shopping and I'd gone to the loo or something, and then he'd get annoyed that I didn't know he was waiting in the stairwell. say, me having searched the shop floor.

CruCru · 05/06/2026 20:06

My ex would get into a mood (he SULKED) and, if we were going somewhere, he would make a point of walking painfully slowly. Just to make me walk super slow as well. He wasn’t a slow walker (he was a foot taller than I was), he was just a dickhead. If I just kept walking at normal speed, he would then speed right up and overtake me (with the aim of making me jog to keep up).

He also had a thing about the phone. If he rang me, he expected that I would know it was him without him having to speak through psychic abilities (mid 90s so no caller display etc). He once rang up and then was furious because a friend of my Mum’s answered (a man). He wasn’t jealous - this dude was mid fifties (ancient to me at the time) but he didn’t like the idea that someone he didn’t know was in my Mum’s house.

Anyway, the wanting me to know it was him backfired because he would ring my student flat and then, when another girl answered, would SULK and just sit there silently. He only cut it out when I said we’d had some nuisance calls and a couple of the girls had talked to the police. He admitted it months later. I wish I hadn’t mentioned it - then when the calls got traced, I’d have known it was him and had a good, sound reason to dump him.

Still, I learnt a lot - mainly to spot red flags and wankerishness.

PyongyangKipperbang · 05/06/2026 20:03

Delladuck · 05/06/2026 18:25

I nipped into our local Morrisons to use their post office the other day

The counter is one counter,but split into two halves-one for 'normal' shopping and the post office bit

A bloke was in the queue,just in front of me (at the 'normal' counter) with two kids

One asked for a small chocolate bar and he turned and snarled 'I CANT AFFORD TO BUY YOU FUCKING CHOCOLATE AS YOUR FUCKING MOTHER TAKES ALL MY MONEY TO SPEND ON HERSELF!'

I felt so bad for that poor girl as she put it back-i noticed he could afford his tobacco and 6 pack of beer

I judged hard-fucking tosser

Its one of those situations where you want to say something or buy the poor kid the chocolate yourself, but you just know that if he will speak to his small child like that, he wouldnt think twice about having a right old go at a grown woman, and would probably mean that the wee one got even more shit from him.

Disgusting behaviour.

CruCru · 05/06/2026 19:54

RamsaySnowsSausage · 05/06/2026 19:29

Haha! Mine got jealous that I had a picture of Neil Armstrong as my desktop. This one - it's when he'd just finished walking on the moon and I think it's just beautiful. He said I should have one of him on there if I was going to have anyone. I did ask if he had ever walked on the moon but he said that wasn't the point - I was idolising another man and that was disrespectful 😂

Plus, wasn’t Neil Armstrong super clever and athletic? I think you have to be near superhuman to be an astronaut.

Rescuedog12 · 05/06/2026 19:34

Jollyhockeystickss · 03/06/2026 17:00

Told his new girlfriend that i was fat and ugly and useless etc etc, he got said girlfriend to come to mine to drop off our daughter and i could see this woman who was very unattractive and overweight and frumpy and old so i came out into the road looking gorgeous and tanned in a little summer dress, well the look on his face he was livid, also the look on her face because shes now thinking OMG shes really attractive and if hes saying that about her and shes really attractive whats he saying about me....the look on both their faces...

What a nasty post

RamsaySnowsSausage · 05/06/2026 19:29

EarthSight · 04/06/2026 18:25

An ex of mine had a photo of himself as a laptop wallpaper. Just him. No one else.

He was dressed up as some film character (probably Batman related), on a night out which I'm presuming was Halloween, but come on!! I've done cringey things in my time but I've never had any urge to look at a photo of myself every time I open a laptop.

Haha! Mine got jealous that I had a picture of Neil Armstrong as my desktop. This one - it's when he'd just finished walking on the moon and I think it's just beautiful. He said I should have one of him on there if I was going to have anyone. I did ask if he had ever walked on the moon but he said that wasn't the point - I was idolising another man and that was disrespectful 😂

What is the wankiest thing you’ve seen your ex do?
Kevinbaconsrealwife · 05/06/2026 18:42

Wishonastar77 · 05/06/2026 08:31

Turned up on my doorstep at 7am with bewildered kids, him crying because he found out his girlfriend was having an affair and he was heart broken. He had a minimum 3 full blown affairs while we were together 🤦🏼‍♀️

Omfg !! 😳

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