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Revenge is best served cold

229 replies

yesrevenge · 05/08/2025 13:30

Yes! I got my revenge. MIL ignored something which was very important for me and Dh. I didn’t show my annoyance then but hoped to somehow pay back. The situation came two months later and I didn’t need to do anything. I am the only person who could have prevented it happening but I did nothing. She must feel same as I did.

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everardshutthatdoor · 05/08/2025 22:26

ThatElatedTealMember · 05/08/2025 18:03

I can beat this.
I haven't sold my home in the Midlands despite buying one in London and releasing the money in the Midlands home will help.
I haven't sold as I'm making sure that I make the lives of 3 racists neighbours miserable.
One sold after I played classical music from 7am to 11pm - auto controlled and within noise levels, but we share a party wall 😁.
FYI - vermin don't like classical music.
One keeps away as much as possible from his home and he never gets any peace at the weekends - I make sure of that. He's some sort of OCD person. I play my religious music in his direction.
The others are old - hopefully God will take care of them.
Once the other 2 homes are empty / are gone only then I will sell.

You realise this is unhinged behaviour? It is frightening that people like you exist.

ThatElatedTealMember · 05/08/2025 22:33

everardshutthatdoor · 05/08/2025 22:26

You realise this is unhinged behaviour? It is frightening that people like you exist.

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Unfortunately wimps like you existing isn't surprising

ThatCyanCat · 05/08/2025 22:43

PringlesTube · 05/08/2025 21:31

It’s no wonder people don’t update their threads. This place is full of nasty boring bitches.

And your point is...?

80smonster · 05/08/2025 22:55

Didn’t anyone ever tell you the best revenge is to be happy. Are you happy OP?

DisabledDemon · 05/08/2025 22:56

Well, that was a waste of time. Tell us what was so heinous or there's no point.

Ireolu · 05/08/2025 23:06

Huh??

Horses7 · 05/08/2025 23:08

Cattenberg · 05/08/2025 22:15

Yep, I was thinking of MIL not liking OP's wedding anniversary post on Facebook, so OP "forgot" to post MIL's birthday card.

But OP does say that MIL doesn't know OP was part of what happened, but probably suspects. So now I'm thinking along of the lines of MIL's pets being allowed to escape, or OP noticing that MIL left the gas on before going on holiday, but doing nothing, so MIL came back to a smoking ruin.

Entertaining theory but a smoking ruin can’t be classed as revenge served cold 😂 My theory is MIL’s cat somehow got trapped in freezer. 🙈😂

WoodforTrees · 05/08/2025 23:15

Reckon OP is one of those people who 'check in' to a hospital on facebook and then ignore the 30000 "you ok hun?" messages for two days. Only to eventually reply with a picture of their arm with a tiny bruise and a plaster because they had a faint blood test.

Boring.

WoodforTrees · 05/08/2025 23:18

steff13 · 05/08/2025 21:15

When you post like this on Facebook it's called "vaguebooking." What are we going to call it for MN?

Boring, attention seeking drivel?

RJ2023 · 05/08/2025 23:19

Horses7 · 05/08/2025 23:08

Entertaining theory but a smoking ruin can’t be classed as revenge served cold 😂 My theory is MIL’s cat somehow got trapped in freezer. 🙈😂

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I reckon MIL ignored a request to take off her shoes when walking on their new carpet so - fast forward two months - when the OP noticed a fault with the brakes on MIL's bicycle they chose not to mention it? 🤔

Rachie1973 · 05/08/2025 23:34

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Hate seeing it it’s bits missed.

Other than that, you’re twat OP.

OneMintWasp · 05/08/2025 23:44

My MIL has been pretty awful to me at times but I would still just take a bit of distance and things being a bit more pleasant over revenge. If only my MIL could realise that im not that bad after all...

WilfredsPies · 05/08/2025 23:48

@ThatElatedTealMember The others are old - hopefully God will take care of them You’d better hope he doesn’t decide that you need taking care of as well, particularly if he’s feeling all New Testamenty and is big on turning the other cheek.

@PringlesTube This place is full of nasty boring bitches You don’t see the irony in calling people nasty, at the same time as you’re calling them ‘boring bitches’?

@yesrevenge It’s not something to be proud of. If she did something unforgivable then you remove her from your life. What you don’t do is look for the first opportunity to do something unforgivable back to her. That makes you as bad as she is.

Studyunder · 05/08/2025 23:48

Tell me a story and make a point without telling me a story or making any point 🤷🏼♀️

DoingTRexInTheSupermarket · 05/08/2025 23:54

You're not exactly taking the high road here OP, but hey crack on if it makes you happy...

savethatkitty · 06/08/2025 00:29

We have to know exactly what happened if we are to make an informed comment.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 06/08/2025 00:52

yesrevenge · 05/08/2025 15:09

MIL doesn’t know I am part of what happened. She probably suspects and I want to leave it like that.

I love this. I've done this in the past to get back at people who have shit on me. Played the long game and waited until the right moment arrives.

It's worth being cold and calculated, particularly when others aren't.

ThatElatedTealMember · 06/08/2025 01:10

WilfredsPies · 05/08/2025 23:48

@ThatElatedTealMember The others are old - hopefully God will take care of them You’d better hope he doesn’t decide that you need taking care of as well, particularly if he’s feeling all New Testamenty and is big on turning the other cheek.

@PringlesTube This place is full of nasty boring bitches You don’t see the irony in calling people nasty, at the same time as you’re calling them ‘boring bitches’?

@yesrevenge It’s not something to be proud of. If she did something unforgivable then you remove her from your life. What you don’t do is look for the first opportunity to do something unforgivable back to her. That makes you as bad as she is.

WilfredsPies

Not interested in YOUR God so don't care what it says in your books.

SquallyShowersLater · 06/08/2025 08:31

yesrevenge · 05/08/2025 13:30

Yes! I got my revenge. MIL ignored something which was very important for me and Dh. I didn’t show my annoyance then but hoped to somehow pay back. The situation came two months later and I didn’t need to do anything. I am the only person who could have prevented it happening but I did nothing. She must feel same as I did.

So your MIL ignored (or just forgot) you and DHs wedding anniversary.

Then two months later it was her birthday and DH forgot. You could have chosen to remind him but you didn't, so your MIL now thinks he ignored it?

If I'm close and it's something this petty then you are a lunatic. Not that I think it's your responsibility to remind your DH of his mother's birthday, or to feel really bad if he forgets it. But to see it as some sort of point scoring revenge is just sad and says a lot about you as a person.

Tiswa · 06/08/2025 09:12

@ThatElatedTealMember so let me get this right you making these suffer is so important to you you are actually suffering yourself because for you the best thing would be to sell the house (and presumably stop spending time there) and move on in London and yet you won’t.

You do see you aren’t the one winning here don’t you? Because they are so under your skin you are sacrificing everything else at the altar of taking them down.

which is why it isn’t being weak or wimpy to walk away or to take the upper hand and ignore it is winning.

@yesrevenge yiu haven’t got your revenge you have become your MIL

WilfredsPies · 06/08/2025 11:58

ThatElatedTealMember · 06/08/2025 01:10

WilfredsPies

Not interested in YOUR God so don't care what it says in your books.

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Ah, you’ve got one of those Gods that is happy for his believers to use him to get revenge on people who have upset them. I shouldn’t have assumed it was one of the standard Gods. What a silly sausage I am!

Bleachedlevis · 06/08/2025 12:14

everardshutthatdoor · 05/08/2025 22:26

You realise this is unhinged behaviour? It is frightening that people like you exist.

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Let’s hope the poster is taking the Mickey…. Otherwise, I agree with you,

Georgelondon · 06/08/2025 14:54

yesrevenge · 05/08/2025 13:30

Yes! I got my revenge. MIL ignored something which was very important for me and Dh. I didn’t show my annoyance then but hoped to somehow pay back. The situation came two months later and I didn’t need to do anything. I am the only person who could have prevented it happening but I did nothing. She must feel same as I did.

Maybe your mil will better off with out a silly daughter in law. Go on truth sets you free tell us and your mil what your supposed to have done.

Bleachedlevis · 07/08/2025 19:23

WilfredsPies · 06/08/2025 11:58

Ah, you’ve got one of those Gods that is happy for his believers to use him to get revenge on people who have upset them. I shouldn’t have assumed it was one of the standard Gods. What a silly sausage I am!

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Bloody hell, they’re all out tonight, aren’t they? Are you all pissed? 🤣

WilfredsPies · 07/08/2025 19:36

Bleachedlevis · 07/08/2025 19:23

Bloody hell, they’re all out tonight, aren’t they? Are you all pissed? 🤣

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😂 It was only just lunch time, I wasn’t drunk, I promise! It was sarcasm and completely in context if you read what I was replying to (someone who was outraged at the suggestion that it was a bit strange to be ordering karmic retribution through God. But it turns out it wasn’t the God I was assuming it was, it was a different God. Who is presumably ok with that sort of thing).

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